Who here is considering making the switch over to KZfaq? And if you’re still on Twitch, what’s stopping you?

As an affiliate I’ve been playin on other platforms, highly considering dropping the affiliate status just to always multi stream. Makes sense, small streamer and it’s a hobby

I am Twitch Affiliate and I use Restream with OBS to stream on Twitch and it's great platform tbh because I face problem to stream directly from Twitch as I live in Turkey and there is no servers close to me while on Restream there is many servers including Istanbul server. However, I noticed there is chat delay. I am not sure if it's related to using Restream or there is something I need to change from OBS settings.

I used to multistream with restream and then I took the affiliate agreement, so no more of that. However, I kept using restream just for their chat app. I can filter out ! Commands and my bot so I don’t miss messages. It’s great. For whatever reason, it’s also usually way faster than my twitch chat either in a pop out window or docked in OBS. I get messages 5-10 seconds faster a lot of the time which is massive when it comes to chat interaction.

After a crazy exchange of contract in Brazil I'm leaving twitch because in Brazil a prime member costs R$ 7.99 ( U$ 1.40) and twitch pays me for each prime member R$ 2.40 ( U$ 0.42). My channel went from 1500 prime members to 200 primes after this change because brazilians are abandoning the platform.

Would actually love to see a video for the streambot etc and why they don't work on KZfaq personally. I want to cancel my affiliate because as someone who wants to make KZfaq content more than stream I'd rather have all my streams, videos, and shorts in one place but have the option to multistream to twitch, upload shorts to tiktok, etc.

i do multistreaming to YT,Twitch,Trovo the only thing that is annoying, is that you cant have a combined Activityfeed - at least i havent found a way to combine all of them in 1 dock

"what's the worse thing that could happen? No one will watch your KZfaq stream either!" That's LMAO gold!

Perfectly timed video. I just paid for restream yesterday, and plan to start using it to stream to KZfaq, Facebook, and Twitch. I just submitted my offboarding request to Twitch so I can leave the affiliate program. I had no idea about the pairs option, which is going to be amazing for an upcoming event I'll be hosting with another streamer that might want to have it live on his stream as well. Thank you! I transferred over to youtube a couple months ago, and so far I love it, however, it is kind of difficult to get settled in since there's not as much of an option for chat bots and extensions like twitch has, so I'd love to see another video discussing some of that stuff.

I totally agree! I would love to use restream to reach more eyes for my live shoe art! This video was DEFINITELY needed!

I made the move from Mixer (10 months) to Twitch (2 months) to now YT (1 year and a half) and the last move was by far the best one I made :D

Before affiliate I was using restream and the main thing before signing the contract was the exclusivity clause and not being able to multi-stream without breeching contract. So i agonized over the decision. But the main problem with restreaming for me anyway was I had people whose first or main language wasn't English and I didn't know enough of their language to bridge the gap. It's been a while but if restream was possible on mobile I wouldn't have been able to minimize stream and use a translate app without losing people or dropping the stream. So I decided to stick with Twitch bc what is the point if I can't effectively communicate with the audience? It was mostly Chinese viewers and I felt bad because I can't read.

Also another issue is that I use the twitch VOD audio thing so I can play music from Spotify and have it not send that audio to my VOD. I couldn’t figure this out with Restream so I went back to twitch only.

As a small streamer starting out, honestly, KZfaq (streaming) is useless. The discovery is mostly theoretical, and while the always-available encoding is great and the quality is without a doubt higher it doesn't matter if nobody watches. I tried multistreaming for a while...with and without Restream...and the eyeballs simply were not there on YT. I gain much more viewer engagement through emotes and channel points than by being on a second platform. That said Restream is still useful as an Affiliate, because KZfaq is a place to get unlimited VOD storage. Just set them to Private by default and have them publish as Public/Unlisted a day later. You could upload them as videos too, but streaming them keeps them marked as "live" content, separate from your video uploads.

I’ve been thinking about going back to using restream, despite also being an affiliate. I’m a small streamer…for now, and what I’m thinking is, which ever hits the desired income first I’ll stick with that one.

Been thinking about doing a public addiction recovery live stream, with gaming. Wanna be on Twitch but discoverability on for the nitch might not be great. This might work better. Twitch, KZfaq, and Facebook. Thanks again Nutty.

I've been streaming on Twitch for a year now. I also have an old KZfaq channel. I started streaming using Restream as a way to transition into Twitch. I've never seen KZfaq as a good streaming platform yet, and even though they are improving it's still got a long way to go. Also, Harris mentioned that Twitch doesn't even enforce their exclusivity clause. And I know a couple partners that break this clause with no consequences. I think right now the whole KZfaq vs Twitch thing is just a "grass is greener" syndrome. KZfaq isn't really better because like I said, many people don't think of KZfaq when they think of live streams. And you think Twitch is bad with DMCA....? KZfaq is the DMCA OG...

This was a really great funny video man! Keep up the hard work!!!

Absolutely love these videos man. Your sense of humor is on point 😂 . I love the concept of restream, however the only other service I'd be streaming to would be KZfaq. I DJ techno for fun on Twitch and I hear that KZfaq will mute you while you are playing if you are playing a track which is flagged for copyright. Twitch won't do this until the VOD is saved. Anyway, maybe one day this will change and I will be able to use this. Thanks for the video man!

YOOOO thanks for the shoutout bro, that's super gangster, No cap!!

So one of the problems I find with giving up affiliate isn't the money, it's the access to emotes, etc. which my community loves, so it would suck to punish them like that. Saying that, it would be better to stream on KZfaq (which I'm doing once a week), than twitch is the primary channel (also once a week), because of the hi-res levels of KZfaq. I've moved to KZfaq 3 months ago, love the platform for live streaming, but it's a different beast of pros and cons, it's not a mirror of Twitch. NUTTY, what are your thoughts on losing emotes, bit unlocks etc. by giving up affiliate for a restream, and what are the upsides of simply streaming to more channels at once? Wider community, sure, but wouldn't you do that already by going native per platform?

Thanks for the info and the laughs. Great vid!

"I was going to make a video anyway but....they don't know that" hahaha.

awesome thank you for pointing all the positive sides and the down sides

1 big issue I have is thumbnails. There is no tool to incorporate a thumbnail unless I start my stream then go into KZfaq and then change it

I’m a ttv affiliate so technically I could set a day to stream on Facebook and KZfaq? And separate day for Twitch

Yes we want you to talk about KZfaq stuff! BTW Nutty I can be your friend 😁

How does this work for alerts, bits, etc. would any of the viewer contributions be recognized and applicable alerting work?

Thank you for this detailed video!

Restream is a great tool for small content creators/streams. Nutty, you always create the coolest and informative videos. Thanks 😊

I wish we were able to use "Twitch VOD Track" when setting up OBS with restream. ;)

So Nutty, here is a question How would you manage alerts for each and every platform? as we know the more browswer sources you add to obs the more resources it consumes. Ive wondered this for years.

Devin Nash would be proud

Best outro ever! xD

Thanks dude!

If you are affiliate or partner on Twitch, it is not allowed to stream on Twich and other plattforms at the same time....

I used restream for a little bit and I liked it but my twitch chat seemed to notice delay. I searched it up and restream adds 1-2 seconds of delay which I would think isn't noticeable but my chat made it feel like it was very prevalent

nuttys sense of humor is top tier. Also Good content per usual

I left twitch back in April to stream on trovo and now I am interested in using restream to stream on trovo and youtube

I've been wrestling with switching for a couple of months now. What keeps me over on Twitch is I feel the connectivity to your audience is still better at the moment. It feels more organic and intimate, with how the audience can also interact with the stream through channel points. Also the extensions add a different layer to the live experience. I'm glad you made this video because I've been considering using Restream. I've multistreamed in the past, but because of my internet the video results weren't that good on the viewer end for KZfaq viewers. My upload speed just ain't it. I also like the scheduled videos that Restream offers. While you can do scheduled videos on KZfaq, not every platform offers that. I'm not affiliate or monetized, so I figured now is the best time to experiment with both. This video made me realize I've been over thinking it. That what's the worst could happen statement cut deep. That's exactly what happened to me, lmao.

Hey Nutty, this is a great overview and helped me understand the different uses for OBS and Restream together and separate! The restream chat was something I was not aware of. I was wondering if you knew of a hack / work around to add chat to a RTMP stream hosted on a website so we can allow website (WordPress) users to participate in restream chat as well? Right now I can get them to watch and read the chat within the WordPress stream but no way to engage with them. The user case is: 90 minute stream 1x per week First 30 minutes: public on Facebook and KZfaq and in the membership site using wordpress Next 60 minutes: Members ONLY on the wordpress site. Chat is a critical element for the members. Thanks Mark

Subbed! Thank you for this 🙌

Trovo mostly consists of competitive esports mobile gamers (PUBG Mobile, COD Mobile, Wild Rift, etc…)

Very helpful, thanks

can restream show the activity feed from all platforms in 1 place? just in case you miss something?

I do both! It's cool

awesome video, can't wait to try this out

WHAT A CLIFF HANGER HECKIN TELL US

i was sleeping when this video premiered

Could u talk more about the actual setup n how our interactive features could or if they would transfer

Hey nutty. Got any aspirations of streaming on LinkedIn too 🤣

most important how to activate text to speech option so comment arrive its readed in stream and you dnt need to watch just reply back in live stream. i dnt see text to speech option in ReStream

Great video. Thanks!

omg your so funny thanks for this awsome video i love it

Been mulistreaming having watched this for almost a year now, tried 8 diffrent streaming platforms last year Hopefully my experiences will help other people out

It kind of sucks for twitch not to let us stream to multiple platforms if you are an affiliate. I used restream before making affiliate

"You don't even need to pay for it, unless you want to" Yeah, to have a viable quality it just costs at least 490$/ year. Must be the free stuff you're talking about

Thinking about testing the waters here on yt next year

This works great for OBS does not work for streamlabs obs

Love you from Egypt

Would be great if can make some videos on how to pair obs and restream. Tips etc. Thanks.

How can I get my OBS to stream to Twitch and Tiktok through Restream but only have one OBS open, while having 9:16 for Twitch and 16:9 for Tiktok?

How would this work with streamelements chat bot? Are all platforms gonna see the chatbot stuff?

Great Video, What i'd love in future is the ability for people who only stream using Xbox (or any other Console but primarily Xbox) to have the ability to Stream on KZfaq. On Xbox if you want to Stream without a Capture Card, you have to use Twitch but my Content is on KZfaq and also on KZfaq, the VOD saves as a Video. On Twitch i get a bug a lot where a Streamer is streaming only in 1080p and it sucks as it ruins the experience but on KZfaq you could pick a different resolution and not experienced the Resolution Bug.

I swapped from twitch to youtube a while ago. I prefer the way my stream gets turned into a VOD directly and since i can use a higher uploadrate the quality improves alot.

Facebook Level Up and Partner don't have exclusivity clause?

as far as I know yt doesn't have extensions yet like crowd control and other interactive ones. i don't have much time to edit videos so I just use yt mostly for shorts but i think i'd try to grow my yt channel first thru uploads then only switch once i'm big enough to earn. yt have a lot of big time creators that your channel will just get drowned by them especially if you at least don't have a small community to support you to start.

Twitch will no longer enforce its exclusivity agreement, allowing partners to also create live content for KZfaq and Facebook - with restrictions. Twitch has lifted its exclusivity agreement and now allows partners to create live content for other platforms like KZfaq and Facebook, NBC News has confirmed.Aug 25, 2022

how do you get rid of the face cam if you dont want to show your face and also how do you get rid of the ''restream'' icon in the top right corner whilst you are streaming?

Thanks, bro, so cute, and kool, I am leaving Belive and going to Restream and looking for insights...thanks bro!

People seeing that they can watch your content on either platforms won't make them stop watching you. Instead of leaving twitch and not coming back (like me sometimes), they could just continue following the content on their preferred platform. AND the perpetuation of this ideia that multi platform stream is a "lazy shortcut" is the thing that generates the thought that make a viewer leave if the stream is a multi platform stream, is the excuse causing the problem.

I started on KZfaq (4,000 watch hours &1000 subs) i jumped to twitch to see if i could make it there as well. I just post videos on YT now

Can you do this with chrome book?

I ended up making an alt incase I want to stream to youtube and just stream to my alt at the same time which doesn't have twitch affiliate or anything. I just have to let my twitch audience know about my alt when I do though. Cause like twitch or youtube, not every has both to watch for live streaming.

i had to actually stop streaming to youtube bc of so many issues of not being able to stream (happened like three times within two weeks) but it worked fine to twitch (and no it wasn't the stream key), and yt filtering out messages even though i had no filter active, which sadly took out a lot of lgbt related messages which weren't harmful at all, just general pride. in the end i just flipped over to twitch because at least i wouldn't have to worry if i would be able to even start the stream, and if my viewers could even talk in my chat. i have been wanting to move back over to yt but the filtering is still such an issue for me, and i still see people ask if their messages are coming through or not in channels i moderate. super annoying.

Thank you once again Mr. Nutty sir

I like to blast music as my intro on my stream,,, can you launch twitch first ,,, then launch KZfaq after your intro? Or do you have to launch all platforms at the same time ? Because streamlabs obs doesn’t allow me to launch one at a time….

I have the benefit of a tiny audience, so the Twitch affiliate question isn’t even close to playing a factor, but I have had a lot of fun using restream to get in front of the most people possible. I’ve met a lot of cool folks, and I don’t think I would have done so without restream.

But the question is what nitrate do you send to reatream servers to be able to quality HD streams on Twitch and KZfaq since they both have different bitrates they accept

Can i switch on restream in between the platforms - so for example 1 hour on youtube and then 1 hour on facebook etc?

Does re-stream actually help you to grow anywhere?? as I feel if you have less people actually showing up on your You tube live stream will it help in the first place?

I been had dat. Been using Restream for a few years now.

This is great thanks so I have a video that shows how to make the chat show up like in an over lay over my game play. I play irscing on triples ao how can I view the chat thanks

i used restream before but then i got affiliated on twitch so i stopped.. i really want to do restream again. thanks :)

MeMeMe ! i would love to see the youtube video where you explain it.

Im only about to start streaming and this is great news. Wasnt really thinking about it till seeing latest news about Sykkuno moving to KZfaq. I will be starting from zero so what do I have to lose by doing both really. :)

The only issue I've had is that it sends out my twitch live notification soooooo late. At times, I've seen it go out like 2-3 hours after I've began streaming!

I use to stream to both via Restream for years. Even as a Twitch affiliate. It just seemed like Twitch didn't care but maybe it was mostly because I never got any huge attention that got any Twitch staff in my chat lol. I'm sure they pay way more attention to partners doing that. I only stopped doing it because I heard rumors that Twitch could recognize its getting fed a stream from restream vs directly and would avoid promoting your channel. Probably wasn't true, but I've been desperate, man!

I have a question that needs answers. If i have a dedicated computer to stream a different overlay just to twitch (different camara angle too) then i can use restream with my main setup, and not break the affiliate TOS, right?

One thing about restream, they can't mirror stream to Facebook page unless You pay. And You know You don't want to use Your personal Facebook profile to stream

I have a question: Suppose I have streamelements chatbot set up and I want to be able to moderate twitch and youtube chats at the same time. Is there any way to easily do that with restream, or do I basically have to have my twitch / youtube chat dashboards opened up separately. Also will streamelements chatbot even work with restream?

I actually cancelled my twitch affiliate to try multi streaming & it’s been awesome! Set up for restream wasn’t too difficult, I feel the hardest part was deciding whether to cancel my affiliate status 😅

I stream to Twitch and Trovo , I really dont care much for subs and all that stuff, cause I realize it doesnt matter and I forget Im an affiliate, thinking of leaving it as well. but I used a multiple streaming plugin for OBS and it does it very well. Also wasnt Twitch removing exclusivity so you should be able to stream everywhere, read some changes they might be making...and I hope they do

I know you mention that there is a monthly subscription. Is it better to use that or use the free option?

What about the new OBS plugin

Never made affiliate for im so inconsistent but this video and Devin Nash's advice, is really making me considering to multi stream!!

IMO people overthink which platform they should stream to as a small streamer. The reality is that most your audience will come from people finding you through pre recorded content like this one, tik toks and shorts. If you’re not doing the work outside of streaming then there’s really no point in streaming at all. Unless your goal is to just stream to next to no one for years

I don't stream. I just enjoy watching your content. :)

What is "friends"?

I've seen Twitch partners use restream for awhile now and they're not getting in trouble for dual streaming. Anyone else heard of anyone getting their Check Mark removed?