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Building a FULL Streaming Setup on the Cheap! - YouTube
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- Starting off as a livestreamer
can seem really scary
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if you look at the expensive gear
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that your favorite
personalities are using.
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But I'm gonna let you
in on a little secret.
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No come here.
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As someone with over 12 years
of experience in this industry
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it is not about how high
resolution your camera is
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or how crystal clear your audio is.
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It's about the content and
engaging your audience.
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You can deal with the rest
of that stuff once you start
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generating some income.
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So today we're gonna show
you guys how for really cheap
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or even free,
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if you're willing to
get a little bit hackey.
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You can create a complete
streaming slash video
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recording set up to kick start your hobby,
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or even a career in
online content creation.
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Once you're streaming,
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you're gonna want some sick visuals
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to accompany your content,
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which brings us perfectly
to today's sponsor,
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and stay tuned for more
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later in this video.
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(electric music)
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For today we're gonna
assume that you're looking
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to livestream and that you
intend to use a face cam.
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If you're planning on filming VOD content,
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or if you wanna stream without a camera,
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you shouldn't have a problem
adapting these tricks
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for your specific setup or
just skipping over the portions
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you don't need.
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Most people's first thought
when it comes to video
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is the ubiquitous Logitech C920S,
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but at nearly $70,
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it's not the kind of thing
that I would consider
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to be an impulse purchase.
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Now you can go all the
way down the product stack
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where Logitech C270 can be
had for around 25 bucks.
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But with image quality
reminiscent of a laptop webcam,
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it's kind of like throwing money away,
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because you will have to
replace it eventually.
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Fortunately, there's probably
a camera that's better
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than most web cams sitting
in your pocket right now,
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your phone.
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Now I wouldn't necessarily
recommend doing this forever
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due to wear and tear on both your battery,
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and your device from the heat.
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And it is a little annoying
to set up every time,
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but using your phone is an awesome way
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to get really high quality visuals
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without spending any extra money.
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If your rock an Android phone,
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download the IP Webcam
app from the Play Store,
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and once booted up,
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enter the listed IP for your
device into your web browser,
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copy the URL, and paste it
into OBS as a browser source
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while adding forward
slash video to the end.
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Set it to refresh the source
when the scene becomes active
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so you have a quick way to
reset the feed if need be.
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And we'd also recommend
setting the resolution
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to 720p under Advanced,
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along with turning down the stream quality
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to make sure you're not pushing
your phone CPU too hard.
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That'll at least help
keep heat under control.
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On iOS you can achieve
practically the same thing
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with an app called DroidCam.
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You'll have to download
their software and install it
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on your PC, enter the IP there,
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and then you can just add it as
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a video capture device in OBS.
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It should default to 480p,
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so run their HD Mode program
as admin and select 720p
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if you so desire.
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Now comes the question of
how to mount the phone?
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If you have a coat hanger kicking around,
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you can do some bending and
make a simple desktop stand,
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or if you have a shelf or a
desk ledge above your monitor,
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some tape or a clamp can
work pretty well as well.
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If you're willing to spend
a few dollars phone tripods
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can be had on AliExpress
for just a few dollars
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and are a little bit more user friendly.
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And bam, there you go, video.
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Well mostly.
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Relying on just your
monitor to light your face
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can be a little jarring for your audience,
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because dark scenes in
your game will make it hard
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to see you and sudden bright
lights can blow you out.
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A common fix for this is
a set of cheap soft boxes
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like this Neewer kit on Amazon,
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but it's got a problem.
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It's almost $90,
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and it requires a fair
bit of space to rig up.
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So once again, we've got a free
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or at least nearly free option.
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Try using an old lamp
that you have kicking
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around the house paired with
ideally a halogen lightbulb.
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These are better than fluorescent
for getting consistent
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and true to life colors
out of your camera.
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But beware,
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if you put them right next to you,
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the light will probably be too harsh,
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so try using wax paper
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or some other kind of translucent
material as a diffuser,
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or alternately, you can
just bounce them off a wall
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to soften the light.
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Just be careful when you're setting it up,
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because halogen bulbs can get pretty hot
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and you don't wanna start a fire.
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For that reason,
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this is actually one case
where we'd recommend spending
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a few bucks.
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Clamp lights like these from
our local hardware store,
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can make things a lot easier,
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because they can clamp
right to your monitor stand
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or a nearby shelf and
they're powerful enough
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to penetrate a diffusion
layer or bounce off the wall.
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All right so video stream
is looking great so far,
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but what about audio.
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Well if you have a gaming headset,
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that has a mic attached to it.
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That's a great starting option.
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If you don't and you aren't
looking to spend any money,
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both of the apps that we mentioned earlier
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have audio streaming
options through your phone.
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For the IP Camera app,
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copy the opus audio stream URL
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and paste into OBS as a media source.
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And if you're using DroidCam,
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it will register as a system audio device.
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So just set it up as a
mic in the OBS settings.
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Finally, you'll need to
implement a Render Delay filter
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on your video feed to get them synced up.
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Now that's decent.
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But because of the style
of microphone built in
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to most phones,
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chances are that you're gonna
pick up a lot of keyboard
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and background noise.
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It's probably fine for when
you're just getting started,
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but one of your first
investments should be something
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like the Fifine K669,
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which we actually featured a while back
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in our cheap mic roundup.
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For just $34, it's pretty hard to beat,
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and look it even comes with
a cute little stand-e-stand.
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Put all that together then and bam.
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You've spent somewhere
between zero and $50 dollars
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on what I think is a fairly
competent streaming set up here.
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All that's left is to get your stream key,
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fire up your games, get some snacks,
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and put some liquids in your
lttstore.com water bottle,
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Now if you'll excuse me,
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I've gotta get back to my gaming.
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Gamer like a gamer!
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That's pretty sweet.
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I mean you don't want anybody,
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you don't want anybody to
see your lighting set up.
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You got your light pointed at the wall.
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You got your whatever this is.
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Hold on a second, what is this?
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Here's your lamp.
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Oh, oh, I might have durped it.
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- [Man] Did you stop the video?
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- [Linus] I stopped
the, oh did I click it?
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- [Man] I don't know.
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- [Linus] I clicked it.
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- Okay.
- I think I clicked it.
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- See you later.
- See you later.
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