How To Stream With Twitch and OBS

Build an audience today using free software. We document the process to leveraging OBS and Twitch to facilitate streaming professional content.

• Section 1: The Software Setup
• Section 2: What should I stream?
• Section 3: Streaming on Consultdex

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The Software Setup

Step 1:

• Download OBS Open Source Streaming Software or via GitHub

Step 2:

• Connect your Twitch account to OBS

Step 3:

• Setup OBS – You will likely want a Video Capture Device, Image (logo, branding) and a Window Capture (showing some part of your desktop if its a show and tell)

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Consider Your Content Hook

• Talk about something you’re passionate about. No doubt you likely know a lot. But find things your are passionate about that you have deep understanding of.
• Cover these topics in a cycle. Meaning cover them over and over again against different example set/criteria. Remember this is livestreaming, so contents shelf life is small.
• Spice things up – even though you cover topics in cycles you shouldn’t be so predictable. Play with your surroundings and note subtletees to your audience.
• Plan and Prep – but don’t over plan. This shouldn’t be overly scripted but whatever you’re doing/demonstrating likely you have done 100+ times otherwise it might be awkward as you stumble around covering your topic.
• Timeliness – Don’t worry about setting a strict time, as this keeps obligations to a minimum but setting a time/schedule in advance can help your audience ‘tune in’.
• Use Banners accordingly to ‘announce’ tune-in times for your Sessions.

More thoughts on ‘Sessions” can be found here.

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Add Your Twitch Stream to Consultdex

Step 1:

• Identify username on Twitch (example: https://twitch.tv/edgetech/)

Step 2:

• Input said username on your profile page: [edgetech]

Step 3:

• Launch a livestream through OBS!

• That is it, you will now show up on your Consultdex profile as well as on our Live Broadcast Community page.