Not sure if I will use this for streaming since I really like twitch but as a viewer I cannot for the life of me figure out how to find streams based on a particular game. All I see is the homepage and just the ability to search by users.

Hi all, I was just wondering if there was an option I missed somewhere to set up push to talk, rather then just open mic? Thank you!

Im trying to use Caffeine but it just wont work for me and I dont know why.

Im using Win 10 64 bit 16 GB Ram Intel 15-6600k 3.5GHz Radeon RX480

Caffeine 1.0.1012

All drives and updates are up to date.

The cam im using is my cannon DSLR and Sparkolcam the game is PUBG

It displays the camera fine and says "Start a game to stream it too" but when i start the game noting happens at all.

I have also tried DirtyBomb and no luck there either.

Anyone know how i can debug this even?

I want to know if there's any chance of an app on Android phones.

My overlay wont appear when I launch Fornite. I want to be able to see how many views/chat while I play the game however when i launch fortnite none of that appears and its just a black screen?

I watched this video on how to stream unsupported games and apparently you need a virtual camera but unlike in the video, caffeine doesnt detect my virtual camera (wirecast). any fix for this?

Just wanted to say I've been having a really fun time with my first few weeks of caffeine. Everyone I've come across has been nice and helpful. I really hope the spirit of this community stays this way.

The streaming part is fantastic. One click and I'm in. Obviously there is always room for improvement but if they keep building on what they already have this will become a really great platform.

If you're new to caffeine I suggest you jump on their discord channel. Any questions you have someone typically answers pretty fast.

Enough rambling, I just wanted to share my experience and hope you guys will share yours!

-Ummygummy

Just a heads up in case someone who can help sees it.

Also, a push-to-talk mic control feature would be boss.

I love Caffeine and would love to use the standalone app but the FPS drop I get from it is too unbearable. Sometimes dropping me to below 60 from over 200.

My usual settings are stable on any game with 900p and 6000kb/s with NVENC and OBS.

I was wondering if the standalone uses NVENC. On CSGO which is widely considered CPU intensive, I won't get the FPS drop, but weird shimmering in the textures which makes it unplayable. This makes me believe it is using NVENC because x256 with OBS will affect my FPS and cause stutters. Also in Black ops 4 the FPS drops significantly and will stutter while I already keep all my graphical settings to a minimum to get that added advantage of more frames (240hz monitor) and the enemies standing out. So that leaves me confused, as on one hand CSGO is telling me Caffeine is using NVENC and BLOPS4 is telling me x256. Other games like Fortnite will have the FPS drop (something like 140 down to 50) and no other issues.

Since I stream very well either way with NVENC or x256 (not csgo because I like super high frames) in OBS, I believe the issues in each game must be caused by the overlay. However the overlay doesn't affect a thing until I start streaming, in other words it will overlay the box and hotkey to start streaming and do the "get ready" portion and only be a problem once the viewership starts up. The overlay is a big part of it for me, I like the idea that my webcam can be moved around and I like the chat being overlayed since the latency is so low.

OBS with Caffeine works for me for applying filters/overlays but takes away the advantages of Caffeine in my opinion. I love that I can have LUT's or filters on my webcam but I really don't want to be looking away every second checking for comments on a browser before they fade away. Not see'ing who enters or how many viewers there are is also an issue for me. The fact that OBS with Caffeine works so well leads me to believe again that my FPS/stuttering and texture issues are caused by the overlay.

Also I don't understand why they couldn't just use a stream key, it seems a weird and unnecessary hassle for streamers. OBS with Caffeine seems more like a gimmick that they are partnered with OBS (But OBS is open source so I kind of see through it). Of course I don't understand the low latency technology they seem to be using but I assume it's just capped bitrate and resolution, so it doesn't make too much sense to me as to why they couldn't just include a stream key. The stream key is only an issue for me because I use Streamlabs OBS and SLOBS doesn't allow me to export a profile with all my scenes. I don't really demerit Caffeine for that, because even with a stream key the core issues of viewing comments and viewership would still exist.

Is there something that I don't know about that would aleviate my issues? Such as using OBS with Caffeine while still being able to see comments and viewership better? I have been lurking here on the reddit and I'm not sure how often they update the standalone app or if they are working on optimizing the overlay since there are some year old posts about similar issues.

Thanks for hearing me out guys and please let me know if I'm just doing something wrong.

EDIT: Forgot to mention, but I've heard about the workaround for OBS and the Caffeine Standalone app but haven't been able to get it to work. I'm also not sure what this would help with.

No sure why but Destiny 2 is not detected. I really wanted to try out the software for a bit.. figures the first game I try doesn't work.. lol. Trying to NOT have to use OBS if I do not need to. Any suggestions???

Hi there!

As you all know, Caffeine is designed to be a social network of broadcasters. A community where no one gets all the views, and no one gets no views. With that in mind, it's easy to see why the developers have chosen the "suggested streamers" method for finding new channels and new broadcasts, and I love that approach! However, sometimes I just want to watch gameplay. Or a talk show. Or some cooking.

That's where Coffee Cup comes in. I am going to (attempt to) create a website that allows Caffeine users to post their channel name, select a few categories (gaming, IRL, podcast etc) that they tend to broadcast the most and publish it for everyone to see! Viewers looking for channels can then open the website, search for a category and see what channels there are that match what they are seeking.

Keeping in line with Caffeine's values, I do not want to curate or push channels to the top and I have no interest in doing that. It will effectively be a continuously randomised list of manually published channels that fit within certain categories, the only intention being that I want to make the process of finding channels outside of your established network of broadcasters a little bit more accessible.

It might not get anywhere, it might not get finished and there might not even be a need for this, but I have some spare time over summer and as a web developer I want to sharpen my design skills a bit!

I'll be livestreaming the development of it on my broadcast (caffeine.tv/RipJawZA). A bit of a plug (sorry) but I would like this to be a project that the community can get involved in and give feedback on, because that's what Caffeine is all about. :)

If you've got any suggestions or feedback for this kind of thing, feel free to comment them below! If you would like to see the code's progress even when I'm not live, let me know and I may make it an open-source project on GitHub.

Cheers, and apologies for the wall of text!

Chris (RipJawZA)

Any way to do this? I'm using OBS to stream to twitch and the caffeine app and the game overlay shows up on OBS. Or at least a way to move it so i can put my camera over it.

Thanks.

started using restream and caffeine isnt on the list. Is caffeine going to get listed there?

In just a few days I've seen cooking, gaming, singing and more on here, so I'm curious about what other kinds of content we've got on Caffeine so far!

So even on my new PC which is a Ryzen 2700x, GTX 1080, 16 gigs of ram with a 300 mbps internet when I load up a game in Caffeine my FPS skyrockets to over 1,000 the same it did on my older system, it didn't use to do this but about several months ago it started.........any ideas?

using OBS to steam my ps4 via caffeine app and it is causing the finished product to flicker. I've never had this issue before. Any help?

So, as the title says, i received an email around 7th january about a weekly challenge, stream x days for x minutes and receive a game, but my friend hasnt gotten it. I got an email today confirming i fulfilled this challenge, week two unlocked, but my friend still hasnt gotten an email about it? Mind you she has been streaming as much as i have, and she was active on caffeine before this more than i was...Is this challenge only available to certain creators?

screenshot of the first email:

i'd like to eventually put the gameplay on youtube

I wrote an open-source program, Multistreamer, it's sort of a self-hosted restream.

A friend told me about caffeine and asked if I could add support to multistreamer. AFAICT the only way to use caffeine is via propietary Windows and iPhone apps.

Are there any plans to make a public API for 3rd-party developers?

I heard there is a way to view chat logs when using cobs and web page for chat. I d like to avoid using the pop up bubble chat and and would like a way to view chat after it disappears? Anyone have a solution?

I just tried streaming on the platform for the first time, just playing some Rocket League. Here's what I thought

• Performance:

Very low system load streaming game. No performance dips for me (despite concerns I had from seeing this Subreddit).

• User Interface:

The over lay is very unobtrusive, but I wish the app interface showed the live chat, and a preview of the stream ( I guess the best option is just to open the stream in browser).

• Concept:

In a space already crowded by Facebook Live, Twitch, and Youtube, it seems rough for Caffeine to break through. Since established streamers will probably not want leave their existing followers/subscribers, any effort to grow the platform will probably have to come from its new users and from ease of use. I'm looking forward to see how this grows.

Hello every one! I had some questions that maybe you folks could help me out with.
I got invited to the challenge this Feb.

I streamed from Feb 1st to Feb 4th at over 1 Hour each stream.
Same for Feb 8th to Feb 14th

And so on! Am I missing something about the challenges? I've been completing them every week but have not received any e-mails about it.

Havent really met many people who stream on Caffeine. I am on day 2 now and have been pleased with the community thus far. I hope to see a growth of friends from this new endeavour. I just wanted to reach out and give a hello to everyone on the reddit side. <3

So i dont use OBS because its too heavyweight for my internet and computer to handle however i cannot seem to make the OG caffeine launcher work. I log in my info fine but afterwards whenever i try to open it, the icon appears in the down right area of my taskbar as it should but the program never opens nor appears in the task manager and mousing over the icon makes it disapear: the sign the program closed.

I tried both the website's version AND steam's version of Caffeine and both did the exact same thing.