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[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 59 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Dealing with the general public is kinda hard, though. There's lots of anxieties and disappointments that come with it, and that's before you even encounter assholes, spambots etc.

Also, not everyone has sufficient uplink for lifestreaming. If I tried that kind of thing, the quality would have to be something like 360p or 480p.

[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 37 points 13 hours ago

I half remember this streamer was live when one of her fans walks into her living room from the balcony after climbing 2-3 stories. Fucking terrifying. Bro literally though they were friends and that it was a normal thing to do.

[-] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 20 points 14 hours ago

For real. I don’t even talk in MMO games because what if I say the wrong thing?

Here tho, it’s shouting into the ether. Who gives a fuck. (Tho I was a lurker on Reddit for like 7+ years and only got into commenting and posting here because I want to see this place grow)

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago

Also, not everyone has sufficient uplink for lifestreaming. If I tried that kind of thing, the quality would have to be something like 360p or 480p.

Sounds perfect for streaming yourself playing early 1980s Atari 2600 games. The low quality video would be an element of immersion mimicking 1980s video tech.

[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 7 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

You'd have to also try to emulate CRT screens to 'cut' the pixels up.

Ahh, that would be awesome...

[-] ThoGot@feddit.org 5 points 11 hours ago

I bet there's a filter you can put over your video stream that makes it look like a CRT

[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 hours ago

I know there's some for games, none work on linux though, that I know of. .-.

[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I'd need to get into that kind of retro content first (I'm more of a turn of the century PC games kind of person), but you're right, that resolution would be perfectly fine for older pixel graphics (assuming the streaming codec doesn't mangle it somehow)!

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

I’d need to get into that kind of retro content first

Having no basis for old Atari 2600 games would be an interesting premise for streaming. The audience could see you reactions as you see a game for the first time, puzzle out the controls, game strategy, and then the play through. Leverage your lack of knowledge and experience on it as part of the content.

[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

I streamed for a while, just for fun. Never tried to get popular or anything. (And I never did get popular.) Just a humble speedrunning stream. I had like one viewer who caught my stream on anything like a frequent basis. I just made conversation while I streamed. It was very chill.

All that to say, I think the issue with people is way easy for anyone who never has more than like... 4 simultaneous viewers?

Oh, I think a lot of Peertube instances support live streaming. If you wanted to ensure your viewer base stayed small (and probably that it remained more civil than the average Twitch viewer), that might be a good way to go as well.

And you're probably right that I was pretty lucky to have pretty good internet where I live. My favorite content creator/streamer doesn't stream so much any more because his ISP was shit for a good while. (His ISP was Cox and when he started dropping frames, he called it being "Cox blocked". Lol.) He's got way better internet now, and does occasionally stream, but hasn't really gotten back into the groove of streaming like he used to, and maybe doesn't want to any more.

But also, as others are saying, 360p is fine sometimes. Just depends what you're streaming.

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