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Streaming
Topic Started: Aug 8 2011, 08:49 AM (3,759 Views)
Warden of Wisdom
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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent. -Carl Sagan
I'm interested in doing a live stream for the first time, but I'm not sure. I've been LP'ing for about 3 months and I love it, so I thought I would like to stream. I'm also extremely unheard of, in fact probably the least-known LP'er ever, so that could be a problem. Does anyone have any tips/suggestions, or any first-time-streaming experiences?
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Yeah I do have one or two things i can tell you about streaming. even though i havent streamed a hell of a lot...

1. Test everything.
2. Your computer will likely lag quite a bit as most of the programs do have a chance (pretty damn high chance) of taking up 100% cpu...yup its that kind of temperamental. Just a bit of a warning.
3. Be yourself. Which i recommended for just about everything.
4. Be friendly
5. Enjoy.

Other than that your choice of site and program. I personally use livestream right now mainly cause xsplit has audio quality drops for the free version and i can play games fullscreen and see the chat at the same time. this helps A LOT with the cpu usage. However a lot of people like twitch more.

I did however notice a lot of xsplit users didn't have the audio issues and were on the free version...not sure the reason behind that though maybe an earlier version.

Some others who stream more often might be able to give you a bit more advice than I can though lol :P
Edited by LightEarth, Apr 18 2012, 03:54 AM.
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Warden of Wisdom
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LightEarth
Apr 18 2012, 03:50 AM
Yeah I do have one or two things i can tell you about streaming. even though i havent streamed a hell of a lot...

1. Test everything.
2. Your computer will likely lag quite a bit as most of the programs do have a chance (pretty damn high chance) of taking up 100% cpu...yup its that kind of temperamental. Just a bit of a warning.
3. Be yourself. Which i recommended for just about everything.
4. Be friendly
5. Enjoy.

Other than that your choice of site and program. I personally use livestream right now mainly cause xsplit has audio quality drops for the free version and i can play games fullscreen and see the chat at the same time. this helps A LOT with the cpu usage. However a lot of people like twitch more.

I did however notice a lot of xsplit users didn't have the audio issues and were on the free version...not sure the reason behind that though maybe an earlier version.

Some others who stream more often might be able to give you a bit more advice than I can though lol :P
Thank you very much for your advice, if I livestream, however, I think I'll just use my laptop to see the chat while I play. Although having two computers in front of me would probably make me look crazy.
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Hey guys, doing my first ever live stream please come and watch, although it'll probably only be for a couple of minutes. http://www.twitch.tv/wardenofwisdom
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would have came but I was streaming at the same time
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Apr 19 2012, 08:31 PM
would have came but I was streaming at the same time
Thanks anyways, I might do it again Sat. But I appreciate he thought.
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Hey all who are interested, I'll be streaming next Saturday, see here for more info:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjMPFTNN9h4
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Hey everyone, I'm streaming right now, link is in the post above thanks.
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Streaming some FF9

http://www.livestream.com/galagothshugglezzone
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