Make U.S.Open Viewer bigger and still chat - Guide

Thanks for the heads up.

1125x633 for me!

I have to say though, it sure makes it apparent that the quality of the stream is going to need improvement. Things get pretty fuzzy pretty quickly.

Your image quality may be fuzzy because you are changing the aspect ratio. I just double the size (1280 x 720) and it is crystal clear.

A detailed guide to doing it by CaliRed:
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=231597

I did maintaint the aspect ratio. I just moved up to 1280x720 and it's even worse. You really think that's a clear picture? I use a logitech 1080 webcam and get better video quality at this size over skype with friends.

The aliasing on the balls and the rails isn't extreme, but it's pretty far from HD quality.

Thanks for the handy hints Ray.

Actually the problem still is the fact that not ALL viewers are created equal.

While the equipment streamers use may be HD, to actually STREAM in HD requires a higher bandwidth then many viewers can accomodate on their computers.

Laptops, wireless connections, other programs open, TSR's running, and on and on, all cause the individual viewer's experience to be different.

What WE try to do is to stream at the highest possible bit rate, at the highest quality, that the MOST viewers can receive without buffering, stuttering, and all the associated stuff that goes with watching streaming video online.

It is NOT enough to have a highdownload speed. That download speed has to be MAINTAINED by your system and provider.

Technically the moving of the players, balls, cameras, all cause rapid changes in pixels that must be transmitted. This rapd change causes many of the problems on wireless connections.

Also, as Ray would attest to, the SIZE of the viewscreen (I chose 640x360) should be optimized to the upload speed of the stream. The higher the broadcast speed the bigger the viewscreen can be.

Enlarging the screen will SOMETIMES cause the quality of the picture to decline similar to enlarging a still digital pircture until the pixels separate so much the picture gets fuzzy. Trial and error as was mentioned in the above posts will enable the viewer to find a better mix.

And yes the aspect ratio is 16x9.

Technology continues to evolve, bandwidth costs will come down, providers will be able to offer greater MAINTAINable download speeds to their customers and streamers will be able to produce better and better shows in greater and greater quality.

Hope this helps a little.

Jim

I have to say, oddly enough, last night the quality of my stream was WAY better than it was during the day.

@ home I am using cable internet, haha.

@ work I have 50mb up/down connection. I would REALLY expect my bandwith to be better @work, but for some reason yesterday in the afternoon my connection to Accu-Stats must have been terrible. During the Archer match I was able to watch it on full screen without the same degradation in quality.

I think that at such low resolutions the hardest thing to view is going to be round shiny balls and long diagonal lines so it's just exacerbated if the connection is poor.

My favorite configuration today was to leave the video at the default size. Have the live scoring window under that and the chat beside it. Had all the info I wanted right there on screen. I also run two monitors so sometimes I will run the video full screen on one and the other stuff on the other one.

Strangely I also found that the resolution at full screen was better on my low bandwidth connection at work than it was on my higher connection at home.

Lastly, this little utility seems to make a nice difference - http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php It's called TCP Optimizer and it tweaks your internet settings to provide you with the optimal setup. Tons of little tweaks that you wouldn't know to do yourself without a bunch of searching.

Terrible setup for an event this stature. Addon Chat simply sux. :shrug: