I guess I'll be a tester since I was a racer last time.
If you want to try out streaming, you need to grab a streaming software, and choose a streaming site. Note that you can do this step any time you want, and they'll work any time in the future (unless, of course, your internet is down at that time or something). Therefore I strongly suggest any racers trying it
as soon as you can so you don't have to deal with this in the last minute, which is known to be nasty because streaming can be an arcane process and various weird problems can come up!
For streaming software
OBS Studio is a good choice, though of course there are alternatives if OBS doesn't like you for some reasons.
Twitch has listed a bunch of them.
For streaming site typically
Twitch is used for gaming streams, but Jeff and ThemsAllTook uses Youtube instead. Youtube automatically creates archives (think of it as your stream being uploaded and published as a Youtube video) if you've set up an event for it, so that's an advantage over Twitch.
Anyways, before you do anything, you need an account and your stream key so that people can watch your stream, and that you can actually stream.
If you're going for Twitch, just open an account, then go to the Dashboard and look for Stream Key section to view your stream key there.
Your stream key is supposed to be private only so don't show it to anyone, ever!
If you use Youtube for streaming, follow the following steps instead:
I think Youtube saves your videos even if you're doing it on the fly instead of pre-setting a scheduled event, but if you're not sure,
record your stream locally as well! Broadcasting software should allow you to record while streaming.
Now, when you set up your stream in OBS or something, choose Twitch as streaming service, choose your appropriate server that is fast to you and then put in your stream key there.
For Youtube you just choose Youtube/Youtube Gaming as service, choose either Primary or Backup Youtube ingest server, and put your Youtube stream key there.
You also need to set up streaming options. The most important setup here is bitrate: you need to set it so that it's high enough for anybody to recognize anything in your stream, but not so high your stream is too sizey for your internet connection to handle. In my case I use CBR 400(kb/s) but of course, your mileage may vary. This part naturally requires experimentation and therefore takes a bit of time.
If everything is set up (I've skipped the "
set up your stream screen"
part because it's part of the basic thing about streaming softwares), just press the "
Start Streaming"
button on your favourite streaming software, and in a brief moment you should be able to see your stream on your twitch/Youtube channel. That means you're good to go! And since you can stream whenever you want now, maybe you can also stream some DROD or other games in free time!
[Last edited by uncopy2002 at 11-03-2016 06:52 PM]
