Ask HN: How to diagnose why streaming video to a PC is so choppy?
I've noticed for the past several years that video appears really choppy when streamed to a PC (but not to a TV or Tablet/Phone).
I'm sure it can be a variety of things, but I've noticed it on all major platforms -- Windows, MacOS, several flavors of different Linux distributions, on several programs.
I figure it could be codecs or similar. But that's not yet in my skillset how to determine those (and whether that is a fruitful target for investigation).
It happens on all kinds of internet feeds and connections (wired & wifi).
I'm curious how you as a tinkering hacker would approach this!
I'm sure it can be a variety of things, but I've noticed it on all major platforms -- Windows, MacOS, several flavors of different Linux distributions, on several programs.
I figure it could be codecs or similar. But that's not yet in my skillset how to determine those (and whether that is a fruitful target for investigation).
It happens on all kinds of internet feeds and connections (wired & wifi).
I'm curious how you as a tinkering hacker would approach this!