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I’ve been streaming consistently for the past few weeks and I finally understand why most small streamers quit.

Streaming to 0 viewers, talking to yourself, trying to stay entertaining with no feedback… it’s honestly harder than it looks.

I genuinely want to improve and build something real.

So I’ve set myself a challenge:

I’m going live every day, working on my energy, gameplay, and making better content each stream.

If anyone here has advice, I’d seriously appreciate it. And if you’re also a small streamer, drop your channel — I’ll come support too.

Hey guys! Super newbie here into streaming.

I had my very first stream on Twitch today and I received 2 subscriptions (1 paid subscription, 1 prime subscription). I also received a hype train (4 times by this one user).

But I was told that this is impossible unless you are an affiliate, which I am not.. So what is happening here? Why was I able to get these when I am not an affiliate?

I'm very new to all the different types of actions and tiers(?) of following - I literally learned what a hype train is today.. If anyone can help me learn, that would be very much appreciated!

Sharing screenshots from my analytics for some clarity. Thank you very much!

Analytics -> Stream Summary

Revenue -> Earnings

My boyfriend streams pretty much every day and his current webcam is garbage. His birthday is in 4 days and I wanna surprise him with a good one.

Budget isn't really an issue. I just want something he'll actually like and use. He plays mostly fps games if that matters.

Heard emeet s600l is decent but honestly i dont know much about this stuff. Should i get that or is there something better? What do you guys use?

I’m streaming off my Xbox onto twitch mainly playing r6 and my friends play on pc and PlayStation is there anyway I can get their voice on my stream. I thought having us all in game chat would work but I still can’t hear them

My brother found a 15-key stream deck for only $40, so he bought it for me. I have a few things I've programmed, like changing scenes in OBS, mute/unmute discord, etc. I have no idea what to fill this thing with, though - there's three pages of 15 buttons each that I can use, and I'd like to use them, but I just don't know what things I could/should program them for. I've only used 5 or 6 buttons, and I have over 40 available.

I figured I'd come here and ask others what kind of things they use their stream deck for, so - any ideas?

As a new user on Twitch and a small streamer, I've noticed that a lot of streamers are really focused on making their streams look professional.

They talk a lot about things like improving alerts, creating nice "just chatting" scenes, and adding intro animations, which definitely grabs people’s attention.

I've also spent my time making my stream look better. searching for panels, tags, titles, timers, how ads work, and setting up bots and alerts. But lately, I've been wondering why I'm putting so much energy into the look of my stream while kind of ignoring my own development as a streamer and the actual content I share during my streams.
I find myself getting caught up in the visuals and forgetting that I need to work on myself as an entertainer.

One of the main issues I'd say I have is my language. I'm not a native English speaker, and I curse quite a lot. words like 'f*cking', 'b*tch', and a bunch of other different sexual words. I'm 100% a 18+ streamer. Most of the time, I don't mean those words in a sexual way, but as in exaggeration to say 'fucking' instead of 'very'... and so on
As a viewer myself, I don't really mind casual swearing if it is not targeted and has details. I don't know how to express it lol, but if it gets excessive or gross, I feel disgusted, and I just leave the stream.

So, I'm here wondering, mainly asking viewers. What do you like as a viewer?
- a streamer that curses a lot.
- streamer that does cures, but often.
- a 100% friendly streamer. with 0 curses.
Or what do you think about this whole thing yourself as a streamer?

(I'm not sure if this is the right way to ask my question or what I meant exactly, because after all. If you don't like the streamer or the words he does say, we usually just leave. But I'm genuinely asking for myself to be better.)

As far as filters for the twitch research tab is concerned, for a streamer with a little more than 200 followers, should I enable the option called "exclude popular channels" for a better find for what game and when I should go live to try to gain an audience? I've been streaming for almost a year now and feel like I am not getting the viewers I probably should.

So I'm fairly certain this is a thing that streamlabs just does,

but when I'm recording something (a game or whatever) even if I have my desktop audio turned off, whatever I try to listen to is muffled. I don't like switching my earbuds to my phone cause sometimes I need to hear my game audio even if it's not being recorded, and I like having yt music playing. Is there anyway to stop the muffle?

(Sorry in advance if this is a dumb question lol, it's just annoying)

The past few weeks I havent been getting any notifications about new followers. I use sound alerts and its still working when I run the test, but even Twitches activity feed isnt picking up on it. I can only see that I gained new followers in the follower count and when I go on the followers tab, but no notifications for it. Any help?

im able to stream at 1440p without issue, however, is this a detriment to my viewers? i had a viewer yesterday said it looked blurry on his screen (it was fine on mine), and for some reason on twitch, i didnt have the option to downscale a quality from 1440p to say 720p..? i was thinking maybe that person doesnt have a 1440p monitor and maybe that makes things look odd? i multistream 8k bitrate on twitch and 10k on youtube.

So, when I first started out streaming I used StreamElements for basically everything I could, but in the past few months I've been swapping everything over to StreamerBot due to its higher flexibility.

One thing I've not been able to figure out however, and is the sole reason I haven't swapped my Alerts for Followers & Subs & Raids over to StreamerBot, is what is 'causing this difference in colour:

https://preview.redd.it/6vphw097wuug1.png?width=457&format=png&auto=webp&s=5e0c80879a53f682374a687894ac40dcfe0a7e43

I understand the difference is slight at best, but its a slight that I noticed and bothers me.

The top bit of media is from StreamElements & the bottom bit of media is the raw webm file played through a media source in OBS. The artifacting is an unrelated issue 'cause by the webm file.

Does anyone know what is 'causing this difference, and improvement, in colour with StreamElements?

Hey!

I’m embarking on a project that will be hosting gameshows and other in-person shows in a studio. Initially it will only be recorded but in the future this may expand into live streaming.

I am in the process of building out a new PC and want to get a rough idea on whether a high-end laptop or PC is actually required when using a switcher e.g. the ATEM series (and whether that is the setup that is typically recommended for this).

I am leaning towards a PC atm but if I can do without constantly travelling with it (and instead using a cheap laptop) that would be great. Otherwise I presume an M5 Pro/Max MBP would be the way to go if a higher end system is needed on top of a switcher?

Would also like to get an overview of an entry level budget setup for other equipment I would need:

* Cameras - are cheap camcorders a good idea? Is 1080p the best option to start out with?

* Audio - mic for each contestant plus shotgun/boom mics where appropriate? Would these feed into a switcher also? How best to sync etc to make things easier in post?

Thanks :)

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I recently decided to start streaming because my cousin reccommended it to me given how much I play games and I’m very new to this! Most of my games that I stream will be on my Playstation 5. I’ve downloaded OBS Studio and it’s ready to go,just need a capture card to sync up to my PC.

I’m on a pretty tight budget,so for now I’d rather stay under the £100 range until I can upgrade further,but I’m willing to go a few pounds over! Any reccommendations?

I've started streaming recently and whenever I go to the vod after the stream is done my game audio is stuttering and it's every game

Has anyone else noticed the TC Helicon site has been down all weekend?
As most of you know for the GoXLR/Mini to function you need the driver and now I cant seem to find it anywhere? I'm aware the Fork of the updated app is still up but that is a null point if I can download the drivers for the thing in the first place?

Any idea the last time the site was up?

if i get the correct prediction after i bet points and close the stream will i still get my point wins?

Just getting it out there cause it's crazy that nobody cares.