Software Vs Hardware Streaming. Heres why hardware is better for an easy live streaming setup. They provide an accessible entry point into the world of streaming and you cant overstate how important that can be.
But its also more demanding you can test it if your performance doesnt drop that much for streaming is better software considering the bitrate limitation. Like I noted before. For live video 3.
Streamlabs OBS is also a free piece of software.
There are a ton of report of it causing huge CPU usage spikes but that could just be the users hardware. When we decided to build encoders to pair with the easy-to-use BoxCast Platform we chose to offer hardware instead of software. But its also more demanding you can test it if your performance doesnt drop that much for streaming is better software considering the bitrate limitation. A software encoder is only as good as your computer specs and internet connection though so keeping your computer running in top shape is probably overall more cost-effective than buying a hardware encoder.