Live-Streaming on PS4

2013-02-20 04:32:31 pm

Just recently on the Sony Playsation Event they revealed that you'll be able to live-stream your PS4 on the spot as well as save video clips and whatnot. I think this will be great for the future of speed running, especially for those who can't afford a high-definition capture card or those who don't know how to set-up a live-stream themselves outside of the PS4.

Thoughts?

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Sir VG

2013-02-20 04:41:15 pm

Fucking Weeaboo

Too bad it's UStream. As Greenalink says, no FrankerZ train.

Paraxade

2013-02-20 04:58:30 pm

Technically you can already stream from your console with Black Ops 2. But yeah, hopefully they add Twitch support.

Nobility

2013-02-20 05:09:22 pm

Well you can stream anything you want any time you want, so it'll be interesting.

Sir VG

2013-02-20 05:18:18 pm

Fucking Weeaboo

The downside is that the share function only seems to do short clips, rather than full game speedruns, so you'll still need something to record speedruns.

MAS8705

2013-02-20 06:35:24 pm

SDA Apprentice -- (3-1)

Quote from Sir VG:

The downside is that the share function only seems to do short clips, rather than full game speedruns, so you'll still need something to record speedruns.

True, but the idea of "Streaming" is now (supposedly) much easier than it ever has been now. Granted if you know how to do it already, it might not be much, but for the others who still can't figure it out, this could be the system that will be able to make their "streaming" wishes come true.

presjpolk

2013-02-20 08:15:37 pm

HELLO!

This a prelude to going all HDCP all the time, shutting down most streaming methods?

Countneko

2013-02-20 09:48:39 pm

Funny thing that, the Roxio device I have actually blocks the PS3's HDMI stream on it's main software, but I can still stream with it on XSplit.

Paraxade

2013-02-20 10:34:25 pm

Quote from MAS8705:

Quote from Sir VG:

The downside is that the share function only seems to do short clips, rather than full game speedruns, so you'll still need something to record speedruns.

True, but the idea of "Streaming" is now (supposedly) much easier than it ever has been now. Granted if you know how to do it already, it might not be much, but for the others who still can't figure it out, this could be the system that will be able to make their "streaming" wishes come true.

I don't think the impact here is how hard or easy it is, but rather the fact that you can stream with just the console. You don't need to buy extra equipment and come up with a streaming setup now. That's pretty huge. If Microsoft/Nintendo follow, then streaming is about to explode.

Cranson

2013-02-21 08:15:15 am

Well, one thing that I'm not sure about is, can you stream older games using the cloud feature? Because if you aren't able to do that, I feel that it won't be horribly useful for speedrunning (at least, not initially, until people start becoming familiar with games and speedrunning them), considering the games that are the most popular to speedrun are older games from the PS1 and PS2 era.

Neohart

2013-03-29 11:26:00 pm

Final Fantasy VII Fanatic

You also have to think of the quality of the streams that will shared, Let's say the don't give quite a good FAQ on how to stream, you will have a lot of people not knowing how to set proper bitrates, I expect to see quite a lot of low quality streams once this works. Or a lot of people not understanding why their internet cannot handle streaming.