Probably too far-fetched, but curious anyway since this would make things a lot easier.

Recently got a modded Switch with a chip and it’s got custom software with this Tinfoil app on it, and I was wondering if it could be possible to somehow stream to Twitch/YouTube directly, without a capture card, using an app that would work only with a modded version of the console.

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    9 months ago

    That’s definitely going to make the Switch struggle to maintain its framerate.

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      9 months ago

      I wouldn’t be so sure about that. The Switch records a 720p30 video all the time for its 30s replay functionality that is on by default.

      At least theoretically, capture and encoding themselves shouldn’t cause any more performance issues than a stock Switch already has (unless you try to stream and have the replay buffer ofc.) and sending a bunch of video data over a network isn’t very intensive.