Pedz wrote:You get quality options if you're a partner.
Which sounds like a really easy, super achievable thing to do.
If you meet those requirements you're likely in the top 1200 anyway.
YouTube, on the other hand, opens transcoding to everyone. So I can, say, broadcast at
1440p60 for a native-quality (permanent!) archive, while viewers are able to pick whatever quality suits them best. And that's before you get into the general improvements in features like viewers being able to rewind your stream back, or a broadcaster interface that's actually worth a gooseberry fool (with a realtime "stream health" log and analytics).