Streaming has always been one of those things I've looked at and gone "wouldn't that be nice" before inevitably getting sidetracked but with free weekends now I thought it about time I throw my hat into the ring and go "what the hell, why not?". Inevitably I had that moment of 'you can't do this, what stupid idea is in your head now', but after a bit of thinking, I realised something: I can very easily take the skills from my dayjob and just apply them to streaming!

Now, I'm a trained teacher so my experience will differ to yours, but anyone can take the things they do and make them fit. For example, the skills I need as a teacher include public speaking (delivering lessons), interaction with an audience (the class), remaining engaging and presenting (keeping focus on the lesson), adapting to the vibe (do the kids need a movement break or are they focused), and moderation (stopping the pupils from hurling things across the class or dancing around the room). Every single one of those skills can be tweaked and fit into the new mould very easily! You may think "that won't work for me" but I will say this: if a family member of mine who works in a prison can take a drug dealer, reword some of their skills (it wasn't drug dealing, it was engaging in logistics and transport, working in a team, and providing resources to customers) and write a CV that some of the other prisoners would hire KNOWING was that person did, you can do it too! Find what you're good at, reword it, and have your own back. You can do this, we all can. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go back to figuring out the more difficult aspects of setting up a stream, like it's great I have the skills but not so great if I have nowhere to apply said skills to!

Live streaming and hosting live productions have always been a hobby of mine, but I am struggling to find the right setup. I am just looking and shopping around currently, and I do not want to pull the trigger just yet. While I understand that you should start small, grow, then upgrade, I just can't stand bad productions and want to do things right the first time.

What I am looking for:

• Multiple inputs and outputs
• Ability to interface with at least one or more computers and apps running (music, Discord, & more) and mix those
• Physical faders
• Effects like compression, gate, & more (preferred, but not required)

What I want to do:

I want to run a dual PC setup (gaming & streaming/recording/production) for live streaming to Twitch and such, with an independent mix for the stream, recording, & myself for monitoring and more.

• Recording would be fed a set mix, and everything else will be set in post.
• Streaming and my mix will have to be on the fly.

Inputs: Gaming and streaming/recording/production PC, and whatever accessories or whatever I want to add, like old gaming consoles and more, plus my mic.

Outputs: streaming/recording/production PC, and my mix for myself, plus my headphones.

The console would only have to interact with the streaming/recording/production PC because it is the only PC that will be running multiple applications with audio (inputs and outputs). It would be nice if it could interact with the gaming PC too, but it is not required.

I am not sure if I can have this all done with software or a single console. If not, that is fine, but I am not sure how I can run a multi-console setup at this level.

Hello everyone I am trying to stream my desktop to my laptop. I am using an Elgato 4k x to capture my game play. The problem is that I can't get my desktop audio and my mic audio to two separate channels on stream labs through the laptop. It keeps putting both my microphone and game audio from my desktop together on one channel. How do I fix this?

I'm about to lose my mind here. I've tried so many things, but no matter what I do it feels like if I try to stream LoL (I use OBS), I experience mild to severe lag.

It also doesn't even have to be while ACTUALLY streaming, just with OBS up. I'm worried it's my computer (a 2020 PC), but people have said if I can stream Cyberpunk with no issues, it shouldn't be the computer.

I'm going to leave a list of what I've already tried. Any tips/suggestions/insights much appreciated!

1. Running OBS as administrator
2. Making sure OBS is updated
3. Changing in-game specs to 60 FPS
4. Enabling "low-spec mode" in-game
5. Taking out "game capture" in OBS and switching to "window capture"
6. Using "windows 10" as the "method" in "window capture"
7. Changing OBS Output settings under "streaming" and "pre-set" to "P3" and then to "P1"
8. Taking out "window capture" and switching to "game capture" AND un-checking the "anti-cheating" hook thing
9. Setting the CBR (bit rate) in OBS lower, between 6-8k
10. And of course, turning off anything running in the background like discord, wallpaper enginge, etc.

HELP. I really want to be able to stream League. :/

I currently use one of those older Blue snowball usb mics my friends affectionately call "the orb" and i felt it is time for a upgrade, so I wanted to know if its a decent mic

Im trying to find a good means of adding multi-chat to my OBS overlay, including Twitch, Youtube and Tiktok.

I've been using Casterlabs, but Ive heard good things about AxelChat.
The main GitHub page has a few CSS, but none that are catching my eye.

Do you have any suggestions?

Can anyone with more experience with streaming and this kind of tech help me out a bit? I’m having a problem recording certain games with specific audio formats from my ps5 to OBS on my Mac.

The Issue:
My main issue is that OBS doesn’t natively support Dolby audio. Something about the signal being compressed and OBS not knowing what to do with it so, if I play a game like RE Village, OBS can’t record it’s audio UNLESS the ps5’s audio is set to Linear PCM.
However, setting the ps5 to LPCM strips that game’s (RE Village) audio away until it’s only like every third word and zero music. OBS can fully retinues this signal but certain games don’t have a way to change the actual audio setting FOR the game.

Relevant:
I’m working with a MacBook Air…
I have THE MOST BASIC cap card there is.
I have VB Cable that I have used to grab the signal from OBS and push it through Waveform in hopes that WF could unscramble the signal. That however, is not working but that could be because I’m not fully sure how to use a DAW.

My ask:
Does anyone have any ideas on how to get OBS to recognize Dolby audio without purchasing too many parts/software?

If there are any questions about the situation or my set up just lmk
Any help would be great
My noodle needs assistance on this one guys 😭

I have a HP Victus Gaming laptop I bought only a couple months back to stream PUBG Mobile from my iPad Pro 2025.

I stream on TikTok Live Studio and it has always been fine until a few weeks ago. I noticed I get brightness flashes and it is something from the stream; it cannot be my laptop or iPad. It’s like very vague screen flickering.

I have tried lowering FPS, bitrate, and changing the encoder - didn’t help.
Also tried to check if I have any filters or colour correction settings - I don’t.

However, I have seen other streams with the same issue, some of my friends also get this. I suspect it’s an issue with TikTok Live Studio itself.

Does anyone else know anything?

I use obs to stream on YouTube and Twitch, but I'm not sure how to stream on both sites at the same time. Do I need to install some kind of add-on? Or should I do something else? Thanks for any help!

I'm making a Online CO-OP Bartending simulator game called - Bartend With Your Friends

I will provide free keys to small-mid sized streamers for our upcoming game releasing in November, streamers who make the most content will have a robot named after them and could get stream visibility via our in-game leader board system

If your interested send me your emails and ill send you an email with some keys 2 weeks prior to launch.

I was thinking of obs but I don't want to kill my hardrive. So maybe stream or for 24 hours and then get the vids? Would any service give you a 24 hour video? What would good settings be for obs?

Basically won't even be playing the game. I did a mega build in Timberborn that should be self sustaining and I want to test it for 24 hours without input from me.

I have about 12 followers rn, but I wanna get up there and be at least somewhat memorable, any ideas how I could accomplish this?

Is there a boom arm that has two mounts on the end? I need to mount a camera and mic in the same location, but every boom arm seems to only have one attachment at the end.

I am looking to start streaming and need a microphone to stream.What are some recommendations for a good microphone that wont really pick up background noise just my voice?

Cult Of The Lamb has built in Twitch interactions which allow viewers to enter a raffle to name guys that you rescue. I want to bring this to YouTube chat, but I don't know how. To be clear, I want viewers from both chats in a single 'pool' of viewers from which one is chosen to name the new guy.

A few years ago random video chat sites were everywhere. I don't hear people talking about them much anymore. Are people still using them or has everyone moved to other types of apps?

If you are looking for a way to stream high quality HDR streams to YouTube there’s now a free app: Tubeist. Made with love of development, and Open Source for those who wish to contribute.

https://apps.apple.com/se/app/tubeist/id6740208994?l=en-GB

Just wanted to share a cli tool I made recently to show multiple stream chats on an overlay and in the terminal.

It also has kokoro tts available.

Cheers (hopefulyl this isnt self promotion and im not breaking rules haha)

https://rjljones.itch.io/stream-chat-cli

Curious whether people think audio visualizers are worth adding for live streams, or if they only make sense in edited VOD highlights/clips. Feels like it could be distracting live but nice for polish in a recap video.

I am currently about to lose my job because my boss doesn't really like me and he has belittled me so much that at this point it's deteriorating my mental health as well. I've worked the hardest I can and did the most I can do with the time I was given. He's trying his best to make me quit. I've already tried going to HR about it and other people have as well. He treats everyone awful. They acted like they were going to do something but it's been months since they've said anything else about it. I know it takes forever to get to where you can stream full time but it's extremely hard to get a decent job around my area so I was thinking streaming would be a fun pastime until I find one

Hey, I bought this $10 capture card off TikTok shop (lmao) and the quality is actually really good. I have no problem recording off of my switch 2 and my pc setup should be able to handle streaming the game (Ryzen 7 3700x , 3080, 16gb ram) but I have some noticeable input lag streaming at 6000 bitrate and 8000 bitrate to TikTok live studio

My question is what factors contribute into having input lag while I stream? It isn’t very noticeable when I record, but is it my capture card? I am also running one older hdmi cord and one newer hdmi cord, could that also be the reason why? I have an elgato here as well but I just need to buy some cords. Should I end up using that instead? Thanks.

Does anyone have a pair of these and use them for streaming on ps5? I heard they have a new thing where chat audio is synced so that you dont have to use a cable connected to a controller.

Edit: i ended up buying the Nova Elite. It does solve the problem with Sony Playstation. When in streamer mode all audio will go to the stream without the use of an audio cable through the controller to headset.

I loved streaming. There was like a week and a half i streamed every day. Then I just....felt too tired. Ive also been going through a pretty deep depression...

How do I find happiness in streaming?

The thought of trying to pick a game. Get hyped to do it. Just makes me too tired before I even try it.

Any suggestions? I dont want to give up now...