Timeline for How do I stream from a second, dedicated computer?
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| Aug 22, 2023 at 3:33 | comment | added | galacticninja | @Joachim Personally, I find it hard to separate "streaming" from "gaming", especially in this context. I think the OP asked this question as a gamer and wanted an answer from a gamer’s POV rather than a general computer user's POV. If I were in the OP’s situation and had to ask the question, I would choose Arqade over Super User to ask this question too. | |
| Aug 21, 2023 at 18:54 | comment | added | Joachim | I’m voting to close this question because it is about streaming and not tied exclusively to gaming (see comments). | |
| Aug 21, 2023 at 18:53 | comment | added | Joachim | @galacticninja "..on-topic so long as ...", as also mentioned before by Frank. Replace gaming with, say, 3D modelling, and the problem still stands. Close vote from me as well. | |
| Aug 20, 2023 at 2:27 | comment | added | galacticninja | @pinckerman As replied to Frank by user28015 and other users, the community consensus is that these types of questions are on-topic: Am I allowed to ask questions about streaming? | |
| Aug 19, 2023 at 9:22 | comment | added | pinckerman | @pppery as quoted by Frank, I still think this question is off-topic | |
| Aug 19, 2023 at 6:54 | history | edited | galacticninja | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
various tweaks/improvements; clarified title: added "dedicated" as I think this more accurately describes OP's issue
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| Aug 19, 2023 at 6:50 | comment | added | galacticninja | @pppery As far as I can tell, the two questions are not duplicates. The other one is about how to stream your gameplay, while this one is about how to use a different computer for streaming than the one you play on. | |
| Aug 18, 2023 at 20:15 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 18, 2023 at 19:58 | comment | added | pppery | For the record, I agree with Frank above that this is off-topic, but also accept that consensus is against me. Doesn't change the apparent duplication, though. | |
| Aug 18, 2023 at 19:57 | comment | added | pppery | Possible duplicate of Broadcasting gameplay from one computer to another? | |
| Feb 13, 2015 at 22:09 | answer | added | Did some streams | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 15:53 | comment | added | Gnoupi | @badp - a bit less about my first interpretation of the need, though. I thought it was about streaming from the strong computer to the other, while playing from a different location, a bit like what Steam proposes. | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 15:50 | comment | added | badp | FYI: Gnoupi is right about this being game-specific enough. | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 15:46 | comment | added | badp | Hi I am the toxic part of this website. It is me. | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 15:45 | vote | accept | captainGeech | ||
| Aug 25, 2014 at 15:43 | history | edited | Gnoupi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added some clarification, from comments
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| Aug 25, 2014 at 15:43 | answer | added | user28015 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 15:41 | comment | added | captainGeech | @Gnoupi Exactly. | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 15:35 | comment | added | Gnoupi | @techgod52 - Ok, I think I see what you want to do. Tell me if I'm wrong. You want to stream the picture from your gaming computer (the laptop, win7), but without the calculation cost of it. As such, you would want to use the second computer to "do the streaming", so that the first one doesn't suffer from the processing cost? | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 15:23 | comment | added | captainGeech | @Gnoupi I mean stream the game from my laptop to Twitch using my Mac | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 15:22 | comment | added | Gnoupi | @Frank - my issue is still the same old one, like on SU in the early days. At some point, by strongly policing what is or isn't off-topic, no one even asked the poor guy for details on his exact problem. It looks like your thought process was "streaming, meta declared it off-topic, voting to close, get out of my lawn". Not the most welcoming attitude, that's all. | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 15:17 | comment | added | Frank | @Gnoupi Any question that involves technical expertise (which this does) has to pass the acid test. If you remove games from the question, and the problem still remains, it isn't on-topic here. That's the way it works. This question doesn't even mention games, other than the framerate drops when running them. This problem still exists, even without games, therefore doesn't belong here. And according to Meta, no, it's not on-topic. | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 15:12 | comment | added | Gnoupi | @techgod52 - when you talk about "streaming", do you mean playing on the other computer, or playing from the mac, while the game is being run by the other computer? Because it's not fully clear. (Or I understand badly) | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 15:11 | comment | added | Gnoupi | @Frank ...Seriously, stop being so tight about what is off topic or not. Streaming games is a particular gaming problem. you don't just want to stream, you want to play remotely. It involves lag issues which are higher than for a regular problem. It involves porting gamepad input from one computer to the other, this kind of things. How is that not a gaming question? There is no need to be so tight about "it's too generic, not a gaming question". The only thing you achieve is scaring off a newcomer. | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 15:01 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 25, 2014 at 15:00 | comment | added | Frank | @NoneOfYourBusiness That quote is from the highest upvoted answer on meta. Streaming, while something that gamers do, is, by itself, not a gaming-specific activity, as I said. If there's a problem with a specific game, that's hindering the streaming, there's no issue of whether it's on-topic or not. This, though, isn't. Generic streaming isn't on-topic here. No game problem = off-topic. | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 14:58 | comment | added | user28015 | @Frank The meta discussion has established that streaming is on topic, therefore your personal opinion does not matter. | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 14:58 | comment | added | Frank | @NoneOfYourBusiness "As a rule of thumb, if you can remove every mention of games or gaming from the question and have it still fully describe your problem, then it's probably off-topic". No game mentioned. Problem still exists. Off-topic. | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 14:57 | comment | added | user28015 | @Frank Meta disagrees with you: meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/7958/… | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 14:51 | comment | added | captainGeech | Any recommendation of where to ask this? | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 14:45 | comment | added | Frank | This question appears to be off-topic because it is about generic streaming. While streaming is something that gamers do, it itself is not a gaming-specific activity, therefore does not belong here. | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 14:44 | review | First posts | |||
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| Aug 25, 2014 at 14:44 | history | asked | captainGeech | CC BY-SA 3.0 |