Streaming some GTA now. gaming.youtube.com/wip3outguy7
Edit: Streaming Assault Suits Leynos Demo 2 now.
All done for the night. Thanks for everyone who came out to watch.
So impressions, streaming direct from the PS4...
-Video quality varies quite a bit. While no one experienced any buffering, the image would go from HD to blocky in scenes where Twich would keep it together. You could still tell what was going on, but the stability that I experience with Twitch when using the same video settings isn't quite there.
-Chat isn't bad, but we were only able to get it to work when using the gaming.youtube.com site. Standard YouTube site chat entries never posted. Once we got everyone into the right chat, it worked alright. Notifications were extremely delayed when watchers would post. Twitch chat notifications are almost always instant, even if a stream delay is present.
-The dashboard is almost worthless. Title and descriptions are reset to your default settings as soon as you start the stream. This means you have to update the title and description on the PS4 and then on YouTube. With Twitch, twitch.tv takes priority and the PS4 picks up on what you set as soon as you start the broadcast.
The verdict? I'm probably going to start streaming through YouTube exclusively now that I have the option. I have more subscribers and a longer history. The YT streaming community is still growing and I think there is more room for opportunity. Qualty and stability is only going to get better. This will all change in an instant if I'm struck with a random violation, of course.