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Sef’s first use of OBS project may be her last

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Last night, the saga of Dead Planet 3 continued. Along with this saga came yet another attempt to optimize my streams and get to my semi-professional level look that I’ve been aiming for.

So, I decided to try out a program that people seem to rave about, OBS. Once I got my stuff together to get the program to properly capture Windows Media Center, it did look like it might be a good choice of program. However… However… The DCs. The program worked good for an hour, but the moment a spike came in my connection, it simply freaked out. The program dropped the stream about 3 times within ten minutes. Thus, I had to retreat back to Xsplit.

There’s a chance that setting my bandwidth at 1500 was too high, so I might give it another test. I also think I accidentally had messed with a setting in Xsplit that may have contributed to Harv having the stream freeze on him. For that, I apologize. I noticed the error after I finished streaming and fixed that setting.

I think I’ve also might have thought up of one more thing to help improve Xsplit so that it wouldn’t take so many resources.

Anyway, if you want to watch last night’s addition to the saga, check it out below. Though, there’s going to be minor holes in the conversation during the points in which the connection dropped or I was switching programs. Sorry.

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Moving forward to improve my streams

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For the longest time, I have hated the various technical issues that pop up in my streams. At first, it was just insuring that the stream doesn’t crash. Well, I got that down to a near science now. So, that part is all good.

Then, there was the time that my back-up mic didn’t quite perform. That was only temporary, but it was a pain. It was resolved. Not to mention, the real mic is back and performing at its fullest.

However, through all of the prior issues, there was one that I always wanted to tackle. However, the issue was not high priority, so it got set aside for quite some time. This problem was the fact that there was a lag in the way that the Hauppauge sent video to my computer. Thus, the voice commentary for the streams, that occurred while we were playing live, occurred just a few seconds before the viewer saw what happened. I always knew that this was not an ideal situation. However, I let it be because I had other more important issues to tackle.

Well, those larger issues had been tackled, so it was time for that voice to be fixed. Let me start by saying that Virtual Audio Cable is a great program. However, it was a bit tricky for me to get it working. At first, I just simply could not get it to agree to work. Once I turned on the repeater for my mic, it’d cut out the option to skype. Obviously, that wasn’t any good.

However, after spending some good hours researching my issues and attempting an older version of the program, I was finally able to get it to work.

Thus, I present to you the stream that proved that I could fix my issues!

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Late night streams from the weekend

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Most probably missed these streams, since they started off rather late. The first one wasn’t planned at all, sort of. My participation wasn’t planned, that was for sure.

Shayla started off playing Operation Raccoon City with her friends from Unity while I was playing Freedom Unite with Deva. For the record, Deva still has a long way to go. Deva is not quite Fatalis-ready, nor elder dragon ready, nor upper G-Rank ready. Deva needs work. However, that’s not with this blog is about. So, we shall forget that detail.

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A late Valentine’s for Monster Hunter

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Well, yesterday, I once again had a successful stream for Monster Hunter Portable 3rd.  This time around, there were no errors!  None!  Woot!

We had some fun debates at times as well.  Now, I won’t go into the details, because I’d rather let one find them and judge for their own on what side of the debate they’d rather be.  I also said my side quite extensively throughout the stream.  So, I’d rather not indulge even more on my opinons on the matter than I already have.

Also, please note that Seferia is a marathon streamer.  I start playing and I don’t quit until I’m literally dropping dead or out of participants.  So, this past stream lasted a good long time.  Just shy of nine hours.  I’m really tempted to try for a 24 hour stream one tme, but that will probably have to wait until a really good weekend or a vacation.  I don’t even know if I have it in me to stay up like I used to any longer.  So, it might just be a thought that will never be.

Anyway, enjoy the recording.

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A night full of mic errors

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Last night, I once again presented my weekly broadcast of Freedom Fridays, featuring Monster Hunter Portable 3rd. Unfortunately, there were a number of errors that were mostly out of my hands.

It started with an error that was in my hand, I had my mic boom positioned above my head. That was silly of me. However, that was only about ten or so minutes of the stream, and it was an easy fix of going “duh, Seferia, it’s up there!!” However, unfortunately, that was followed by other mic errors for the evening. Redstache unfortunately had a static that evening. I had mentioned it to him a few times, but I decided to go with it and just leave it be. So, I had a few problems understanding what he was saying. THen, later on, Shayla’s mic did a bit of echoing, that made things a bit strange. There was also the new guy, Scott_Popular, who I didn’t have on skype, only the PSN’s mic channel. So, sorry that I didn’t get you on skype, but next time around, perhaps?

Overall, though, the stream was fun. We had Canti show up for some hunts, and we actually got to teach Shayla some fun tips.

Feel free to enjoy the show.

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Poor Deva has a long way to go

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A very long way to go. Deva knows the basics of Monster Hunter, but Deva does have a great tendency to die. So, prepare to watch a recording full of death, destruction, sorrow, and drama. For that was what last night had.

Unofrunately, Seferia also died a few times last night as well. She cannot say that it was her best night. However, she got to use her Sexy Pirate armor. So, that much was a plus!

Feel free to watch the recording after the break below. Also, please ignore the momentary peak at Seferia’s desktop during the stream. You saw nothing!

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Seferia loves Torchlight II

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Yep, she very much does. She also very much loves the mod that she found for the game. This mod has added several things that have improved the expenerience for this little Seferia. More enemies, more loot, new dungeons, new classes, and so on. It does the works. Furthermore, the programmer for this mod has been on top of things and updating frequently. In fact, Seferia already needs to update her mod.

Yea, that guy updates rather quickly.

Anyway, Seferia streamed today because she felt like messing around and letting people laugh at her as she got trounced. So, feel free to watch the stream.

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