I know it's not a Super Mario Odyssey Tutorial, but I've had a lot of people asking me questions about this recently so I figured I would make a tutorial for it! Super Mario Odyssey stuff is still in the works!

Thank you. Now I can finally start my American Dad Speedrun attempt

Damn, Ant literally inspired me to start speedrunning and I wanted to find a tutorial on using the timer, and of COURSE Ant made the tutorial. Thanks Ant!

POV: You're spending more time setting up your speedruns than actually speedrunning.

(top left) "mininmum captures" *gr8 setup man*

What a living legend. You are easily the most important member in the community right now, thank you so much!

I stumble upon smallant even when I don't want to. I literally have one of his videos opened in another tab

I typed this tutorial on google, clicked the first link and didn't even realize it was you until you started speaking. Thanks, Ant!

Hi there, I'm smallant1, welcome to my deep, calming voice simulator.

Just cuz I want 2. My time stamps. 0:00 Intro 0:23 Download Live Split 0:35 Open Live Split Folder 0:44 Setup Splits 1:31 Splits On 1:37 Hot Keys 2:22 Global Hot Keys 2:59 What The Colors Mean 3:44 Editing The Layout 5:02 Splits And Sub-Splits 6:08 Other Mods 7:18 Colors & Fonts 8:24 Splits Layout Settings 9:00 Other Stuff 13:12 The End

i just want to say. I've been thinking of speedrunning games soon, and I've seen your videos/ streams, and i know you're normally all goofy and stuff... but this video is clear, concise, and professional! Thank you!!!

Thank you. I came from a video of yours and thought about what you use and what do you know, the first video that pops up is yours.

Finally a livesplit tutorial that goes super in depth on things like sub splits :) Time to remake my darker side splits, super useful :)

i never knew i would hear the words split and subsplit so much

4 years later and I'm finally getting into portal speedruns. Thank you so much Smant for this, I didn't even know that you did stuff like this. Thanks again m8!

Hi. Could you change the description to "timestamp - chapter name" format so KZfaq can auto-generate chapters on the video? More specifically, 0:41 Splits 1:35 Hotkeys 2:52 What the numbers mean 3:40 Layout Settings (Modules) 5:08 Subsplits 6:58 Layout Settings (Customization) 9:49 Switching Comparisons 10:53 Transparent Background

i just binged some of your older tutorials, now with this i think i'm pretty set

Thanks you are always my favorite livestreamer

I can't believe that I looked for this tutorial, and it was by my favorite content creator. You truly are a legend.

Wow! This was an amazing tutorial. This was exactly what I needed, and I was able to get it done rather quickly. The one note I would throw in there is to pay close attention to your font sizes and formats when doing the chroma filter. Cheers, and I just subbed. Great video!

This is going to be so useful to so many people! Thank you!

Thank you for this. I've been watching a bunch of your videos recently and they've inspired me to start speedrunning. I found this video on google and didn't even realize it was you until five minutes in.

oh god ive never heard you talk softly like this and its so calming

Drinking Game: Take a shot everytime he says split.

That is an amazingly well done tutorial. Been considering trying out Speedruns myself and this helps a ton. Thanks a bunch!

couldn't ask for a better guide. thanks

NO WAY I CAME ACROSS YOU LOOKINGFOR A TUTORIAL

Thanks! I'm getting into speed running myself and this was a great showcase on how to get started, Thank you!

I've found that on default black splits, a luma key would be better than a chroma key. Keep the range fairly tight on it, and you should be able to get a slight opacity behind the slightly grey splits. It targets the darkness, leaving your bright stuff in place since it targets brightness as opposed to hue.

Ofc i find a livesplit tutorial from smallant 5 years ago hahaha, what a legend man.

if you told me small ant made a live split tutorial i wouldn't believe you, yet here we are

dude thanks so much at 6:33 i had no idea you could put your video on there

I really appreciate the way you presented all the content in the video! You made it into a positive experience by telling all the things in a way that they’re not that obvious and really made it to help others and not to brag about you knowing it better yourself in anyway! I wish others would make this high quality content as well! Disclaimer (my english isn’t too good so I hope I get the point right here:) ) Compliments all the way! + you explained it all in a very calm and welcoming way! Thank you

I wanted to learn livesplit for a joke video, thanks for putting this golden info out here dude 🍻

That tutorial was really nice. Went from a complete noob to a noob who can make a basic but nice layout, thanks!

Nice to see such a channel, I really hope you do continue such prime content for many years to come.

You, sir, are a saint

I like your voice, It's quite nice to listen to when you're doing commentary! Thank you for making this as well it really helped! Keep up the great work :)

Great tutorial thank you, as a person who is thinking of getting into speedrunning this helped me understand the program alot easier.

Smallant1, you inspired me to speedrun mario odyssey with all your tutorials and tips, and I’ve always wanted a timer like this for my speedruns, thanks so much!

Thank you for this, Smallant! Although I’m using Livesplit One, there were still a couple options that I was confused about. I definitely like this timer a lot more, now!

Thank you so much! My sister plays mario odyssey and watches your content so when i needed a tutorial for this i knew where to find one

Thx Ant! Didn't think that you would have been the one to help me with minecraft speed running lol, you're a great youtuber and I love your videos!

If you want to have an image as a background of the live split window and still want it transparent you can add the filter "Color Correction" and set "Opacity" to whatever you want I recommend somewhere around 50

"Hi i'm SmallAnt1" Ladies and gents... we got him

smallant how is it ive been watching you for ages and yet 2 years ago you were the hero i'd need now. thank you sir for being part of the inspiration for my platinum challenge run and helping me set up my stream. many thanks!

Thanks I'm so excited to start Speedrunning smo

Thanks!👍 This vid & the beginners Guide were very helpful! Now i've finally got a sub 15 time (I know that i am very bad in the game. But thx anyway.)

This video is perfect! You explained everything! Thanks for this tutorial!!! :D

You inspired me to try speedrunning this game! And then when I found out that you had 2 tutorial playlists, AND a video on streaming and timing, my only thought was: Damn! Thx, man! (My cap kingdom pb is 2:41 at the moment. The wr is 2:15!)

I didn't intend to try running my favorite childhood game, but I saw this in recommended and now I feel like I should try

I never knew splits were manual, I was always wondering how the timer software was aware of the game state

What happens if it thinks Livesplit is a virus?

i was just thinking about getting started bat didn't know how to set up splits, thanks

thank you for the global hotkeys tip...I was going insane having to click back and forth on the windows...you are a god!

But since you have to press a button to end the split, you can't really take the timer precision seriously because there's gonna be some human variance. You're gonna have to go back and time the run after the fact for an accurate measurement, and even then you have to have an exact point of reference agreed upon for where a split ends if you're comparing to other people.

ah yes, can finally do my mr krabs overdoses on ketamine speedrun

Thank you! This video is still helping people to this day:D

I was just watching your videos and decided to start learning to speedrun and this is the first thing that came up! Thanks

When I go into fullscreen on my game, it still puts lives split below my game even if I have always on top checked

How do i see the thing while playing the game, without having a big thing covering my game?

Many thanks. Just what I needed, not too much fluff. perfect tutorial.

I've been looking for something like this for 2 weeks. Thank you.

I think it would be better if I just speedrun my homework today

Bro I followed all steps correctly but still when I open my game (getting over it with Bennett foddy), the timer automatically disappears I have enabled always on top option in layout settings can you (or anyone) please help me?

Thank you I can finally speed run now

Thank u small ant u helped me with my speedrunning and u inspired me top start youtube and speedrunning

When I speedrun games, I can't split unless I click the timer first so it slows down the Speedrun. How do I make it not do that?

POV: you are a speed runner and using livesplit stopwatch

THANK YOU SO MUCH :)))) I'm just starting speedrunning, and I'm forefronting the community for the game I play, and this has helped me IMMENSELY!!! Also, I love the vids. :)

Hey SmallAnt, been a fan for a while, always wanted to get into speed running. Your tutorials have helped me out and motivated me to start. Thanks man!

how to put the LiveSplit app on a game so I could see my time

thanks this really helps

This is the best tutorial I have ever watched

Your voice is so fricking calm and smooth

Thanks this helped alot

hey, SmallAnt. Why Wont livesplit open? it opened the first time, but now i have tried opening it but it just doesn't open, no matter what i do. please reply to this or help me someway.

Even four years ago he was a GOAT

Thank you Smallant from 5 years ago

When I run it the black timer doesn't pop up

THANK YOU

tysm for telling me about global hotkeys! this was what I was lookking for!

I'm a huge Smallant fan but I was just searching for a livesplit tutorial and it's Smallant's video?!

i can't use splits while running another program

I wanna speedrun minecraft but the timer won't show up when i open minecraft. Can someone help me?

Literally adding the program was what I was wondering. X) Thank you for the help!

Tysm bro i needed this tutorial

whenever i run a game the timer doesnt show up, how can i fix this, im on pc btw

I see people in streams set their Switch system time to something, which automatically puts their LiveSplit timer to a negative so they can time their Start button press. How is that done?

I was surprised to find a tutorial from you when researching, but I'm not upset

okay now this is the start of y adventure to be a good speedunner in video games

im just gonna beat the record for quickest mrkrab overdoses on ketamine

can splits do... split automatically?

Huge thanks for Helping me that i set up the timer in LiveSplit

Oh hec he's so young.. I was just looking for a livesplit tutorial and it's a smallant video? nice

Is the thumbnail a secret message"4:55" SMB1 lol! Do you wanted to do this?

I downloaded it extracted the file then started live spilt but it says this application could not be started someone please help

You're a champ, Ant! This tutorial was everything I needed and more.

thanks ant i was trying to find a way to speedrun undertale. and it turns out you help me with it. thank you

finally i can do my friday night funkin speedrun