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Thanks for your response to op, in my words answering him I would just sound like an elitist asshole 😁.
There are just so many gaps to fill and it's not an issue of the hardware as far as I can guess.
I have to admit, I've not replied to the previous comment because it came across as condescending. Helpful in its way, but condescending enough to be unhelpful.
But I would like to respond to this one.
I never actually stated there was a problem with the hardware, and I didn't actually ask for any specific help with my setup. I'm aware of my own limitations as I'm new to both gaming PCs and Linux. What I actually asked for was if anyone knew of any useful guides I could browse to help me get an understanding of what I need to optimise. Perhaps I shouldn't have offered any further context to what I'm trying to achieve, because that's just served to allow three different people in the replies to criticise my ability to request support.
I'm happy to admit that I don't know what I'm on about here, but I am willing to learn, and I'm happy to take on board that maybe I need to be clearer in future. But the attitude from several in these replies has come across as almost gatekeeping. A weary sigh of a comment, a reluctant imparting of knowledge, for which the only payment is me knowing my place.
Thank you.
I've been in IT for decades and also privately (non pro non esport - for fun!) gaming. So I know my stuff but also know that I don't know everything.
And I'm also Autist.
So this in combination let's me make statements which always arrive at neurotypicals as negative, how could it not? The reason not being that I want to hurt people, but rather that we communicate in content only and NT communicate between the lines; and that's inserted automatically even if it's not even sent. So yeah sucks for both sides (double empathy problem BTW).
So what I see with a post like this is that the hardware is more than sufficient for many things, gaming works and... What? Streaming not? That's basically the weakest in the equation.
But then a lot of context is missing. Streaming TO or streaming FROM. Of yours the streaming from that device, encoding, that's another thing. That might cause issues although picking the right encoding in hardware should also be OK.
And streaming TO there should not be an issue at all.
So I am left guessing. The hardware is fine (that's where that conclusion, not underhanded 'you said' came from) and the issue must be with software or skills (again, not blaming, everyone including me has this all the time and might require more knowledge for this specific case).
So, maybe I gave you some (also unexpected) insight in why I reacted like this.
Also, nonwithstanding, autists can also be assholes aside from this. And techies especially, too. But having had some of our experiences with people that's often very understandable, too.
Yeah, it's cool.
I'm ADHD as fuck, my partner is autistic as fuck (with probably a large sprinkle of ADHD too), so I get the communication thing. But also, being ADHD, I tend to either comment with all the context anyone could possibly ever need (and more), or with broad strokes because I want to achieve something but also want to go off and focus on something else. I can be very difficult to live with. My partner is a saint.
But yeah, I get that - as an IT professional - you come to support requests with a certain level of weariness. I work in engineering health and safety, so I know how thoughtless people can be.