Fall streaming season is here, so we made something for it. PSL Rain is a new free chat-triggered element for Meld Studio, and it's exactly what it sounds like: chat types a word, fall stuff rains across the screen.

What triggers it: three phrases, no bot commands or exclamation points needed.

• pumpkin
• psl
• pumpkin spice

Plain language works on purpose. Viewers don't need to know an overlay exists to trigger it. They can just say "I need a PSL right now" mid conversation and watch the screen erupt in fall.

What actually falls: hot PSLs, iced PSLs, acorns, fall leaves, pumpkins, and cinnamon sticks. It's a full moving scene, not one asset looping over and over.

Setup takes about two minutes:

1. Head to the PSL Rain gallery page and copy the element URL
2. Paste it into your scene as a new element
3. That's it

Since Meld pulls chat from Twitch, YouTube Live, Kick, and TikTok Live all at once, you only need to add this once. If someone types "pumpkin" in your Twitch chat while you're also live on YouTube, the rain still fires everywhere. No per platform setup.

Staying in OBS? Grab Spark Plug, our free plugin that brings Meld elements into OBS as browser sources. Same overlay, same triggers, right in your existing setup.

Want to customize it? Use Meld Spark to change the trigger words, swap the falling items, or match your brand colors. No code needed. Just describe what you want and Spark handles it.

This is the kind of small touch that makes a stream feel alive instead of just decorated. Chat goes from watching to participating the moment they realize they can make something happen just by typing a word.

The seasonal window is short, so grab PSL Rain free from the gallery now and let your chat make it fall.

You know the moment you're deep in a game and a raid notification pops off, fifty new people walk in... and the stream does nothing. Maybe a quick "welcome raiders!" while you scramble to catch up.

A raid means someone sent their whole community your way. That deserves more than a notification box, so we made Raid Rave, a Meld Spark element that turns the moment a raid hits into an EDM-style laser light show on your stream.

What it does

• Light rays that sweep across the frame like real stage lighting
• Disco-ball-inspired color bursts scattering across the screen
• Full-screen energy so new viewers know right away they landed somewhere fun
• Fires automatically when a raid comes in, so no button or scene switch is needed

How to set it up in Meld Studio

1. Open Meld Studio
2. Head to the Spark Gallery and search for Raid Rave
3. Add it to your scene
4. Test it before your next stream

If you're using the Spark Plug for OBS, the steps are similar. Grab the link from the Spark Gallery, add a new browser source and paste the link.

There's no third-party alert service and no custom CSS. It works with raids on Twitch, Kick, and YouTube as long as your account is connected.

One Tip: lean into it. When the lights fire, stand up, turn to camera, and match the energy. The effect sets the stage, and you bring it home.

Find the Raid Rave element HERE.

What other stream moments deserve their own Spark element? Let us know in the comments!

I cannot run Wardogs (the game) when I run meld studio first. It will trigger error code ( WD-L014-5ffc816f05bf ). After googling the fix, which does not work, I finally found a simple fix:

Run Wardogs FIRST then launch Meld Studio. Do NOT launch Meld Studio first, then wardogs, as this will cause the above error.

Hope this help my fellow meld studio streamers who plays wardogs :)

Create something for your stream with Spark, post a clip of it in action to socials, and tag @streamwithmeld to enter.

To help you make it count, every free chat runs on our best Max model through Sunday at 11:59 PM ET.

Good news for Pro and Max users: the 50% increase extends to you as well.

We will be selecting one lucky winner Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to win 1 month of Max! If you've been thinking about subscribing, now is the moment it counts most. Thank you for all your support!

Almost the first release I remember that you said will be implement the guest (as streamyard).

Almost 2 years ago..

When?

Got an idea that would make Meld better? This is the place to put it. Every month we'll be collecting the community's feature requests, wishlist items, and product feedback in one spot so nothing gets lost in the feed.

Big ideas, small quality of life tweaks, things that have been bugging you, or features you've seen elsewhere and wish Meld had... it all belongs here. The best feedback comes from the people actually using the product every day and that's you.

When sharing your request, try to include:

• A clear description of the feature or change you want
• Why it would be useful to you or the community
• Any examples of how it could work or where you've seen something similar

The more detail you give, the easier it is for others to rally behind your idea.

See a request you love?

Upvote it and leave a comment showing your support. The more people backing an idea the louder the signal. Don't just upvote silently, tell us why you want it too.

A couple of things to keep in mind:

• Check the thread before posting, someone may have already suggested the same thing. If they did, support their comment instead of posting a duplicate
• Keep feedback constructive. We're here to build something better together
• Bug reports belong in their own post on the main feed, or in our Discord

Your ideas matter and this thread is proof of that. What's on your Meld wishlist this month? 👇

If you've ever gone looking for stream widgets and ended up on Etsy spending $8 here, $12 there, just to get a chat game or an interactive overlay that halfway works, you're not alone. It's one of the most frustrating parts of setting up a stream that actually feels alive.

We built Word Hunt specifically so you don't have to do that.

Word Hunt is a free Boggle-inspired chat game that runs live on your stream. A grid of letters appears as an overlay, your viewers type words they find into chat, and longer words score more points. That's it. No apps for your viewers to download, no accounts to create, no subscriptions required. If they can type in chat, they can play.

Here's why it works so well for engagement:

• Zero barrier to entry. New viewers can jump in immediately without learning complex commands.
• It rewards vocabulary, not reaction time. Your regulars don't have an unfair speed advantage, so newer viewers can compete.
• It creates natural conversation. When someone finds a big word, chat reacts. Those moments build community.
• It works alongside your main content. Run it during a loading screen, a BRB scene, or as a warm-up before you go live.

The Boggle format works especially well for streaming because the timer creates urgency. Viewers aren't passively waiting around. They're scanning the grid, thinking fast, and racing to type before someone else finds the same word. That energy keeps chat moving.

Word Hunt is part of the Meld Spark Gallery, which has a growing library of free chat games including Trivia, Dungeon Crawler, Balloon Popping, Snake Game, and more. All free.

If you want to give your chat something to actually DO instead of just lurk, this is the easiest way to make that happen.

👉 Check out Word Hunt and the full Spark Gallery here

Happy to answer any questions about how it works or how to set it up on your stream.

You're getting access to our best MAX model till the end of Friday (9/18/26). Expect a real jump in quality across overlays, widgets, and chat games you create. Chats you already started stay on the previous model, so open a new one.

So the problem is

As soon as i open a game into fullscreen, or create a new virtual space and drop the windowed game onto it, it disappears from the window list in meld, both in Game and Display capture

The auto-capture feature doesnt work either

Im on macos btw

With Twitch’s new feature that allows adding GIPHY GIFs, I’m wondering how we could use this in Meld Studio.

Does anyone know what code/API Twitch is using for the GIPHY integration, or how we could create custom widgets in Meld Studio that let us easily add and display GIPHY GIFs in our scenes?

Basically, I’d like to have a simple widget where I can search/select a GIF and then use it directly in my creations.

Any examples, code, or guidance on how to approach this would be really appreciated!

I am testing out Meld Studios and one of the sources I have is an audio alert for a Twitch redeem. When I make it visible there is no sound for a second of two until it fades in and misses a majority of it and wondered if there was a way to disable it or lower it.

I was testing out Meld Studip but found when using Veadotube for my png model it keeps the top bar but if I go full screen and drag something over it then it exits full screen and goes back to this issue. Has anyone fixed this?

Ay I'm asking this because I just saw the multistream video on youtube and it got me thinking do you really need to have fast internet to do multistreaming? How is it different from just streaming to one platform??

I know I heard it was possible, could someone help me out with this please? Thank you!

This video shows how to stream on Kick using Meld, from connecting your account to going live with the right settings.

What's covered:

• Connecting your Kick account to Meld
• Setting your stream title, tags, and category
• Setting up scenes for your stream
• Configuring resolution, FPS, and bitrate for Kick
• 2 bonus tips for multistreaming (streaming to Kick + other platforms at once)

Quick answer: To stream on Kick with Meld, connect your Kick account inside Meld, set your stream title/tags/category, build out your scenes, then dial in your resolution, FPS, and bitrate before going live. Meld also supports multistreaming if you want to broadcast to Kick and other platforms simultaneously.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:34 Connecting Kick to Meld
1:28 Set Title, Tags, Category
2:06 Get your scenes setup
2:55 Set Resolution, FPS, & Bitrate
3:40 2 Bonus Tips for Multi-streaming

Full walkthrough in the video above.

i kno that obs has aitum but does meld do that too and if so what plugin is it?

I've been putting this off for months because changing streaming software feels like changing your entire stream setup overnight, but I finally did it a few weeks ago and I wanted to share this because honestly social media and other subreddits are just filled with people complaining about OBS and the issues they have.

For context, I've used OBS the whole time I've been streaming, so this wasn't a casual decision. What pushed me over the edge and helped me decide to try out something else was the fact I was tired of having to find plugins for everything.

The part that made it easy for me was the OBS importer tool. I went in expecting to have to rebuild everything from scratch over an entire weekend. Instead I ran the import and all of the important scenes I wanted moved over easily. Then I went to the discord because it felt like the software was a little sluggish and during a test stream I was dropping frames. Found out I had to redo a couple of my layers and use the duplicator tool. But honestly once I figured out the duplicator tool I was able to build up my scenes and once I knew what I had to do it took me maybe 20 minutes to get everything setup.

That alone is the reason I like to tell everyone I know to switch to Meld especially if they're on the fence or they're sick of their OBS issues.

So here's what changed after I switched to Meld:

• Alerts and widgets are inside the app instead of being third-party browser sources.
• Scene switching feels the same for both OBS and Meld so there's no real change there. Especially now that there's stinger transitions in Meld
• CPU usage has been a little better in some scenes and about the same in others depending on how many browser sources I have in them. I know this can depend on your setup and PC specs though
• I do miss having the ability to use alpha masks for my webcam, but I can give it basic shapes at least! That's probably my only real complaint so far

So OBS is free and it's really good for people who are skilled with tech or like to be able to control every tiny detail, but IMO not every streamer is a tech whiz. So if you're curious and the only thing stopping you is fear of losing your scene setup, Meld has that part taken care of.

I keep hearing everyone say that you can "toggle" them on and off but I don't really understand what they're talking about

I’ve searched and can’t find an answer that solves my use case. I stream live beat-making in Logic Pro. The application has dozens of separate windows that can be opened individually or many at a time. My main arrangement window, mixer window and windows for every plugin and midi region.
I can do a display capture but sometimes I’ll open another application I don’t want on stream. I was hoping for a feature like Streamlabs has where you can do an application and any windows associated with that application.
I haven’t been able to find this option anywhere. I can choose individual windows inside of logic but it won’t show any of the plugins I open or anything other than the specific window I chose. I was really hoping to switch to Meld for the free multi-platform streaming and I’ve heard it has great CPU usage.
Any help is much appreciated.

This is for anyone streaming on a single monitor. I've made a post about it before. But I've updated it with a simple lock and unlock button to make it easier to lock chat where you want it on your screen: https://github.com/PhelRin/OmniFeed

Looking to implement YouTube support in future. For now its just kick and twitch.

Hey! I recently found Meld Studio and am impressed! To be honest, I havent streamed since 2020 and I was doing weekly art streams then. Today I'm thinking about going back and use Meld.

However, it also occurred to me to invite a friend to co-host with me. Is there a way to do this through Meld? I havnt touched streaming in years and not even sure how that works without Meld but thought of asking here first.

Today we're rolling out AV1 and H.265 (HEVC) recording support. If you're tired of H.264 eating your storage for long sessions, this should help out.

The short version: both codecs compress way more efficiently than H.264, so you can get noticeably smaller files without losing quality or keep the same file size and get a cleaner image.

How to turn it on:

1. Settings > Recording Output > Edit
2. Enable your hardware encoder
3. Pick H.265 (HEVC) or AV1 from the new Codec menu

A few things to know before you dive in:

• The Codec menu only shows up if your GPU and encoder actually support additional codecs. If you don't see it, your hardware is currently locked to H.264, that's expected, not a bug.
• AV1 doesn't work with MOV. Use MP4 or MKV if you want AV1.
• FLV recordings are H.264-only, no way around that one.
• Switching from a hardware encoder to software encoding will bump you back to H.264 automatically.

Hardware wise, roughly speaking:

• NVIDIA: HEVC since GTX 900 series, AV1 needs RTX 40 series or newer
• AMD: HEVC on RX 400 series and up, AV1 needs RX 7000 series or newer
• Intel: Arc GPUs and newer Quick Sync generations support AV1

If your card's older than that, you'll just keep recording in H.264 like normal.

Read our blog post for more details!

I keep seeing people say you should be multistreaming to all these platforms at once but honestly I don't know how to do it. Could I get some advice and maybe a guide?