Hello,
I am in need of some help tweaking my settings in FMLE. I put on various sports broadcasts, but one of my clients has limited bandwidth (avg ~2.5-3mbps upload).
I'd like to keep the output pixel size at 640x360 so that it takes up our entire player and doesn't letter box it, but with the larger video size I sometimes run in to either buffering,or pixelated video depending on how the bandwidth is that particular day. I'd like to stream between 800k-1000k.
I am using VP6 codec and using an Osprey Card as my capture device.
Some of my questions are:
1) Should I capture my video bigger than 640x360 and have FMLE shrink it, or capture it at the same size I want to output it at?
2) In the Format advanced encoder settings, What should I set as my keyframe, quality, and datarate window. Ideally I would like to use keyframes every 1-2 seconds because I work with fast-paced video, but I know that sends a lot of extra data. Same with Datarate Window. Can someone help explain the significance of this one.
3)Under the output panel, I am not currently using the auto adjust function. Should I enable this when my bandwidth takes a hit? If so, which is preferable, dropping frames or degrading quality? Any explanation wuold be very helpful.
4)Should I deinterlace my video? We have a 3-camera shoot using Canon XL2's and a DataVideo Switcher. Everything is analog SD.
I am able to drop by bitrate down to 600K and the stream does not buffer, but it starts to get pixelated. I would think that 3mbps upload bandwidth is enough to stream at 800k. Any help adjusting my settings to shapen the imagine would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.