Streaming video reduces my speed. Help

Hi Everyone,

I have an Ustreamtv.com account where I stream a camera during the day.
I use Adobe Flash Media Encoder to improve the image of my stream.
The metrics are : total bandwidth required to stream 430 kpbs and it's in the VP6 mode. 22050 hz for audio.

My ISP timewarner cable allows me to upload 512 kbps max.

When I am not using the encoder my connection is fast as hell,sometimes 24 mb/s and 0.49 upload on the speedtest.net meter.

But when I'm streaming, the upload speed goes up and down wildly and the picture on my stream looks like crap sometimes.

I just ran a speedtest and it said it was uploading at .11 which is a quarter of what I should be getting.
Am I doing something wrong?

Is it normal that using an encoder is going to slow your connection down drastically?


Thanks

 

To, me this is normal. Typically, when you test your internet speed, what you are seeing is a BURST in bandwidth, not a sustained amount of bandwidth. Unless of course, you are paying for commercial use.