We've Hit A Wall (Day 4411 - 12/22/21)

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For lunch (at 3:26PM), Stephen prepares some potatoes on the stove as well as some eggs. Stephen complains about the stove and how it doesn't get hot unless the stove dial is set to 7. He continues to say that he ended up falling asleep on the couch after dinner last night. Stephen is unsure if it's a result of him not sleeping well, or if it's a side-effect from the shots he got the other day. After waking up he worked a little bit and ended up going to bed late as a result. Because it's around Christmas time, Stephen figures that he'll be able to catch up on sleep over the weekend.

Later upstairs, Stephen says that he's finished editing some vlogs and that Dan was able to finish editing episode 285 of Skyrim. Stephen says the quality doesn't look as great as when he recorded the stream--there were some issues. When the computer was built, Stephen had it set up in a way where he stream and record with different settings. Stephen says that he's streaming on Twitch with "the most quality", but he says that's not enough for on-demand content. Having the computer stream and also record is putting a lot of strain on the computer. Stephen uses The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild as an example where the Twitch stream may have struggled, but the episode on YouTube was fine. He continues to say that Skyrim is the first time that he's had this issue because he's playing a full-screen game, using a facecam, and using a green screen. He notes that the stream box only streams and he uses a different computer for gaming. Stephen says that he's noticed the streambox struggling over the years when he asks it do a lot of alerts while playing some more intensive games. The stream box also doesn't have a GPU, which means that it has to rely on the CPU.

The Skyrim stream was the first time Stephen had to change the settings mid-stream in order to make the stream watchable, causing the final episode to not look great. That being said, Stephen was able to find a solution by just letting the recording use up more disk space. He says that a 4-hour stream is usually 15-30 gigabytes, but with the new settings it's 50-70 gigabytes. The only way to solve the issues he's having is to get some newer hardware.

Stephen ends the vlog by letting the viewers know that he can make a basic video of his streaming setup if there's interest.