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hey everyone this is Mason from filter
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grade being a streamer on Twitch mixer
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or YouTube seems nearly effortless if
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you watch some of the biggest names in
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the platform but it took a lot of
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planning and setup to make every stream
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look like a high tier production there
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are a lot of software settings that need
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to be adjusted and a lot of custom
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graphics that need to be made in this
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video I'll be covering how to get your
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stream set up in the OBS software so you
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can start streaming in no time
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for starters download and install OBS
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before setting up any of the stream
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elements click on the Settings button
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and go to the stream tab select the
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streaming service you're going to be
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using then find your stream key in your
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account for that service and copy it
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into OBS don't share this code with
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anyone because it allows anyone who has
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it to stream to your account next go to
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the output tab here is where we can
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adjust some of the stream quality
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settings the first setting is bitrate
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this number goes up to 6000 in OBS
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it determines the video quality if your
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hardware can handle it set this number
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to 6000 the encoder you choose will
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depend on the hardware in your computer
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software x264 uses your CPU which is a
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good choice if you have a powerful
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processor with a lot of course hardware
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encoders will depend on your graphics
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card brand but utilize the power of your
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graphics card to process the stream if
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you have some extra Headroom in your
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graphics card performance and your CPU
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is maxing out you can use this option
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audio bitrate should also be set as high
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as possible but the streaming platform
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may limit this amount for the encoder
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preset experiment with various options
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ideally you want to be as slow as
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possible but that will negatively impact
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your CPU usage if you go to the video
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tab you'll see a base resolution and an
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output resolution your base resolution
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is the resolution of the screen you're
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recording and output is the scaled
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resolution if you're streaming at a
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lower resolution for example if you have
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a 1440p resolution monitor you'll need
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to downscale to 1080p because that is
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what the streaming services support that
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should be everything in the settings for
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now so let's move on to getting the
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elements of our stream in place OBS is
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made up of scenes and sources scenes are
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made up of multiple sources and you can
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switch between scenes during your stream
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to add a new scene click the plus sign
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and give it a name with that scene
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selected go into the sources tab and
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click the plus sign to add your first
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source you'll be presented with a lot of
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different options but let's start with
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the most simple one display capture this
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will simply capture whatever is on your
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desktop screen now let's add some games
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there are a couple ways to do this for
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the first way you'll need to have the
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game open on your computer in order to
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add it once the game is open click the
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plus sign under the source tab and then
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click Game Capture name the game then
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under mode click on capture specific
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window then select the window for that
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game or you can select capture any
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fullscreen window and OBS should capture
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your games automatically however if it
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doesn't detect the game automatically
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you'll have to use the first method to
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why use game capture when display
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capture seems to do the same thing
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sometimes a game will only work with
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game capture although other times it
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does the opposite unfortunately using
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display capture will cap your games
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framerate to 60 which is the maximum the
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streaming services can handle game
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capture will let you utilize your high
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refresh rate monitor if you have one
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while the stream itself will only
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display at 60 frames per second but
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streams are more than just games to add
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a webcam click the plus sign and click
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video capture device OBS should
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automatically detect your webcam but if
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not you can click on the device menu and
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select it from the list this will be
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your first source that you'll want to
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adjust the size of sizing and OBS works
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similarly to any Adobe program just
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click on the layer and drag the corners
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or sides to change the size if you want
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to warp the layer hold shift while
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resizing you might want to do this to
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make your webcam frame fit around your
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webcam capture speaking of which let's
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talk about how to add something like a
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webcam frame for a still image this will
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just be an image source and for an
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animated webcam frame this will be a
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media source just locate the file on
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your computer and drag around and resize
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until you're happy with the result
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lastly you need to set up your
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microphone to do this add a new source
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and select audio input capture then just
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select your device to gauge the audio
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levels of your microphone and your game
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the mixer tab has convenient volume
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levels if your audio sources are dipping
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into the red section turn them down at
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the source if you want to test your
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audio you can click the gear symbol next
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source and click on advanced audio
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properties then under audio monitoring
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you can select to monitor specific
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sources since there's a delay I wouldn't
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recommend leaving this on but it's great
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for testing all the other source types
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you're unlikely to use right now most
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important parts are getting your game
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microphone and webcam setup now why
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would you want to create an additional
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scene this is useful if you want more
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screens than only your game for example
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in my stream I have several other
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my main fullscreen game view an
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alternative view with a larger webcam
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and smaller game screen a just chatting
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scene and then special screens for
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starting soon and be right back
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setting up a new scene is easy click on
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the plus button then go into the sources
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tab and add all of your sources if
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you're adding in a source that you've
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already added an OBS you can choose to
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add that existing source from a list of
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existing sources of the chosen type for
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example if you want your webcam in two
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different scenes you can just select
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from the list of existing sources when
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adding it to your second scene you'll
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notice when clicking around between
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different scenes there will be a fade
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transition between them to change this
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to a different transition go over to the
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scene transitions button click the plus
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sign and you'll be able to add from a
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small list of other transitions you can
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also add your own by selecting a stinger
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transition and go into its properties I
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have an animated stinger transition that
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I edited in After Effects based on a
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free template this makes any stream look
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more professional and contributes
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towards your branding while there are a
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couple ways to do this the way I found
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easiest was to download the web em
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encoder for After Effects which supports
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transparency and videos and keeps the
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file size reasonably small so OBS can
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access and play it easier once you have
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your transition in place browse for it
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on your computer the most important
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setting after this is the transition
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point this is the point at which OBS
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switches from one scene to the next this
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is important because the transition has
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transparency find out how many
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milliseconds or frames into the
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transition video file the screen is
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fully covered by the transition then set
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that timestamp as the transition point
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so one Scene disappears and the next
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appears seamlessly during the transition
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to make the most use of your scenes and
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scene transitions you'll probably want
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to set up some shortcuts so you don't
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have to manually click on the scene to
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change over click on settings and go to
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hotkeys there are an overwhelming amount
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of options here but we just want to find
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each scene and find switch to scene at
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the bottom of the list you can use any
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key or combination of keys that you like
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for me I selected the Alt key and then a
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number because I'm not likely to hit
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that key combination while playing games
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if you have something like a stream deck
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you can of course use that to switch
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between scenes even easier now let's
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move off of OBS and into stream labs
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Stream labs is a website that lets you
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add stream widgets and change your
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alerts stream labs also exists as an OBS
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app so you can combine both OBS and
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stream labs into one on stream labs you
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can customize as much as you like but at
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the bare minimum you'll probably want to
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change some basic things like the
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animated zombie image that is used for
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alerts by default by going into each
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alert type you can change the layout the
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animation the message template and the
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image used you can even add custom HTML
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CSS or JavaScript code the image can
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also be animated if you'd like to create
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a custom alert animation at the top of
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the screen you'll see a widget URL for
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alerts copy this and create a new
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browser source in OBS paste in the URL
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and adjust the dimensions to your liking
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with OBS open still you can click the
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test buttons on streem labs to see what
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your alert will look and sound like on
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stream once you save your changes if you
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look at other widgets in stream labs
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you'll see things like a follower goal
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and a chat box which all work in the
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same way by creating a browser source
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and copying a link customize your stream
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to your liking now your stream is almost
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ready to go before getting started you
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should check your audio levels click the
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start recording button and start playing
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and talking as if you are actually
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streaming then click stop recording and
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watch the video file to make sure
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everything looks and sounds like it's
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supposed to when you're happy with the
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result click the start streaming button
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to begin streaming on your favorite
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there are plenty of other things you can
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do for your stream including chat
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commands donations and adding music
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sources but this should be more than
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enough to get started with your new
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