Desk + IRL streaming setup
Desk + IRL spans two setups. This tailors the build, the relay, and the compatibility checks to where you are starting from.
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What a Desk + IRL build is
A Desk + IRL build is 8 required components plus 7 optional ones: camera, audio, encoder, connection, data plan, relay / vps, power bank / portable battery, software, and optionally capture card, bonding, lighting, control deck, mount / stabilizer, rigging, backpack / case. Pick a part for each slot above and the planner totals the price and reports the highest stream quality tier the combination can hold, together with which of the four limits binds first: the encoder ceiling, the uplink budget, the codec, or the platform cap.
Verdicts are planning budgets from our published model, not lab measurements. The methodology sets out every constant, and the bitrate calculator runs the same model on a connection alone.
Worked example: How to swap between your desk stream and your IRL backpack.