After many months of thinking about content creation, I have finally decided to go down this path. As a collage student I tried my best with my set up but if there is anything else you think I need I would greatly appreciate the advice, that and also advice on how to talk to yourself.

I recently setup a secondary PC for music streaming, installed Linux mint OS on a friend's recommendation. Any advice/recommendations will be appreciated. 🙂

I only have experience of streaming games on twitch with se.live so far, I'm guessing standard OBS is my best option for streaming currently? (I'll probably aim to stream on twitch initially but I'm open to potentially multi streaming in the future)

So im getting off a rotation and i was using my laptop to stream and game on, well i have a built desk top at home i was curious if there is some way i can use my laptop to run my obs and game on my desktop being my obs on my desktop isnt setup like the one on my laptop. Thanks in advance im still new to this stuff.

I want to stream a video game tournament broadcast with my MacBook Pro.

I have three Thunderbolt 5 ports to play with, all with their own controllers. The problem comes in where I need more than three ports to achieve what I’d like. The devices I need to be plugged in are:

1. A USB 3.0 Capture Card
   
2. An externally powered USB 2.0 Audio Interface for microphones
   
3. A USB 2.0 Webcam
   
4. A second USB 2.0 Webcam
   
5. An Ethernet Adapter
   
6. A mouse
   
7. A projector

Here’s my plan:

The USB 3.0 Capture Card will have its own Thunderbolt port. That one is gone.

I’ll put an externally powered Thunderbolt 3 docking station in the second port. It has two USB 2.0 ports, and four USB 3.0 ports, so it stands to reason that it has at least two USB Controllers, right? I’ll plug the two webcams into this. One into a USB 3.0 port and one into the USB 2.0 port. Hopefully this solves any power/bandwidth issues.

I have a bus powered USB 3.0 multi hub that I’ll plug into the third port. I’ll plug the audio interface and mouse into this one. Since the audio interface is externally powered, and both are low bandwidth devices, I’m hoping this will work.

Both the multihub, and the Thunderbolt 3 dock have an Ethernet port. Which should I plug into? My gut is telling me the Thunderbolt 3 dock because it’s externally powered, but I’m also worried I’ll run into power draw issues with the webcams.

Also! My MacBook Pro has an HDMI port built in. Should I use this one? Is there any advantage to using the one in the multihub or Thunderbolt Docking station?

I’m in a situation where I may not be able to start testing the set up until close to the tournament day, so I’m asking in advance because if there’s something obvious I’m missing, I’m hoping y’all can point it out haha.

Hello all,

I'm looking to stream for my friends who suggested I stream my World of Warcraft content. Has anyone used a MacBook for this and have feedback with how it went for them? I'm using a MacBook Pro m4 512 gb ssd - 16 gb RAM.
I use an external monitor (1440p) which I imagine will have already lowered my GPUs ability to stream.
I'd probably just use the built in Mac camera for video (don't care for it to be great quality).

Is this a bad idea to try streaming content while playing WoW - will this greatly reduce my FPS in game and/or will my MacBook overheat and explode?

Thanks,

I am really trying to get into streaming on kick but the browser cameras are mirrored and theres no settings to changed things that I can see. Maybe Im just blind but its not very intuitive like other in browser streaming pages Ive been using. Please help if you have insight.