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Which service would you recommend for live streaming of live content on yt?
(Cheapest one)
Max 100-150 watchers
One live session would be 5-6 hours
5 -6 hours video, and lets say you would like to have Full HD(1080p) video.
Since you would live stream, so you can not use a video optimizer tool(yo decrease video size) like hanbrake for post production.
So lets say, YT live video for 2 hour content would be approx 2 to 3 GB in Size. therefore 5-6 hour video content size will be 15 GB in average.
Now multiply that with max 150 watchers, equal to 2250 GB = 2 TB(Approx)
If you upload daily one such video, total size would be 30X2TB = 60TB
So you would need a server with at least 60 TB bandwidth capacity.
You would not need a graphics card, but you do need a hIgh RAM
If you open a 1080p video in your computer VLC(or any other video player), you would see RAM consumption increased 100MB to 150 MB
So 150 users would consume 150 X 125 MB = 18750 MB = 18GB (approx) of RAM
Another thing to notice, you would not need a high core processors, since your server would not do any video encoding. So any mid config CPU(like atom, core 2 duo or i3 or quad core) would do the job.
Now you know the basic requirements, so compare my list and find a suitable one for you
Which service you recommend me for 24/7 livestream in 720p quality and with watchers from 200-1500?
Thanks
720p live video would size approx 1 to 1.5 GB in size.
If you can optimize the video size with handbrake encoder(H264 codec) before going live, you would be able to reduce the video size: 750MB to 900MB.
Rest, you can do the math on the basis of my above response
Regards