The table was like twenty dollars and I just had to spend some time with the hacksaw getting the legs cut. And the nice thing is they screw in, so if you don't get the hacksaw perfect just unscrew them a little bit to get it level.
I am ready to jump onboard with this myself; trying not to blow out the budget. i think 4-5 streams will be enough for me but setteling on an encoding device is driving me crazy. I got to have 60FPS and in reading though this and other threads it seems some of these multi-stream devices can't do 60fps if you use all ports/streams and the specs are lacking to really call that out so I am hopfuly some of you all who have this equipment already can help clear this up for me. Right now I am looking at 3 devices, while I would prefer a mutli-stream encoder I can split them out if need be.
I have a sneeking suspicion this guy can only do 30FPS per port if all are in use. I woiuld just go ENC5v2 but the more ports tbe better... Anyone have one yet?
This device posted last year in this thread seems promising and can do 60FPS (it says). Any feedback about it?
Last, looking at this device becasue Amazon has it and I can have it next week, the others will take a bit to arrive due to Chinese new year. I can wait if I have to as I can Prismcast working for now but the quality is lacking for me.
https://a.co/d/0hJzYCDu
Thanks in advance for any info on these devices you can share; feel free to suggest others. I see lots of options - just in a migh higher price range.
I have a couple of extra Ospreys that I want to get setup. My Uray is full, so I picked up an Env5 to do some testing. There's so many settings compared to the Uray. Can someone provide some basics to get me started?
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I cant for the life of me get the Elgato working, is it possible the elgato has the issue? Is there a specific USB port it needs to be in for it to work as a second
What encoder?
Are you on the latest firmware? If so, did you reset recently after upgrading? Because upgrades sometimes that cause an issue. You can also try downloading Elgato's software and plugging the CamLink into your PC.
Link Pi ENC1-V3 with the latest version and a reset of the firmware as well post upgrade
Could you share a screenshot of what your configuration looks like?
I have the exact same setup and it's working for me so it might just be a switch you need to toggle.
Bad luck again with this. I ordered a new Cam Link and it worked exactly as expected.
The other one seems to be defective.
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I've had this.
In the same boat now with TVE sunset for ESPN. How are the minis working out for you? Where did you buy them from?
If you have a relatively modern server, you don't need encoders for ESPN. You can run Prismcast.
I'm still trying to decide if they are a little less smooth than the native app playing on my ONN 4K pro or not. I think they are fine for recordings. I got them here:
https://www.youyeetoo.com/products/linkpi-minienc1?VariantsId=12335
I have a synology, so its super weak for that docker. I set it up to try though, it was terrible performance as expected on the synology celeron. May upgrade to an i7 mini pc soon.
ok gotcha. I wonder if the ENC1-V3 would be smoother on live viewing then? do you use yttv? curious if there would be a difference using a firestick 4k max or an apple tv.
@mackid1993 is your live viewing smooth on your setup? did you have better performance with an apple tv or the osprey boxes?
Yes no issues even with two 1080p 60fps streams. I use dtv with osprey boxes.
did you get your linkpi from amz, youyee or ali?
Amazon. Came in like a day. I have 3 actually.
I don't know if anyone has compared the ENC1-V3 to the ENC-MINI If they have I would love to know their impressions as to whether there is any difference. I would guess at 1080p the various streamers are pretty equivalent. To answer your question I am not using yttv. I am on Hulu Live tv.
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You're going to want more than one tuner, honestly, and the ENC1v3 is going to give you a second stream with a USB capture card. I'm not sure about the ENC Mini. Someone else can probably clarify that.
I think at least three to four tuners is probably a good number to have to ensure you're not running into recording conflicts. Minimum I would go with is two, supplemented with TVE and an HDHomeRun.
That should be enough for me given the TVE and HDHR setup I currently have. ordered the enc1-v3 from amazon. will take a month to get here. then will get the elgato 4k capture card and onn 4k device.
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