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Nocturnelle
06-08-2015, 06:23 PM
Advertise your wishlist on twitter. Do not whatsoever link your twitter OR amazon list on streamate.
ericarouge
06-08-2015, 06:25 PM
Thank you!!! :)
Advertise your wishlist on twitter. Do not whatsoever link your twitter OR amazon list on streamate.
Halo88
06-08-2015, 11:14 PM
My Bitrate is at 494 is there any way to raise it?
I would like to know this too, mine stays just under the amount required. Does anyone know why it appears lower?
hyori
06-09-2015, 07:13 AM
The best bitrate for your computer depends on a few factors.
For a 1280x720 livestream, your bitrate should be between 1800-2400 for the best quality.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/adobe-media-server/articles/dynstream_live/popup.html
Some of us have "boosted" internet connections so although your speedtest may show fast upload/download/ping it may be misleading.
Your ping, computer hardware and SM traffic and activity play the biggest factors in your bitrate. A nice low ping is dependent on the location of servers and how well they work with your internet provider--it's not necessarily always due to distance from SM servers that determines a better ping rate. The faster your computer can encode video, the better your overall bitrate, eg. I7 processor, good video card, lots of RAM, SSD drive etc.
Girly_Girl
06-09-2015, 09:40 AM
I think I see somewhere that we can only have loyalty free music playing? Can we have music playing in paid chat too? Also what does everyone use for there music or where do u get it from?
doublerainbow
06-09-2015, 10:45 AM
I have a playlist of regular music playing most of the time that I annoyingly have to put on pause whenever I get a show. The guys don't seem to mind but it actually really throws off my groove to suddenly have my workspace go silent. I'd really like an answer to this too.
Issabelle
06-09-2015, 10:51 AM
I've always kept Pandora playing through all of my free and paid chats on SM and no one cares after almost two years, so I imagine it's fine. Only time that you can't do it is when you accept a TV Gold Show (no brands on clothing, no music, etc., because of the 'no free marketing' rule).
Girly_Girl
06-09-2015, 11:03 AM
I've always kept Pandora playing through all of my free and paid chats on SM and no one cares after almost two years, so I imagine it's fine. Only time that you can't do it is when you accept a TV Gold Show (no brands on clothing, no music, etc., because of the 'no free marketing' rule).
Do u have your pandora playing in the background on your computer or somewhere else?
Prussia
06-09-2015, 11:15 AM
I have music playing in the background all the time except for TV gold shows. SM doesn't have rules against music except for that instance. Some sites like F4F care, and the rules that apply to SM TV shows apply to the site all the time when streaming. That is because F4F loves to record the shows and tube them so they don't want any copyright issues. If you have music playing, just check your feed to make sure it's not blasting super crazy and sounding annoyingly loud.
doublerainbow
06-09-2015, 11:16 AM
I've always kept Pandora playing through all of my free and paid chats on SM and no one cares after almost two years, so I imagine it's fine. Only time that you can't do it is when you accept a TV Gold Show (no brands on clothing, no music, etc., because of the 'no free marketing' rule).
Omg really, I don't need to be pausing my playlist?? X) That's good news! Though I was anyway for the sake of recording my shows to sell as clips later, but vanilla shows haven't sold at all on c4s yet so might as well not bother.
Issabelle
06-09-2015, 11:43 AM
Do u have your pandora playing in the background on your computer or somewhere else?
I use my cell phone personally. Some girls use their computers. As Prussia said, feed check yourself (or ask a friend) to make sure it isn't ridiculously loud or too low to hear, but otherwise have fun.
I have music playing in the background all the time except for TV gold shows. SM doesn't have rules against music except for that instance. Some sites like F4F care, and the rules that apply to SM TV shows apply to the site all the time when streaming. That is because F4F loves to record the shows and tube them so they don't want any copyright issues. If you have music playing, just check your feed to make sure it's not blasting super crazy and sounding annoyingly loud.
Fun fact--F4F is letting up on that rule. I had Katy check when she made me a daily pay account and I'm 100% allowed to use whatever damned music I want now. Yay, small victories! But I'm kinda over the site--so many freeloaders and it's a pain in the ass to keep my recorded shit off of tube sites. At least SM let's you 'opt out' between geo-block, contacting Liz, and just plain not doing gold shows!
Omg really, I don't need to be pausing my playlist?? X) That's good news! Though I was anyway for the sake of recording my shows to sell as clips later, but vanilla shows haven't sold at all on c4s yet so might as well not bother.
Vanilla shows are apparently the least popular shows on C4S. That makes really good sense if you consider that all these tube sites have actually got millions of vanilla porn clips for free viewing. Fetish clips, on the other hand, are fairly rare on tube sites and thus are very popular on C4S. Therefore, turning your music off during vanilla shows makes no sense on several levels; one, you are more likely to be capped without copyrighted music playing in the background; two, you aren't going to make any money off resale on clip sites; and three, you're throwing your groove off by trying to turn music on/off constantly.
doublerainbow
06-09-2015, 12:39 PM
Vanilla shows are apparently the least popular shows on C4S. That makes really good sense if you consider that all these tube sites have actually got millions of vanilla porn clips for free viewing. Fetish clips, on the other hand, are fairly rare on tube sites and thus are very popular on C4S. Therefore, turning your music off during vanilla shows makes no sense on several levels; one, you are more likely to be capped without copyrighted music playing in the background; two, you aren't going to make any money off resale on clip sites; and three, you're throwing your groove off by trying to turn music on/off constantly.
Exactly, such good points! Fuck that noise! XD I'm excited to keep my music flowing now, especially considering the harder time it'll give guys who wanna record my show for upload.
kitty_frost
06-09-2015, 01:30 PM
so after all your amazing advice, I've found that my upload speed is just not that good, and i only have an i5 instead of an i7. I also just tried to start up the encoder and got the blue screen of death :( even with everything on my computer off my stream is still choppy. Any more suggestions? Besides something that's going to cost a bunch of money?
Tigrillo
06-09-2015, 01:44 PM
The best bitrate for your computer depends on a few factors.
For a 1280x720 livestream, your bitrate should be between 1800-2400 for the best quality.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/adobe-media-server/articles/dynstream_live/popup.html
Some of us have "boosted" internet connections so although your speedtest may show fast upload/download/ping it may be misleading.
Your ping, computer hardware and SM traffic and activity play the biggest factors in your bitrate. A nice low ping is dependent on the location of servers and how well they work with your internet provider--it's not necessarily always due to distance from SM servers that determines a better ping rate. The faster your computer can encode video, the better your overall bitrate, eg. I7 processor, good video card, lots of RAM, SSD drive etc.
thanks so much for breaking this down.<3
euro_princess
06-09-2015, 01:50 PM
so after all your amazing advice, I've found that my upload speed is just not that good, and i only have an i5 instead of an i7. I also just tried to start up the encoder and got the blue screen of death :( even with everything on my computer off my stream is still choppy. Any more suggestions? Besides something that's going to cost a bunch of money?
Not too many solutions. Maybe cleaning your computer or getting some external RAM. You'll find a lot of articles over the internet on how to boost your pc.
hyori
06-09-2015, 02:55 PM
so after all your amazing advice, I've found that my upload speed is just not that good, and i only have an i5 instead of an i7. I also just tried to start up the encoder and got the blue screen of death :( even with everything on my computer off my stream is still choppy. Any more suggestions? Besides something that's going to cost a bunch of money?
Have you tried both versions of the encoder? There is 3.1 and 3.2 versions and usually one will work better for you than the other. You can also try alternative encoders like Open Broadcaster Software. There are other encoders as well: http://alternativeto.net/software/flash-media-live-encoder/
Also doing a clean install of Windows and starting over will fix a lot of problems. The Windows 10 beta is free and it works great for streaming even on lower end computers.
Issabelle
06-09-2015, 04:35 PM
Adding onto what Hyori said, I've also noticed that SM has been having technical issues for a ton of girls lately. I was seeing rooms where the audio/video stayed on the loading circle regardless of how long I waited/refreshed, constant freezing, audio/video sync issues, lag, etc., etc. and these were issues in rooms with girls I know have top notch equipment and internet.
Basically, now might not be the best litmus test of whether or not you have the upload to work SM. I personally worked the site on a 4 down/1 up speed (yes, yes, it's pathetic, I know) for almost a year while I was living in the middle of no where. Matter of fact, my speeds are only 64 down/4 up with my current provider (best speeds in the area and, yes, I realize how damned sad that is). I think SarahTime has also mentioned having lower speeds herself because of location and she still does quite well.
ArtsyScarlett
06-09-2015, 05:03 PM
I only have 13/1 internet at the moment and also have a round trip of like 600-1000. I can say something leave my room and go and listen to what I said on another computer...haha.
Really posting to agree with Issabelle here, Streamate has had a lot of issues. Rooms not loading properly, I assume it is a flash issue particularly with Chrome (they hate each other!) if you find people complaining definitely find out what browser they use and tell them to try FF or IE11 (it's not actually terrible!). As for the computer:
What i5 processor is it?
How much RAM do you have?
Have you tried reinstalling Windows?
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As another point, anyone noticed a huge jump in non-english speaking traffic on SM lately or just me?
x
LaylaLovely
06-09-2015, 05:22 PM
I've upgraded all my internet I'm at 12 upload/80 download and I'm using an i3 .. I read online that you can upgrade your computer to an i7 ..is this true?? Lol
Girly_Girl
06-09-2015, 05:36 PM
How do you send videos to customers on sm?
LaylaLovely
06-09-2015, 05:36 PM
nvm lol I just googled that and found it on wikihow..... It's soo fucking complicated !!!! Lol
Prussia
06-09-2015, 06:08 PM
How do you send videos to customers on sm?
I use MediaFire.com, but they are not adult friendly... So I never label my videos with obvious key words. Ex PrussiaBJ01 instead of PrussiaBlowjob01. I've been using them for almost 2 years and I had my first account flagged about 4 months in, and since then using the new way of labelling it's been ok. I like MF because you can see how many times a clip has been downloaded, make a link private etc.
I know that Streamate has ProjectMaenad.com but I am too lazy to switch over. ::)
SoloDesire
06-09-2015, 06:22 PM
How do you send videos to customers on sm?
https://www.projectmaenad.com/
Sign up and make an account...it's free and super easy to use. You can even set individual links for every customer by name, and limit the amount of times they can download it and how many days they have to download it. I love it! I used to use mediafire but this is so much easier!
plumwine
06-09-2015, 09:11 PM
This might be a stupid/weird question. I'm fairly new and every time I do c2c with a customer on SM, the window that shows their cam is so tiny, I can barely tell what I'm seeing lol! Not that I'm dying to see what they look like and all... But I was reading the hilarious c2c stories on the TMI requests thread and I realized I must have something set up wrong? Their cam window pops up in the black box that usually reads "external encoding" since I use the encoder. As far as I know I wasn't able to enlarge it, maybe I'm wrong? I have a 27inch iMac, but the zoom button is kind of wonky on the broadcast page only (zooms in fine on my dashboard page.) any suggestions?
euro_princess
06-09-2015, 09:54 PM
You can enlarge it, there is a small box over there, next to his sound, you just click it and is going to get bigger. (I don't even know how to explain) Just click that small box and will switch it from small to big. (IDIOT me!)
Blovely
06-09-2015, 09:55 PM
I just noticed my comments went down by 2. Can members delete their comments? Do members comments get deleted if they close their account?
plumwine
06-09-2015, 09:57 PM
thanks girl! I didn't even know I had the option to hear them as well! haha :)
You can enlarge it, there is a small box over there, next to his sound, you just click it and is going to get bigger. (I don't even know how to explain) Just click that small box and will switch it from small to big. (IDIOT me!)
doublerainbow
06-10-2015, 01:16 AM
Maaaan it sucks reading some girls saying their amazing internet speeds are pathetic. XD I must be completely out of range then with 6mb down/1mb up. It's the absolute highest for... not my area, but my apartment complex. x_x Waaaiiiting anxiously until I can afford to move or they finally install fios, whichever comes first.
With that said, I seem to be totally taking advantage of the glitches going on with a lot of girls now that they seem to have finally stopped kicking my butt. For the first time since I started back here months ago, I'm actually making money and getting regular traffic!! Damn, I hope it's not just because I'm one of the few models SM is currently allowing to actually stream normally. I don't want it to go away lol!!
pinkpink
06-10-2015, 02:22 AM
I just noticed my comments went down by 2. Can members delete their comments? Do members comments get deleted if they close their account?
I noticed that today too. 2 of my comments are gone. Maybe it's coincidence or maybe they did an account purge?
Girly_Girl
06-10-2015, 12:09 PM
How do I get sm to quit changing my profile pic?
beauvoir
06-10-2015, 12:23 PM
Ugh, sorry about all the questions and I did look, but no matter what I do my round time trip sucks ass. Anything I can do to improve it?
Vlodina
06-10-2015, 12:29 PM
How do I get sm to quit changing my profile pic?
Email support and ask for a static profile photo. It's not automatic. X
Serena-Shields
06-11-2015, 12:38 PM
Is anyone going on SM only to find the whole site is in Spanish? I went on to check my ratings from last night and I couldn't read anything. Checked the homepage, all Spanish. Weirdest glitch ever!
plumwine
06-11-2015, 01:37 PM
My roundtrip time dropped from good to poor yesterday. I wonder if thunderstorms can mess with this? My power went out a couple times because of lightning nearby before I logged in. It sucked, I made like $30 in 4 hours.
SamanthaSugar
06-11-2015, 03:54 PM
My Roundtrip is "poor" and where I live there hasn't been any thunderstorms. Uhg!!! And my video is skipping. Havent had encoder problems in a really long time. Super annoyed, made $8 in the last hour. Just kill me now!!
beauvoir
06-11-2015, 03:57 PM
The time online tab is broken on mine. It says I've been on for 176 minutes for the past two hours. Odd.
Prussia
06-11-2015, 05:21 PM
Is anyone going on SM only to find the whole site is in Spanish? I went on to check my ratings from last night and I couldn't read anything. Checked the homepage, all Spanish. Weirdest glitch ever!
I'm on my iPhone ATM but there should be a button on the top right hand corner (?) on the desktop site to select language on streamate.com, and I *think* that could be the problem.. See what happens when you switch it back over to English.
Prussia
06-11-2015, 05:27 PM
I just noticed my comments went down by 2. Can members delete their comments? Do members comments get deleted if they close their account?
I noticed that today too. 2 of my comments are gone. Maybe it's coincidence or maybe they did an account purge?
The flying monkeys... errr I mean SM support told me it was because the account that left the comments was deactivated/closed. Not sure how true that is though.
Blovely
06-11-2015, 05:29 PM
Just want to say that I like the new Daily Time Online and that they're doing surveys to get models feedback.
Marina Starr
06-11-2015, 05:37 PM
Is it possible to have smooth as silk feed and have poor to average to good round trip? I'm asking because my round trip would jump between poor, average and good. My video always look great when I ask other girls to check.
doublerainbow
06-11-2015, 09:27 PM
Well this is unsettling. I just tried logged into my streamate profile and clicked the "start my show" button.. and was redirected to an address 'streamatemodels.com/flash/' and a blank gray page. I keep refreshing, tried closing and reopening my browser, and nothing. Anyone experience this before??
SoloDesire
06-11-2015, 09:49 PM
Well this is unsettling. I just tried logged into my streamate profile and clicked the "start my show" button.. and was redirected to an address 'streamatemodels.com/flash/' and a blank gray page. I keep refreshing, tried closing and reopening my browser, and nothing. Anyone experience this before??
Try clearing your cache and cookies.
doublerainbow
06-11-2015, 10:06 PM
Try clearing your cache and cookies.
I tried it, no change. :( Is this the sort of thing I should contact customer service about?
Blovely
06-11-2015, 10:08 PM
^^^Are you using Chrome?
SoloDesire
06-11-2015, 10:10 PM
I tried it, no change. :( Is this the sort of thing I should contact customer service about?
Have you tried using another browser? Make sure you don't have a pop up blocker on. It doesn't hurt to contanct support about it, but expect to send them a lot of screen shots lol...and you'll be going back and forth with them for days just trying to get them to understand your problem.
doublerainbow
06-11-2015, 10:40 PM
I'm using Firefox, actually just had an update with my laptop restarting and everything so something must have gotten changed up. =\ Damn it! I haven't tried another browser, only have chrome installed besides this and it always glitches when I try broadcasting from it but I'll see if it at least lets the site load.
*update: I just tried with chrome and it loaded my broadcast page, so that's good at least. That must mean it's just something wrong with my firefox right?
Blovely
06-11-2015, 11:14 PM
^^^Oh. If you were using Chrome I was going to say that I had the same issue. It had something to do with Adblock, for some reason it wasn't letting the broadcast page load. I had to click Settings>Extensions>Adblock> and add streamatemodels.com/flash/ and I think streamatemodels.com/ to Whitelisted domains.
I think what might have cause it was your computer updating. Maybe try reinstalling Firefox or if the update wasn't that important restore your computer to earlier today. Also if your computer is set to automatic updates I would change it to "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them".
Blovely
06-11-2015, 11:33 PM
@doublerainbow I just found this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2ppktr-nBw
Scottish_Ruby
06-12-2015, 12:16 AM
Im quite new to sm I started last week I previously worked on mfc so payoneer is all set up right problem is sm is showing that iv been paid for last week so im glad I managed to remove the delay but its not showing up in payoneer and I havent recieved an email either is this normal?
doublerainbow
06-12-2015, 12:23 AM
Thanks Blovely, I just checked and I don't even have adblock installed. I tried to do a system restore from the 9th (right before my system update) and it won't complete, says it can't retrieve all the files or something. I've tried updating flash, reinstalling firefox... ugh this is such a headache. Thanks so much for the help and support girls!