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BritishBecky
11-23-2015, 02:02 PM
Yes they are, and so would I!
Issabelle
11-23-2015, 02:42 PM
I guess SM saw me bitching about not getting a chance to test out the SMBroadcast thingy over in another thread, because I just got an email from them inviting me to try it.
Don't wanna...
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
11-23-2015, 02:45 PM
I guess SM saw me bitching about not getting a chance to test out the SMBroadcast thingy over in another thread, because I just got an email from them inviting me to try it.
Don't wanna...
I got the email too but the drop down option was missing.
Issabelle
11-23-2015, 02:48 PM
I got the email too but the drop down option was missing.
To read more about SMBroadcast and try it for yourself, go to the new SMBroadcast Beta Encoder page on Streamate Help! If you need any help with SMBroadcast, check the FAQ at the bottom of that page.
From my email--the hyperlink in here took me to the page listing FAQs and shit and at the bottom of the page is a picture of the SMBroadcast software underneath the 'Tools' caption. Click there and you can download on the next page.
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
11-23-2015, 03:02 PM
Yea I know it did that to me too. So I backspaced and clicked a second time and it sent me to the download page. The first go round it crashed at 50%. I started the calibration again and it went through. Crystal Clear but in the start streaming page the SM Broadcaster isn't there an an option. It hasn't been loaded to my account yet.
BambiCutie
11-23-2015, 03:06 PM
Little upset, haven't received my first pay through Payoneer and it says 3-5 days. Really need this money and no response back from support. Received the update for SM but hearing the issues, not sure if this will just mess up my current settings.
TrifilinCamHo
11-23-2015, 03:16 PM
Little upset, haven't received my first pay through Payoneer and it says 3-5 days. Really need this money and no response back from support. Received the update for SM but hearing the issues, not sure if this will just mess up my current settings.
I dunno where in the world you are located but here in the US my Payoneer deposit shows up on Tuesday always.
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
11-23-2015, 03:17 PM
Little upset, haven't received my first pay through Payoneer and it says 3-5 days. Really need this money and no response back from support. Received the update for SM but hearing the issues, not sure if this will just mess up my current settings.
Have you checked your spam folder? I have mine set up with a gmail account and I have to check the promotions folder to see that money has been sent to me via payoneer. Once you receive that email you have to accept the money.
BambiCutie
11-23-2015, 06:25 PM
Yeah just checked and the only thing I have is from CB, does it normally take 3-5 days for new models? I changed my payout rate recently to lower so I'm wondering if that has something to do with it.
Girly_Girl
11-23-2015, 06:38 PM
Would someone please check my placement? RoxiLace
Marina Starr
11-23-2015, 06:41 PM
You are 2nd girl on the 12th roll on front page. Girls #6 under BBW.
Would someone please check my placement? RoxiLace
Girly_Girl
11-23-2015, 06:46 PM
You are 2nd girl on the 12th roll on front page. Girls #6 under BBW.
Thank you:)
Genoveve
11-23-2015, 06:53 PM
I wasn't able to download the new stuff with Windows 8.1 earlier. Tried twice and got an error, 'program has stopped working and needs to close' or something.
Girly_Girl
11-23-2015, 08:01 PM
how do we get a 4 star rating removed?
Erika_Xstacy
11-23-2015, 08:02 PM
Yeah just checked and the only thing I have is from CB, does it normally take 3-5 days for new models? I changed my payout rate recently to lower so I'm wondering if that has something to do with it.
it usually hits Tuesday (I am on the Eastcoast USA)
Erika_Xstacy
11-23-2015, 08:03 PM
how do we get a 4 star rating removed?
contact support with a good reason,they will decide
it is pretty much out of our hands for the most part
esp 4 star
they seem to look more into 1 and 2 stars
Girly_Girl
11-23-2015, 09:53 PM
bad thing is its from yesterday:( I remember the guy but I didnt take any screen shots......do we just tell them a reason? Most of my ratings have been 5 star tho
TrifilinCamHo
11-23-2015, 10:08 PM
bad thing is its from yesterday:( I remember the guy but I didnt take any screen shots......do we just tell them a reason? Most of my ratings have been 5 star tho
If most of your ratings have been 5 star and stay that way, a 4-star probably wont hurt you in the long run since it's based on an average of all your ratings :) I wouldn't even worry about contacting support to remove a 4-star.
webcamcutie
11-23-2015, 10:10 PM
Question about the girls already using or testing the SMbroadcaster: Sorry if It's been asked already as I haven't paid toooo much attention to those posts because I wasn't using it.
Figured I'd give it a shot tonight, anyhoo:
When you Calibrate what do you typically get for your bitrate? I got 1890, is that good even though its not the 2000 thats suggested for the 720HD settings? Thanks! New things can be fun, as long as they work right, fingers and toes crossed. :P
PrettyPuppet
11-23-2015, 10:13 PM
I'm new to sm (and camming in general) but I noticed when I was on tonight that I couldn't find my profile even when searching it. Is that normal or is there something I can do to fix it? I started last week and I was able to search my name and find myself when I'd go under the pregnant category now I can't find it either way.
MsBellaSpanxx
11-23-2015, 10:27 PM
Yea I know it did that to me too. So I backspaced and clicked a second time and it sent me to the download page. The first go round it crashed at 50%. I started the calibration again and it went through. Crystal Clear but in the start streaming page the SM Broadcaster isn't there an an option. It hasn't been loaded to my account yet.
Same thing keeps happening to me re: downloading the Broadcaster, but I haven't made any progress yet. I log in and then it calibrates to exactly 50% and then a pop up tells me there was an error and I have to log-in and start all over again. Le sigh. I'll try some more tomorrow and then I'll send it off to the support monkeys.
Girly_Girl
11-23-2015, 10:32 PM
^^ happens sometimes, depends on your connection to the site, could be your ISP, you did say you use cable right? The weekends is a heavier Traffic load so your rtt to the site could be taking longer, or you could have ended up connecting to a crappy sm server, have you ever tried to relog your cam stream when it's happens and doesn't improve after a bit? Sometimes I'll do that and see if I can get a diff server to rule out if it's them or my ISP being shitty.
How can I check to see if its my isp? My rtt is still staying at below average and poor no matter how many times I reboot the encoder and its got my placement all messed up but good news is I got ATT set up today but they cant come to install until 12-3 :( I hate charter right now.....lol
JennyCouture
11-23-2015, 10:34 PM
I'm new to sm (and camming in general) but I noticed when I was on tonight that I couldn't find my profile even when searching it. Is that normal or is there something I can do to fix it? I started last week and I was able to search my name and find myself when I'd go under the pregnant category now I can't find it either way.
Are you set to members only? If so you need to be logged into a members account to see it ..
JennyCouture
11-23-2015, 10:35 PM
Question about the girls already using or testing the SMbroadcaster: Sorry if It's been asked already as I haven't paid toooo much attention to those posts because I wasn't using it.
Figured I'd give it a shot tonight, anyhoo:
When you Calibrate what do you typically get for your bitrate? I got 1890, is that good even though its not the 2000 thats suggested for the 720HD settings? Thanks! New things can be fun, as long as they work right, fingers and toes crossed. :P
I can't use the broadcaster at all it makes my vid look like crap...
Is there a place to see what the bitrate is ?
JennyCouture
11-23-2015, 10:35 PM
How can I check to see if its my isp? My rtt is still staying at below average and poor no matter how many times I reboot the encoder and its got my placement all messed up but good news is I got ATT set up today but they cant come to install until 12-3 :( I hate charter right now.....lol
speedtest.net
JennyCouture
11-23-2015, 10:40 PM
If you're using sm broadcaster go under it's settings, set the record location, and then check the box that says allow recording while streaming.
It's going to record the entire thing....
Then you have to go back...edit out your "show"... I haven't recorded anything with the broadcaster, but i recorded with the encoder... I always had to then convert my files before I could upload them. It would save them as avi....
and for that i use freemake video recorder.
Free and easy to use.
There in a wierd format how do you change them to a usable format?
oCURIOUSo
11-23-2015, 10:45 PM
Same thing keeps happening to me re: downloading the Broadcaster, but I haven't made any progress yet. I log in and then it calibrates to exactly 50% and then a pop up tells me there was an error and I have to log-in and start all over again. Le sigh. I'll try some more tomorrow and then I'll send it off to the support monkeys.
Aw man, is it wrong to say I'm glad I'm not the only one? Haha I thought it was just me and I'd rather lose a limb than talk to support
HoneyKitten
11-23-2015, 10:50 PM
Hi,
I have been receiving payment via payoneer for 2 years now and the payment has always been consistently in my account 3 days after the pay cycle ends. I am currently camming on streamate but I have cammed on chaturbate and mfc and I have always been paid within this time frame. Have you checked your payoneer payment history? As once the payment has been received by them it will say something along the lines of "expected payment load date and time". My streamate pay cycle ends saturday morning and at this time I get an email from payoneer to verify the payment, but it is for the week prior, not the current week worked. So for my first pay I had to wait for 2 weeks. I am not sure if this is due to me residing outside the US. Anyway, I hope this makes sense and is in some way useful :)
audritwo
11-23-2015, 11:04 PM
contact support with a good reason,they will decide
it is pretty much out of our hands for the most part
esp 4 star
they seem to look more into 1 and 2 stars
Or 3's.
ShyCamgirlBB
11-23-2015, 11:18 PM
I downloaded broadcaster. Not a fan. It doesn't allow zooming or changing of features. My room can be a little dark sometimes and I like the option to lighten it
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
11-23-2015, 11:31 PM
I downloaded broadcaster. Not a fan. It doesn't allow zooming or changing of features. My room can be a little dark sometimes and I like the option to lighten it
Did you try going into your webcam software and making the changes there? I can do that when I use the other encoders
ShyCamgirlBB
11-23-2015, 11:36 PM
i usually use very soft. Its good for zooming during the stream also which I haven seen from Logitech. I think someone else said splitcamming technology doesn't work which sucks
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
11-23-2015, 11:43 PM
i usually use very soft. Its good for zooming during the stream also which I haven seen from Logitech. I think someone else said splitcamming technology doesn't work which sucks
You just open your logitech software while streaming and zoom in and out there. And make adjustments to your cam that way. I just opened the sm broadcaster FIRST then open the logitech software. And no right now spitcam software isn't supported.
EllieGold
11-23-2015, 11:56 PM
I am on page 1 without being on SM for weeks... kinda rare for me. Broadcasting through the new SMBroadcaster. No errors so far.
EllieGold
11-24-2015, 12:02 AM
More guys in the "Free Chat" than the "Guest Chat" tonight. There's like 5 guys on average down there and about 1-3 people in guest chat. Most just leave when they come in. I love doing videos over camming and want to go back to 100% clips.
webcamcutie
11-24-2015, 12:45 AM
I can't use the broadcaster at all it makes my vid look like crap...
Is there a place to see what the bitrate is ?
I'm referring to when you calibrate your settings, mine says best, then 1280x720 then 30FPS and bitrate of 1890, but I know on the encoder they suggest to use 2000 so I'm wondering if 1890 is good? While streaming it shows on the bottom under your image what your current bitrate, and all that is plus time online
Its been working great for me so far I'm just curious if the fact that it calibrates under 2000 is a concern or not but I'm guessing it isn't.
BritishBecky
11-24-2015, 02:50 AM
The SM broadcaster things my super lovely cc3000e is only capable of 15fps :( Of course it's not!!
BritishBecky
11-24-2015, 03:02 AM
Oh well, tried it with a different cam and even though I uninstalled and reinstalled it now just crashes part way through calibration. Looks like I'll be waiting on the next version.
webcamcutie
11-24-2015, 03:35 AM
I tried it tonight for the first time and stayed on a full 5 hours without being disconnected once, no complaints of black screens, no issues, stream looked great and I'll have to say, especially with my recent slump and my ISP being screwed up and all the other issues:
This is the busiest night I have had in MONTHS and I had a lot of LONG and lengthy privates that didn't get disconnected. I don't know where the issue was fixed, at this point, I don't care, I just hope I didn't jinx myself, because this is exactly what I needed after being crapped on the last week with my stupid internet.
So far I'm 100% a fan of the broadcaster!
The SM broadcaster works good for me too, just tried it here & am happy with it, let's see how is working further on :)
BustyVixen
11-24-2015, 05:47 AM
I tried it tonight for the first time and stayed on a full 5 hours without being disconnected once, no complaints of black screens, no issues, stream looked great and I'll have to say, especially with my recent slump and my ISP being screwed up and all the other issues:
This is the busiest night I have had in MONTHS and I had a lot of LONG and lengthy privates that didn't get disconnected. I don't know where the issue was fixed, at this point, I don't care, I just hope I didn't jinx myself, because this is exactly what I needed after being crapped on the last week with my stupid internet.
So far I'm 100% a fan of the broadcaster!
Good to hear! I cam on a Mac so I can't use it yet. But glad it worked so well for you
Girly_Girl
11-24-2015, 09:20 AM
One of my regulars had came by to see me but then had to leave but he came back and sent me mail asking if I was gone for the night. I just tried replying back to him to let him know what my schedule was and that I would be on tomorrow night but I got an error message saying" Cannot send to these users" and has his username beside it??? Does this mean he got mad and blocked me now? wth?
Issabelle
11-24-2015, 09:35 AM
One of my regulars had came by to see me but then had to leave but he came back and sent me mail asking if I was gone for the night. I just tried replying back to him to let him know what my schedule was and that I would be on tomorrow night but I got an error message saying" Cannot send to these users" and has his username beside it??? Does this mean he got mad and blocked me now? wth?
It could also mean his account was deleted or that he changed his username. To the best of my knowledge, customers cannot block model messages after the customer has sent the model a message the first time. I never played with messaging much on my old customer account though, so I'm not 100% sure on that.
Girly_Girl
11-24-2015, 09:46 AM
It could also mean his account was deleted or that he changed his username. To the best of my knowledge, customers cannot block model messages after the customer has sent the model a message the first time. I never played with messaging much on my old customer account though, so I'm not 100% sure on that.
thank you:) Its just odd that he just sent the message late last night tho!
ShyCamgirlBB
11-24-2015, 09:53 AM
SM has been sucking majorly. I haven't been splitcamming as much as I should, I'm trying to find a good replacement site. In the meantime working smaller content/novelty/fetish sites, which are producing better despite their limited traffic.
A lot of girls have been saying "just work your hustle, tweak it until it works" I mean how do you explain this? I don't think Alexa lies, and there has been a major dip as all of 2015. I don't think SM is paying for their traffic anymore which is unfair considering they take the biggest cut. They are probably using marketing money to spend on coding for SM broadcaster and other tech stuff but it's killing the traffic. What do you guys make of this.
43387
pixiepower329
11-24-2015, 10:01 AM
I know today I spent a total of 6 hours online and had 3% in paid chat. That's all I need to know.
SabrinaThomas
11-24-2015, 10:10 AM
thank you:) Its just odd that he just sent the message late last night tho!
That happens to me a lot. First I also thought there was something wrong with their accounts. But it also happens with regulars of mine with active accounts, who haven't even changed their screename. So I don't know. They come to my chat and I tell them that I couldn't answer to their message. It's very strange.
QueenBitch
11-24-2015, 10:16 AM
SM has been sucking majorly. I haven't been splitcamming as much as I should, I'm trying to find a good replacement site. In the meantime working smaller content/novelty/fetish sites, which are producing better despite their limited traffic.
A lot of girls have been saying "just work your hustle, tweak it until it works" I mean how do you explain this? I don't think Alexa lies, and there has been a major dip as all of 2015. I don't think SM is paying for their traffic anymore which is unfair considering they take the biggest cut. They are probably using marketing money to spend on coding for SM broadcaster and other tech stuff but it's killing the traffic. What do you guys make of this.
43387
this is some scary shit
ShadyPinesMa
11-24-2015, 10:35 AM
I saw a Streamate.tv commercial on television about a month ago, I'm pretty sure they were touting it as a mobile site which is an interesting decision considering all of their mobile issues.
Issabelle
11-24-2015, 10:36 AM
SM has been sucking majorly. I haven't been splitcamming as much as I should, I'm trying to find a good replacement site. In the meantime working smaller content/novelty/fetish sites, which are producing better despite their limited traffic.
A lot of girls have been saying "just work your hustle, tweak it until it works" I mean how do you explain this? I don't think Alexa lies, and there has been a major dip as all of 2015. I don't think SM is paying for their traffic anymore which is unfair considering they take the biggest cut. They are probably using marketing money to spend on coding for SM broadcaster and other tech stuff but it's killing the traffic. What do you guys make of this.
43387
I think it's worth pointing out a major limitation of Alexa data right now. First, it's only based on traffic directly to streamate.com. That doesn't include cammodels link traffic or any white labels/studios, and with as many of them out there as exist and the tendency for dudes to click on the first link they see that matches their search. Ex. 'cam site huge tits' result #4 is an SM white label while SM itself is located near the bottom of page 2 in the results. Clicking on #4 means potential traffic to your room, but it isn't going to show up on the Alexa data. To get a true picture of traffic to SM, you'd need to look up the Alexa data for every single studio site and white label. Ain't nobody got time for that, obviously, but I can promise you the numbers overall look a lot better if someone did have that kind of time.
SM is a site that uses white labels to drive traffic in a way that no other site comes even close to matching, so Alexa data for a site like MFC is going to be much more reflective of true traffic numbers.
SM uses affiliates to drive much of their traffic. Katy Boleyn used her 'insider knowledge' as a studio owner to explain this a while back. It's buried somewhere deep in this thread or I'd quote it, but basically what it boils down to is that SM only pays affiliates for traffic when that traffic signs up to the site and spends, and even then they only pay the affiliate a percentage of what the guy spent in total out of the 65% SM keeps. We can objectively realize this must be true, because the way they pay affiliates for traffic is the same way they pay models who use their cammodels.com link--you get 20% of everything a customer spends on another girl and an extra 40% of whatever they spend on you directly. We're only paid for the traffic we drive if that traffic spends.
I know I'm not the vast majority of girls and I don't want to discount the fact that a lot of girls are struggling at all, because I'm not the vast majority and girls are struggling. However, I pulled my ass to the top of the SM rankings with a lot of hours and a lot of research into shows I could offer and I do still make very good money. I'd go as far as saying that I'm on top of my game at the moment. Yes, I'm making that super obnoxious 'just work your hustle, tweak it until it works' argument and I know it's frustrating to hear when you're struggling because I really have been there myself when I was coming up through the ranks over the course of my first year. That said, I've flipped off the 'sophomore slump' my second year and I'm coming to the start of my third with high hopes. I don't want to demean anyone's experiences, but I do want to offer you all reassurances and hope that it does get better.