This document provides instructions for setting up Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) to stream gameplay to Twitch. It includes steps for adding a game capture source, previewing the stream, adding a watermark, configuring encoding settings, adjusting resolution, and installing plugins like Chatty and Now Playing to integrate chat and music metadata into the stream. Instructions are also provided for adding a follower notification using the CLR Browser plugin. The document aims to guide new streamers through the basic OBS configuration and integration of common streaming tools and features.

2. Open Broadcasting Software
First things first get OBS at obsproject.com

3. Setting Up OBS
The second thing you'll have to
do is open OBS [32-bit] right
click on the sources box and
scroll over Add>Game Capture,
then select your game via the
drop down menu at the top.

4. Game Capture and Preview Stream
Hit 'preview stream' and alt tab
back into and out of your game.
You should now see your game
screen in the windows of obs.
This is what your stream would
look like if you were to begin
streaming to Twitch.

5. GGTV stuff to add
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Next we need to add the
watermark for GGTV. This is
achieved by right-clicking on
sources box>add>image.
Next, click browse and find the
image that you download from
here: http://imgur.com/KUIt3iq
After that click 'edit scene' and
move it where it will be
somewhat visible, but will not
interfere with the stream.

6. SETTINGS
Something you'll probably have
to change is your bitrate and
resolution. Ideally we'll be going
for 720p/1080p but people with
lower than 2mb upload might
have to use 480p.
So go to
settings>settings>encoding and
change your video encoding
bitrate to the result of (1000*.75*
your upload speed)
My upload is 3mb/s so my
bitrate is 2200 kb/s.
Remember this for the next step

7. Resolution Downscale
Now go to Settings>Video and
click the dropdown next to
resolution downscale
If your bitrate is 2000 or greater:
choose to scale down to
1280x720 or something around
that.
If your bitrate is less than 2000:
choose to scale down to 853x480
or something around that.

8. Scripts and Plugins
1.) Chatty: A Java plugin that brings up a window of everyone viewing your stream and
shows the chat. I use this to welcome new viewers and monitor the chat. You can find
it here. Extract it to somewhere you'll remember, and run it whenever you plan on
streaming.
Configuring Chatty:
First, make sure you're logged in on Twitch as Guild_Gaming_TV. Contact me for a
password. Open Chatty and click 'create login' > 'Request Login Data' > 'Open (Default
browser)' Click 'Done' then type in the channel box 'Guild_Gaming_TV' without
quotes.
You're now connected to Guild Gaming's chat.

9. Scripts and Plugins
2.) Either UNP Now Playing or Now Playing (winapps): Use this if you plan on playing
music on stream so that others can see the song that is currently playing. If you plan on
using a desktop app use this, if you plan on playing music through a website, then talk
to me, I can find an app appropriate for you. After downloading the application,
extract it to somewhere you'll remember using WinRar or 7-zip.
When streaming, open the program via SMGui.exe from wherever you extracted the
program. Select your music program via the drop down menu, then click the 'Edit
Output' tab and check the boxes next to bef0re and after. In the before box I would
recommend putting in something like Now Playing: and in the after box putting a few
spaces.
Now to add the output to OBS. Open OBS and right-click on the sources box then
scroll over add and click text. Click the bubble at the bottom next to “Use text from
file” and then click browse. Find the directory you saved the program to and choose
the file “current_song.”
Lastly, click start on the Now Playing app and the current song will be sent to OBS!

10. Scripts and Plugins
2.) SMG: Use this if you plan on playing music on stream so that others can see the
song that is currently playing. If you plan on using a desktop app use this, if you plan on
playing music through a website, then talk to me, I can find an app appropriate for you.
After downloading the application, extract it to somewhere you'll remember using
WinRar or 7-zip.
When streaming, open the program via SMGui.exe from wherever you extracted the
program. Select your music program via the drop down menu, then click the 'Edit
Output' tab and check the boxes next to bef0re and after. In the before box I would
recommend putting in something like Now Playing: and in the after box putting a few
spaces.
Now to add the output to OBS. Open OBS and right-click on the sources box then
scroll over add and click text. Click the bubble at the bottom next to “Use text from
file” and then click browse. Find the directory you saved the program to and choose
the file “current_song.”
Lastly, click start on the Now Playing app and the current song will be sent to OBS!

11. Sources and Plugins
3.) CLR browser: This plugin allows us to add a notification for when someone new
follows the channel. A preview of the icon that pops up can be found here. CLR
Browser can be found here. Download and extract it to the plugins folder inside of the
OBS install folder (C:Program Files (x86)OBSplugins by default).
CLR browser and it's use will be explained in the next slide.

12. CLR Browser
Open OBS (32-bit!!) and rightclick on the sources
box>add>CLR Browser
A screen will pop-up next, you
need to paste the link (found
here) into the box labeled 'URL'
and set width to 580 and height
to 110.
After it is added, click 'edit
scene' and move it to the top
center of your screen.

13. That's it, really.
I'll post more about stream etiquette later, as
well as scheduling.