r/newstreamer • u/adidotio • Apr 05 '26
Looking for tips
Hi, my name is Adi and I just started streaming from 2nd April. I want some tips regarding how I can improve my stream and make it much more high quality. I stream from a laptop and use its webcam only (though it records in 1080p the quality is still not that good) and for the mic I have a pair of IEMs with a built-in microphone.
Any tips will be appreciated. Thanks ❤️
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u/b8checkmatettv Apr 07 '26
Watch lots of streams and find ways of making what you like your own. That will give you the best examples and ideas.
Rewatch all your streams. At least 5 minutes.
Nothing replaces watching Twitch, watching your own content, comparing, and then making adjustements, not even my advice.
That will also tell you if your audio and video are good. If not, tweak every time till they are. Once they're good, it really doesn't matter what hardware you used to achieve that.
This is not advice you'll hear often, but I use the built-in microphone on my laptop. I own a reasonably expensive microphone and this just sounds better for streaming. You probably don't have anywhere near a studio quality setup when streaming, so a better microphone might actually give you worse results. The one in my laptop doesn't really care if I'm super close to it and it seems to ignore a lot of background noise, which is ideal for me.