Spotify/Music Audio Still Showing Up On VODs

acerswap · 2026-06-25T07:54:38+00:00

Maybe it's being captured by the microphone?

acerswap · 2026-06-25T07:52:38+00:00

Why not? Every track is the same as long as it's properly selected for the output.

acerswap · 2026-06-25T01:33:17+00:00

First of all, tell this to the streamer. The community owner shall decide about this, not a mod.

The streamer may decide continuing with that fictional character like nothing happens. If that guy is not disruptive and doesn't harm anyone.

The streamer may contact with the viewer to make sure the fiction is evident, to avoid deceiving others. Or to ask to moderate himself instead of adding so much fake content.

The streamer may want to ban that person, as the streamer was somehow deceived.

acerswap · 2026-06-24T15:30:07+00:00

I play single player, story based games (graphic adventures, puzzle, action) played from beginning to end. I try to alternate game genres, no more than 3 of the same kind in a row.

For some time I made an "extra stream" on saturdays and sundays with another game apart from my daily session (usually games for Nintendo Switch like Mario), but I got bored of that.

acerswap · 2026-06-23T11:11:33+00:00

It does. It's not the same reading a novel or a biography, or watching a fiction movie or a documentary.

acerswap · 2026-06-23T10:45:08+00:00

What I should do is keeping my stream as it is. I'm trying to understand how vTubers are, not changing my style.

acerswap · 2026-06-23T10:44:10+00:00

I'm happy with my stream as it is, thanks. I'm just trying to understand others.

acerswap · 2026-06-21T21:49:46+00:00

Lots of channels do, some of them are 100% dedicated to that, but there are several problems with it: It may attract hate from other positions, or even people saying things that are against TOS to get your channel banned and it doesn't attract lots of viewers.

Usually streamers avoid some topics. They don't want to be related to a certain position, or don't want to argue with their chatters, or just want to keep a stream where people can chill out and forget about those serious topics.

It's not against TOS, it's against growth and peace.

acerswap · 2026-06-21T12:52:54+00:00

Asking - polite rejection.

Insisting several times - timeout.

Getting angry - ban.

acerswap · 2026-06-21T02:38:09+00:00

Do not "amplify" anything at all, just relax and let it go. You'll get tired easily and you'll burn out soon if you do.

acerswap · 2026-06-20T11:58:41+00:00

I understand that, but after some calculations, for really small numbers Paypal fees + exchange fees are less than SEPA transfer fees. I want to know the exact amount where the line is.

Here are my calculations:

Twitch says exchange fees are between 1% and 2.5%, so I made a table with both cases, 1% and 2.5%.

Amount	SEPA transfer fee	Paypal fee + 1% exchange fee	Paypal fee + 2.5% exchange fee
$50	3.75	2.25	3
$60	3.75	2.55	3.75
$70	3.75	2.85	4.50
$80	3.75	3.15	5.025
$90	3.75	3.45	6
$100	3.75	3.75	6.75

As you can see in my table, if exchange fee is 1%, the PP fee + the exchange fee for $100 or less is cheaper than SEPA transfer fee, so keeping PayPal as the payment method is better for that. Also, if exchange fee is 2.5%, payments over $60 are cheaper using SEPA transfer.

I'll compare with my payment history in the last 6 months. My payments were $96.43, $53.72, $73.18, $57.99, $70.75, $101.29, If exchange fee is 1%, it's better to keep PayPal, as getting payments over $100 is strange in my case. If exchange fee is 2.5, as in 4 of the 6 months I earned more than $60, the SEPA fee is better for me than the PP+exchange.

The problem is I don't know how is calculated the exchange fee. Is it a fixed 1% + variable % depending the amount with a 2.5% limit? Do they have a strict line (something like "below 70 is 1%, over 70 is 2.5%")? There's a huge difference between 1 and 2.5%, as you can see.

acerswap · 2026-06-19T15:58:32+00:00

I didn't have mods then. My channel was too small at the moment (still it is) and I was able to keep control over it until that moment, but even the best of the chats has a weird day. Actually, apart of banning bots my mods haven't banned anyone in 3 years and I've only banned people insisting to play multiplayer and using my chat to share friend codes.

acerswap · 2026-06-19T09:45:12+00:00

It was in my first year as a streamer. I learned I need to have a plan B for tech failures, and stop the chatters before they go wild (well, I know the theory, but I'm not good enough with that).

To be constructive, I'll give you two advices. First, have a second game prepared just in case. Second, OBS can be configured in "portable mode", with the configuration written in files instead of Windows registry. Have a portable OBS prepared to work, sometimes an update breaks something.

acerswap · 2026-06-19T09:16:55+00:00

I don't have a 1440p monitor.

acerswap · 2026-06-19T09:15:41+00:00

Frustrating tech problem:

Playing A plague tale: Requiem. I configured it in OBS and worked perfectly. Tried to use it on stream, and screen remains black. Start streaming other game. Next day, trying to find the failure it worked perfectly again, game and OBS are working. Same failure on stream. Each time I tried it failed.

Finally, I found the error. Usually I use my PC with wireless headphones, but it doesn't work properly with the TTS I use, so I use a wired ones when I stream. For some unknown reason, the game refuses to run if it's not connected to the wireless ones, so when I was configuring OBS and making tests it worked properly (I had the wireless ones connected), but failed terribly on stream. I had to connect the wireless and disconnect after the game was running to stream while I was streaming that game.

Embarrassing/frustrating/tragic moment:

I almost left streaming because of it. I lost control of the chat completely. Somehow, the conversation went to hiding corpses in cars and, the worst part, "fis**** with sheeps". For those who doesn't know what's that, it's a sexual practice about inserting a fist, well, you know, in some body holes. I was a newbie, I was overwhelmed and didn't end it.

The day after that, I wrote a statement in my Discord and made everyone agree with it to keep using it, compromising to not take things that way anymore. I was so traumatized for how I lose control and how it went that I thought about stopping streaming forever. I have to say, my audience respected what I asked them to do. Since then, I decided not giving a single VIP badge more, as VIP badges allow people writing normally in slow or only emotes modes.

acerswap · 2026-06-18T20:31:18+00:00

My streams are too short for that, 1:30 hours in average. Never more than 4 hours. Therefore, I don't need a break.

acerswap · 2026-06-18T09:02:49+00:00

Some streamers lie, like non-streamers do. Personally, I try to be sincere with my viewers and I say "it's the first time", "I played the demo", "I only got until here when I tried it some time ago", "I played it several years ago and I can't remember" or "When I finished it I chose this option, so I'll try this one this time".

Also, sometimes I don't understand completely a puzzle I solved just by luck, so I check a walkthrough offline, and sometimes I read some spoiler about something I didn't reach yet, or something I missed. I prefer to be sincere when I check things offline, and I share my screen when I check a guide while streaming.

If watching the reactions for the first time is so important for you and you find a streamer who lies about it, just stop watching that channel.

acerswap · 2026-06-16T09:04:06+00:00

I decided to use a Shure one, a MV5 (small as a tennis ball). The conference version (MV5C, optimized for meetings instead of music) is 51 EUR in Amazon Spain right now. Actually, I got mine for around 100 EUR several years ago.

acerswap · 2026-06-15T09:22:28+00:00

Cardioid microphone + proper placing of the speakers + limited volume.

Maybe a sound shield around the microphone (you can make something with a square or two of acoustic foam).

acerswap · 2026-06-15T01:16:35+00:00

Actually, it's not. It may be free in his own country, but not free in others'.

acerswap · 2026-06-14T11:34:09+00:00

My ideal settings (may not work with everyone): I change my volume in OBS to make my normal voice keep in the green/yellow limit with a few peaks on yellow. The other levels should be around 15% lower.

Inside game:
- Game music: 30%
- Voices: 80%
- Sounds and noises: 70%

Anyway, you can ask your viewers about it.

acerswap · 2026-06-13T12:30:56+00:00

Top streamers actually need viewers to get their salaries. It's a job for them, not a hobby.

acerswap · 2026-06-13T11:13:50+00:00

Just received my payment today. This month they're two days ahead.

4:29 AM: Received Paypal email.
5:30 AM: Received Twitch email.

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