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starting off as a live streamer can seem really scary if you look at the

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expensive gear that your favorite personalities are using

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but i'm let you know a little secret no come here

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as someone with over 12 years of experience in this industry it is not

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about how high resolution your camera is or how crystal clear your audio is it's

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about the content and engaging your audience you can deal with the rest of

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that stuff once you start generating some income so today we're going to show you guys

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how for really cheap or even free if you're willing to get a

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little bit hacky you can create a complete streaming slash video recording

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setup to kickstart your hobby or even a career in online content creation

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once you're streaming you're going to want some sick visuals to accompany your content which brings us perfectly to

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for today we're going to assume that you're looking to live stream and that

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you intend to use a facecam if you're planning on filming vod content or if

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you want to stream without a camera you shouldn't have a problem adapting these

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tricks for your specific setup or just skipping over the portions you don't

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need most people's first thought when it comes to video is the ubiquitous

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logitech c920s but at nearly 70 dollars

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it's not the kind of thing that i would consider to be an impulse purchase now

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you can go all the way down the product stack where logitech c270 can be had for

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around 25 bucks but with image quality reminiscent of a laptop webcam it's kind

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of like throwing money away because you will have to replace it eventually

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fortunately there's probably a camera that's better than most webcams sitting

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in your pocket right now your phone

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now i wouldn't necessarily recommend doing this forever due to wear and tear

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on both your battery and your device from the heat and it is a little

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annoying to set up every time but using your phone is an awesome way to get

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really high quality visuals without spending any extra money if you rock an

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Android phone download the ipwebcam app from the play store and once booted up

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enter the listed ip for your device into your web browser copy the url and paste

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it into obs as a browser source while adding forward slash video to the end

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set it to refresh the source when the scene becomes active so you have a quick

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way to reset the feed if need be and we'd also recommend setting the

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resolution to 720p under advanced along with turning down the stream quality to

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make sure you're not pushing your phone's CPU too hard that'll at least

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help keep heat under control on iOS you can achieve practically the

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same thing with an app called droid cam you'll have to download their software

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and install it on your pc enter the ip there and then you can just add it as a

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video capture device in obs it should default to 480p so run their

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hd mode program as admin and select 720p

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if you so desire now comes the question of how to mount

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the phone if you have a code hanger kicking around

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you can do some bending and make a simple desktop stand or if you have a

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shelf or a desk ledge above your monitor some tape or a clamp can work pretty

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well as well if you're willing to spend a few dollars phone tripods can be had

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on aliexpress for just a few dollars and

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are a little bit more user-friendly

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and bam there you go video

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well mostly relying on just your monitor

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to light your face can be a little jarring for your audience because dark

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scenes in your game will make it hard to see you and sudden bright lights can

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blow you out a common fix for this is a set of cheap soft boxes like this newer

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kit on amazon but it's got a problem it's almost 90 dollars and it requires a

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fair bit of space to rig up so once again we've got a free or at

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least nearly free option try using an old lamp that you have

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kicking around the house paired with ideally a halogen light bulb these are

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better than fluorescents for getting consistent and true to life colors out

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of your camera but beware if you put them right next to you the light will

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probably be too harsh so try using wax paper or some other kind of

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translucent material as a diffuser or

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alternately you can just bounce them off of a wall to soften the light just be

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careful when you're setting it up because halogen bulbs can get pretty hot

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and you don't want to start a fire for that reason this is actually one case

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where we'd recommend spending a few bucks clamp lights like these from our local

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hardware store can make things a lot easier because they can clamp right to

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your monitor stand or a nearby shelf and they're powerful enough to penetrate a

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diffusion layer or bounce off the wall alright so video streams looking great

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so far but what about audio well if you have a

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gaming headset that has a mic attached to it that's a great starting option if

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you don't and you aren't looking to spend any money both of the apps that we

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mentioned earlier have audio streaming options through your phone for the ip

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camera app copy the opus audio stream url and paste it into obs as a media

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source and if you're using droid cam it will

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register as a system audio device so just set it up as a mic in the obs

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settings finally you'll need to implement a

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render delay filter on your video feed to get them synced up

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now that's decent but because of the style of microphone

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built into most phones chances are that you're going to pick up a lot of

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keyboard and background noise it's probably fine for when you're just

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getting started but one of your first investments should be something like the

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fine k669 which we actually featured a

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while back in our cheap mic roundup for just 34. it's pretty hard to beat and

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look it even comes with a cute little standy stand

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put all that together then and bam you've spent somewhere between zero and

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fifty dollars on what i think is a fairly competent streaming setup here

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all that's left is to get your stream key fire up your games get some snacks

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gaming gaming like a gamer

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that's pretty sweet i mean

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you know you don't want anybody you don't want you don't want anybody to see

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your lighting set up you got your your light pointed at the wall you know you

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got your uh you got your whatever this is

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hold on a second what is this here's your lamp you know oh oh i i

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might have derped it i stopped the bit oh did i click it i

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don't know i clicked it i think i clicked it see you later see you later