These are a continuation of notes from the Life, the Universe, and Everything writers’ conference. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker. The panel relates to gaming but can have an application to other areas.

– If your PC slow use consoles, using a capture card. It allows you to capture video and sounds from console
– Look at CPU (processor – any modern one) and GPU (graphics cards) – more recent is better and big enough to put out.
– Streaming programs may require a lot of resources.
– Decide what you want to stream video games (twitch is where video games started) There are chatting or TV shows. Table talk RPGs > set up a tabletop to play D&D swindle handle. You set up a campaign and play with your friends. Extra steps required for that setup. You can do cooking shows, a lot sowing up in twitch.
– Variety streams will select a mix of those above. The pros are you can bring up many different audiences. Cons: You are pulling yourself in too many different directions. You may not have the same audience every day. Either is a valid and viable option.
– You want to choose a streaming place. Look at sound installation; look at the natural lighting or article of the room or the size. If too large, you can get an echo. It is hard to properly light a large room. The presenter changed a walk-in closing to be his sound booth. He has sound paneling, and adds sound foam $25 for panels. Any little step to get rid of echoes and noise.
– He also has a lot of extra lighting. By adding more light, it prevents him from being blown out. It is more evenly lit.
– The green screen behind him so he can put in the background of the stream.

Setting up the equipment:
– Make sure equipment is set up properly.
– Connect camera. The different camera has different capabilities.
– Make sure you have a ring light or appropriate light distribution.
– Having lights coming in from different angles can even out the light.
– Make sure your mic is secure and cannot be bumped or tumble. Be secure.
– Boom stand is good even if it’s cheap.
– If you have a desk mic, it can pick up the keyboard.
– Make sure you have good seating. Make sure you have comfort and proper back support.
– OBS: means open broadcast.

Chose a platform:
– Twitch is the biggest one out there. Hosting organizations count on the streamers to make sure they don’t use copyrighted music. You do have the options to export videos to YouTube etc. after 24 hrs. of creation. You can set up a day of the week or export on a certain day. There are a lot of resources to help you get started.
– YouTube has their own streaming. With YouTube, you have videos already on YouTube. It’s easier to have things in one place.
– Discord has a streaming audience.
– Facebook has a streaming service as well as smaller platforms.

Software: streaming software.
– OBS (open broadcast software) is free. There are tons of video tutorials. Regular jobs are probably the best route. It uses the least resources. It can be tricky to do add notes
– Steam labs: call slobs. The user interface is more user-friendly. It is a resource hob. Easy to set alerts. It has a chat. Easy commands> set up sounds alerts.
– Explicit: some people like it.
– Stream elements try to offload our pc.

Choose ascetics.
– Q: What is your brand? His is about his personality with his name as raven h’ uses black feathers, or ravens as part of his brand.
– One streamer creates a persona with a different name and may have a costume
– Once you chose a personal look-up color stream. Search out the physiology of color. Google it. Different colors in the logo, branding, and website will trigger different emotions. It’s important to do that early to establish our brand.
– If your platform permits affiliates determine how they are to be designed. Tons of artists can provide support.
– Choose your font.