starting off as a live streamer can seem
really scary if you look at the
expensive gear that your favorite
personalities are using
but i'm let you know a little secret
no come here
as someone with over 12 years of
experience in this industry it is not
about how high resolution your camera is
or how crystal clear your audio is it's
about the content and engaging your
audience you can deal with the rest of
that stuff once you start generating
some income
so today we're going to show you guys
how for really cheap
or even free if you're willing to get a
little bit hacky you can create a
complete streaming slash video recording
setup to kickstart your hobby or even a
career in online content creation
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
you intend to use a facecam if you're
planning on filming vod content or if
you want to stream without a camera you
shouldn't have a problem adapting these
tricks for your specific setup or just
skipping over the portions you don't
need
most people's first thought when it
comes to video is the ubiquitous
logitech c920s but at nearly 70 dollars
it's not the kind of thing that i would
consider to be an impulse purchase now
you can go all the way down the product
stack where logitech c270 can be had for
around 25 bucks but with image quality
reminiscent of a laptop webcam it's kind
of like throwing money away because you
will have to replace it eventually
fortunately there's probably a camera
that's better than most webcams sitting
in your pocket right now
your phone
now i wouldn't necessarily recommend
doing this forever due to wear and tear
on both your battery and your device
from the heat and it is a little
annoying to set up every time but using
your phone is an awesome way to get
really high quality visuals without
spending any extra money if you rock an
android phone download the ipwebcam app
from the play store and once booted up
enter the listed ip for your device into
your web browser copy the url and paste
it into obs as a browser source while
adding forward slash video to the end
set it to refresh the source when the
scene becomes active so you have a quick
way to reset the feed if need be and
we'd also recommend setting the
resolution to 720p under advanced along
with turning down the stream quality to
make sure you're not pushing your
phone's cpu too hard that'll at least
help keep heat under control
on ios you can achieve practically the
same thing with an app called droid cam
you'll have to download their software
and install it on your pc enter the ip
there and then you can just add it as a
video capture device in obs
it should default to 480p so run their
hd mode program as admin and select 720p
if you so desire
now comes the question of how to mount
the phone
if you have a code hanger kicking around
you can do some bending and make a
simple desktop stand or if you have a
shelf or a desk ledge above your monitor
some tape or a clamp can work pretty
well as well if you're willing to spend
a few dollars phone tripods can be had
on aliexpress for just a few dollars and
are a little bit more user-friendly
and bam
there you go video
well mostly relying on just your monitor
to light your face can be a little
jarring for your audience because dark
scenes in your game will make it hard to
see you and sudden bright lights can
blow you out a common fix for this is a
set of cheap soft boxes like this newer
kit on amazon but it's got a problem
it's almost 90 dollars and it requires a
fair bit of space to rig up
so once again we've got a free or at
least nearly free option
try using an old lamp that you have
kicking around the house paired with
ideally a halogen light bulb these are
better than fluorescents for getting
consistent and true to life colors out
of your camera but beware if you put
them right next to you the light will
probably be too harsh so try using wax
paper or some other kind of
translucent material as a diffuser or
alternately you can just bounce them off
of a wall to soften the light just be
careful when you're setting it up
because halogen bulbs can get pretty hot
and you don't want to start a fire for
that reason this is actually one case
where we'd recommend spending a few
bucks
clamp lights like these from our local
hardware store can make things a lot
easier because they can clamp right to
your monitor stand or a nearby shelf and
they're powerful enough to penetrate a
diffusion layer or bounce off the wall
alright so video streams looking great
so far
but what about audio well if you have a
gaming headset that has a mic attached
to it that's a great starting option if
you don't and you aren't looking to
spend any money both of the apps that we
mentioned earlier have audio streaming
options through your phone for the ip
camera app copy the opus audio stream
url and paste it into obs as a media
source
and if you're using droid cam it will
register as a system audio device so
just set it up as a mic in the obs
settings
finally you'll need to implement a
render delay filter on your video feed
to get them synced up
now that's decent
but because of the style of microphone
built into most phones chances are that
you're going to pick up a lot of
keyboard and background noise it's
probably fine for when you're just
getting started but one of your first
investments should be something like the
fine k669 which we actually featured a
while back in our cheap mic roundup for
just 34. it's pretty hard to beat and
look it even comes with a cute little
standy stand
put all that together then and bam
you've spent somewhere between zero and
fifty dollars on what i think is a
fairly competent streaming setup here
all that's left is to get your stream
key fire up your games get some snacks
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excuse me i've got to get back to my
gaming
gaming like a gamer
that's pretty sweet
i mean
you know you don't want anybody you
don't want you don't want anybody to see
your lighting set up you got your your
light pointed at the wall you know you
got your uh
you got your whatever this is
hold on a second
what is this
here's your lamp you know oh oh i i
might have derped it
i stopped the bit oh did i click it i
don't know i clicked it i think i
clicked it see you later see you later