r/streaming - 💬│chat

But I keep my bitrate in sync with my internet bandwidth

4:57 AM

So whenever my bandwidth goes down, the bit rate decreases and vice versa

I have 400 download speed and like 20-25 upload speed

That sounds good? Idk what’s fast for internet speeds tbh

4:58 AM

I just know mines above average*

Lol okay

4:58 AM

I see

Idk you’ll have to tinker around with obs to figure out limitations

4:59 AM

Since we have similar systems, the best thing I can say is that you can’t pretty much do almost anything

4:59 AM

Just gotta have a decent internet connection

Hmm okay I’ll keep messing with it then. Maybe someone will randomly jump in the convo and help out a bit more

I mean can you be more specific?

5:01 AM

Just giving me hardware specs doesn’t really narrow stuff down

Like I want to run my stream smoothly. The output I have for it right now in stream labs obs is 720 at 30fps but sometimes when I’m streaming I can see the resolution drop and what not.

5:06 AM

Sorry it’s hard to put into words exactly cause I don’t much about all this obs streaming stuff

@STANLEY KUBRICK when I wake up in the morning I’ll message you on it to help out. I just got a phone call otherwise I would be asleep right now xD I’ll do a new streamer guide on bitrate next week to help people out as well. Back to sleep for me until the morning :p

7:36 AM

Oh and congrats @Smol Peepee

@Shanecus alrighty then night man

Hey is anyone awake right now?

Well it's nearly 11am here, I sleep in but I'm not that lazy

Yea time zones make chats like this uhh interesting

Anyone here like COD: Zombies?

5:45 PM

I stream that sometimes lol

Hey I just finished a NBAK2K20 MyLeague stream where I play with low rated guys and try to win a ring! You can see it on YouTube or Twitch under my current username Anyone want a link?

Hey

@MoistToes lol good name I hope you drive people crazy with it xD

JUST GOT MY FIRST SUBS

Awesome, Smol! How do subs work, do you get a share of the money?

11:49 PM

I don't have enough followers yet

Awesome, Smol! How do subs work, do you get a share of the money?

@Dastr95 basically twitch gets 50 percent and u get 50 percent

I’m just setting up obs now, wish me luck lol

@AJ♋ if it doesn’t pan out well just leave some question in the tech area. I use Streamlabs for streaming but obs for video recording

Okay thanks! I’ll look into stream labs too

Hello

Hello @ローリー Laurie

Hiya guys

Hey @Lenor how's it going?

Ah man things are brilliant, playing bad on Overwatch and getting carried by frens

5:21 PM

living the life

I’m going to do a how to video on bitrate that comes out Friday. Just a very quick ten min vid on here is the way to get rolling. Out stuff into layman’s terms. I feel there is a lot of confusion going around and even shock sometimes when I try to tell people stuff like no no bump it up to 5k or 6k lol. So it will just help out a little on if you have stuttering issues, graininess or just want to understand bitrate a bit more since the term gets thrown around a lot

Aanyone know how to make a sound alert? The one i want isnt on twitch already

7:08 AM

just got affiliate btw

thanks to people who came to my stream!2

congrats @maaliktomtom

thanks man! just trying to work out emotes and bits haha

Is this a good place to ask for converting streams to mp4?

@randymc1908 try in #🔧│tech-support-archive

@Misio thanks

I think I have to give up streaming NBA2K20 MyLeague Hidden Gems, where I play with underated players trying to win a.chip. I average 0 viewers on it but.in other games I average 2-9

5:09 PM

Makes me sad because it's my favorite game

Do you guys have any tips for growing a small stream (30 followers), I'm diamond in league of legends and have just started playing valorant, my gf also wants to stream animal crossing with me due to quarentine lol. Would you guys advise sticking to one game or what?

I think the animal crossing game is a good idea. I’m not a fan of league of legends so I wouldn’t watch it, but you might have a potential audience of people who would like to see you play animal crossing. You’ve got nothing to lose.

How do you guys feel about donation buttons? I have a few followers, just one or two of which who return relatively consistently, but not really. I still have a donation button, despite lacking an audience. Do you think I should remove it and just take it back when I get an audience? Or should I leave it?

@jonb I would suggest getting all your social media linked to everything so you can market broader. I have a checklist video in the #tutorials page. If you are aiming to be competitive then you already know the second part of the video

10:09 PM

@Dastr95 Keep the button. It doesn't turn people off of the channel. It doesn't hurt your viewers, it is there if anyone so pleases. Some times people just want to pop in and be generous. I was speechless on my first donation and it will happen

I’m not familiar with the donation button. Is it similar to using KoFi?

@Shanecus Thank you! Ameythyst: you basically connect your Twitch to your PayPal and send a link to a site where people can chip in. The button is just an image that you choose that takes you to the site.

Easiest setup for it has been thru steamlabs for me

Do people need your email for paypal? I use it for my day job but I know these people face to face so I don’t mind sharing my email

Yup yup @Dastr95 drop a follow and stop by and chat sometime or add me as a friend on discord and ask any questions you need

Yeah, I think I used Streamlabs too. I had some trouble though, as i couldn't figure out whether i was allowed a donation link at all. They mention just groups, I think, but there's some kind that works.

@AJ♋ no only streamlabs has you info. Everyone is can't see any info

10:13 PM

The one thing I would suggest is have it say Tips not donations

Yeah, they just see your PayPal name and a little box where they can type in an amount

It is a small small chance, but for tax reasons it can come up and why risk it

Thanks, @Shanecus. I'll edit it

10:14 PM

I don't know if it matters for tax related reasons what it says though.

10:14 PM

I don't think it does.

It basically has to do with this. Let's say mister beast stops by and gives you 10k woot woot how amazing

10:16 PM

Donation is reported differently than tips are

10:16 PM

Tips you tax them the end

10:17 PM

Donations you have to show where the donation is going towards. Like what foundation or etc. Even then it just depends on if IRS or someone notices, but does it matter

Oh, I think I understand now. Do I change this on PayPal?

No it is just literally the button on your stream says tips not donations

10:18 PM

I have links from the irs tax topics and it is such a small issue, but if I can catch people early I like to

Oh. Man I'd have to look that up then, doesn't make too much sense to me. But in that case I change it.

plus I feel I got more since it said tips vs donations anyways

Hell9

11:29 PM

*Hello

Hi hi

Hey guys!

@T_TEA Party , @Ca'raijyn and @StreamForHealth welcome welcome and welcome

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So I made this group stream for a fundraising week where we play games like Jackbox TV and some stuff on the switch

2:06 AM

It’s my first time managing a group stream so it would be helpful if someone can give some advice

2:06 AM

I was inspired by the annual Jingle Jam by the Yogscast. They’re cool

Thanks Shanecus

Hello i found this discord on reddit I really like the idea. I Just startred making content and streaming recently, there is deffinetly alot to learn but im going to put my all into this if you want to check me out check my Facebook/twitch/youtube. ZGalive my facebook has the most stuff on it. i could really use a mentor thanks! https://www.facebook.com/ZGalive/ (edited)

Alright lads & lady’s I found the group on reddit to be completely honest im brand new to streaming just having a stab in the dark really same with my YouTube

I uploaded my first proper video yesterday and I’ve been doing 4-5 hour streams on Valorant But yeah feel free to pop in past the stream and here’s my first ever vid would appreciate some feed back https://youtu.be/obBpmh0vlUE

Flump Kirton

After 72HRs We Finally Get A Valorant

Anybody know of some good low budget webcams for streaming?

There’s some good YouTube videos by AlphaGaming, all for lower than £60 I believe

11:17 AM

He compares them and does a test displaying each one @KingVibes47

@AJ♋ thanks I'll check it out

My wife did a thing :)

@KingVibes47 Logitech C920 seems to be really popular

5:08 PM

Can usually find them between $50-80 on sale every once and a while

@TonZaga yeah i wanted that one but they're like $200 everywhere now for some reason and they're mostly sold out

non-US?

I'm in the US and everything is sold out sadly

yeah, figures with everyone trying to video conference for work now

Hi

5:18 AM

With my android device, I open live streams with Arcade Omlet, there is a slip in the sound 1 or 2 seconds. Do you have any solution suggestions for this?

5:18 AM

İ have rog phone 2

Hey guys, my birthday just passed and I got some stuff to do a DIY green screen, I really need some help setting it up if anyone is avaliable

Hello question

6:26 AM

Where do I find a stream bot for discord?

Hey all normally don’t ask for a couple of follows, but I just finished 13 hours of streaming. It was a good time. But the last two hours was a just chatting and I got trolled pretty hard. Have about three accounts follow them unfollow just to get their names on the feed. Most are gone now. But there is still two. And I redid my event list and they are still my “most recent” follows and it annoys the hell out of me xD the names were beyond racist and reported already. But... yea

7:12 AM

I’ll host or raid back people like I always do, but otherwise it was a good stream.

7:12 AM

Even with the damn trolls xD

I think there's a couple people that lurk this discord just to troll lol

7:18 AM

posted my stream in here last night an had 3 accounts with similar names spam racist slurs and stuff

7:18 AM

blocked them all quickly but still annoying lol

I normally only ever get it on just chatting

7:19 AM

I’ve had it before this discord and been in here since January

7:19 AM

Not to say that bad people can be anywhere I understand that @jonb as well. I’ve enjoyed everyone I’ve interacted with in here though

7:20 AM

Can’t* I’m tired xD

That would be disappointing if it's the case. We're pretty hot on putting a stop to that type of thing so do let us know if it happens.

7:20 AM

Sorry to hear about the trolls @Shanecus

It’s okay. It was still an amazing stream. I hear Day9 in magic xD

7:21 AM

I beat*

Yeah, I haven't really interacted with many people yet since i really just started out but the people who actually talk in the channels seem cool

@Hoi Hiya, what are you trying to do?

Nevermind. I figured it out.

7:52 AM

We're good on the stream bot.

Okay no worries :D

@Shanecus nice! what deck did you use? format?

@Bioklok can you put links to your stream in #old🔴streams please

10:07 AM

Ah, you already did in networking, that's fine, but don't spam it through multiple channels

Ayyyy

Of course! sorry about that

Can I advertise me twitch here?

You can post it in #old🔴streams

Hey Thanks!

@maaliktomtom it was constructed standard and the ikoria early access event. I’ll send you the list if you want. Did nine different brews yesterday. The one against him went undefeated.

does this chat have the streamcord bot built in?

@Hoi Yes, it should give you the live role if you have connected your twitch account to your discord account and you go live on twitch.

oh cool!

doing like4sub on yt dm me

I'm wanting to make a streaming site, what do you guys recommend?

4:37 AM

Like something I can post my vods, yt videos, and other stuff on

@Shanecus nice! Sure

I play brawl a lot because it's closest to EDH which i love to play in paper. i have an awesome 5 colour niv mizzet brawl deck which gets absolutely insane

@Shanecus thanks for the follow!

@Thomas Like, you want a website? Generally I'd say WordPress with a theme is easy if you're not wanting to build it yourself

hey one and all how are we doing today

Hey @divideaconquer not too bad, how's the apocalypse treating you?

what do you mean?

How are you doing with the lockdowns and quarantines and such.

Hey all

im good just streaming and chilling lol

Hi Streamers! Do people check #🔧│tech-support-archive often? And would a app recommendation question be appropriate in general chat?

6:01 PM

(chances are someone with an answer might be active, but not really a user of the tech support channel)

You can repost it here. I've seen it but nothing comes to mind. Does snagit have that functionality but Mac only?

It gives h264, but I see that it lags at times vs OBS.

6:04 PM

and does not let you adjust the FPS, so I am stuck with 30 fps no matter what.

6:04 PM

Hello guys, I have a question as someone who was using SnagIt for 15+ years I want to find a program for Windows that would be able to capture video.. The only caveat is I am interested in an app that lets you choose a codec. I would prefer editing codec vs the regular h264. The ability to choose the FPS would be a welcomed addition, but not really a must.

So I put a new video in tutorials, I'll keep pumping these out about once a week. Only downside is my video quality isn't perfect from the camera, but camera prices are suuuuuuuper price gouged right now. My game bit rate and stream is always crisp tho. I'm still learning a lot as well and I just talk to you as if there is no mysticism in this xD. I'm only at 204 followers but my sub count is currently 73. so I have a lot of retention and return followers. I am always open to help people out as well in here or a personal message. Just @ me as I jump around a ton of discords xD

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17 live on twitch right now, mental, if you're here, go a watch a person on the sidebar --> you might find your new favourite streamer

How do you keep people entertained? I don't have an audience yet, only a couple of followers that don't really come back too often. Because of this, I can't have a conversation with anyone unless people enter the chat and actually stick around and want to converse. So, I guess my bigger question is, what do you do to get people to stick around for a stream? I get viewers that leave after a very short time, so clearly my commentary isn't SUPER exciting.

8:51 PM

I do have some "exciting" series going on, it's not like I'm "just" playing a game. I have a goal - a project - in mind, or do some kind of challenge. But people still don't stay.

So, audience growth is something that is different stream to stream

8:52 PM

Some join for content and others for people. Think speed runs vs comedy channels

8:53 PM

The biggest thing to do in my opinion is to think about the long term goal of one fan a month

8:53 PM

This goes into the idea that all you need as an artist or producer is 1000 true fans

8:53 PM

So when you get one person that chats at all make it about them. Talk directly to them. Ask about their day

8:54 PM

Hell I had a huge bump the other day when I got the chat arguing over what type of steak is best xD

Do you think there's value in streaming a lot of different things, or is it better to stick to a one thing? I feel like people who follow my stream don't get to see what they followed for if I stream a bunch of games, at the same time I don't always feel like streaming the same thing.

8:55 PM

Hahaha, awesome. I am hoping to get people interested in my content of course, but I'd need to get some idea of topic to talk about without holding a conversation until then.

Hmm so what I can say from my experience is this. I stream Magic Mon-Fri in the mornings for consistency on people that want just that. Then every evening Sun-Thur I have a theme and variety stream

8:55 PM

I have different numbers for every stream. The smallest being around seven on RPG night and highest being 28 on GTFO night

8:56 PM

So the fans you build will follow you around on content and games and conversation will carry based on what you do

8:56 PM

Viewers will drop in and drop out and disappear. I say don't worry about them.

8:57 PM

Just find that one chatter that you can actually learn about and make a relationship

I thought I'd get a schedule done after getting a sort of fan base, but I suppose it makes sense to make a schedule before so people know what to expect.

8:57 PM

Thanks, man! Appreciate the help a lot!

Yea of course. You can message anytime or stop by and chat

8:58 PM

I am here to help when I can help lol. I'm a bit less on technical side of things, but got a radio background and marketing and can help on that.

9:01 PM

Also @Dastr95 tried to jump onto your cannel from your discord link and it seems broken? Says unavailable. Tried a few different ones and works fine

Awesome. I have enough knowledge of the tech stuff to stream at least, and like doing some graphic work even if it's fantastic! Hm, I changed my username, I forgot that the link would probably not work here. How do I change it? (edited)

bottom left hand corner on discomd

9:04 PM

Discord*

9:04 PM

Hit the gear next to your name and then go to connections

Yep, figured it out. Should be updated now.

It works now. Your about me is still about your old name though as a heads up

Thanks! I'll fix this straight away.

Who's excited for command and conquer in june>?

Hi

Anybody got a stream team that needs more members?

Hi everybody! Just wanted to stop by and say YO

So how do you stream on reddit?

I'd love to be part of a stream team in general. I remember back when everyone made co-op channels that didn't go anywhere, kinda wanna try it out with streams though lol.

@Dastr95 would you perhaps like to join our stream team??

Sure! Where can I read up on it?

Teams are the best but really it’s about how involved them are with their members that makes a difference. Ive been on both sides and it’s good and bad... (edited)

guess who just got twitch affiliate

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Hey everyone! Just wondering, does anyone wanna maybe join/start a D&D campaign with me? I’d be DM

it would be text based, but it wouldn’t be much different than speech, for anyone interested I can explain how! Message me with inquiries

2:29 AM

(I might turn this into a stream idea

)

Hey guys, im trying to make emotes for my channel and they're all so blurry! any help/

Hey all you cool cats and kittens

come hang with me! Https://twitch.tv/bakes915

FYI the link has to be all lower case to make it clickable @usafbaker915

Hey guys! My greenscreen is really thin and you can see through it in some areas, how can I fix this it's very frustrating

I just had my gf give me a bowlcut on stream because i thought i hit affiliate, only to realize i still have average 2.8 viewers hahahaha

8:26 AM

8:26 AM

F

^ at least you got an emote ready for when you hit affiliate lol

Oh crap, what average do you need? 3? For some reason I thought 50 followers was all you needed.

10:00 AM

I'm never getting to affiliate then lol

I can't see rules anywhere for any of these channels. Am I missing something or do no rules exist for this discord? It's just surprising that people share their Twitch on virtually every channel, when it seems they'd be made for something else.

@Dastr95 It's something I've been meaning to get to

Great!

Would anyone like to play Jackbox Party Pack 6?

i hope this is the right channel

can you post in the #🔧│tech-support-archive channel please

okay!

Best part about streaming without viewers is being curious and watching an old VOD, noticing the microphone was muted for two hours...

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Ya'll like facebook streamers?

I’m not too familiar with FB streaming other than when people do live Q&A’s. It seems like it could grow into something however. But.. it’s FB lol

@StreamForHealth feel free to tag me for future Jackbox sessions. Patently Stupid is my current craze

@DannyMiii I bought the Party Pack 6 which has Press The Button! I’m trying to get people to play the game as well because it’s just fun that way ahah

eh from the people ive talked to that have switched from twit theve made more in say 3 months than what they did in a year on twitch

People that have switched from Twitch to Facebook you’re talking @ShakeyBaconLive ?

Anyone look at the Schitt Hel "Gaming" Dac/Amp?

Does anyone play Elder Scrolls Online?

YAY i have my emotes

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1

Adorable!

Do people here like blind runs? I want to play more games and feel like streaming them is a good way to actually get it done. Do you prefer people who are good at games?

Hows it going guys i just joined this server

@Dastr95 most of mine are blind runs and my community enjoys seeing a game with me. Also have vets who come in and enjoy “helping” at bad parts

7:57 PM

@Arcane welcome welcome

Hows it going @Shanecus

Good good. Did a long Dnd session stream last night that went well. And still recovering from the 24 hour stream Monday xD been a crazy week lol How about you?

Thanks, @Shanecus. I definitely like doing them as well.

Yea, I say do what you enjoy the most and your enjoyment will spread to the viewers

Hey @Shanecus thanks for that follow. I had just been saying I was feeling disheartened but then you appeared! This is all about having fun and doing your thang

Of course! I help anywhere I can :p

5:06 AM

I’m not on pc much Friday night and Saturday or I would have stuck around @PickleAddict streaming Sunday to Friday you need so time off screens tho xD

I completely agree! I admire the dedication! I do Tuesday Wednesday Friday and Saturday. A lot of times it’s cuz I drink and I need to do stuff during the day haha don’t wanna get myself in physical trouble lol

I understand that lol. My crazy schedule came out of my career plans taking a change with Covid anyways. So more time to pursue and make this a real thing

I recently moved and due to all the fears I genuinely can’t get a job. And I’m a extrovert so spending so much time talking to one person and my dog is kinda rough lol

How do you appear in the list as "live on Twitch"? I'm live at the moment and it doesn't show up.

Hmm, I think the bot is having issues. I'll take a look

so my follower gain has stagnated a tiny bit, whats some advice to gain more?

Hey eveyone I just joined the server

Hey @flameturtle. welcome

7:13 AM

@Dastr95 let me know it's it's still broken next time you try

7:14 AM

Also, morning all. Well for me, I think most people here are in the US? I should do a poll, or maybe a timezone role. (edited)

Im from New Zealand

Ah cool, what's it like over there right now with all this going on?

I guess I'm pretty introverted because I kinda love staying inside all day everyday

Yeah same tbh. I worked from before all this started and I like to play games in the little free time I have, so I'm sat here watching the world change around me without much stress.

People are still shitty, I went to get groceries and saw a bunch of people at the park, Kinda makes the lockdown pointless

I thought NZ came out of lockdown?

Okay so the live role function is down due to a known issue with the discord API, normal service to resume shortly

hello, everyone, am new here too

hey corn

3:59 PM

hows it going?

Hello! I’m new to streaming

Hey!

We come out of lockdown tomorrow

dude streaming is becoming hard as of late

2:00 AM

for some reason i just feel tired all the time and have low energy

2:00 AM

its like my brain flatlines and i just wanna sleep

2:01 AM

idk whats been up with me lately but its been affecting my streams

^

2:01 AM

My other problem is i like cant get hype for anything anymore. Its hard to find games I genuinely want to play without being drained like that

tbh i think im depressed or at the very least coming down with a bad case of cabin fever

see thats where we differ

2:03 AM

i know im depressed

i dont usually think i have depression but i know recently things have been off for me

Eh it doesnt help that im stressed out i guess

GG @The LIC, you just advanced to level 1!

you stressed that might be it

I don’t really feel stress

2:09 AM

For some odd reason I’m lethargic all the time and I don’t wanna do anything

2:09 AM

Which is strange for me

i mean thats my perpetual state

Okay

Didn’t expect to find Killa in a streaming discord almighty_killa_head

@maaliktomtom well I guess, looking to learn from everyone with regards to streaming, I am relatively new but I thought it could be good to try something new since we are mostly working from home

Haha! Yeah same. Ive been streaming a while but really got into it lately. Hit affiliate recently on twitch :)

that's great, hopefully I reach there soon

@Smol Peepee and @The LIC a little of streaming frustration comes from plateaus. I know Smol hit affiliate recently. And that rush to affiliate is crazy. You watch the numbers grow. You get the follows, you increase the views, then you hit it!

8:37 AM

Then after that you have to say, what now?

8:37 AM

The frustration of the stream will be the very very long road to the next step and that takes a lot out of you

8:38 AM

Affiliate you can sprint. But partner or making it an income is a marathon.

8:38 AM

I do suggest you take days off completely away from the screen. I don’t touch my PC at all on Saturday. It excites me for the next stream

Have you guys been noticing more lag during the lockdown? I can't get rid of the buffering on my stream and its driving me insane

@flameturtle. it is the Valorant drops on twitch as well. There has been thousands of fake accounts made and if you are using an ingest server where a 24/7 Valorant channel was with over 100k viewers it was rough

GG @Shanecus, you just advanced to level 1!

It will get better in coming months tho

8:40 AM

The lockdown certainly plays a part amigo

I judt tried streaming Modern warfare and CS:GO and got super bad buffering, What do I do?

You can lower your bitrate. Lower the frames. And switch around the ingest servers.

8:42 AM

Also make sure you run your obs in admin when running a game like modern warfare

@Smol Peepee @The LIC I suffer from depression and those certainly sound like symptoms, You can manage it more by making sure to get enough sleep, eating breakfast more and in my case I go for a drive because it gives me a rush. Doing something exhilarating never fails to snap me out of a bad mood.

8:46 AM

@Shanecus I lowered my bitrate to 4k and my output is 720p but I didnt know anything about the ingest servers so I'll check it out, thanks.

GG @flameturtle., you just advanced to level 1!

Yay

Yea @flameturtle. check the ingest and lower to 3500 if you have too. Depends on your MB’s up and down also

8:48 AM

I feel I can’t run games like apex or modern warfare smooth unless I can push out 6k bits

My download is 103mbps and upload is 24mbps

Hello my people. Just got my affiliate a few days ago. So now I am joining different communities to meet new people and also help where I can. :)

Hey @kratos7450 welcome

Thanks @Misio Appreciate it

guys

12:29 PM

what the hell

12:30 PM

i looked up the cost of a proper light for streaming

12:30 PM

elgato wanr $400 for a light?!

12:30 PM

thats more than my pc!

I'm absolutely no expert, but don't you want something like a basic portrait ring light?

12:31 PM

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Studio-Lighting-Dimmable-Filter-Adapter/dp/B072N2YWWN

I dont know what i want dude

honestly the lighting could just be a properly placed $10 lamp

i havent even got the cam yet

12:31 PM

lol

haha

12:31 PM

lol

that ring light which is probably overkill is £60

The two most important pieces of equipment other then your computer are your video cam and your recording mic

there's one with a stand for £25, but yeah, I agree with Kratos, a lamp with a shade would do you

£60 way too much

12:32 PM

well iuts not

12:32 PM

but im poor

also @kratos7450 every time I read your username, in my head I just hear KRATOS KRATOS AHOOHH KRATOS (edited)

12:33 PM

current setup is best

12:33 PM

crappo led light diffusing off of a sloth plushie

12:33 PM

11/10

HAHAHA That is awesome@Misio

12:34 PM

My current high dollar light lol

My gf loved the original GoW so much that she just refers to every game with similar mechanics as "Not Kratos"

yours is better than mine though

12:35 PM

i still dont know what camera to buy :/

12:35 PM

theres like no information out on anything except the panasonic g7 and 770

12:35 PM

which are out of budget D:

I have a HD 1080P logitech

12:36 PM

Right now cameras are on shortage and prices are being jacked up

Yeah I had a c920

12:36 PM

but i sold it for £130

12:36 PM

because i am scum

12:36 PM

and taking advantage

Hahaha

12:36 PM

Atleast your honest

im now using sasid money to upgrade my setup

Just go to your local dollar store and buy a $5 lamp. :)

thats what i have

You play bannerlord? That's awesome

nah

12:42 PM

bannerlord is garbage

12:42 PM

utter trash

12:43 PM

warband is superior in every way

I do love warband. The mods for it are endless. Spent so much time on that game

still do

why are capture cards expensive too

1:00 PM

i dont wanna spend another £40 :C

Hey guys!

@maaliktomtom Hello. Hope your having a great day

You too. Man! Just finished my stream. Short ans sweet today

4:35 PM

Been writing an assignment all day

I hear that. I should be doing school work as well. haha

Dont do that... Stream!

4:43 PM

Mwahaha

4:43 PM

HAHA. You make a solid argument

Heii everybody, glad to be here, how are you all doing ?

Hey @Budokai nice to meet you, welcome

Welcome @Budokai

Lots of chat movement today xD

By anny chance annyone interested in fishing? I mean mostly gaming but irl also if so

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Twitch is down currently as a heads up for anyone frustrated

I literally stopped streaming like 10 minutes ago. That was a close one.

lol yea it happens xD

10:03 PM

Had a nice one going but meh

What can you do? What were you streaming?

I think there are some big routing issues going on. Virgin media has been down every hour in the UK today, but it's been weird, like, twitter would be inaccessible but discord okay. That points to exchange or announce issues.

10:06 PM

traffic getting blackholed etc

Yea it seems like it is really hit or miss on sites today.

10:13 PM

@kratos7450 I was doing my morning magic the gathering stuff before RPG night xD

10:13 PM

May finish some resident evil up first tho. We went almost all the way through four last night on the spooky stream

10:13 PM

I'll follow you when this is back up xD

10:14 PM

I tried to now and still nothing

Morning magic!!! Hell yeah. And RPG at night. That's my kinda day. Hahaha. Same man. I will look you up when twitchpocalypse is over.

Yea I theme each night as something Sunday-Thursday. I admire people who can stream the same game over and over, but in the evenings I like actually beating games and going through the backlog. Plus I like doing DND stuff idk. It is nice because all the followers and subs genuinely are part of the community. And I lose a TON of followers often when I switch games. There isn't much I can do about that though.

10:29 PM

Like I did that 24 hour Halo stream and beat four games last Monday. Got ten follows, but five have already unfollowed.

Ahhhhh. Yeah that's hard line to ride. The easiest way to get a community is focusing on one game. That's great but it is easy to get burnt out. I like switching it up as well. :)

Community wise I'm good. It's that I think Randos won't enjoy it as much but that is what is is.

Yep. Is what it is. Most of my watchers are not talkers. So I am struggling with the community side. :(

Hey everyone, hope we’re all doing well given the quarantine. I got a question basically seeking advice about streaming but not about setup... should I still post on technical support ?

Yeah i lose followers when i play anythint other than rome total war haha

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@PhantomDamian whats up?

Hey if you are an art streamer on here, please message me as well so I can follow you. As the Covid sleep schedule gets worse and worse art streams are like my guilty pleasure xD. That and I'm tasked with coming up with a new shirt every three months and I don't do the arts

@Shanecus my wife does art commissions. Graphic design etc. She did my emotes and does a lot of the drawing for me. You want her insta?

hi guys

Hi @Nappzcott how you doing?

im good thanks, i posted in reddit but no reply as of yet

2:21 PM

im just wondering, how to gain viewers and keep them im almost at affiliate with twitch but just need 0.95 more avg viewers

That's a tough question @Nappzcott I think if there was silver bullet then everyone would do it, that being said it probably pays to get the fundamentals down, Shanecus has a good checklist at the top of #tutorials you might find it useful (edited)

How is it going?

@Nappzcott dont worry about it. Be consistent, stream somethiny you enjoy playing and the viewers will come :)

3:06 PM

Make sure you interact with your chat, play something good for streaminy. I stopped streaming civ vi because i realised its a bad game to stream. Lots ot unfilled air

@WetFish can you post that in #tutorials please? (edited)

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4:28 PM

Thank you. I'm not trying to be a control freak

it's just that large posts like that scroll the chat out, and then also get lost very quickly when people carry on talking, so it's only visible for a short time. Feel free to mention it here like "I've just posted a short guide on how to make an alternative to stream deck in #tutorials " (edited)

4:28 PM

Also, that's really cool btw

Hello hope everyone have I nice day 2day

I have a wondering... to be honest I have a dry spell right now on my twitch I would love to do something more then just gaming but i really dont know what, someone here can help me a little bit?

Drawing. Just chatting. Politics talk

@maaliktomtom sound like a good ide dont know about the political talk tho I am really not in to that

@Aki If your musical you could play guitar or piano or something along those lines.

@maaliktomtom yea send teh link for the insta

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6:18 PM

@Aki as long as youre passionate and having fun, people will watch :)

anyone got time to help with audio issues

could anyone help with setting up encoder and bitrate settings?

sorry man, i just use the default ones

6:58 AM

i have awesome internet

morning @maaliktomtom just doing some early morning flexing?

hahah gotta do it sometime!

@Sim if you are in America I can usually help in the morning. I stream doctor a bit then. Helped three out today. But then once noon hits I usually get bogged down. And now it’s almost 3 am and I’m getting to bed xD

@Shanecus I sent him over to your bitrate video in #tutorials via #🔧│tech-support-archive so hopefully that might get him started

Yea even that has had some issue with things this week. I’ve had to call my isp twice. And twitch dropped completely for around 45 mins yesterday for everyone.

9:32 AM

So there may be issues that are just in general right now. Not a good week for the internet xD Lots of happy people in streamers this week tho. So luck streaming to all.

come to singapore @Shanecus you'll never have problems then :P:

Lol @maaliktomtom I get plenty of come to Singapore emails. You aren’t getting me that easy

It's awesome here

3:39 AM

500 up 500 down

It is only 8-9:30 so like right now it is only allowing 900kbs

4:15 AM

then in 30 mins it will be fine again

Kbs?!

4:21 AM

Wtfffff

yes...you know my pain

4:27 AM

and only during righ tnow

I dont know your pain cause singapore interner :p

4:44 AM

Although when i lived in Hanoi and they tried hacking foreign governments, thr internet would go down. The government would blame it on sharks eating cables

maybe its just Vegas sharks I'm dealing with

Cables eaten by card sharks?

they do actually

12:21 PM

sharks like to nom on the undersea cables

Good morning all, I was wondering if anyone had any good recommendations for studio lighting. I don't have a ton of space, I'm not really able to pull my desk away from the wall in order to use soft box or umbrella lighting since those take up a bunch of space. I'm looking for something like the Elgato KeyLight but without having to spend two hundo on a single panel. Thanks!

@CEO of Maki ring lights are good cheap alternative and they’re very good. I suggest looking up some of them

@CEO of Maki Philips HUE lights are also a good option turns any light camera friendly and i come from a lighting design background and i filled my streaming studio with them just because i can have control on any device and no extra cables or power had to be ran. i carry film lighting equipment that i rent but its not as easy to set up specially since they would need DMX over Ethernet just so i can control over a console

Are there any games you think people don't mind watching without commentary? Say I just wanna play some stuff before going to sleep, but I can't talk, are there any games that still would be interesting to see?

My advice @Dastr95 is don't be afraid to just play for fun still amigo

10:06 PM

Not every moment of gaming has to be streaming.

Hahahah, very true of course!

10:07 PM

Yeah, don't want to make gaming a chore

how do i stream

10:16 PM

@Shanecus how do i stream

@homeinspector4100 that is a loaded question

?

10:17 PM

where do i stream

It is different for many people. If you have a console like PS4 or XB1 you have console streaming you can do. Twitch you set up something like OBS or SLOBS.

i am on chromeboo

I would start with that question on YouTube to start then. Just to get some extra knowledge on it there. Since that is a start question.

okthx

@Laddddie thanks I'll look around at some ring lights

11:32 PM

@PoundTWN I never thought of Philips hue, they're bright enough to run in a video setting? How do you have yours mounted? My issue right now is that my current lighting isn't bright enough so I have a lot of grain in my green screen

there is a raid going around and it will hack

hey what are some scripts that i should start out with for streamlabs chatbot i already have the chat notification.

@TokageStudies Do you mean like a notification that goes off for chat while your streaming? I have been trying to find something like that

@CEO of Maki yeah they work great with some type of defusing gel I use two clip lights for the front and I have 2 more for the green screen

Hey everyone. It is May! A new month means a fresh start. Let's talk goals and what is big for you. I want to reach 350 follows on twitch and 100 follows on youtube. It is a crazy number sure, but I am excited to try it!

someone wanna follow my COD twitch?

9:36 AM

i'm in my fourties and manage myself quite well

9:37 AM

have a watch, leave a follow if you like

@cutaway in #old🔴streams please

@Misio sorry man

no worries

@Shanecus mine is to get to 100 followers on twitch and maybe 10 subscribers by the time my son is born

@maaliktomtom you only have 39 to go. You got this. Determination goes a long way and the persistence in streaming will pay off as well as you continue to talk to others and learn. I believe in you amigo

Hey! My goal for this month is to just generally start streaming! I have everything set up, I'll do my first real stream tonight, and I hope to set a regular schedule!

My May goal is just to get affiliate on twitch and not worry too much about it. I keep reminding myself I genuinely started this to have fun and meet people. Also I plan to stick to my intermittent fasting sked and eat more veggies hahaha

What type are you doing? I've been trying to do 16/8 for a few weeks, it started out pretty hard but got easier, weekends are still totally my downfall. (edited)

Hii, I’ve just started streaming and i would love to see you in my chat ^^. I usually play Valorant nice to meet you all

@Oodles_of_Noodles good luck mate12

12:02 AM

@Misio what do you mean 16/8?

@maaliktomtom thank you!

if you have any questions, dont hesitate to ask

Question

12:29 AM

for facebook

12:30 AM

is there anyway to do a mass post in groups when you're stream is connected to facebook?

i just post in the individual groups that are linked to that stream. you'll quickly get booted if you spam

1:57 AM

i havent found facebook that useful for streaming

We made affiliate ladies and gentlemen!!

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There is some hella spam in r/streaming tonight

2:23 AM

dunno if its a glitchout or something but heck

popular

Whats up yall

@TonZaga congrats1

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3:37 AM

you will never have better emotes than me though

3:38 AM

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@maaliktomtom 8 hours of eating and 16 hours of not. I'm getting old and fat

At the very least it makes you pay attention to what you're eating and not snack through the evening so even if there are no others that's a positive.

haha im doing the same

11:59 AM

@Misio playing civ vi and a lot of chocolate. great combinatin

@Misio yea I do 8:16 too! I pushed to 18hrs yesterday!

if you dont snack and stream you somehow end up starving

5:29 PM

i stream a short two hours and i end stream and realize im dying

I get so focused on what I’m doing I don’t get that hungry but I definitely die after. So sometimes if I’m trying to go longer on my fast I play games to help distract me

Just dropped $150 on new camera setup

7:34 PM

I really hope this works lmao

fingers crossed

Couldnt find any info online about the cam for streaming