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Personally, I think the parallax scrolling thing is played out. You have a number of instances where the coloring makes readability really poor.
NCS is a youtube channel, and NCS is also a term. 
So... like a toast notification?
It is like this, yes
I'm still not understanding what it does
Plays the song, credits the song, next song, simple.
So... Why not use Windows native functionality and build a toast daemon or something?
Because- it's already built? And you would need to do that?
Well, then how is it legally allowed to download songs on your computer and stream from that?
... ^^
wherever it's been downloaded from gives you the LICENSE to the content
Yea was a pin in the arse to maintain back when I worked in radio
message all 1064 artists, gain legal permission, and get sued later because turns out it wasn't even a valid agreement?
Well, Yes
I understand, I appreciate it. It's really hard to have these convo's without paying money and stuff. Really appreciate it.
That's true.
Problems resolved. Already had 2 artists say yes. So, shouldn't be a problem now.
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Got a question Does anybody have an idea of what Twitch extensions on twitch log your IP for malicious purposes? I want to create a warning post to help streamers avoid them.
Might be helpful to create a reminder post about internet safety overall, and the usefulness of VPNs if someone doesn't want their IP logged.
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Problems resolved. Already had 2 artists say yes. So, shouldn't be a problem now.
Also! I want to say that your profile pic animation is awesome!
"We can't grant you the permission to stream our songs" "to hard to do etc etc". As I thought.
People being people.
Any tips for new streamers
Regarding what, exactly?
i think ill be using this for now on
in case anyone keeps telling me my goals and dream are not "reasonable" compare to the person telling me that
Yeah, you can set any goal you want, if its reasonable or not, just depends on what you have planned to achieve that, but people confuse "reasonable" with "realistic" a lot.
Because goals are meant to be achieved? Reasonable is subjective. Realistic assumes some universal constraints.
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Which country are you in?
Montenegro
Thanks
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Now time to do some marketing.
I mean NIGHTMODE got some songs
Thanks tiny boop I follow back and do shoutouts too. Appreciate ya
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I wanna mention something that's been nagging at me for a while, and it's going to be a bit "stream of consciousness" with no edits, so here it goes. Time is our only limited resource. Work is effort over time. More effort means more work gets done. This is the basic principle. For new streamers, there's a lot of content out there that talks about tools, software, platforms, and all of that. Over the last two years, I feel like I've wasted more time researching and watching tutorials on YouTube than I have actually streaming, and the fact is that some of it was a TOTAL waste of time. Here's a few things I've learned recently: 1. Abandon the "meet everyone where they live" strategy. This is a desperate move early on as a streamer, and the time investment of managing several platforms (or the cost of paying for automation to do that) is likely not worth it. If you're fortunate enough to scale and have revenue coming in to support expansion, then do that when the time is right. 2. As streamers, it's the content that's king. This means going out of your comfort zone, pushing the "Go Live" button, and making content. It kind of doesn't matter what it is early, it just needs to be content. 3. As you put in reps, you will get more comfortable. The challenge then becomes consistency. Getting on, putting up content, and engaging the community. Do it over and over until it becomes second nature. 4. Once you've got consistency down, THEN start worrying about metrics. If your input is inconsistent, so will be the output. Using the metrics to guess against inconsistent data is nearly impossible. 5. Eventually, the metrics will tell a story. This is where those influencer videos might make sense to watch, because they are largely talking about how to scale the effort of streaming, not really how to "get started" like they say they are.
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I wanna mention something that's been nagging at me for a while, and it's going to be a bit "stream of consciousness" with no edits, so here it goes. Time is our only limited resource. Work is effort over time. More effort means more work gets done. This is the basic principle. For new streamers, there's a lot of content out there that talks about tools, software, platforms, and all of that. Over the last two years, I feel like I've wasted more time researching and watching tutorials on YouTube than I have actually streaming, and the fact is that some of it was a TOTAL waste of time. Here's a few things I've learned recently: 1. Abandon the "meet everyone where they live" strategy. This is a desperate move early on as a streamer, and the time investment of managing several platforms (or the cost of paying for automation to do that) is likely not worth it. If you're fortunate enough to scale and have revenue coming in to support expansion, then do that when the time is right. 2. As streamers, it's the content that's king. This means going out of your comfort zone, pushing the "Go Live" button, and making content. It kind of doesn't matter what it is early, it just needs to be content. 3. As you put in reps, you will get more comfortable. The challenge then becomes consistency. Getting on, putting up content, and engaging the community. Do it over and over until it becomes second nature. 4. Once you've got consistency down, THEN start worrying about metrics. If your input is inconsistent, so will be the output. Using the metrics to guess against inconsistent data is nearly impossible. 5. Eventually, the metrics will tell a story. This is where those influencer videos might make sense to watch, because they are largely talking about how to scale the effort of streaming, not really how to "get started" like they say they are.
I just follow everyone I cross paths with hoping they will reciprocate, and do my thing on my stream.
I just follow everyone I cross paths with hoping they will reciprocate, and do my thing on my stream.
But... it doesn't help you in the long run. You think that your audience is gonna be composed of other people that are trying to grow their channels as well? Do you live your life watching their content when they go live, and them watching yours in return, for the viewer number to be remotely close to the number of followers you'll have? That's the point where the "follow for follow" logic fails you and everyone else that think this is positive for their channels. It's like being mass followed by bots, having thousands of "followers" but a single digit viewership.
I get what you mean though, follows for follows doesn’t create an audience
It's a fine thing to follow back the people who follow you, but it shouldn't be a predominant viewership growth strategy. It will help, but it will not be a driver.
And it shouldn't be touted as a growth strategy, either. It shouldn't be promoted like that.
Fair enough. Like I said I’m just starting out, with like 30 followers. Still figuring out the space
Early networking can sometimes have a beneficial outcome, but what could benefit you more is creating content that you like for a community around a game or subject that you love.
Passion is what people tune into. @Thercio nailed it. When you love something, people can feel it.
I just scream at the viewers incoherently
Solid strat
I just scream at the viewers incoherently
And I'm 100% sure that your viewers love that you are strong and independent, and you are your own spiritual animal
And I'm 100% sure that your viewers love that you are strong and independent, and you are your own spiritual animal
You are too kind
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If you want to see why f4f is tricky I suggest looking into Instagram growth. People do mass unfollows constantly to make their metrics look better
Have worked with social media before, can confirm. People will follow thousands upon thousands of people over the course of months, then mass unfollow them (there are tools for that, so that you don't get shadowbanned and wonder why no one interacts with your content anymore)
Cool I'll read through it thanks
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There are twitch plugins you can use to get overlays, otherwise the pc cap card method is easiest way to play ps5 and have overlays
Ty for the info
I'm afraid Reborn's argument is a little flawed from my perspective. As a doctor your skill would be diagnosing and treating patients - thats what you're being paid for. You're not being paid for the reasons you're there, you're being paid for your skills. As a twitch streamer, one of your skills has to be 'likeable/entertaining' in order to fulfil your 'job description'. If you dont fill these skills, you dont fit the roles intention and you won't succeed. People will donate and support you as a twitch streamer because they like you, and thats why people say to make friends.
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Now, focus on your objectives, stop complaining about any obstacle you find in your way and work around them. And obviously, start streaming on a schedule.
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In your User Settings you should see a Connections tab where you can link to twitch:
Ah okay thank you very much
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@rebornnora Here's my take, since you're asking for advice: If you're approaching streaming as a business venture, meaning you want to stream full-time as your primary means of supporting yourself, then you need to treat it like a business. Come at it with a plan. Write it all down. If you need a sounding board, bring your ideas here and we can discuss. Business don't usually just happen; They require a lot of planning and execution, among many other considerations. My advice to you would be to make sure you're running your ideas by people who are aligned with your vision. Asking Grammy what she thinks about your streaming venture might not net you the best feedback. The "people" you're talking to aren't wrong per-se, but it's not structured advice that will help you do something about it. Networking is a crucial part of any business. It leads to conversions. For you, in the most basic sense, conversions is views:
- You connect with someone
- They connect with you
- They watch your content, as well as sponsored content, which pays the platform.
- After you hit certain markers, the platform shares a portion of ad revenue with you (Affiliate or Partner in the case of Twitch)
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And, as @Felimancer mentioned, there isn't a morality issue at play here. If you are feeling like there is, you may want to investigate why within yourself. Streamers are entertainers. There's no obligation for you to do anything as an entertainer except entertain, which is completely subjective to the viewer. You're not sworn to an oath like a judge or a doctor. You're just a person with a talent you want to share. Can you imagine "America's Got Talent" being successful without offering that MASSIVE prize at the end? It's a business. Show business, the entertainment biz, call it what you want. If there are people holding you to some kind of standard or setting expectations for you as far as "being humble" and "not earning money", then seriously kick them out of your business. Run your stream the way that makes you happy, and don't compromise. And it's TOTALLY FINE to want to make money from using your time to create entertainment for others. DO NOT GET THAT TWISTED.
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@Thercio brings up some very important things to consider about a legitimate business plan for a streamer. You will need seed capital (money) to get started, and a source of continuing revenue as you go to not only support you and your life, but the business's needs too, such as advertising, events, new equipment, services, staff (like an editor or a on-air moderator), taxes, and more. I would have what I consider a "professional" streaming setup, and it was approx. $6k. Add my Razer Blade 15 and you're closer to $8k. It's not a cheap investment to start, and no savvy investor would invest in someone who only wants to spend money on cool stuff without a plan for repayment (ties back to the business plan and how you expect to make revenue). Lighting, cameras, microphones, computers, and the like are the tools of our trade, primarily. It's important to set a baseline, but please trust when I say that chasing the best gear is a time and money suck. In addition to the $8k I mentioned above, I've spent countless dollars on random stuff and hair-brained ideas. Word of the wise is to pick a few things that work, and stick with them for a while. Haters gon' hate, and when you have revenue to spend on new equipment, you will.
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I make notes on stuff that happens to me during the week so if I go quiet I can remember a story to tell people. Or you can just think of subjects that excite you or you could talk about in a fun way. It doesnt have to be a script - just reminders of something to chat about 
ok thx
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my 2 viewers which happen to be my friends told me I'm too quiet and don't talk enough and honestly I agree but Idk what to talk about
What kind of content are you streaming?
What kind of content are you streaming?
Good question
Excellent answer
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Drew likes my merch design ayyyy
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I need to get my boyfriend to 50 followers!! He's at 27 right now. Advice?
If you scroll up a few pages there is actually some of the best most in depth streaming advice I have ever seen come out of this discord or the subreddit.
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Hello there, I would need some advice. Someone there?
What sort of advice?
thanks Misio
Also, check the pinned message in #🔧│tech-support-archive there is some standard information they would need to help you efficiently
Many of them are hobbyist streamers, just doing it for fun. There's also the "Two Week Career Pro-Streamers", who wanna go all in buying a lot of expensive hardware and tools, but don't try to research even the basics about... anything. Then stop because they get frustrated, for not getting any results.
Why you gotta call me out like that, man? 
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It's a stupid reason, and anybody reading this should recognize that
Since the alert sounds would be coming from the streaming PC, couldn't you put it on a speaker, so you'd hear the alert going as it happens? That would only be an issue if you use noise-cancelling headphones, besides muting system sounds. Microsoft hates this one little trick
Just thinking of the easiest solution first
I think I can set up a webhook to have my lights react to different stuff, too
But, for closure, you can do webhooks. https://dev.twitch.tv/docs/api/webhooks-reference
I got a friend that put her background lighting to react to follows, subs and donations (don't know how she did it, never asked), but with stuff like this I tend to seek the first solution that does the job, and then worrying about how it can be improved later
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And if you kill Lego I’ll be broken
yeah..........about that
If you see a bunch of notifs there was a discord scam bot
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i can already tell his goal is over 9000 followers
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Lol 
and how would like to come to my stream tomorrow I would really appreciate it if y'all were to be there
and how would like to come to my stream tomorrow I would really appreciate it if y'all were to be there
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Nice! Fingers crossed on that new job then xD Do you work in the art field?
I work at a hardware store currently, and trying to get into education. Also trying to get an art side hustle going :)
I work at a hardware store currently, and trying to get into education. Also trying to get an art side hustle going :)
Nice like a full teaching gig? I have a bunch of friends in teaching, or student aid and they all seem to enjoy it. And the art looks good so I can totally see the hustle. Do you get lots of commissions so far?
Do i need to do something automatically on streamlabs or how does that work?
I'm not sure honestly with the different accounts thing and all that. Normal you link your paypal into streamlabs and you are pretty good to go as long as your paypal is set up correctly
Nice like a full teaching gig? I have a bunch of friends in teaching, or student aid and they all seem to enjoy it. And the art looks good so I can totally see the hustle. Do you get lots of commissions so far?
I'd like to get the full teaching gig eventually, probably middle or HS science since my background is in Biology. For now I am applying to TA and Parapro positions to get my feet in the water. And thank you! I've done a few pieces for friends and friends of friends but that's about it. I'm trying to get better at putting myself out there so more eyes will see my work :)
I'd like to get the full teaching gig eventually, probably middle or HS science since my background is in Biology. For now I am applying to TA and Parapro positions to get my feet in the water. And thank you! I've done a few pieces for friends and friends of friends but that's about it. I'm trying to get better at putting myself out there so more eyes will see my work :)
Yea exposure for art is a big step just getting people to ask “oh cool where did that come from” is always a good place. Most my teaching friends are back in the Midwest where it’s like 1 or 2 schools for life. Here in Vegas the last teacher I talked to made it sound like war in the classroom xD
Yea exposure for art is a big step just getting people to ask “oh cool where did that come from” is always a good place. Most my teaching friends are back in the Midwest where it’s like 1 or 2 schools for life. Here in Vegas the last teacher I talked to made it sound like war in the classroom xD
Learning how Twitter works for art stuff today since it's something I've never used before. Hopefully that will be good for exposure. I have heard good things about teaching in the Midwest too, but unfortunately that's a ways away from me.
Learning how Twitter works for art stuff today since it's something I've never used before. Hopefully that will be good for exposure. I have heard good things about teaching in the Midwest too, but unfortunately that's a ways away from me.
Yea and feel free to ask if any questions on social stuff. We have a good group here that’s used them. Lately I’ve seen more interaction on Instagram, but Twitter is great for vitality too. One good photo gets on a retweet chain and you get tons of new eyes on the work.
Yea and feel free to ask if any questions on social stuff. We have a good group here that’s used them. Lately I’ve seen more interaction on Instagram, but Twitter is great for vitality too. One good photo gets on a retweet chain and you get tons of new eyes on the work.
Thank you! I've been using insta for a while now and now trying to branch out into other social media, Twitter has always intimidated me for some reason. I think cause it's so primarily text based and I don't have anything clever to say most of the time haha
Thank you! I've been using insta for a while now and now trying to branch out into other social media, Twitter has always intimidated me for some reason. I think cause it's so primarily text based and I don't have anything clever to say most of the time haha
Yea I saw your awesome Instagram! The Reddit photos are cool too. And remember you can 100% use a photo on each tweet
Yea I saw your awesome Instagram! The Reddit photos are cool too. And remember you can 100% use a photo on each tweet
Thank you I've been trying really hard to improve my art this year to a standard where I would buy it. And I will def use photos, but are the captions equally important when posting photos?
huh, I am not sure honestly. @TenderSausage may be able to help since he is a tech savant. and usually helps in #🔧│tech-support-archive
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Please post in #old🔴streams, not #💬│chat
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Y’all all in here just to self promo. After scrolling through tons of #🔧│tech-support-archive without any actually help it’s clear.
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So Tender Sausage has helped hundreds in tech support over the last two years. When you asked about your name looks like people here gave you real suggestions? and you didn't replay back? And a few of us said we were just gone for awhile/ Like I'm out of state. It seems like you have a pretty quick take on things amigo
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And my appologies for not replying, I've been crying for 3 days with depression, quit my job yesterday... it's been a mess.
Feel that lol
Dude, I'm totally gatekeeping my info on the PS5 and Elgato gear that I don't have.
Not talking about you.
And my appologies for not replying, I've been crying for 3 days with depression, quit my job yesterday... it's been a mess.
Sausage my man you are perfectly fine. And you know you can reach out to me anytime needed man
Dude, I'm totally gatekeeping my info on the PS5 and Elgato gear that I don't have.
I said I’ve reached out to 3 people, unless I’ve DM’d you then you aren’t one of them
I have every piece of Elgato HW, I just don't have any consoles to test with
If I don’t want to talk to game chat/party chat. Elgato is all I need right? Keep seeing something about the chat link, but no one really goes in depth with what it does.
So Tender Sausage has helped hundreds in tech support over the last two years. When you asked about your name looks like people here gave you real suggestions? and you didn't replay back? And a few of us said we were just gone for awhile/ Like I'm out of state. It seems like you have a pretty quick take on things amigo
I'd say that pretty much sums it up so I'm going to leave it there for the moment. Thanks @Shanecus
Morning all, any plans for the weekend?
I wish but I just started uni :(