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TracyBlade
06-07-2012, 06:11 AM
Could you keep it and just move down to the cheapest plan..... that could save you money.....

How would downgrading her net help her? Excuse me if I misread this

justanothercamgirl
06-07-2012, 06:53 AM
For those people who say that their placement isn't effect so far, it does say in the email they sent us:
"In the coming weeks, if these settings are not supported, your placement will be affected."

So, this isn't something that we are going to see effect us right away.

justanothercamgirl
06-07-2012, 06:55 AM
How would downgrading her net help her? Excuse me if I misread this

I am just as confused as you on this one!

Glasses
06-07-2012, 07:45 AM
How would downgrading her net help her? Excuse me if I misread this

You have contract with company A, and if you want to leave them that costs you hell a lot of money. But company B is around and they have better upload speed, you'd like to use that, but yea the contract with company A prevents you cause you don't want to pay the shitloads of money cause of breaking the contract. Nor do you want to pay for company A's best package and company B's better package at the same time just to avoid the big fee, cause it's also too expensieve.

So maybe you can switch to the cheapest package at company A, pay it, so you don't have to ditch them, and you can use company B's better packages. It might be cheaper than paying for totally breaking up with company A and then switch to company B.

At least that's what I think.

I don't live in Canada, but over here the suggestion above would be no optin. Here if you have a contract you can switch to more expensieve packages, but you cannot switch to the cheaper ones, except if you pay a lot for the switching...

TracyBlade
06-07-2012, 08:02 AM
You have contract with company A, and if you want to leave them that costs you hell a lot of money. But company B is around and they have better upload speed, you'd like to use that, but yea the contract with company A prevents you cause you don't want to pay the shitloads of money cause of breaking the contract. Nor do you want to pay for company A's best package and company B's better package at the same time just to avoid the big fee, cause it's also too expensieve.

So maybe you can switch to the cheapest package at company A, pay it, so you don't have to ditch them, and you can use company B's better packages. It might be cheaper than paying for totally breaking up with company A and then switch to company B.

At least that's what I think.

I don't live in Canada, but over here the suggestion above would be no optin. Here if you have a contract you can switch to more expensieve packages, but you cannot switch to the cheaper ones, except if you pay a lot for the switching...

So you'd pay for 2 internet packages??? Not cheaper by any means in the long run...at least I don't think so..lol.

Decalyn
06-07-2012, 09:14 AM
Welp, with the new settings my laptop blue screens. Every time. And the PC can't even open the right-click menu withing taking 5 minutes to do it.

I think I has a problem.

nemcis
06-07-2012, 09:21 AM
If you use IE as browser, try to switch to Google Chrome, which use much lesse memory.
Check your system, what kind of programs start at windows startup, minimize these to the ones you really need.
Shut down all IM's

then try again..... hope it helps.



Welp, with the new settings my laptop blue screens. Every time. And the PC can't even open the right-click menu withing taking 5 minutes to do it.

I think I has a problem.

Glasses
06-07-2012, 10:13 AM
So you'd pay for 2 internet packages??? Not cheaper by any means in the long run...at least I don't think so..lol.

It depends. I can only calculate with the prices which we have here. Like atm I pay 30 dollars for the best package. The worst would be 10 dollars. If I break the contract I have witht hem, I have to pay like 200+ dollars. If I can switch to the 10 dollar package, just to keep the contract alive for the 10 months left to avoid the 200+ dollar fee, that's definetly cheaper. 100 over 10 months vs 200+ right now. Yes I'd pay the 10 dollars extra for a service I don't use anymore but I could start using the better one right there and then + somewhat cheaper than totally breaking up with the old company.

Obviously terms and prices vary from place to place and company to company, but you can never know it is worth to look up some stuff and do some math. It might be possible to save some money and switch to the better package. Probably that's why it was suggested. It might work or might not.

TracyBlade
06-07-2012, 11:52 AM
Wow that internet is a LOT cheaper than what I'm paying lol.

Glasses
06-07-2012, 01:18 PM
Wow that internet is a LOT cheaper than what I'm paying lol.

Ya it's eastern eu. Actually it is somewhat cheaper than 30 dollars, it's around 27 but our currency is very weak now, so it runs at only 24ish now. It includes 80down 25 up, (I always get the 24-25 upload, download is around 50) and I have unlimited landline calls, and 50+ tv channels for this price. :P

Anyways, I will cam tonight on SM what do I do now? If I keep the old settings it won't work?

nemcis
06-07-2012, 02:03 PM
Anyways, I will cam tonight on SM what do I do now? If I keep the old settings it won't work?

Iworked with the new settings today, not problems, no lags and not diconnected

Glasses
06-07-2012, 02:17 PM
Iworked with the new settings today, not problems, no lags and not diconnected

I tried both but I see no difference. Except my CPU usage. I had sm, the encoder, my music, another website, and sometimes it hit the 70% now. Before it was 30ish at most.

Busygirl
06-07-2012, 02:44 PM
Guys are complaining of screen freezing with new settings.

tinydancer23
06-07-2012, 03:20 PM
either no one's online right now or the placement is really off, because the top few rows look like studio heaven right now. i'm trying out the new settings tomorrow...a bit nervous as i only have an i5 and 4mb upload, but whatever. i definitely agree with whoever said this seems like a ploy to get people to stop splitcamming.

Decalyn
06-07-2012, 07:58 PM
Absolutely no background processes running that aren't essential... I even shut down Avast to see if that helped. As for Chrome, that's usually the first advice I give anyone, but thanks for tryin'. :)

*facedesk*


If you use IE as browser, try to switch to Google Chrome, which use much lesse memory.
Check your system, what kind of programs start at windows startup, minimize these to the ones you really need.
Shut down all IM's

then try again..... hope it helps.

Busygirl
06-07-2012, 08:57 PM
I,m looking at cam feeds on str and almost all top models cams are freezing all the time, sound not in sync. It's not my connection. In this rythm they will be loosing out on members, not gaining more.

HaydenBlue
06-07-2012, 09:30 PM
I have an i3. Pffffft. My comp was running just fine on the old settings. Now these new settings have me fucked.

OJenni!
06-07-2012, 11:27 PM
You have contract with company A, and if you want to leave them that costs you hell a lot of money. But company B is around and they have better upload speed, you'd like to use that, but yea the contract with company A prevents you cause you don't want to pay the shitloads of money cause of breaking the contract. Nor do you want to pay for company A's best package and company B's better package at the same time just to avoid the big fee, cause it's also too expensieve.

So maybe you can switch to the cheapest package at company A, pay it, so you don't have to ditch them, and you can use company B's better packages. It might be cheaper than paying for totally breaking up with company A and then switch to company B.

At least that's what I think.

I don't live in Canada, but over here the suggestion above would be no optin. Here if you have a contract you can switch to more expensieve packages, but you cannot switch to the cheaper ones, except if you pay a lot for the switching...


This is what I am going to do by the end of this month. I called Bell today to set up internet. They are saying I owe them money and I told them exactly why I did not pay them, they had given me two separate accounts for the same service/bill and it was not made clear to me which account number to pay. I seriously hate dealing with Bell, but if I must I guess I will have to deal with them. Last year when I cancelled my internet I was told when cancelling just to pay it to my one bill account. So I paid my one bill account. I then got a bill for the internet in the mail with a different account number on it! So I called and asked to have the balance from my one bill moved over to this new account and was told "we can't do that". So my one bill sat with a credit balance on it, mean while this new account number they assigned had a balance owing of $375! It pissed me off so I did not pay it. Especially since I was told to pay the remainder owing to my one bill account and I did just that.

Cam_Model_Jess
06-08-2012, 05:23 AM
Ok, so I was right about experiencing issues in the future. I cannot keep my HD icon no matter what I do. I'll have it when I sign on then it will disappear and won't come back for 30 min or an hour. It's like I have to work the first hour for free because I have zero traffic. Seriously, I'm making like $5/hr.

I was watching others last night who were having the same issue. Some models' cams were freezing up to the point where they had to sign off. As far as I know, mine hasn't done that at all. But it might as well be because without HD I can't make money.

Decalyn
06-08-2012, 07:10 AM
It's looking like I'll have to suck it up and cam without the encoder and take the placement hit, unless they're upping the settings in the browser-based tool as well? Has anyone heard if they're doing that for this big "quality change"?

Decalyn
06-08-2012, 07:30 AM
Hate to double post, but has anyone else seen the massive influx of CUSTOMERS unable to view girls streaming in the new HD? It looks like not only are a lot of girls unable to stream with the settings, a lot of CUSTIES computers can't handle the streams of those who CAN manage to cam without a lagfest!

Unless they change their game up soon, I don't see SM gaining traffic at all from this....

If only PJ offered DP on more sites, I wouldn't be stuck with this nonsense.

kinkydirtybitch
06-08-2012, 10:47 AM
OMG I LOVE LOVE LOVE this damned encoder! I have NEVER been on the second row before now & my room has been INSANE (for me that means more than 1 in private lol!) & exclusive got so busy I eventually got round to emailing SM to nudge my prices a couple of bux (Ref: "don't be cheap" thread)

EVENTUALLY all the hard work, time, effort & of course money I put into my hardware, software & 2 x super fast internet connections is coming to fruition!

Oh and I'm NOT in a studio nor ever will be! *shudders*

For now. Till they change it. Then I return to obscurity of course....

LAChloe
06-08-2012, 11:04 AM
is anyone using an i5 with the new settings? if so, how is it working for them? i have 2 computers i cam from but i would prefer to use my i5 for sm

OJenni!
06-08-2012, 11:23 AM
is anyone using an i5 with the new settings? if so, how is it working for them? i have 2 computers i cam from but i would prefer to use my i5 for sm

on my i5 my CPU goes up to 50% using the new settings. Granted it is a laptop. On my i7 my CPU rarely goes over 10%. My i7 is a 27 inch iMac (desktop). Am I ever glad that I decided to go with this model when I bought this two weeks ago! I was considering the 21.5 i5 iMac solely for the cheaper price, but decided to go full Monty and go with the top of the line iMac. Paid nearly $2600 for it.

justanothercamgirl
06-08-2012, 12:15 PM
either no one's online right now or the placement is really off, because the top few rows look like studio heaven right now. i'm trying out the new settings tomorrow...a bit nervous as i only have an i5 and 4mb upload, but whatever. i definitely agree with whoever said this seems like a ploy to get people to stop splitcamming.

I noticed that when I logged on too! I was like, "Who are all these girls in the first 2 rows? I have never seen them before!!!"

justanothercamgirl
06-08-2012, 12:17 PM
I had to go back to the old settings. My internet just can't do what Streamate is asking me and there is shit fuck all I can do about it.

If you need me, I will be kicking things in the corner.

DiamondCupcakes
06-08-2012, 12:39 PM
That's not fair =( A lot of girls are going t be left behind with this stupid upgrade that otherwise have great camming shows. They are asking us to have ridiculous internet speeds and equipment. What happened to camming because it made life easier? I am going to end up having the same internet and computer as my hacker friend just to cam lol. Kinda insane.

kinkydirtybitch
06-08-2012, 12:51 PM
I only STARTED spllitcamming (to get my username & a pretty UK flag!) when I switched the encoder settings & didn't affect anything

That's good, right?!

bigbootyjudy1
06-08-2012, 01:47 PM
OMG ,I wanted to break my computer a few times today.All i kept getting was complaint about me being laggy.AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh!!!!!!!!!!! I'm a pissed webcam model that want to go strangle Streamates neck for this new update bullshit they got us going through.

DiamondCupcakes
06-08-2012, 01:52 PM
I agree. Last night some guys saw me great while other kept getting kicked out of exclusive an private. And I know they weren't dicking me around because it happened to multiple guys. Sigh......

JuliAnne333
06-08-2012, 02:44 PM
Are you guys using the 3.2 or newer encoder? I am still on the 3.1 encoder since they advised us a few months ago to switch back ( for what reason, I cannot remember ) and I changed the settings and no one has said I am lagging? I also do NOT have an i7 computer, heck, I think this one is just a dual core with 6gb of ram. It's also not an Intel, it is an Athlon processor. Now, I do have great upload, close to 7, so I am ok there. Guess I have to start saving pennies for an i7 if I get lost in the shuffle when they change over. I am usually on the front page, but in the middle or near the bottom.

Trix66
06-08-2012, 02:54 PM
Hi all! Been awhile since I've posted, because I thought I should focus more on working than talking about it, but this thread has me baffled.

The new settings are working fine for me on my i3 machine with 6G of RAM, and my 2M upload speed.

I can tell the framerate upgrade is working by looking at my ass when I slap it, or my hand when I, ahem, move it quickly.

Still though, I know that lots of times I don't load right for people because I see them log on and off really quick, and that pisses me off more than anything because I don't even have an opportunity to reel them in.

LAChloe
06-08-2012, 03:15 PM
Can someone who has a computer that is working well with the new changes screenshot there settings? Thank you, bb!

DiamondCupcakes
06-08-2012, 04:16 PM
I am starting to have the issue again where I stream yet I am not visible to anyone. I dont how up on any page and the only way to find me is if I am favorited or you know my link. Even with the old settings this issue has been plaguing me an now my placemen is suffering because I have an empty room most of the time. My upload speeds today were between 4-6mbps so I don't think its my internet and both my laptops are less than a year old.

Smurfette
06-08-2012, 04:29 PM
I just worked for an hour with the new settings and everything seemed to work fine, except my stream still looks shitty and washed out. I have no idea why. BUT no one complained and it was busier than usual for me, so uh... yay? I guess? I dunno, this whole thing is super confusing to me.

red_diamond
06-08-2012, 06:46 PM
So far touch wood I've had no problems however my friends cam is now slightly fuzzy with the new settings

neliana
06-08-2012, 07:14 PM
The new encoder setting dont work at all for me, my cam freezes and goes insanely slow. Switched back to the old settings..I don't know what to do I guess upgrade internet/computer when I can afford it? I love SM but this encoder BS is making me go crazy!

OJenni!
06-08-2012, 09:01 PM
They work beautifully for me now. I found out that if I adjust my audio settings to MP3, 22050, 32 it sounds good too. Apple girls-do not adjust audio to AAC like streamate suggests.

Although I really wish SM would quit using Adobe encoder and instead go with wirecast or procaster.

Glasses
06-08-2012, 09:07 PM
I do not mind the new upgraded settings if it's about my pc and my internet. My internet is great, and thinking about it, I already wanted to upgrade my pc, I just delayed it, but now I can enjoy my game on bestest best settings sooner, cause work purpose is more motivating.

From my point of view the only problem I see, is the guys' end. I understand that some of these guys probably watch us on huge flat screen TVs and use high-end reciever for the sound, but hell what about the rest? Probably the majority? The average dudes, the ones who are not tech-experts.. I already had guys complaining about me being choppy, or huge delay and stuff while the rest of my room was fine, and i saw myself on my cammodels link and there was no problem. It was on their end with the old settings already. The new ones are just crazy, how will they recieve it? Will it weed out the average guys from my chat, and keep the ones with big money and great equipment AND (and probably more of these) the basment-dweller gaming idiots without a dollard to spend? Or these settings only require US to have great pc's, they can recieve everything fine with average/out-dated ones?

trinabanks
06-08-2012, 11:32 PM
been horrible, worse than before, called liz directly she told me we need to have an i7 processor to be able to support the new settings. if we cannot support the new settings we will not be on the front page. it will go into full effect in about 3 weeks. i looked up the chip for the i7 processor and it runs 400 bucks....new laptops with them range from 1500-2500....oy vay!

OJenni!
06-08-2012, 11:54 PM
been horrible, worse than before, called liz directly she told me we need to have an i7 processor to be able to support the new settings. if we cannot support the new settings we will not be on the front page. it will go into full effect in about 3 weeks. i looked up the chip for the i7 processor and it runs 400 bucks....new laptops with them range from 1500-2500....oy vay!

And in most cases it's not just as simple as swapping the chip, rather replacing the motherboard and power source. And at that point you may as well buy a whole new computer!

I am certainly glad now that I bought this new computer 2 weeks ago.

nemcis
06-09-2012, 12:00 AM
They come cheaper too, start of march I bought this one, it works fine with the new settings

http://www.bol.com/nl/p/hp-pavilion-g7-1390ed-i5-2450m-2-5-ghz-6gb-ddr3-ram-500gb-hdd-17-3-inch-qwerty/9000000012001877/


been horrible, worse than before, called liz directly she told me we need to have an i7 processor to be able to support the new settings. if we cannot support the new settings we will not be on the front page. it will go into full effect in about 3 weeks. i looked up the chip for the i7 processor and it runs 400 bucks....new laptops with them range from 1500-2500....oy vay!

HaydenBlue
06-09-2012, 12:10 AM
been horrible, worse than before, called liz directly she told me we need to have an i7 processor to be able to support the new settings. if we cannot support the new settings we will not be on the front page. it will go into full effect in about 3 weeks. i looked up the chip for the i7 processor and it runs 400 bucks....new laptops with them range from 1500-2500....oy vay!

Seriously? Fuck them.

I was doing just fine. Middle/mid-bottom of the first page. I have a SonyVaio i3.

Now I'm on like fucking page 3! I am so pissed off.

I shouldn't have to be spending $2k on a brand new computer!

/rant

LAChloe
06-09-2012, 12:24 AM
I wish the almighty Liz or Shawn would come over here and explain wtf is going on.

Here is the thing- one of these days someone is going to create a better site with better traffic than sm...and everyone is going to jump ship bc sm treated us like a bunch of 3rd rate citizens.

Fuck SM

HaydenBlue
06-09-2012, 12:44 AM
So now the rat race is who can spend the most money?

Who has the best internet. The fastest computer. Can be at the top? It doesn't matter that I religiously logged on for months to get from page 3 to page 1?

Blahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Ok I will go cry in my cheerios now! :)



EDIT: My dumb self had a setting wrong so I'm back to where I should be for now. I guess if I "NEED" a i7 once the new settings are set in stone I'll need to get another laptop. Sighhhh.

Decalyn
06-09-2012, 12:40 PM
I don't know what changed, but I was able to stream yesterday on the lappy without it blue screening.

Those of you who think your stream is fine and the guys are still complaining, it's likely on their end. Most of the average patrons just dont have the right computers to stream HD video.

SM's response on twitter was something along the lines of


"Sports fans will dish out for HD receivers and HD TVs so that they can watch sports in HD. Our customers will do the same."

It's not the exact wording, but that's the way they said it. I call bull shit.

(Also, it's a NIGHTMARE to sort through all the senseless retweets on SM's twitter feed. A NIGHTMARE!)

Missymissdemeanour
06-09-2012, 12:57 PM
I changed over on the day I recieved my email, everything seemed to be ok, didn't notice any real difference in placement or traffic so just got on with it. However the last couple of days we have been losing out internet connection, 5-6 times an hour, every hour. We thought it was a prob with our cable, ripped up the carpet, tested all our sockets etc etc, all to no avail and were on the verge of buying some brand new cable just in case, then I started reading through this thread and oh dear, checked my email again for the date I changed and it now seems a heck of a coincidence that my probs started at appx the same time :-\ . So today I used the suggestions offered in the 2nd email and guess what? Virtually back to normal, although we did lose connection briefly, once in the 4 hours I was camming. So it looks like the new settings are out of reach for me as I am in the UK and I do split with 3 sites.

I have to say that if BritishBecky is right in regards to splitting, then I find that extremely arrogant of SM. I assume they think that anyone no longer able to split will drop the other sites in their favour! Well I for one would be dropping SM like a hot brick in favour of my other sites, so SM will lose out on my money. If SM were still bringing in the decent PAYING traffic they used to before fucking around with it, maybe, just maybe I would change my mind, but for now I will do as I dam well please and to hell with the new settings!

To me, this just sounds like another way to prevent girls from Splitcamming. Before, we managed to get computers and internet powerful enough to run the stupid encoder AND a less demanding site, and now they are saying we have to put it on settings so high that there will be no computer power / internet speed left over to splitcam :(

UK internet (unless right in the centre of a big city) is NEVER going to run the new settings. I'm already on the top 'pro' package in my (city centre) area and I get upload of 1.5!

Glasses
06-09-2012, 01:04 PM
@Decalyn I call bullshit too.

They are out of their mind.

The two things are totally different. It's like Channel1 offers programs that are unwatchable on the old TV. Channel2 meanwhile offers the same type of entertainment, plus you can enjoy it on your old tv. Will you buy a new tv? Or will you switch channels?

...

sweetheather
06-09-2012, 01:09 PM
Seeing as how I plan of quitting camming by the end of the year, if SM makes it impossible for my laptop to stream I'll just leave. I'm not shelling out cash for a site that treats us like shit.

trinabanks
06-09-2012, 01:35 PM
i feel like this is a ploy to get who THEY want to be on the front page...pornstars and their personally owned studios......theyre the only ones that have the extra 2K floating around...its BS...meanwhile all of us who log on religiously get the shaft!