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justanothercamgirl
10-07-2014, 11:44 AM
Speaking of glitches... Ladies, be careful when you go on "break" or "pause" your stream. I hit my break button today and was checking out my feed luckily, at the same time. Even though I had hit my break button, there I was sitting in free chat for all to see!!! I rechecked, and sure enough on my end it was showing me on break but on the customer side I was live! It hasn't done it since, but that's scary as shit.
Well, you've convinced me to make sure my cam is facing the ceiling when I am paused or taking a break from this point forward. (*laughs*)
beauvoir
10-07-2014, 12:25 PM
How do you guys break on SM? Do you just click 'stop my show?
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SimoneGray
10-07-2014, 12:31 PM
You have to email support and ask for a break button. I sadly don't have one as support never returns my mails, so I just point my cam to the ceiling if I'm not dressed by the time the 30 seconds is up
LaylaLovely
10-07-2014, 12:32 PM
^^ Ask Streamate to Give you Break Button and they will add it for you..... Although im a little scared from the previous ppl saying they are still live!!!EEEK ! no way i rather be safe and turn it off then go live again in a little
beauvoir
10-07-2014, 01:22 PM
How do I ask streamate?
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SarahTime
10-07-2014, 01:41 PM
Here is an odd question for all the Streamate girls:
I was perving a top girl from North America online today and she was telling her custies that she is moving to camming at night because she has been talking to other girls who work in the morning and they have all noticed there are more glitches in the morning. O.O
So......I figured I'd ask all of you lovely ladies, what do you work the morning or late shift (USA Time Zone) and from a level from 1 to 10 would you consider your glitches.
I'll start. :D
I work mornings and I'd rate my SM Glitch level about a 2-1/2 on a scale of 1 to 10.
I rarely get glitches but when I do they are usually bad enough to cause me to freeze, crash or not see or hear people in private.
Why is there this big myth that the night shift is always better? I've seen so many people say that morning is awesome! I wish I could work mornings!
Anyway, I work the night shift out of necessity, so I can't compare to the morning as far as glitches or anything. I'd say right now my glitches are a 5/10 currently. But during September I hardly had any.
The glitches I'm referring to are guys getting kicked out of the room or not being able to stay in private/gold shows.
LaylaLovely
10-07-2014, 01:43 PM
How do I ask streamate?
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Message Streamate Support @
[email protected]
SarahTime
10-07-2014, 01:43 PM
I noticed there was advertising on TV for SM lately. I counted nine commercials in one night. Not sure if that's normal but hey, it'll bring traffic hopefully. (I don't normally watch live TV)
Yep, I've noticed this too, on comedy central late at night! Lots of SM commercials.
SoloDesire
10-07-2014, 01:47 PM
Well, you've convinced me to make sure my cam is facing the ceiling when I am paused or taking a break from this point forward. (*laughs*)
Yep! That's what I'll be doing from now on as well! It makes me wonder how many times that's happened in the past.
Jamrockin
10-07-2014, 01:50 PM
I know we can't promote out twitter on streamate....so how do we advertise streamate on twitter? Obvs I know the basics, I was just wondering if there are any awesome retweeters or accounts that we need to be interacting with etc.
beauvoir
10-07-2014, 01:52 PM
Thank you!!
velvetkisses
10-07-2014, 02:44 PM
Is anyone elses SM not loading at all tonight, I click start my show, and nothing just a grey screen ..wont even load the interface..Grr just done all my makeup for nothing!!! xxx
velvetkisses
10-07-2014, 02:45 PM
*Recheck I am on finally after 10 mins of loading, I hope that isn't a sign of things to come tonight .....
AliceFun
10-07-2014, 03:27 PM
About the break button glitch, wow that is scary in case someone is split camming and does a show on the other site & people get to see it on SM? Holly Crap!
SarahTime
10-07-2014, 03:41 PM
About the break button glitch, wow that is scary in case someone is split camming and does a show on the other site & people get to see it on SM? Holly Crap!
It's happened to me before, but it wasn't really a glitch with the break button as much as it was a glitch with my feed being severely behind.
SoloDesire
10-07-2014, 04:12 PM
It's happened to me before, but it wasn't really a glitch with the break button as much as it was a glitch with my feed being severely behind.
That was not the case for me...I was literally watching myself do everything I was doing...no lag whatsoever. Either way it sucks though!
Glamourmilf
10-07-2014, 04:42 PM
^^ That explains why my room fills up whenever I hit the 'break' button! Not going to use it anymore. It messes with placement, anyway.
RaineyLane
10-07-2014, 05:07 PM
Whoah! Thanks for the break button tip. I will just stop the show if I need to...
SM is crazy.It's been over a year since I cammed there and not much has changed. So much traffic but SO many freeloaders. It's a zoo but I'm figuring it out again. Feel like a virgin! HAHA Need to get a SM hustle going. asap. So far, I managed to split cam using the ENCODER (thank you SarahTime for the tip about that, figured it out now that I have 2 webcams). I also did a GOLD show since it was kind of slow. I think it was my first successful one, actually. Woo hoo! I'm gonna mix things up there. I've always done well when I ignore general advice and follow my instincts and those are usually opposite from the norm (except giving away anything for free LOL)! :P
Speaking of opposite... Here's my idea... Been camming for 2 years now and fully understand that MFC is TYPICALLY not a great site for split camming. BUT most of the things I do are also opposite from what most cammodels do. MFC is not going to be my main site, but why not still make money from them when I can, right? I want to split MFC and SM and only pay attention to the MFC room when someone TIPS me or takes me pvt since I have more traffic on SM and am trying to get some hours in to boost placement. I don't want to soil my image on my main site and I can take pvts on both. Turned off the camscore. I know I can make money on MFC and if I put in the hours but unless I split cam, it's not worth it. Anyway, I'm going to try it out. Has anyone else split these two sites successfully? I'm hoping to build placement on both sites simultaneously and think I can develop a hustle around this. I'll post progress but would LOVE to hear from those that have. Thanks in advance! Happy camming! :)
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
10-07-2014, 05:14 PM
On sm when you hit the break button you get placed at the bottom of whatever categories you're in. So if you appear at the bottom they assume you're in a private and can....well you know...think about it?
^^ That explains why my room fills up whenever I hit the 'break' button! Not going to use it anymore. It messes with placement, anyway.
JaneBurgess
10-07-2014, 05:30 PM
Nights are not any better for glitches. I have had tons of glitches over the past two years at night. Glitches happen anytime
Here is an odd question for all the Streamate girls:
I was perving a top girl from North America online today and she was telling her custies that she is moving to camming at night because she has been talking to other girls who work in the morning and they have all noticed there are more glitches in the morning. O.O
So......I figured I'd ask all of you lovely ladies, what do you work the morning or late shift (USA Time Zone) and from a level from 1 to 10 would you consider your glitches.
I'll start. :D
I work mornings and I'd rate my SM Glitch level about a 2-1/2 on a scale of 1 to 10.
I rarely get glitches but when I do they are usually bad enough to cause me to freeze, crash or not see or hear people in private.
SarahTime
10-07-2014, 05:48 PM
That was not the case for me...I was literally watching myself do everything I was doing...no lag whatsoever. Either way it sucks though!
That is definitely not good! I've had the opposite happen, where I thought I was in free and no one could see me because I was showing on break!
sweetgapeach
10-07-2014, 05:59 PM
That is definitely not good! I've had the opposite happen, where I thought I was in free and no one could see me because I was showing on break!
Thats been happening to me alot lately. I will be streaming and my model page says streaming, yet if I view myself thru sm site or cm site, I am still showing in private...yet I will have a few viewers in my room.
AlexisSugar
10-07-2014, 06:21 PM
WOW had no glitches tonight!
AliceFun
10-07-2014, 11:58 PM
That is definitely not good! I've had the opposite happen, where I thought I was in free and no one could see me because I was showing on break!
Me too, i was checking myself to find out i was showing as being in pvt when i was in free chat actually, this happened a few times by now, i should check myself every shift from now on when i see people start to enter my room and leave right away!? Wtf, there is a reason why people wont stay in my room or get disconnected either from free chat or pvt & is not me cause they get booted out while having a conversation or in a middle of a sentence, i got the confirmation 2 times last eve, guys returned to say they got booted. Ha!
JuliAnne333
10-08-2014, 01:44 AM
I noticed there was advertising on TV for SM lately. I counted nine commercials in one night. Not sure if that's normal but hey, it'll bring traffic hopefully. (I don't normally watch live TV)
I have seen Streamate commercials for at least 2 years now. They used to have the really cute one with girls I actually recognized from the site. Lately, I have NO idea who the girls are in the commercials. Just watch late night SpikeTV (a guy's channel) every commercial break, there will be a 30 second Streamate spot. Basically it is just music and some random model ogling the camera and dancing around in a StreamateTV cropped shirt. I wish they would recruit some of the actual performers from the site to do the spots.
Issabelle
10-08-2014, 02:21 AM
To all of you having troubles with the break button/free chat/paid chat and weird stuff showing, may I suggest streaming your feed in another tab while you work and checking it every time you go on break or the guys start getting wacky? A few girls have already mentioned this idea, but I figured I'd pop in with my personal method. I pretty much self-check mine constantly by just popping headphones into my laptop, popping one ear bud in, and keeping the volume on low (less distracting when I hear my own voice echo talking to a custie). It lets me adjust my music to non-screeching levels (yay), tell if I'm talking too loudy, and see if the stream is glitchy/freezing. I just pop the earphones out of the jack when I get a show so I can hear the 'shutting door' sound and any stuff from my paying custies each time I get a show. I do it from both my customer account and while logged out of one. It's helped me deal with issues a ton and actually improved my placement some to be so mindful of my stream.
Also, it lets me stream all the videos I have on my laptop and keeps me from insanity on slow days. I don't have TV, so the computer is my only choice! lol
SimoneGray
10-08-2014, 05:24 AM
Trying to log on and its just giving me a "system error" and not doing anything...anyone else having this issue today?
justanothercamgirl
10-08-2014, 08:21 AM
To all of you having troubles with the break button/free chat/paid chat and weird stuff showing, may I suggest streaming your feed in another tab while you work and checking it every time you go on break or the guys start getting wacky?
The problem with this is if you have a slow computer or slow internet then constantly streaming a feed in your other tab will affect your placement. :/
AliceFun
10-08-2014, 08:35 AM
^^^ This! Plus in my case i need to use a proxy server to check myself cause SM is blocking my country from viewing rooms, even more difficult to do, also many models split cam so not the best solution to use bandwidth for this, i mean it can be done by checking quickly & getting out of ur own room but not keeping the window open the whole shift.
Tigrillo
10-08-2014, 08:47 AM
I seem to remember someone posting recently about their sound buzzing online,, but I can't find it???
I think it was happening to me yesterday, several guys said they couldn't hear me ok so I opened my feed and there was this buzz.... I don't remember what I was supposed to do, I restarted the encoder and it didn't help... I hadn't noticed this happen before as I always check my feed on mute because feedback.
does anyone remember this post or have any ideas on how to help the buzz?
AliceFun
10-08-2014, 08:57 AM
^^^ I dont remember this particular post u talking about but few days ago a guy told me he hears a buzz, like a vibrating sound etc, i had my external mic on the desk right above where the pc sits under the desk, i have a desktop pc that makes a little noise/ vibrates. i moved the mic on the other side of the desk and the guy said 'all ok now', now i know where i should keep the mic, as far away as possible than my pc unit & eventually put a cloth under it on the table to avoid the vibrations. u might have a built in camera mic, external mic, use a desktop or laptop, dont know, this is my experience with the buzzing. Good luck figuring out what the issue is.
HelloKitty420
10-08-2014, 10:23 AM
^ I think the buzzing is often due to your mic being too close to your fan? Check that out and either move the mic or get a cooling pad so your fan doesn't go off all the time. Just a thought, it happened to me before.
AliceFun
10-08-2014, 10:36 AM
^^^ Not sure who u talking to pls? In my case i moved the mic and all was ok, the guy said the buzz were gone as i explained already.
HelloKitty420
10-08-2014, 10:49 AM
Sorry I guess my ^^^arrows made it unlcear I was responding to Tigrillo and just kind of a general statement. I'll pay more attention next time I post.
^^^ Not sure who u talking to pls? In my case i moved the mic and all was ok, the guy said the buzz were gone as i explained already.
LaylaLovely
10-08-2014, 11:10 AM
So today is my first time usi
ng the encoder and i feel like im not live.. if anyone has the time could you please look me up on sm and see if im live and if my feed is okay.. it might take a few min to startup. i have same name as here. thnks
Mysti Syre
10-08-2014, 11:11 AM
50% of the time I was having a buzz that sounded like a fan close to the mic. Sometimes restarting my whole computer would make it go away, and sometimes it wouldn't. I use a Logitech pro9000 external cam/mic. What I have done that has fixed it for me was to choose my laptop's mic. You can choose which cam or mic to use in the encoder.
ExoticBeauty4U
10-08-2014, 11:16 AM
pvt bell not ringing for me when they enter ughhh
ExoticBeauty4U
10-08-2014, 11:26 AM
Also anyone knows whats wrong when the video bitrate starts to change numbers and then i look pixalated? it doesnt do it often but then sometimes it goes crazy and i have no clue why.
JustaTease
10-08-2014, 12:19 PM
Forgive me if this has been asked; I've searched but couldn't find any recent posts.
Regarding the HD Encoder: Is it still necessary to use the encoder with an HD cam? Does it really make a difference in picture quality?..
sweetgapeach
10-08-2014, 12:20 PM
^^I dont know about video quality but is extremely important in placement.
JustaTease
10-08-2014, 12:21 PM
Well, that is enough to convince me to start using it. Thanks!
Tigrillo
10-08-2014, 01:01 PM
re: the mystery buzz
I *think* I've been using the webcam microphone, and the cam sits on a suitcase in front of --but not close or on top of-- my laptop. I don't hear the buzz in my room, it's only in the feed. :/ hmmm
I might be able to sign in an about an hour, I'll re-check everything again and make sure I'm using the webcam microphone and not the laptop's. I'm using the logitech c930 and it was supposed to have a super-mic. I hope it's better later.
Thanks to everyone for your input. Have a sex-ey day.
LaylaLovely
10-08-2014, 01:11 PM
today has been horrible... tried out the hd encoder couldnt figure it out!!! then when i did i think my image was not as good as before and ppl came andleft so quick probably because my feed.i need like a walk through on doing it gosh!!!
Mysti Syre
10-08-2014, 02:11 PM
Once you figure it out it will get easier. I'd set aside an hour before camming just to work on it. Then you don't feel like you've wasted that hour ya know? Also I would set it and then look at my feed. If it was bad I'd mess with the settings and look again. I put my topic message up "Fixing my cam. I'll be available for shows in a bit." I really wish there was some way to check our feed on some of these sites without actually being live for others to view when we need to work on tech issues. Ive tried all three suggested settings that sm offers, buy had to manually change some of the setting numbers away from the suggested recommended settings to get things running ok. I'm not sure why buy I would either be blurry, laggy or look like a stretch fun house mirror chick. Lol :)
PS Now that I've fixed it I am missing out on all of the Stretched Fun House Mirror Chick Fetish guys. ;)
Jamrockin
10-08-2014, 02:13 PM
Best ways to promote your SM on twitter?
SoloDesire
10-08-2014, 03:06 PM
Best ways to promote your SM on twitter?
Post lots of sexy pics with lots of hashtags...share your cam models link with pics. Follow other camgirls and get an idea what works for them.
SimoneGray
10-08-2014, 03:10 PM
How are we doing today with regards to technical glitches etc?
whiteheat
10-08-2014, 06:18 PM
Apparently "bitch" is now a forbidden word on streamate profiles?
I was tagged long time ago 3 times and the tag is gone
BustyVixen
10-08-2014, 08:08 PM
How are we doing today with regards to technical glitches etc?
I had the worst day of glitches in mt entire cam career. Disconnected during a gold show and two other privates. Guys trying to tip gold during countdown and were unable to. Guys thrown out of privates. And awful traffic. And for what it's worth, I'm usually in one of the first aplaces in the top row and I've never seen a day like today. Not cool lol
justanothercamgirl
10-08-2014, 08:39 PM
Apparently "bitch" is now a forbidden word on streamate profiles?
I was tagged long time ago 3 times and the tag is gone
It is still in my blocked tags but I am not sure if that makes a difference.