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DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER 4/17/2020: Listen guys, Imma be straight with you. Some of the stuff below is just straight up outdated. If you don't know how to stream by this point, there are a plethora of tutorials available on the internet to get you started - all you really need to do is download OBS and get working from there. Some of the stuff below is still valid but frankly this thread is mostly for just letting the Let's Play community know that you're streaming. Please don't take any of the following as gospel because I just can't be assed to rewrite this whole guide! Just post!!!!!!!!!! 1/18/2023: just watch something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GalbTuZD2-A who cares just post your fuckin stream link DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER Now that that's said and done: Stream banner courtesy of nine-gear crow! Related Links: SSLP Test Poster • Rules • LP Archive • Master List • New LP Annoucement Thread • Co-Commentation Station • Recomendation Thread • Request List • Let's Play RSS feed Welcome to the Let's Stream Megathread! There aren't a ton of rules for posting in this thread or what sort of streams are allowed here - you can do whole game playthroughs, one-offs, co-op matches, game reviews, it doesn't matter. You can also post about specific streaming questions, including software (ie. obs or xsplit) or hosting services (ie. Twitch vs. Hitbox vs. Youtube). As long as your post is centured around livestreaming and has a very obvious video gaming base, feel free to post here. The only limit is YOUR IMAGINATION! and the things I'll put below. FAQ: What the hell is streaming? Streaming is a means of live broadcasting to the internet. There are a bunch of sites available for you to start streaming, the most notable of which being Twitch.tv, Hitbox, Beam, and Youtube. There are other sites available as well, but those mentioned will probably give you the best service. Feel free to post about any alternatives that you find. Which streaming site should I use? That depends entirely on your preferences: Twitch Pros --By far the most widely used site, has a much bigger viewer base --Generally stable for most users --Easy to set up and use --Wide variety of mods and bots avaiable exclusively to Twitch --Relatively decent delay (~10s) --Owned by Amazon, not likely to close anytime soon Cons --The viewer base as a whole is generally horrible --Twitch face emotes --Stability is spotty during big events (tournaments, agdq, etc) Twitch Notes: --If you use Twitch, be warned that they are relatively strict about banning accounts that stream games they don't approve of. This includes, but is not limited to, the games on this list.) --Twitch will mute your saved videos if they include copyrighted music (see below). Hitbox Pros --More leniency on the games allowed to stream (though the hitbox TOS does prohibit sexual content) --Better chat options (ability to post images to chat, etc). Cons --Not quite as easy to set up --Much less universally stable for all users --Much smaller userbase (though that may be a pro for some) --AFAIK not owned by any parent company, no promise of longevity Mixer Pros --Very short delay (0-5s) --Has a points system where you can play games or participate with the chat --Owned by Microsoft Cons --Very small community --The points system is kind of dumb --Not universally stable for all computers/browsers Youtube + Has DVR feature (your viewers can go back in time and i.e. watch the bossfight you just finished again and then hop back to "live" + Has highest quality of all of the services atm (kbps upload) + Has quality options for everyone, not just for partnered accounts + Allows you to store VODs (past streams) indefinitely (it's YouTube after all ) - gaming.youtube.com is insanely hidden, for whatever reason. The main site doesn't even link to it. Because of that discovery is harder than on dedicated streaming sites. However, if you have subscribers already, there is no difference to reach those compared to other streaming services. - No "Subscribe" button (people paying you monthly). YT is trying to catch up, but Twitch is so far the leader in this, with plenty of chat tools to support that (sub-only chat, etc How do I do this video game streaming? You can download free software such as OBS or Xsplit which will enable you to stream to various sites (also for free). Scroll down a bit further in this post and there's a bunch of guides by both goons here and major hosts for getting started, as well as some other more complex stuff if you decide to go deep. Free software exists (such as OBS) as well as paid software (Xsplit - free to start but includes some paid features). Regardless of the software you use, there are many guides available to customize your streaming experience: quote:Getting Started on Twitch with OBS Does my stream have to be all high-quality, serious and LP-centric? Of course not! This is a place to play games with others or to LP in real time without the constraints of needing your own thread. That being said, this is Something Awful so don't get all pissy if people make criticisms about your webcam screamfest. Can I stream movies with friends and post it here? Slowbeef posted:Hi all. Apparently, I missed some drama while I was away. I'm not gonna dredge up all of it yet, but I have to say this: I've got something to add to the OP! Knock yourself out. Anything that makes life easier for you will probably make life easier for others so I'm more than willing to add it. I have so many questions!!!!! Feel free to ask away. Most of the people who post in this thread have been doing it for quite a while and are generally willing to assist others. If your question is overly technical in nature, you might want to cross-post to the LP Tech Support Fort. Roar fucked around with this message at 13:58 on Jan 18, 2023 |
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Posting Guidelines: - Post a link to your stream - Say what game/s you're playing - Say if you're streaming now or later* Use your own judgement on how often you advertise your stream. Seriously, posting that you're streaming more than once or twice a day is probably too much without having a good reason to do so. You can reply and converse about streams all drat day, though, if you so choose. *posting to say that you'll be playing eight hours from now or something like that is pretty silly because literally no one will remember to pencil you into their calendars DO NOT DO THESE THINGS: - Don't post that you're not streaming. That's what Twitter is for. - Don't post a donation stream without moderator permission. That's been a SA global rule for a while. They can ban your rear end. ---(Note that this does NOT include charity streams, per Geop. Go nuts with that bullshit. - Don't shill your bullshit here. Having a patreon or kickstarter or loving paypal button on your twitch.tv channel is fine if you're into that sort of thing but don't try and make a business out of it here, Christ. This leads from the previous rule: sellout all you want in your own channel but leave SA out of it. - Don't take things too seriously. This is a cool place for cool people, just relax and play some goddamn games. I stole parts of this from the last streaming thread. I'm very, very sorry if you have a problem with that. Helpful User Guides: quote:Some helpful advice for streaming: Vifs posted:IRC poo poo for twitch quote:Downloading Archived Streams Vifs posted:So in the past I have had issues with audio volumes/balancing, today I tried out this virtual audio mixer that helped me make sure that everyone in skype, myself, and the game audio were correctly balanced. Both xsplit and obs make it a little hard to balance audio, so if you have had issues with that, I recommend this. vifs posted:So I used to play music while I streamed, depending on the game, and I used Pandora. I wanted to move away from that and start using royalty free music, and I found there is a lot of it on SoundCloud. Roar fucked around with this message at 19:35 on Jan 9, 2017 |
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Vifs posted:You might want to grab the user guides from the last thread and just put them in the OP or something. I added the IRC one. The other one pretty much amounted to "don't use anything but Twitch or Hitbox" so I modified the OP to reflect as much.
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http://www.twitch.tv/Roar_SA HEY I'M TALKIGN TO SLUR NOW I accomplished literally nothing I blame Slur Roar fucked around with this message at 05:21 on Aug 6, 2014 |
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As polarizing as they were, I think that the Tipping 40s had a pretty good system - they didn't mention the donations on sight or really even in the streams/videos themselves, but they gave thank you's to those who did at the beginning of their recording sessions.
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Polsy posted:I made https://twitter.com/SALPStreams if anyone wants the web page in twitter form, though you can't tell when people stop streaming. Added to the OP. Thanks brohammer! Also fixed the links in the IRC guide. Cheez posted:Wow, that absolutely makes me sick. There's a lot of things I still want to watch, and a lot of things I want to be able to watch in the future, but I'm not some big company like, say, Twitch, who can afford to keep things on their servers... I'm not surprised tbh. A lot of people don't even know that twitch automatically does archiving. Anything you really want to save forever and ever can be downloaded using this - it gets the flv files for you in super inconvenient 30 minute blocks but it's better than nothing.
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Kuvo posted:Some funny things are happening with regards to this, like videos on their official channel being muted (see http://www.twitch.tv/twitch/b/548824097). Also there's this Not to mention that the muted effect doesn't affect streams that are downloaded via the downloader link I put up earlier. I get why they're doing it but this changes literally nothing for anyone with an ounce of technical sense. \/ Oh I'm sure they'll fix the space bar thing at some point. Unless they're literally blocking out the audio from the source video, though, I can't imagine they can fix the downloaded version. Roar fucked around with this message at 00:15 on Aug 7, 2014 |
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I predict a magical adventure. http://www.twitch.tv/Roar_SA (I'm playing until my wife gets home from her night meeting which could be a few hours from now or literally ten seconds after making this post. Don't be offended if I'm like, oh gotta go right now bye!) All done! I got about twenty or thirty minutes in before immediately quitting and starting over to go again in medium mode because everyone was getting MAD ABOUT VIDEO GAMES Roar fucked around with this message at 03:21 on Aug 7, 2014 |
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Hitbox is having enormous issues for me in the fact that there's no option to lower the quality. My internet isn't good enough to handle HD streaming :/
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Are you seriously asking me technical questions? We've done two streams together now and they've both been technical-issue trainwrecks. Anything more complicated than "push button to start" will usually need some elbow grease. But I'm not talking about streaming, I'm talking about viewing. It may just be because of that whole jumping boat to hitbox thing but it was stuttering like crazy the whole time I was watching it: Roar fucked around with this message at 17:36 on Aug 7, 2014 |
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I'm here too! And slur! he's playing y's origin now thank loving christ Roar fucked around with this message at 03:54 on Aug 8, 2014 |
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http://www.twitch.tv/roar_sa I am sort of confused as to why this game is so lauded Roar fucked around with this message at 04:58 on Aug 9, 2014 |
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Well, it's been a good run guys, come on, show's over p.s. love you rg
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http://www.twitch.tv/roar_sa Roar fucked around with this message at 05:58 on Aug 11, 2014 |
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http://www.twitch.tv/roar_sa ended up playing genesis aladdin instead all in all i am little surprised things went as well as they did Roar fucked around with this message at 04:53 on Aug 12, 2014 |
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On August 12th in the year of our Lord 2014, I declare that any particular picture may be used to describe any game as many times as one wishes. Bonus points to whomever advertises their stream using nothing but ASCII art.
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http://www.twitch.tv/roar_sa If this actually works I'll probably play it for real at a later point this week. Test marginally successful, though the chat overlay didn't update. Oh well. Roar fucked around with this message at 04:47 on Aug 18, 2014 |
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http://www.twitch.tv/roar_sa Roar fucked around with this message at 20:35 on Aug 22, 2014 |
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Man, why couldn't I have been streaming during THIS BoI run?
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# ¿ Aug 23, 2014 23:51 |
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http://www.hitbox.tv/RoarSA (until whenever my wife gets back which could be ten minutes or two hours, only time can tell!!) Apparently people can't see hitbox which appears to be gross garbage, I'm at twitch now http://www.twitch.tv/Roar_SA GOLDEN GOD SON Roar fucked around with this message at 03:16 on Aug 24, 2014 |
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http://www.twitch.tv/roar_sa Samson in the bag! ???, not so much Roar fucked around with this message at 05:06 on Aug 25, 2014 |
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This could be either an awesome thing, a terrible thing or a whatever thing. Which basically means I have no idea what this means for Twitch in the long run.
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http://www.twitch.tv/roar_sa I was gonna start over but uh nah so basically I kissed Onion Lady and need to write a new love letter for the love of my life Also I don't really know the ins and outs of this game so if you want some casual fuckin' Chulip action come hang out WE KISSED SO MANY PEOPLE Here are the notes for next time: code:
treasure it always Roar fucked around with this message at 02:50 on Aug 27, 2014 |
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http://www.twitch.tv/roar_sa i got shot out of a cannon and i died code:
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http://www.twitch.tv/Roar_sa This is a pretty peaceful and chill game so if you're more in the mode for a rip roarin' action stream you may want to go hang out with someone else. If you wanna see a 12 year old boy lock lips with a 20,000 year old man, though, hang out with me. I've sort of got a plan of action today instead of of flying by the seat of my pants so there's that. LOVE IS OVER Roar fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Aug 29, 2014 |
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http://www.twitch.tv/Roar_sa As a reminder this is a pretty peaceful and chill game so if you're more in the mode for a rip roarin' action stream you may want to go hang out with someone else. If you wanna see a 12 year old boy lock lips with a scarecrow, though, hang out with me. We kissed so many faces my lordy lordy If you're interested in a little extra backstory, here's that spreadsheet I was talking about. The left column is who I was talking to and the rows are what gossip subject was. Roar fucked around with this message at 05:48 on Sep 2, 2014 |
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http://www.twitch.tv/Roar_sa Goals for tonight: Finish off Funny Bone Factory, maybe find a wooden gong, kiss dudes and girls As a reminder this is a pretty peaceful and chill game so if you're more in the mode for a rip roarin' action stream you may want to go hang out with someone else. If you wanna see a 12 year old boy lock lips with a zombie, though, hang out with me. If you're interested in a little extra backstory, here's a spreadsheet that gives a lot of information. The left column is who I was talking to and the rows are what gossip subject was. I've updated the spreadsheet to include info from Michelle and Dr. Dandy. ONLY TWO KISSES TO GO HOLY poo poo Next time: Kissin' an alien and a clam and HOPEFULLY kissin' Love Interest! quote:11:13 Incomprehensibleslur: HOLY *** YOU'RE STILL HERE? Roar fucked around with this message at 05:57 on Sep 4, 2014 |
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http://www.twitch.tv/Roar_sa Goals for tonight: Kiss an alien, kiss a clam, kiss de girl As a reminder this is a pretty peaceful and chill game so if you're more in the mode for a rip roarin' action stream you may want to go hang out with someone else. If you wanna see a 12 year old boy lock lips with an alien in a cornfield, hang out with me. If you're interested in a little extra backstory, here's a spreadsheet that gives a lot of information. The left column is who I was talking to and the rows are what gossip subject was. IT'S OVER! Thanks to everyone who hung it in these six or so streams I've done of Chulip. I know it hasn't been the most thrilling game in the world but it really is a fun game, I highly advise everyone to give it a try themselves. I'll be back at some other point with some other game that will probably be a lot more exciting so that slur will stop his goddamn whining, christ Roar fucked around with this message at 05:18 on Sep 5, 2014 |
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http://www.twitch.tv/roar_sa I am bad at this game so let's see if I can get out of the caves YOU WONDER WHY I CALL YOU A CHUMP SLUR IT'S BECAUSE YOU BACK OUT LIKE TEN MINUTES AFTER I START STREAMING YOU CHUMPY CHUMP AND YES I'M CALLING YOU OUT IN THE THREAD YOU CHUMP Roar fucked around with this message at 04:57 on Sep 13, 2014 |
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Halman posted:wasteland 2, pro-edition Jade Star posted:Halman was lonely and got in a call with me while he streams wasteland two. Now I stream WarHammer 40K Final Liberation. A game made in 1997. Or you could get super fancy and watch them both at the same time since they are on the same call http://kadgar.net/live/halman_sa/sa_jadestar it's an exciting time we live in p.s. futureslueth (ie. forums user Fat Bot I guess) gave me the better link christ okay jesus, so much anger Roar fucked around with this message at 05:28 on Sep 21, 2014 |
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Slur posted:http://www.hitbox.tv/Slur I'm about to be playing this rear end in a top hat in Mount Your Friends if that's any incentive
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I'm bored and need something chill to do so let's drive a truck in Euro Truck Simulator 2 while listening to Celtic music on Pandora for a little while, come watch me drive a truck if you also want to relax and have a peaceful fun fact: did you know that this game has achievements now because I didn't everything was going great until i crashed into a pole Roar fucked around with this message at 04:46 on Sep 29, 2014 |
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http://www.twitch.tv/roar_sa I don't really have a "plan" persay I'm just going to start the game and play normally until something incredible happens, starting with goodsprings and hopefully find the slaver camp. Some of this stuff I downloaded blindly and hell I barely remember all the stuff I downloaded so vv warning - I am pretty sure I turned off all of the boob options i think i only crashed like 4 times in 2.5 hours which is pretty good for F:NV Roar fucked around with this message at 03:40 on Sep 30, 2014 |
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http://www.twitch.tv/roar_sa Gonna try and get through the Slaver Prison mod today and hopefully make a bunch of people into slaves. Also doing the first real run with windowed mode so hopefully that won't gently caress up as horribly as fullscreen mode did. warning - I am pretty sure I turned off all of the boob options we never did find the slaver equipment but we did get shoot a bunch of ghouls into space and we got a kiss from willow so we have that going for us we also shot up a casino but that's getting retconned Roar fucked around with this message at 06:22 on Oct 2, 2014 |
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http://www.twitch.tv/roar_sa GOOD NEWS GUYS I FOUND THE SLAVER EQUIPMENT warning - There are still boobs modded into the game despite my amazingly the slaver mod is somehow not as great as i'd pictured and i had astonishingly low expectations we wondered around in a vault for a while and turned cook-cook and motor-runner or whatever the hell his name was into slaves. He turned Violetta too but I accidentally punched her in the face to death Roar fucked around with this message at 05:39 on Oct 4, 2014 |
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For those of you who have been following my New Vegas poo poo, I restarted the slaver quest and went through it in a commentary-free stream earlier today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQETJOmWyGc You will missing nothing by not watching it, it's a pretty awful quest. really, really awful
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http://www.twitch.tv/roar_sa I have no plans, probably will end up turning more people into slaves before maybe wandering into New Vegas, idk warning - There are still boobs modded into the game despite my Roar fucked around with this message at 06:36 on Oct 5, 2014 |
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http://www.twitch.tv/roar_sa I have new followers now warning - sonia and her parties HOLY poo poo NO ONE GOT NAKED TONIGHT AT ALL I mean I had sex with Benny again but REGARDLESS also check out my posse Roar fucked around with this message at 06:30 on Oct 7, 2014 |
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http://www.twitch.tv/roar_sa warning - Sonia and her parties, also Willow loves me now and wants to get sexy at the most inopportune of times Roar fucked around with this message at 06:43 on Oct 8, 2014 |
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Jade Star posted:I did just install some fallout vegas.
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