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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Video encoding is an expensive operation and probably the second largest cost next to wages. And apparently they aren't even on an AWS SLA.

AN AMAZON SUBSIDIARY NOT ON AN SLA

Are they really a revenue sink to cover up taxable income?

[–] BradleyUffner 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Shouldn't the encoding happen locally, on the user's computer, before it's even sent to Twitch?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The user doesn't send several different resolutions of video, the streamer just sends the source, and once thay have enough viewers, twitch reduces the resolution on their side so the viewer can choose either quality.