r/streaming

Hi! I'm a streamer and YouTuber and am looking to upgrade my pc. My current configuration of the new pc looks like this:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU: Gainward GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Phoenix-S 16GB
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master ML240L Core Komplett Edition, 240mm AIO
Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming B850-PLUS WiFi
RAM: Kingston FURY Beast RGB DDR5 32GB (2×16GB), 6000MHz, CL36, AMD EXPO
SSD: Kingston NV3 2TB NVMe PCIe 4.0
PSU: Phanteks AMP GH 750W Gold
Case: Corsair FRAME 4500X RS-R ARGB Mid Tower
OS: Windows 11 Home

What do you guys think of this? Streaming, recording (sometimes both at the same time) and gaming flawlessly also for years to come is ultimately the goal. Is there anything you would change? I know the SSD could be useful with a little upgrade, but right now the available ones for this config just have a bit too steep of a price increase to make it worth it right now. Anything else you would clearly point out that should be different?

So I'd like to get opinions/help/ideas or inspirations from you guys if you have any.

I would really like to stream (and have before, although without cam and mic) but that is very uninteresting to watch for most people which makes it feel kinda pointless.

This brings me to my question: Is there any way I can use both a microphone and a cam, but without showing my identity? I'll try to explain.

Like for the cam part I mean something like the way vtubers/pngtubers go, but I do not want to use such models because they are not expressive enough for me. Or you'd have to spend an ungodly amount of money to get something very expressive, but I unfortunately am not in a financial situation at the moment to have money to spend.

Essentially I want something to make my voice and face/body "disguised" just enough to keep me anonymous. Like think real time voice changing, but something on the lighter side (if possible) for the pc and not an entirely different person or character but distorted. Something safe enough to make it almost impossible to reverse it into my real voice/or to clone my real voice.

Same for camera. Something which when the "filter" or whatever I could or would potentially use, should not expose my real face and instead should go black if it cannot track my face. I was thinking something like a mask filter perhaps? Does anyone have any ideas or know what to look out for when trying to remain anonymous? I would really appreciate it.

Oh and I had another unconventional idea, though I believe that would probably complicate things or not work at all. I haven't done extensive research but it seemed like too much trouble to set up properly. Something video game character inspired, having your voice converted to text and some sound along it, like in RPGs or undertale for example. Downside is everyone would have to read it and again, it's not very expressive (Unless it can somehow be adjusted to caps when speaking louder or something)

Background: I’m the developer of SpellHuntr, a competitive online word game, and I’m starting to experiment with paying streamers to play it.

I’ve done one sponsored stream so far with a smaller streamer and it was a good experience. I paid a flat rate, gave her some free membership codes to give away during the stream, and a few friends and I tuned in. The stream had around 13 viewers total, so I picked up a couple of new users, but no paid memberships.

I’d like to try working with some streamers who average more like 100–500 concurrent viewers and am trying to figure out what a fair compensation structure looks like for a 30–60 minute segment.

Obviously there’s the option of just paying a flat rate, but I was also wondering about a hybrid model—for example, a guaranteed base payment plus $1–$3 for every user who signs up through their link/code
For anyone who streams or has sponsored streamers before:

• What would you expect to pay for a streamer averaging 100–500 viewers?
• Does a flat fee + signup/affiliate bonus make sense?
• Would streamers generally prefer a higher guaranteed rate instead?
• Are there other compensation structures that have worked well for indie games?

I want the campaign to make financial sense for me, but I also want creators to feel like they’re being paid fairly regardless of how many users end up converting.

Also if youre a streamer who plays word games, geoguessr, chess, etc and want to partner let me know!

Hello streaming community!

We are looking for some streamers with a somewhat large audience (50k+) for an interview for a documentary about absurdism in video games, gaming and streaming.

We managed to get some major indie game developers, top academics, and even YouTubers with 1kk+ subscribers... But with streamers, we got pretty much 0 results.

I suspect it's probably because they get bombarded with too much correspondence from fans, but don't have people/resources to help them get through it?..

What would be a good way?

• Through the talent agents? They usually manage paid collabs only
• Spamming them during streams? Sound plausible, but hard to time-wise (and few attempts I made went unnoticed in their chat)

What other options are there?

Probably should mention that we are not offering any commercial collaboration, just an opportunity to participate in a cool discussion with other people we have on board. Yet again - didn't have much trouble getting anyone else, but streamers seem completely unreachable...

I’ve played many games and almost everyone I play with doesn’t want to be on a stream. And I don’t trust random match making for reasons of possibly getting banned from what they say. So how do you find other streamers or just gamers who want to play and stream together?

Hi all

I have a camera set up live streaming on the Sunshine Coast in Australi - the sunrises and storms are amazing! But no one is watching - what am I doing wrong? I do the hashtags etcs

Thank you!

So I’m starting my own stream on Twitch and how do I set up “streaming soon” or “starting stream” with a picture/gifs with the font when I spark up I hope somebody know what I mean

I have the retractable Elgato green screen and I’ve been having trouble figuring out the best way to go about lighting it. Currently, I have to have my room lights off due to them flushing it out.

My current lighting setup is Razer Kiyo and its included ring light to the right of my monitor, an elgato key light mk 2 thats on the left of my monitor, angled to illuminate me and help illuminate my green screen, and a standalone large ring light that I had lying around that i use exclusively on the green screen.

What are some rules of thumb when lighting a green screen in a streaming setup?

Have been trying to get into streaming my game dev efforts more and this is a question that's interested me. I usually vocalise as best I can but sometimes it ends up being mumbles if I'm real deep into a feature/issue and focused. I don't really plan to change that for now but am curious what other peoples thoughts are on the topic.

I'm guessing people fall into lots of different categories like some enjoy having the background music and hearing/seeing someone else working, I could see that being a cosy atmosphere for some remote workers to feel less like they're working in isolation. Maybe some like the music and occasional chat interactions but find constant chatter or narrating distracting. I could see others enjoy seeing someone else working alongside them but keep the stream muted and listen to their own music while they work and of course there are chatters who will just wanna come in and hang out, ask about my game, motivations, plans, ask game dev questions, share ideas, or just generally chit chat.

I may also play around with the idea of an on screen countdown for focus time with only music, mic muted and chat emote only as I do sometimes find the chat distracting when trying to work on something but that and other ideas could be a nice way of experimenting to see if people mention liking one over the other.

I was streaming a few days ago and somebody came into chat just playing along and slowly giving away personal information, not just me, but other streaming friends too and one that wasn’t even a streamer
So question for you guys reading this
what do you do when this happen?

what I did was block banned and report tf out of these 2 accs they were old accounts not even just created but I banned one and it appear as a “unknown user” so I believe they deleted that account

Also what other solutions besides banning and reporting would be useful

Have you ever been in that situation?

Happy streaming everybody ! 🫰🏼

After 5-6 years of use, my Helicon mini mixer no longer works. The app crashes constantly, and I can't adjust anything to my liking. I'm looking for an alternative. What would be the best choice to combine it with my Rode NT1 Signature Series mic? My budget is around 200-215€.

Right I've been away from Twitch for a while and instead I've been focusing on TikTok lives however I now want to go back to Twitch. Of course everything I used for alerts, redeemables, chat, ect back then has updated since and it's all broken and needs re-setting up. What is everyone using to allow viewers to redeem sound effects, media ect on their stream?

I was originally using Blerps but that's become probably one of the least user friendly sites I've ever had the displeasure of navigating so I scrapped that entirely. I scoured the internet and came across Streamerbot, turns out that's nothing like Blerps. I've just tried TriggerFyre, looks great but absolutely refuses to connect to my OBS.

Is there anything out there that's just easy to set up & use?

What are some good budget low profile (under $150, preferably) gpus for 4k streaming, such as on YouTube and Twitch? The current PC I use as my main video streaming setup struggles with anything above 1080 60fps, so I was looking for a decent upgrade that won't cost an arm and a leg. Thanks!