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What is your monitor setup for twitch alerts mate? as in managing the twitch alerts green boarder to see the names of the alerts, chat and obs etc?
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What is your monitor setup for twitch alerts mate? as in managing the twitch alerts green boarder to see the names of the alerts, chat and obs etc?
Monitor as in screen?
FYI - Ash if your having issues getting followers, don't worry. You've not been streaming long and it takes time
If you play ETS2, War Thunder, Wot or WoWs etc give me a shout I'll play a few with you and put a live stream on aswell see if we can't get a few people to start following
FYI - Ash if your having issues getting followers, don't worry. You've not been streaming long and it takes time
If you play ETS2, War Thunder, Wot or WoWs etc give me a shout I'll play a few with you and put a live stream on aswell see if we can't get a few people to start following
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I guess that's another aspect to this whole thing - getting your videos/stream out there and gaining some viewers... We've so far been adamant that we aren't going to use the features on social media plugins etc. to mass spam people and have been avoiding "sub4sub" or shallow tit-for-tat trading of views/comments/likes/whatever...
Where has it got us?... 3 months in, getting on for 100 videos uploaded but as far as I'm concerned completely devoid of any (genuine) viewers. In some sense that's what has prompted us to give streaming a try (just to increase our exposure a little) but otherwise it seems like it may just be a waiting game - keep making content as good quality as we can and hope to get lucky!!
Anybody else care to share their experiences up to this point?
Where has it got us?... 3 months in, getting on for 100 videos uploaded but as far as I'm concerned completely devoid of any (genuine) viewers. In some sense that's what has prompted us to give streaming a try (just to increase our exposure a little) but otherwise it seems like it may just be a waiting game - keep making content as good quality as we can and hope to get lucky!!
Anybody else care to share their experiences up to this point?
Could be worth a shot... Just like GIMP Blender is really just a well run open source clone of many of the best features of the pro paid for software. The only downside is it takes a bit of learning because not too many people use it (as a video editor). I think I watched a series of tutorials by a guy called Mike Myers (neither of "the" Mike Myers's though) Also I can try and help a bit if you run into anything specific
Thanks, I'll certainly bear that in mind if I get stumped on something.
I'd never considered variable frame rate as the culprit. Interesting.
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Here's a thought. How about we all list our twitch and youtube channels? Follow each other? I'd even be tempted to watch a few of you, but we can all help each other.
I'm starting up my streaming this Wednesday when my Blue Yeti Mic (bought off ebay for £79.50) arrives. I have bought an Elgato 60HD Pro and a Logitech C920 webcam.
For someone who lacked confidence a few years ago and didn't like myself on camera and mic, I've grown since then and can't wait to get started!
I think consistency is going to be key, the problem is I work retail with varied times. I'd be safe to stream from 9:30pm to midnight every/most nights, but I do think consistency will help.
Going to run my Youtube channel alongside and upload streams straight to it, but also create my own videos seperately.
I'm starting up my streaming this Wednesday when my Blue Yeti Mic (bought off ebay for £79.50) arrives. I have bought an Elgato 60HD Pro and a Logitech C920 webcam.
For someone who lacked confidence a few years ago and didn't like myself on camera and mic, I've grown since then and can't wait to get started!
I think consistency is going to be key, the problem is I work retail with varied times. I'd be safe to stream from 9:30pm to midnight every/most nights, but I do think consistency will help.
Going to run my Youtube channel alongside and upload streams straight to it, but also create my own videos seperately.
"Consistency" is not a major thing as in being on at the same time EVERY evening. You burn through material, QUICKLY.
Being "Live" also depends on the gimmick of your show, some shows need to be live, others, not so much.
I see it as entertainment and as such, I like my streams to be "produced" to a certain degree, not just load up a game and press the big red "stream" button.
If you like someones style, you happily watch their sessions "on demand".
Personally, I prefer that as you can fast forward through the "lulls" of most live streams.
Being "Live" also depends on the gimmick of your show, some shows need to be live, others, not so much.
I see it as entertainment and as such, I like my streams to be "produced" to a certain degree, not just load up a game and press the big red "stream" button.
If you like someones style, you happily watch their sessions "on demand".
Personally, I prefer that as you can fast forward through the "lulls" of most live streams.
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Firstly guys, please make sure to see this: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/LP/affiliation-program.php
Secondly some of my videos to help other live broadcasters. I just hit my one year about 2 days ago streaming.
There is also an official Twitch thread, but it needs a bit of a refresh.
Secondly some of my videos to help other live broadcasters. I just hit my one year about 2 days ago streaming.
There is also an official Twitch thread, but it needs a bit of a refresh.
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I think I need to sit down and get streaming on a regular basis. I've been doing so many little bits and pieces recently that I haven't really been doing enough streaming and I certainly haven't been making enough YouTube videos but when you are trying to do Twitch, YouTube and programming all on the same day sometimes I end up letting Twitch and YouTube fall to the side as I concentrate on my programming.
Plus I need to wait for a few days before I can go ahead and buy Dxtory which is what I need for recording game footage as I've had a few issues with audio in Fraps and it is impossible to fix because it puts all audio in one track instead of splitting it up.
Plus I need to wait for a few days before I can go ahead and buy Dxtory which is what I need for recording game footage as I've had a few issues with audio in Fraps and it is impossible to fix because it puts all audio in one track instead of splitting it up.
I'm not a big fan of OBS to be honest. I mean I use it to do all of my streaming to Twitch but I find the file recording settings a little lacklustre. Maybe OBS multiplatform is better. I haven't tried that out yet.
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One problem I'm going to have is not being able to hear myself when I wear headphones during my stream. Like, I can hear myself slightly but it's very muffled (due to ear pads around my ears), put games music and sound effects on top of that then I may have a problem.
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How come you need to be able to hear yourself? If you really do then here's a few suggestions off the top of my head:
1. Wear your earphones "DJ style" (i.e. earcup on your ear on one side and against your head behind your ear on the other) allowing you to hear the game and yourself at the same time. You'll lose out on any surround-sound effects etc. and it might not look so "cool" but it's an easy option
2. Practice talking without being able to hear yourself fully for a while until you become more comfortable doing it - another relatively simple solution; you could use audacity to record yourself; stick on some loud music and practice reading the paper or something until you get a recording that sounds okay
3. Use a virtual audio cable type application to split and redirect your mic input back through your headphone output, allowing you to monitor your own voice. But be careful - to do it right you probably also want to setup a virtual cable source for the rest of your output audio and then also send that on to the headphones (and then connect the stream audio to the intermediate source instead of the headphones; otherwise your stream will pick up your mic twice!)
Youtube does it for you and offer's 3 options
Nice and simple
Though I really neeed to be more proffessional about it
I think I might try taking a pic when editing the footage, and see what that turns out like. So far, I've mainly been using official logos which I think are a decent option, but I'd like to look at other ways of doing it, too.