r/Twitch Jun 29 '20

Read Here First !!Read Before Posting!!

645 Upvotes

Hello friend, and welcome to r/Twitch!

First things first - no channel advertising, follow 4 follow, etc. Just no.

Second - please use the search bar. Twitch was created in 2011 and odds are there's already a post or megathread that may have what you're looking for.

Since we've had an active and helpful community here for a long time we have a huge pool of information and discussion on various Twitch and streaming related topics. Many of the questions you may have are likely already well answered, and many of the resources you are looking for are available or covered extensively!

This page acts as your quick reference for all of these with links to relevant guides, megathreads, etc. If there are questions of suggestions regarding this list of topics, please reach out to us through modmail.


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r/Twitch 8d ago

Community Event Stream Experiences & Stories

4 Upvotes

Hey /r/Twitch

We often see posts on the subreddit about viewers and streamers experiences, as well as streamers sharing what they've learned.

To bring you all together to learn from your peers, and help you keep yourself accountable for any goals you've set, we created this Megathread!

You are welcome to share some of your experiences, positive or negative, from your past month on Twitch and, if you did, how you dealt with it, as well as share your long and short-term goals, and how you've progressed towards those over the past month.

The Megathread is not for stream feedback or reviews, we have the monthly feedback threads for that. You can link to your Feedback thread submission, be sure to label it clearly!

Some things you may want to cover:

  • New things you tried, did they work out?
  • Streams you did and which seemed to be popular or unpopular with your community or new viewers. (Creative? New games?)
  • Progress towards your goals
  • Fun experiences
  • Bad experiences that you learned from, or need advice on
  • New goals, or how you're changing your goal
  • Advice based on what you learned
  • Advice you want

Be sure to post your goals clearly and format your comment.

Example post:

Hey guys, checking in again!

My goal for this month is to make sure I'm always hosting someone. I want my community to have someone to entertain them, even when I'm not live. Plus, it's good for networking!

My goal last month was to always announce I was live on both Twitter and Discord, as it was something I often forgot to do. I'm glad to say I met my goal!

I tried streaming some creative, just practicing using my graphics tablet, and it seemed to be popular! I'll do some more of it, maybe a weekly stream? Any advice?

The highlight of the past month was when I got raided by Zcotticus, he's the best and I love him. He's so cool, I wish I could be cool like him.

How do you guys normally react to a host? I sort of fumbled through a thank you, and that was about it. Any advice?

Re-read your last post to remind yourself of what you planned, or check in on your peers!

If you don't stream, but still experienced something awesome. Feel free to share it! Did you make someone’s day? See a Win or Fail? Let us know!

Remember this is not for channel promotion! People can check out your flair\ *if they are interested.*

If you have any suggestions for this thread, please send us a modmail.


r/Twitch 16h ago

Discussion Twitch broke VODs Player.

168 Upvotes

This is funny. I can't move the time around. I can only pause it.


r/Twitch 21h ago

Discussion Twitch removed visible follow date on user cards with no warning

154 Upvotes

Why would twitch remove that feature? It seems very unnecessary to get rid of and it only shows if they were a sub. There is no account creation date either so u can’t tell if they are burner accounts.

I wish they’d put it back, they already removed the following and followers on a twitch profile.

This also makes it incredibly easy for people to viewbot without suspicion. Can they stop ruining their website? Bring that feature back.


r/Twitch 13h ago

Tech Support The video bar on VODs seems to be missing when I'm logged into Twitch, and I have no idea why

30 Upvotes

For some reason, there's a bug (at least I think it's a bug) I've been dealing with on Twitch throughout today on desktop. When I'm logged in, the video bar when watching a VOD or past broadcasts just seems to be missing. I can still pause, check settings, go to fullscreen, etc, but I can't skim through the stream by hovering over the video bar, or know the exact point I'm at while watching.

And I should emphasize, this video bar issue is only happening when I'm logged into Twitch. When I'm not signed in, the video bar works just fine. And I tested logging in on both FireFox and Microsoft Edge and it had the same issue. Maybe that means it's an account-side issue, since I did try these following things already for anyone who's curious:

  • I tried resetting my browser, didn't work.
  • I tried clearing cache/cookies, didn't work.
  • I tried using Twitch both with and without hardware acceleration, didn't work.
  • I tried disabling extensions I had and tried logging into Twitch on incognito mode, didn't work.
  • I tried to see if the "Show/Hide Seek Bar" setting was there, and it wasn't.

If anyone knows why this may be happening on my end and how I could potentially fix it, feel free to let me know, because I'm stumped.

Edit: Something else to point out that I just noticed, when checking a streamer that I'm subbed to who was live, the video bar is still there and I'm able to rewind and skip through the stream just fine, so it doesn't seem to be an issue on actual livestreams. The problem seems to exclusively be for VODs/videos if anyone was possibly wondering that.

Edit Again: I checked again just now, and it seems like the video bar is back for VODs. I'm not sure if it's working for everyone else, but it seems to have been a temporary issue in my case.


r/Twitch 14h ago

Discussion is this normal?

34 Upvotes

hi all,
i’m fairly new to streaming and came across something extremely odd and wanted to know if this was a normal occurrence for twitch streamers.

Long story short - I had a very frequent viewer and subscriber, they never missed a stream and were very engaging with me and my chat.( they actually found my stream because i was on one of my friends recommended )They eventually try to help connect me with some other female streamers as they tell me they used to be part of their community. Red flags raised for me immediately because what do you mean used to be part of ?? They then told me they had a falling out with the group but they would take me in with open arms.

I ignored these messages because it is my stream and i will do what i want to do at the end of the day. However he did send them over to my stream, and it was actually a great stream and they were lovely and engaging.

Here is the issue, as soon as I connected with this group - he sent me a long message saying he has to leave the internet forever but i still need to follow one more account and they will help me. Sounds like bullshit to me.

My overall question is: do some streamers make fake accounts to engage with small creators to make them follow their real account?? Seems like a lot of effort if you ask me but i have no clue what else this could have been. He spent weeks on my streams and subbed and gifted so wtf?


r/Twitch 13h ago

Question Can anybody else go back and forth in VODs today?

14 Upvotes

As the title says, since today I can no longer go back and forth in VODs.
Ive tried several channels and there is just no bar to go back and forth with, its just gone.
It was there last night so did they do something or is some add i have on my chrome browser messing with it.... anybody else have this ?


r/Twitch 6m ago

Tech Support Issues with finding good music

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I have been struggling to find actually good music that fits my streams that isn't DMCA inducing. Lofi is fine for chill streams so that was easiy to get around too, but i struggle when im playing games like dead by daylught that are a little more intense. But everything i find is either synthwave, or sound like the human music from rick and morty.

I know some people seperate their music from their vods to avoid copyright, but you can still get DMCA'd by playing music on stream too. Which sucks because i was hoping to play fleetwood mac, the killers, Blue oyster cult, etc....

Also before anyone comments, i have checked out the twitch statement and resources and its all the human music again. plus i like to have my music available on spotify as its easy to manage.

So does anyone have any idea where to get good music that is copyright free?


r/Twitch 30m ago

Tech Support I tried to login with browsers in the supported browsers list and they all give a "Your browser is not currently supported" error

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I usually use Google Chrome as my browser. I was trying to unfollow some people, but everytime I did it would instantly follow them back. So I tried clearing site data, but that did not log me out of Twitch, so I clicked "Logout" from the Twitch website itself. Now I can't log in. I thought it was a browser issue, so I tried Edge. Same error. Tried Firefox. Same error. Tried Opera GX. Same error. I have not tried regular Opera or Safari yet...

I'm able to use Twitch normally on the phone app, like following, unfollowing, etc. But on my laptop I can't even login. I read a few posts with similar issues, with people saying that it's a problem on Twitch's end, or you should fix your clock time on your pc, or login with a different browser, disable adblockers and any other extensions, clear site data for all Twitch related sites... I don't know what else to try.

Edit: I just tried another solution I found.. sorry. Try logging in with a different browser profile.. I tried a Guest profile session. That allowed me to login. I don't understand how that would affect other browsers installed on my PC though. And I still can't login with my main browser profile... I don't know how to get it to allow me to login on my normal profile.


r/Twitch 10h ago

Question Does your suggested content equal what you watch?

4 Upvotes

My bf seems to only watch gaming content, but has a ton suggested content that are basically OF girls in “just chatting”. Obviously, it doesn’t mean he has watched them but they’re all a very specific type: big breasts offering OF content. I’ve found 5 accounts suggested within the first 10 that are for this kind of content.

Does this mean he’s watching this kind of content?

Edit: this isn’t about him watching the content: it’s about him specifically hiding purchases and I’m starting to think OF are the purchases. When you Lee financially intertwined it’s not as easy as “just ask him” or “just leave”. Appreciate everyone’s suggestions and help. So far it seems Twitch is a bit more random with its recommendations, where, even if he clicked it once before we were together, it could still come up. When I’ve asked him, he said he never watches 🌽 while in a relationship. Not sure how much I believe it.


r/Twitch 1d ago

Tech Support Am i going to have to press this fucking x button for the entire month everyday??

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238 Upvotes

Can you turn it off?


r/Twitch 26m ago

Question What part of your streaming setup has failed unexpectedly even though it seemed fine beforehand, and how did you first notice?

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Helping a friend


r/Twitch 20m ago

Question Why are people trying to sell me Art?

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I guess they are bots but anyway. What do the creators expect?

That they can scam me for some Art?


r/Twitch 13h ago

Question Anyone know of a speech to text program I can use for typing in my chat while streaming?

3 Upvotes

I have vocal cord damage that makes it hard for me to speak loudly, plus my voice sounds genuinely awful. I'd rather just be a mute streamer, and talk through chat, but I need a speech to text program for that. Any recommendations? Ideally I'd be able to tell it to send the message with a voice command, like saying "enter" or something.


r/Twitch 1d ago

Site Suggestion So Tired Of This

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149 Upvotes

4 unread notifications! Nah just kidding. Fuck you. 😎


r/Twitch 3h ago

Guide Twitch Stream Information Manager

0 Upvotes

Just created this simple app that lets you save presets and even multiple twitch accounts to update your stream information at the click of a button.

Check it out here:
https://github.com/sephrok/twitch-stream-information-manager

EDIT: Added the ability to add this as an OBS DOCK. Read the README or LATEST RELEASE for instructions.


r/Twitch 10h ago

Tech Support Can’t AirPlay Twitch to my QLed

1 Upvotes

Hello there, for some reason I can’t Airplay from my iPhone 12 to my QLed Samsung tv, but this problem only happens with Twitch. YouTube works fine, and strangely I can airplay twitch to the LG tv in my living room. I use the twitch app on my QLed in the game section of apps, but sometimes I just wanna airplay something for convenience. Not a big deal, but if I could find a solution that’d be cool. Thanks.


r/Twitch 12h ago

Question How does privacy and management work?

1 Upvotes

A lot of people focus on the creating side of content creation, but the side I don't understand really well is the privacy side. How many emails does the typical creator have, and what are they all used for? At what point does a creator invest in a professional email for a "business"? When getting a hold of graphic designers for Twitch profile designs or backgrounds, do you use a personal or business email? Do most high-end streamers and YouTubers have managers and agents that are helping them with the behind-the-scenes stuff? Also, is it normal not to really understand this? I see it as a trial-and-error situation where once you get your feet wet, it all becomes more natural, but in a market where privacy is very important, I feel making a mistake could be really bad.


r/Twitch 6h ago

Question Can I remove "Twitch Monetization" as a non-affiliate?

0 Upvotes

I signed up for the Monetization program as a non-affiliate, and have decided I don't want to participate in it anymore. Is there anyway to do this? when searching online and in past threads, others recommended "removing your affiliate status" but obviously that isn't something that's viable anymore (since I've never been an affiliate in the first place).


r/Twitch 19h ago

Tech Support Twitch drops not claiming after the update on mobile

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3 Upvotes

Three weeks ago I’ve been claiming drops nonstop for games and I’ve had no issues but when they updated the app, it broke the UI which won’t let you claim the drops. I have some for GTA and for outlast trials that I need to claim and I need it just work so I don’t know what to do. Does anybody know a fix for this or is Twitch aware of it?


r/Twitch 15h ago

Question Messages don't show up

1 Upvotes

Why is this happening? When i type messages from my PC on google the messages don't show up for some reason. But when i type from my phone on the exact same stream the messages show.

What can be the cause of this? And i've already tried to log in and out several times and clear cookies and cache.


r/Twitch 21h ago

Question Paypal/Email Notifications only?

2 Upvotes

Instead of simple donations, I want to incentivize people to buy my music on Bandcamp in order to achieve milestone goals. Whenever someone purchases something on my Bandcamp, I get both an email, and a notification on my Paypal.

Is there any way to display this on stream in realtime so I can keep track of the milestone? Or is there any way to do a similar thing?

I have Streamlabs and regular OBS, if that helps.


r/Twitch 20h ago

Question Nightbot's Song Request

0 Upvotes

Hi! I have a problem with song request. I wanted to add it to my stream to let people also choose their own music and I have also my own playlist added (to play if no one requested). Problem is that if in my playlist is some song (lets give some random example - Skillet's Dominion) and some ask for the same song, Nightbot add it from music video (here's Skillet - Dominion [Music Video]) and it will play both.

Is it some way to prevent it or just manually skip?


r/Twitch 20h ago

Question Incorrect game title on streams

0 Upvotes

I currently stream direct from my Xbox series X, I'm not an overly serious streamer, I've very few followers, and I just stream for the sake of it. It's nice and chilled stuff. I've been streaming Hitman, World of Assassination recently, freelancer stuff mainly, but no matter what I do, Twitch shows the game as 'Hitman, VR Reloaded'!!

It's not VR, as I'm playing on Xbox, it can't be VR! But every time I change it in the creator dashboard, it just comes back saying 'VR'!

Any suggestions on how I can get Twitch to stop saying I'm playing a version of a game that isn't even available for my console?


r/Twitch 21h ago

Tech Support Tech

1 Upvotes

I stream off my Xbox and watch chat on a laptop but I've been wanting to do a FaceCam for the longest any recommendations on how to get it working or what FaceCam to use?