View Full Version : STREAMATE - Venting, Complaining, Discussing site issues
Selenasecret
11-04-2016, 05:41 AM
Just another insane upgrade to a site that I just leave open on a tab.
DeepThoughts
11-04-2016, 05:51 AM
^^ All you can do is eliminate one word at a time and then press start and hope that eventually you figure it out. This is how I found high wasnt allowed. So stupid!
Selenasecret
11-04-2016, 05:52 AM
Or publish a list of words that cannot be used in a topic or title madness
harleyrey
11-04-2016, 06:58 AM
So how the hell do you get viewers? I had a few gets pop in and out and that's it. It says no nudity but there was a couple doing anal in the free chat. I had boobies out at one point, we did some dancing and such... How do you attract viewers? My self esteem is taking a nose dive :( I've done 8 shows with about $5 to show for it
Sally Says
11-04-2016, 07:14 AM
what are your rates if you are getting $5 for 8 shows? you should charge for flashes in free chat, if you give it away for free then the beggars will sniff you out and wont leave you alone
Selenasecret
11-04-2016, 07:14 AM
Tease and talk
xxtinamariexx
11-04-2016, 07:28 AM
Do you guys think that the new layout is more mobile friendly???
DeepThoughts
11-04-2016, 07:47 AM
So how the hell do you get viewers? I had a few gets pop in and out and that's it. It says no nudity but there was a couple doing anal in the free chat. I had boobies out at one point, we did some dancing and such... How do you attract viewers? My self esteem is taking a nose dive :( I've done 8 shows with about $5 to show for it
As Sally said I think you need to be putting your rates up.
I totally get how hard it is on self esteem. Its been so fucking slow for me here at the top and I keep thinking, is this it? Im too old now, no one wants me? But you got to hang in there I really suspect that the slow traffic is a lot due to the site and not to us as individuals. I keep having little tech issues. Its just like before when they made big changes to the site and I think glitches are keeping guys away or from being able to log on.
As soon as you catch yourself thinking its your fault stop those thoughts and tell yourself good things instead. Remember that on SM your whole day can be made with just one or two clients so hang in there to increase your chances of being there when those guys come by.
I also like to take breaks. If its slow and guys wont tip or take you to a show then leave for a while and come back. Make them miss you a little.
DeepThoughts
11-04-2016, 07:51 AM
I just clicked on my own room to check my stream and its all in that new layout! I also clicked on some other girls rooms and they had the new layout as well! Problem is the feeds are all super blurry! Is anyone else seeing this?
livroyale
11-04-2016, 08:16 AM
I just clicked on my own room to check my stream and its all in that new layout! I also clicked on some other girls rooms and they had the new layout as well! Problem is the feeds are all super blurry! Is anyone else seeing this?
Definitely seeing the blur in the new layout. And dammit, my stream used to look so fucking crisp!
I just checked some rooms real quick and I'm getting cams freezing up on me. On the top to first few rows. Not cool. Also some sound not synced.
ShadyPinesMa
11-04-2016, 09:10 AM
Anyone else get this while trying to setup a gold show tonight? Have you ever seen it before tonight? I haven't.
"There are one or more reasons the topic is not acceptable. Please try changing it and submit again."
Looks like one person posted in the regular Streamate Thread about this, but since this thread is more ongoing about specific problems and new layout complaints, I'm going to post my specifics here.
I tried three gold show descriptions (two of which I've used many times before), and they all gave me this bullshit "not acceptable" flag.
"How about some spankings and an orgasm to start off my night?"
"I need to fill my orgasm quota for the night -- be a gent and help a lady out?"
"Wanna join me while I get myself off?"
What the hell could be wrong with any of those. I sent screencap attachments to support and also tweeted both SM pages. I hope to get some answers. It really threw me off my gold show game to have to come up with a new topic after these didn't work.
Also, this week has been one of my slowest since I start camming in mid-2014. I've worked almost 20 hours this week and I barely have anything to show for it.
I got this same warning yesterday and I've been rotating the same few topics for my gold shows for 2+years.
It took taking the word "tight" out of mine for it to go through. It IS the first word I tried to remove though, so it's either just a glitch and we're getting the warnings for no reason, or the word "tight" is flagged all of a sudden.
drearea
11-04-2016, 09:54 AM
what are your rates if you are getting $5 for 8 shows? you should charge for flashes in free chat, if you give it away for free then the beggars will sniff you out and wont leave you alone
This is important as fuck. The minimum I get is $1.5 ($5 a minute minus streamate and daily pay's cuts) for the shortest show ever, 8 of the shortest show one can possibly pay for with me would get me $12. We cannot charge <$2 a minute and feel like we're making decent money. You would have to do 20 mins of shows to get paid what I would get paid in less than 8mins . Even an hour in private at those rates doesn't get you $40. I've worked shifts at warehouses that paid me more than that. If I'm doing work I want to be paid a decent amount.
I'd rather spend 50%+ time in free chat (I'd make $45 in private for 30 mins) than spend 100% of my time in paid chat and making under $40 in one hour.
DeepThoughts
11-04-2016, 10:06 AM
Okay so now when I check the streamate home page nobody is showing. Its just a white screen where all the different cam girl should be listed.
Anyone else from Europe seeing this?
^^^ Looks OK to me and i still see the old interface....
DeepThoughts
11-04-2016, 10:19 AM
^^Okay I see it in Chrome but not in Chrome gold. So weird!
harleyrey
11-04-2016, 11:25 AM
That totally makes sense when you break it down like that. I was going cheap since I was new but you're right, I'mroipping myself off. Off to change it!
Sally Says
11-04-2016, 11:35 AM
Make it as high as you can, if it's low people assume you must be crap. Cheap prices attract cheap people. There is only one you and if men want the luxury of your time they must pay you
jezzy
11-04-2016, 11:51 AM
This version of the SMBroadcast really sucks. The problem is that it is calibrating while I am streaming going down to 160X90. I am using a Bcc950 conference cam and the highest speed Xfinity has. I really hate this thing.>:(
drearea
11-04-2016, 11:55 AM
Make it as high as you can, if it's low people assume you must be crap. Cheap prices attract cheap people. There is only one you and if men want the luxury of your time they must pay you
I'm a luxury girl in a cheap room so I'm currently charging 4.99/7.49 but the minute I paint my walls and remove the junk from my room those prices are going up by a few dollars a minute. Not too long ago I saw some posts by me from a few years back, I was charging 2.99 and 3.99. Boo! I'll never go under 4.99 unless I have no upload speed and it looks like a 1998 webcam show lol
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
11-04-2016, 12:13 PM
I'm a luxury girl in a cheap room so I'm currently charging 4.99/7.49 but the minute I paint my walls and remove the junk from my room those prices are going up by a few dollars a minute. Not too long ago I saw some posts by me from a few years back, I was charging 2.99 and 3.99. Boo! I'll never go under 4.99 unless I have no upload speed and it looks like a 1998 webcam show lol
During my internet issues i was charging 3.99. I put my prices back up as soon as I got my internet speeds back up.
Horny
11-04-2016, 12:19 PM
I'm $5.99 and $7.99 and have only had a couple of people ever complain about it and they got blocked. This week has been a bit harder going than normal but today things picked up a bit. I think its like everything sometimes people are spending sometimes not but if you can stay on it normally works out in the end ofr me just take a bit longer.
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
11-04-2016, 12:21 PM
So how the hell do you get viewers? I had a few gets pop in and out and that's it. It says no nudity but there was a couple doing anal in the free chat. I had boobies out at one point, we did some dancing and such... How do you attract viewers? My self esteem is taking a nose dive :( I've done 8 shows with about $5 to show for it
Stop watching what other people are doing in other rooms. Seriously it will fuck your head up. Now if you have a favorite cammer that you like learning from then this is okay. But keep in mind that she's been at it for awhile and success will vary. You have to learn the art of teasing and not showing how much you care. If these fuckers sense an ounce of apprehension or self doubt they won't give you any money.
imelly21
11-04-2016, 12:58 PM
If these fuckers sense an ounce of apprehension or self doubt they won't give you any money.
This is the best advice ever!
Erika_Xstacy
11-04-2016, 01:28 PM
I was having bit rate issues.
pc running at 100% about to blow up picture was so unfocused
please make sure you unchecked "aut anything bc it wil funk ur streamup" in webcam am setting .
Unchecked it and fixed it and went down to 30% 30fps
imelly21
11-04-2016, 01:38 PM
so if rank on homepage is based on money made + time online, how come certain models who only show up once in a while, and not in the porn star category, get high placement..
Selenasecret
11-04-2016, 01:51 PM
I was having bit rate issues.
pc running at 100% about to blow up picture was so unfocused
please make sure you unchecked "aut anything bc it wil funk ur streamup" in webcam am setting .
Unchecked it and fixed it and went down to 30% 30fps
Yep thats all the issues that hubbie has seen on the last few fixes. Every check box on auto. You should get away with right sound. Gain and white balance. And not have issued. Auto focus right light are big no nos.
The real rtt time can be found if you bring up. Cmd. Type ping streamatemodels.com. Anything under 200 for UK and under 100 for USA is fine. It tells you after the 4 tests the min max and average in milliseconds.
The console on Streamate alot of girls obsess over doesnt give you correct information. Your uploading 2100kbps 2mbps. Or 0.25mb per second.
Dont start thinking just because I got an i7 thats it should be flawless. The common i7 cpu seen has been a 2.6ghz that turbos to 3.1ghz even they can get bogged down with auto settings. Get thay webcam set upbas manually as possible and that core2 quad 2.6ghz will run just fine. Just a higher cpu %
As long as your pc has run within 70% you should be fine.
Erika_Xstacy
11-04-2016, 01:52 PM
so if rank on homepage is based on money made + time online, how come certain models who only show up once in a while, and not in the porn star category, get high placement..
welcome to streamate :D
There is no answer. There are conspiracy theories that exist but all denied
Selenasecret
11-04-2016, 01:54 PM
^^^
Lol isnt it just.
Its like the stig from topgear. Some say...
Erika_Xstacy
11-04-2016, 01:55 PM
Yep thats all the issues that hubbie has seen on the last few fixes. Every check box on auto. You should get away with right sound. Gain and white balance. And not have issued. Auto focus right light are big no nos.
The real rtt time can be found if you bring up. Cmd. Type ping streamatemodels.com. Anything under 200 for UK and under 100 for USA is fine. It tells you after the 4 tests the min max and average in milliseconds.
The console on Streamate alot of girls obsess over doesnt give you correct information. Your uploading 2100kbps 2mbps. Or 0.25mb per second.
Dont start thinking just because I got an i7 thats it should be flawless. The common i7 cpu seen has been a 2.6ghz that turbos to 3.1ghz even they can get bogged down with auto settings. Get thay webcam set upbas manually as possible and that core2 quad 2.6ghz will run just fine. Just a higher cpu %
As long as your pc has run within 70% you should be fine.
I run a 3 year old i7, shes wonderful never over 35% I know something is off if it goes over 40 but this time it was shooting to 100 :(
I cant run streamate on my newer one :( I max out at 100% no matter what I do and it doesnt calibrate right. Its a nice little pc but not for sm. I picked it up at a pawn shop so who knows.
Selenasecret
11-04-2016, 02:01 PM
I run a 3 year old i7, shes wonderful never over 35% I know something is off if it goes over 40 but this time it was shooting to 100 :(
I cant run streamate on my newer one :( I max out at 100% no matter what I do and it doesnt calibrate right. Its a nice little pc but not for sm. I picked it up at a pawn shop so who knows.
Video edit pc then. Always good to have more than 1. :-)
If no matter what you do the cpu is just stuck at 100% have a look at the flme. as its easier to see what the pc is doing while streaming than the smb.
Open task manager and look to see what is taking up the most resource. A few had a broken windows update module on Windows 10. You find that in the local host process. Always update and antivirus scan your pc before you stream. And never never ever turn off your firewall.
laurielegs
11-04-2016, 02:34 PM
Omg what are they doing with the site? I went in to check before I get online to decide what site to work first today and they took away the ability to resize the windows and the chat screen is a tiny box on the right now.
Then thought I'd try another browser and I took a peek to see and video won't even load. edited to add.. working again but not sure I like the new look.
There is an interesting feature I see though, looks like you can click the little squares at the top of the video stream and the cam feed opens in a new window that you can drag anywhere on your screen. (Maybe it was there before? but looks new to me) - also it only appears in HD rooms it seems.
JaneBurgess
11-04-2016, 03:10 PM
I didnt realize that to use the SM Broadcaster we have to switch to Broadcaster on Quality too. I've had it on Encoder the whole time. I wonder if thats why I had some issues.
Selenasecret
11-04-2016, 03:22 PM
If it was still connecting then should make no real difference as its all a rmtp server. Manycams has its own one built in. Linux has one. The list of things that you can use might shock you on how many there are.
Smb is basically a flme with a auto calibrate function. Osb is a fav of twitch streamers
JaneBurgess
11-04-2016, 04:54 PM
If it was still connecting then should make no real difference as its all a rmtp server. Manycams has its own one built in. Linux has one. The list of things that you can use might shock you on how many there are.
Smb is basically a flme with a auto calibrate function. Osb is a fav of twitch streamers
Perhaps. However when I tested it I was higher on the first page and had more traffic. I'll make sure its on the Broadcaster and see how it goes.
seicento
11-04-2016, 05:34 PM
Did any of you ask Liz or anyone about the stream quality on the new layout?
I don't email support cuz they will probably tell me to get an i7 and my customers to contact them, useless.
All the streams are awful and I had two regulars leaving without buying a show because like one of them said, he cant even see my nipples thru that video.
It's so annoying to spend 2 hours getting ready and get online to no traffic and no shows. I hope this will be sorted this weekend, they are messing with our $$$.
Chellyinparadise
11-04-2016, 05:46 PM
My cam is pixelating on my end and the guys are saying the same thing, ive tried logging in and out numerous times checked everything on my end and it is awful right now. Hope this clears up
edit to add it is looking better now and seems to be ok for the time being.
Selenasecret
11-04-2016, 06:23 PM
Perhaps. However when I tested it I was higher on the first page and had more traffic. I'll make sure its on the Broadcaster and see how it goes.
Yeah thats because on the other setting the smbroadcast it knows exactly which one you were using. The external could be anything. I does hint at thats how they know if your using smb rather than flme rather than the actual software telling them that. Hmmm.
Sally Says
11-04-2016, 06:58 PM
Does anyone else still not see anything different? I have no idea what this new layout looks like. I've just watched cams
For a bit and seen so many rules violations! Oh and I totally have a new crush too haha
Blovely
11-04-2016, 07:01 PM
Does anyone else still not see anything different? I have no idea what this new layout looks like. I've just watched cams
For a bit and seen so many rules violations! Oh and I totally have a new crush too haha
Same here. I still see the old layout but I have noticed that the streams look alot clearer. The quality actually looks really amazing. There doesn't seem to be any issues with streams either like lagging, audio fade in and out, pixeling or getting a red or green screen.
drearea
11-04-2016, 09:25 PM
Fuckin support took me thru 800 steps to get my ranking page to show that I have audio. Then today they say "this is a known issue, we're working on it" like??? Why have me blast music while I broadcast if you know your shit just doesn't work?
EDIT to add more bitching
So I'm having major issues, on chrome sm just doesn't work right. On firefox I have an almost 10 second delay. What the actual fuckkkkkkk. I'm feeling so dramatic about this.
DeepThoughts
11-05-2016, 02:05 AM
so if rank on homepage is based on money made + time online, how come certain models who only show up once in a while, and not in the porn star category, get high placement..
Its cause we regularly give the owner of SM really really good head and we dont even insist he wash his cock first.
Now you know.
heyho
11-05-2016, 03:46 AM
Its cause we regularly give the owner of SM really really good head and we dont even insist he wash his cock first.
Now you know.
LOL!
I have a feeling that money made per hour is the big factor. The less time you spend taking up their streaming resources while making them lots of profit, the happier they are.
I have mental issues that make me the least reliable cammer ever and my camming hours are consistently rated "poor". Like 5 hours a week kind of shit. Sometimes I don't cam for 3 weeks and my placement drops to like 3rd page when I next get online. Then I proceed to make $250 in 2 hours, and suddenly swoooooop I'm in the first row for my category. Witchcraft?!
DeepThoughts
11-05-2016, 04:10 AM
My clients are complaining that they cant find the icon to stream their webcams in prvt. or excl. Does anyone with a client account know where it is on the new layout of is it just glitched out?
DancesWithSloths
11-05-2016, 05:35 AM
I have mental issues that make me the least reliable cammer ever and my camming hours are consistently rated "poor". Like 5 hours a week kind of shit. Sometimes I don't cam for 3 weeks and my placement drops to like 3rd page when I next get online. Then I proceed to make $250 in 2 hours, and suddenly swoooooop I'm in the first row for my category. Witchcraft?!
Yeah, that's consistent with my experience. I'm focusing on clips and indy at the moment, but my European placement hasn't slid much, even though I did something like 7 hrs total on SM in the last month. In those hours I had pre-arranged shows with regs, so the % in paid is really high, and income per hour is decent, so I'm still bobbing around the same spot.
There's a girl in my category who hasn't logged in since June, and is still pretty high up.
PSA Disclaimer: don't take this as a reason not to log on and do your hours, unless you're doing them somewhere else. Do your hours, on whatever site you're doing them.
xxtinamariexx
11-05-2016, 05:57 AM
my clients cant find the c2c or the phone option on the new layout. .why can't they give a tutorial or something so they know or so we know and can tell them? I couldn't tell them because I have no idea
xoprincessremy
11-05-2016, 07:13 AM
had a 15 min block session. customer left after [edited]. I did not receive the full amount.
Has this happened to anyone else?
you're supposed to receive full payment after a certain amount of time...
AnotherLily
11-05-2016, 07:17 AM
^ sent you a pm
Glamourmilf
11-05-2016, 07:25 AM
For those that make$800- $1000 on SM...how many hours does it take usually to get there? Average.
*I know it's subjective, in a way)
You can pm me if u want.
I'm going to have to just cam one site for a while (due to internet use restrictions) , and have to make each hour count.
I have to drop token sites, because it takes too many hours.
Thanks in advance.
heyho
11-05-2016, 07:37 AM
^^for $1000 in a week I'd say 20-25 hours.