Came in at the end on twitch. Stream was solid for me at 720p60. Sound was fine.
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Weekend streaming schedule?
What’s a good time to stream/meet up over weekends?
I think streaming from 20h00 to 21h00 on weeknights seems to be working. It gives everyone a chance to have dinner and it’s not too late for people who have to go to work in the morning (like me).
But weekends are a lot less structured than weekdays. So is there a specific time that works for you? Or a specific time that doesn’t work for you?
Stream video quality
I’ve been reviewing the footage from last night and it looks like there was still some graphical artifacting on Mixer. On Twitch there is a small amount of artifacting, but generally the graphical glitching seems to take the form of small hitches that aren’t too distracting.
However, the first night I streamed Hellblade to Twitch there are almost no graphical problems in the VOD. So something I did between the 11th and the 15th broke something.
There are a few things I changed:
- Streaming via Restream
- Using FTL to stream to Mixer via Restream (I have not tested normal RTMP yet)
- Installing Voicemeeter Banana to isolate Discord comms from game audio
- Adding an animated GIF to OBS for my stream background
I’ll isolate these one by one, starting with number 2 in the next stream.
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That’s a handy feature!
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I have used voicemeeter before and it works pretty well! But I saved up for a GoXLR and loving it!
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For me the 8pm is good. It’s late enough to eat and get stuff done but early enough that it doesn’t run too late so you can still do some things after, even on the weekend. But whatever time you prefer.
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Cool! I’ll schedule a stream for 8pm tonight.
I might stream multiple sessions on weekends in future.
Next stream: 2020-05-17T18:00:00Z → 2020-05-17T19:00:00Z
Any requests for a game to stream or topic to discuss? I am happy to continue with Hellblade, but if you want to take a look at one of the proposed GameClub games on-stream before casting your vote, we can do that too.
The stream is live on Twitch and Mixer. Sorry about YouTube, folks… Looks like there’s an issue between Restream and YouTube tonight.
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Sorry for the wait everyone. Fixed the YouTube problem (hopefully!). Live on all three platforms now.
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After much troubleshooting last night, I ran into unsolvable issues with Restream. My bitrate just died during the stream and it caused major buffering and stuttering on the video.
Switching to a local Twitch ingest server (twitch.hyperlayer.co.za) seemed to fix the issue.
I’m tempted to try Mixer again tonight, but at least with Twitch I can bounce the stream up and down until I get transcode active for everyone. That’s not possible on Mixer 'til I’m famous.
So, for now, I think I’ll stick to Twitch. If Twitch continues to give problems even while using the local ingest server and with transcode enabled, I’ll look at switching to Mixer or YouTube
Next stream: 2020-05-18T18:00:00Z → 2020-05-18T19:00:00Z
I’ve downloaded Kingdom Come: Deliverance and Rebel Galaxy, so I thought we’d give some of the potential games for GameClub 13 a look.
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Other than the technical difficulties, which platform would you choose and why?
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If I can’t have all three, and disregarding technical considerations, I’d prefer to use Twitch because I think that’s where most of the viewers seem to go when they are looking for something to watch.
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A little late to this topic. @SIGSTART if i could ask, how have you setup everything? I’ve recently fiddled with this, and setup recording various configurations, but they all seem to have their downsides. Are you using one PC to stream and encode on? Or maybe gaming pc + streaming pc? Which niche hardware are you using, like cameras or specialised capture gadgets?
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I’m sure Sigstart will be along to to answer you soon enough, but in the interim, be sure to check through the MEW Streamers thread - couple of interesting setup, settings and technical posts in there. And add your channel links and details to the list (and maybe @Sigstart can add his specs and links in there too?)
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Even though I was streaming yet another new game last night, it went much better technically by streaming exclusively to Twitch than trying to use Restream.
Thanks to @Entity for all his advice on-stream. There is no substitute for experience and it’s fun to get back into regular streaming since my Let’s Talk Geek days. Thank you to both @Deadlypinecone and @Entity for hanging out last night and helping to test stuff.
I’m going to keep streaming ever weeknight for as long as I am able, and at least once on weekends. Please drop by whenever you want to hang out.
Next stream: 2020-05-19T18:00:00Z → 2020-05-19T19:00:00Z
Tonight I’ll start a new Rebel Galaxy playthrough to give y’all a taste of what it’s like for the GameClub 13 vote.
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The stream is live and transcode appears to be working. I’ve queued up some South African music to listen to while the stream stabilises 
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There were a fair couple of lurkers in the stream too…
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Next stream: 2020-05-20T18:00:00Z → 2020-05-20T19:00:00Z
Tonight I’ll be checking out The Surge 2 to see what it’s like for the GameClub 13 vote.
Oh, cool! Some of those handles are still lurking in the chat on the channel. Curious…
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I’ll definitely stop by to see how The Surge is treating you, hopefully I don’t have issues with the stream but we’ll see.
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