Twitch for Dummies - Tee Morris

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Résumé :

Foreword xi

Introduction 1

About This Book 1

How to Use This Book 2

Icons Used in This Book 3

Beyond the Book 4

Where to Go from Here 4

Part 1: Getting Your Game On 5

Chapter 1: Welcome to the World of Twitch 7

Creating a Twitch Account 8

Press X to begin: The basics 9

New Twitch, who dis?: Completing the Profile 11

All in the details: Channel and Videos settings 13

Controlling the signal: From privacy to connected third parties 16

Learning at the Feet of Masters: Following and Subscribing to Twitch Channels 17

Following on Twitch 18

Subscribing on Twitch 19

Other Twitch Resources 22

Chapter 2: Turning a Console into a Streamer's Studio 25

What's Your Preferred Platform? 26

PlayStation 27

Xbox 30

Nonessentials That Are Essential 33

Video cameras 33

Audio gear 34

Laptop computer or mobile device (on a stand) 35

Green screen 35

Virtual assistants 35

Chapter 3: Making First Impressions 39

Creating a Complete Twitch Channel 40

Creating an Info Panel 40

Deciding which Info Panels to create 42

Editing and deleting Info Panels 44

Streaming Off Your Console 47

Setting up your PlayStation for streaming 48

Setting up your Xbox for streaming 50

Chapter 4: And We're Live! (Wait, We're LIVE?!) 55

Streaming Your First Gameplay 56

OMG! I'm live! What do I do now?! 57

Wrapping up your stream 59

Post-Show Production: What to Do After a Stream 61

Take a bow: Social media shout-outs 61

YouTube: Your content, on demand 62

Creating a highlight 65

Chapter 5: Setting Schedules and Managing Social Media 69

Same Bat-Time, Same Bat-Channel: Setting Your Schedule 70

From start to finish: A basic schedule 71

Your own pocket of time: The length of your stream 73

Consistency and Communication 75

Notifications on Twitch 76

Notifications on Social Media 78

Notifications on Discord 80

When Life Happens: Changes in the Schedule 84

Chapter 6: Improving Your Stream: Being Your Own Harshest Critic 87

G, PG, PG-13, or R: What's the Rating? 88

Setting the Mature Content option 90

The parameters of adult content 91

Popularity Versus Pleasure: What Are You Streaming? 92

Streaming popular games 93

Streaming games you enjoy 94

Streaming retro games 96

Beyond Consoles: Streaming without Video Games 98

Part 2: Creating Your Broadcasting Studio 105

Chapter 7: Streaming without Constraints: Streaming from a PC 107

Looking under the Hood: What a PC Needs 108

The computer processor 108

Cooling systems 109

Random access memory 111

Graphics card 111

Capture card 111

Power supply 112

Setting Up Your Console 112

Making Creativity and Interactivity Happen with StreamElements and OBS 114

Downloading a template from Nerd or Die 115

Setting up OBS with StreamElements 117

Incorporating your template 118

Customizing your template 120

Adding a camera to your template 122

Adding a console to your template 124

Setting Up Audio: Easier Said than Done 125

Setting up your audio in OBS 126

Using Discord as your Party Chat solution 128

Chapter 8: Bells & Whistles: Nifty Add-Ons for Your Twitch Stream 131

Stand By for Stream: Introduction and Intermission B-roll 132

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Biographie:

Tee Morris, an early adopter of podcasting, is no stranger to building audiences and releasing original content online. Now he adds Twitch to his online arsenal of creativity, managing his own streaming channel featuring a variety of gaming, cooking, and talk shows. Tee is co-author of Podcasting For Dummies, 4th Edition, a contributor to Making YouTube Videos, 2nd Edition (Dummies Junior), and a writer of science fiction and fantasy, including the award-winning steampunk series The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences.