Interested in streaming

[Darthphipps]

Hey hey all! I am interested to get into streaming and would love some tips from our own community. I have a good computer but I know I am lacking somethings that I would need to get started. I have two monitors but no capture card or web cam. I know I can get by without the cam for the time being, but what about the capture care? Is that a must? Plus any other tips you guys have for someone BRAND NEW to streaming would be great. Love you all and GOOD SHOW! Take care buds!

[Falas93]

You dont need a capture card. That is used only if you want separate gaming and streaming PC. If you have only one computer then capture card is useless.

[Darthphipps]

[QUOTE="falas93, post: 29596, member: 18962"]You dont need a capture card. That is used only if you want separate gaming and streaming PC. If you have only one computer then capture card is useless.[/QUOTE]
Ahh ok awesome thank you for the help!

[MavenOfMisfortune]

Right, all you really need to start out with is OBS or a similar broadcasting software. But a little preparation doesn't hurt regarding looking at various add-ons and features. I'd recommend checking out TwitchAlerts and considering bots like Nightbot or Moobot. I'd also recommend making a profile on sites like FollowTrain, Pwning, and the Twitch reddit for additional visibility. And try and form a plan regarding what games and type of content and atmosphere you want to provide!

I'm just starting myself, but the above is basically how I started. I'm eventually looking to expand on options, but for now my stream set-up is good enough given my available assets and skills.

[Darthphipps]

[QUOTE="MavenOfMisfortune, post: 29600, member: 55411"]Right, all you really need to start out with is OBS or a similar broadcasting software. But a little preparation doesn't hurt regarding looking at various add-ons and features. I'd recommend checking out TwitchAlerts and considering bots like Nightbot or Moobot. I'd also recommend making a profile on sites like FollowTrain, Pwning, and the Twitch reddit for additional visibility. And try and form a plan regarding what games and type of content and atmosphere you want to provide!

I'm just starting myself, but the above is basically how I started. I'm eventually looking to expand on options, but for now my stream set-up is good enough given my available assets and skills.[/QUOTE]
Thank you very much for the feedback i love it. Seems like theres a lot more to this than i figuered. I need to do my homework lol

[ticktock1231]

Hello, I agree with everything above. I just wanted to add that Cohh has a few videos on his youtube channel that is about getting set up. The best way to do a mic setup, how to use a green screen (not super applicable to you), and a few others. I wish you luck with your streams, let us know how it is going and if you have any other questions

[Darthphipps]

awesome ticktock1231 thanks for the info ill for sure check out those VOD's!

[Chioz1111]

I finally setup mine the other day as well. I was sitting in my living room watching myself stream Fallout 4 from my PC. It is pretty cool but getting the viewers is the harder part, just keep your head up and have either a webcam or an awesome voice to go with the gameplay...both of which Cohh has haha.

[Chioz1111]

Also Twitch has a little section how to get started as well, i watched both Cohh and that as a reference.

http://www.twitch.tv/broadcast

http://www.twitch.tv/cohhcarnage/c/2940158

The bottom one is Cohh and Ellohime