HD Broadcasting Hardware Requirements

HD Wave broadcaster requires a modern PC running a Window 7 or 8 Operating Systems or a Macintosh OS starting with version 10.7.

If you are capturing the desktop you will need to have a machine that is at least as powerful as the examples given below for the 1080p and 720p broadcasts.

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If streaming an external video source (from capture card or camera) then the following PC requirements apply based off of the video source you would like to stream.

 

Minimum Broadcasting Requirements:

1. 1080p FULL HD (1920×1080)

  • CPU: Intel Core™ i7 Extreme i7-975 3.33GHz or Intel Core™ i7 Extreme i7-965 3.2GHz or AMD Multi Core processors (AMD FX 4-Core Processor, AMD FX 6-Core Processor, AMD FX 8-Core Processor)
  • Memory: 4GB – any DDR3 memory
  • Available HD SPace: 10MB or more available disk space
  • Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 or 8 compatible
  • Bitrate: 2000 Kbs recommended

2. 720p HD (1280×720)

  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 3GHz or faster; AMD A-Series processor or faster
  • Memory: 4GB
  • Available HD Space: 10MB available disk space
  • Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 or 8 compatible
  • Bitrate: 1200 Kbs and up recommended

3. 480p HD (854×480)

  • Bitrate: 512 Kbs recommended
  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66GHz
  • Memory: 1GB
  • Available HD Space: 10MB available disk space
  • Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 or 8 compatible
  • Bitrate: 512 Kbs and up recommended