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Snowy0Star
04-04-2017, 07:59 PM
I'm having problems connecting getting a "systems error" anyone else having problems??

i cant stream right now. when i try and use the SMB it wont make me live and i dont show up on the listings use tried to log on using OBS and when i hit show i dont get the codes . my FPS was bipolar so i shut it down to try and restream and thats when i started having the issues above . restarted my computer a few times too and its not helping so its on SMs end

h0ttie
04-04-2017, 08:00 PM
47821

Looks like a whole bunch of us can't log in

yeah i just checked and it was down to 50, i had barely anyone come in my room for 40 minutes, so bad that i logged off to make a members account so i could see if my placement was way messed up or something...kinda relieved its not me....

sexyadrienne
04-04-2017, 08:03 PM
The whole site is having issues! I looked at the site via my phone and laptop and a lot of girls are offline - WHAT THE EFF!

sexyadrienne
04-04-2017, 08:04 PM
47821

Looks like a whole bunch of us can't log in. The number hardly ever dips below 1000 normally.

EDIT; Omg only 30+ models online now. They must be having mad awesome traffic at least!

I have never tried so hard to get my ass up on cam until now. I'm hitting the refresh button like a psycho right now! I WANT SOME MONEY!

Snowy0Star
04-04-2017, 08:05 PM
high 300s now gonna try and get on

Im live now so try and hop on and get that green girls

sexyadrienne
04-04-2017, 08:25 PM
For every glitch that SM has, they need to increase payout by 5%. I'm nearing 100% payout now.

Also . . . 80's video game. Bah. SMH.

47822

sweetandnaughty
04-04-2017, 08:28 PM
i keep getting my show just stopping and not connecting...something is fucked up on SM tonight

h0ttie
04-04-2017, 08:28 PM
Wow the count went back up to 1200 so I assumed it was working again, I successfully logged back on and for 6 minutes not one user came in my room, I logged off and checked and the count is plummeting again.

same....and it still shows me online now even though i definitely not...

Snowy0Star
04-04-2017, 08:32 PM
Wow the count went back up to 1200 so I assumed it was working again, I successfully logged back on and for 6 minutes not one user came in my room, I logged off and checked and the count is plummeting again.

yeah i got back in had a little wave then crickets so i assumed it was still glitch-tastical so i logged off again. gonna give it a bit and see whats up

Snowy0Star
04-04-2017, 09:20 PM
looks like things are going well for most girls about 1500 on now but my FPS is still bi-polar so i dunno.

does anyone have a fix for that ? or is the only thing to do is just to keep restarting it and hope it puts me in a good server ?

heyho
04-04-2017, 09:36 PM
^I've been back on but it's not just us, custies are having issues on their end too. Ending pvts with "user connection issue", etc. It's frickin SM.

Snowy0Star
04-04-2017, 09:44 PM
^I've been back on but it's not just us, custies are having issues on their end too. Ending pvts with "user connection issue", etc. It's frickin SM.

o so tonight is just fucked whatever then im out sigh ... at this rate im not getting my tattoo next week unless hes ok with just doing the lines witch is about all i can probably take in one sitting anyway but thats another story .

Sunnylexie
04-04-2017, 10:32 PM
Hey guys is there any point in getting online today? I'm expecting the repairsman so could take a day off, but the previous two days sucked so much making even a few extra bucks would be good.

bigbootyjudy1
04-04-2017, 10:41 PM
Hey guys is there any point in getting online today? I'm expecting the repairsman so could take a day off, but the previous two days sucked so much making even a few extra bucks would be good.

Yes get on.Some money is better then no money.

Blovely
04-04-2017, 10:59 PM
Totally random but I like that lip color.

For every glitch that SM has, they need to increase payout by 5%. I'm nearing 100% payout now.

Also . . . 80's video game. Bah. SMH.

47822

h0ttie
04-04-2017, 11:10 PM
oh wow....i was sitting in my own room with my members account to see if i was lagging, and it had a "user connection issue" and got kicked. i know my internet and stuff is fine because the encoder is still going, no lowered bitrate or anything.

so weird i wonder what causes that now, i always figured it was guys with shitty internet.

SexxiLexxi
04-05-2017, 04:44 AM
From what I have read here, it really seems like SM needs to beef up their servers & bandwidth. With them getting 65% cut, they should by far be able to do this without an issue. I've had 1 instance of an issue just a few days ago or so where the customer wasn't able to hear me out of no where....Audio was working great the entire time. I rebooted my computer & restarted - same issue. I changed to another browser - same issue. It took about 10 minutes of doing all that multiple times to finally have the audio back. This did NOT seem like it was on my end by no means.

This seriously makes me think about looking at the pros & cons of starting a pay per minute site just because of the technology aspect in which I have almost a decade of experience in with my vanilla business alone. One thing I have totally learned in all these years is to listen to customers & respect your customers as they are literally the "bread & butter" of your business. When you do that, the art of word of mouth advertising is the best marketing strategy ever and it's free which means more profits in the end.

Sorry totally off topic...But these issues have got to become less of an occurrence.

maddiebabe
04-05-2017, 07:39 AM
I am having the fps issue again ugh but at least I am able to even stream- reading some of this recent stuff.. yuck

i also feel like this site has been booting ppl off my room for ages due to "user connection issue" come off that shit these fuckers clearly wanna pay me fuck u sm

Snowy0Star
04-05-2017, 09:15 AM
so it looks like because i was trying to work and get my FPS stable last night ive droped all the way to the middle of page 3 when i should be on the bottom on page 1. ive only made 50 this week so far when two weeks i was making 70-120 a day. i cant afford to not use SM but i might have to start doing phone sex on cam again.

anonymous camgirl
04-05-2017, 09:22 AM
Sorry but SMB is still not as good as FMLE.. I have tried out both.. much prefer FMLE.. much clearer and pristine no issues.


For every glitch that SM has, they need to increase payout by 5%. I'm nearing 100% payout now.

Also . . . 80's video game. Bah. SMH.

47822

Ginnyyy
04-05-2017, 09:59 AM
With them getting 65% cut, they should by far be able to do this without an issue.

Even 70% (my case)

JamaicanAliesha
04-05-2017, 11:40 AM
Hmm I don't like working between the hours of 12pm - 5 pm on SM. Too much foolishness lol. I find early morning and night/late night is when I make money.

I think I might just have a cam schedule like my night shift stripper schedule was. Just stay up all night and cam and go to sleep once the spenders go to work.

Snowy0Star
04-05-2017, 11:51 AM
Hmm I don't like working between the hours of 12pm - 5 pm on SM. Too much foolishness lol. I find early morning and night/late night is when I make money.

I think I might just have a cam schedule like my night shift stripper schedule was. Just stay up all night and cam and go to sleep once the spenders go to work.

what time zone u in ? im in Cali

Snowy0Star
04-05-2017, 05:42 PM
is anyone else having a really shitty week? like it was bad for a lot of ppl last week i know im just wondering if things are seeming back to normal for most ppl? im used to making about 100 a day and so far ive only made 80 this week. Hardley any traffic and ppl just keep leaving while im in the middle of talking to them . and i aparently just spent an hour with my room not loading it was just black ppl kept leaving faster then i could finsih saying hi to them so i looked at my feed and my cam box was just black and not loading my webcam at all .

my camera keeps freezing then going black anyone else having this happen

JamaicanAliesha
04-05-2017, 08:01 PM
what time zone u in ? im in Cali

I am in Massachusetts, EST time zone.

breadandbutter
04-05-2017, 09:07 PM
Acting up for me, too. It's been working on and off today. Now it's just not loading properly for some reason when I try to broadcast...

JoyKitten
04-05-2017, 09:33 PM
Aliesha, You're in Eastern time zone, so I'd think you might be able to pick-up some after-work nutting (hee-hee!) from 4pm-7pm ET. And that goes for other models who adjust their times to ET. Personally, I think that most of SM's business is based in the Eastern USA. But maybe you don't find that to be true.

Of course international time zones, like London UK, Australia or other English speaking countries can keep models busy all day long, but to me the USA ET zone is the one I bank my work schedule on.

But in general, I agree that no matter what time zone you're working in, morning wood, or evening 'getting ready for bed' are definitely better times for East coast models to have some success.

Blovely
04-06-2017, 02:49 AM
From what I have read here, it really seems like SM needs to beef up their servers & bandwidth. With them getting 65% cut, they should by far be able to do this without an issue. I've had 1 instance of an issue just a few days ago or so where the customer wasn't able to hear me out of no where....Audio was working great the entire time. I rebooted my computer & restarted - same issue. I changed to another browser - same issue. It took about 10 minutes of doing all that multiple times to finally have the audio back. This did NOT seem like it was on my end by no means.

This seriously makes me think about looking at the pros & cons of starting a pay per minute site just because of the technology aspect in which I have almost a decade of experience in with my vanilla business alone. One thing I have totally learned in all these years is to listen to customers & respect your customers as they are literally the "bread & butter" of your business. When you do that, the art of word of mouth advertising is the best marketing strategy ever and it's free which means more profits in the end.

Sorry totally off topic...But these issues have got to become less of an occurrence.
@ the bold

I literally had the same thought the other day. In my head I was like "SM and these other businesses with shitty relations have taught me one major thing and that is to listen to your customers and employees.". Now I don't think one should listen to/follow every little thing but I def think its important to take and be open to some input.

Totally off topic as well but SM reminds me so much of Youtube and vice versa. I watch alot of Youtube videos especially tech channels like Linus Tech and Eli The Computer Guy. ETCG always talks about how shitty Youtube is to their creators and how they don't care about them. Everything he's said about Youtube I've been like OMG that is so Streamate. What's even crazier is that he was talking about how his earnings have declined in the last couple of years. I thought that it was so werid that his as well as other Youtuber's earnings dropping lined up with the decline of SM/camming.

PhatGirlDynomite!!!
04-06-2017, 05:34 AM
@ the bold

I literally had the same thought the other day. In my head I was like "SM and these other businesses with shitty relations have taught me one major thing and that is to listen to your customers and employees.". Now I don't think one should listen to/follow every little thing but I def think its important to take and be open to some input.

Totally off topic as well but SM reminds me so much of Youtube and vice versa. I watch alot of Youtube videos especially tech channels like Linus Tech and Eli The Computer Guy. ETCG always talks about how shitty Youtube is to their creators and how they don't care about them. Everything he's said about Youtube I've been like OMG that is so Streamate. What's even crazier is that he was talking about how his earnings have declined in the last couple of years. I thought that it was so werid that his as well as other Youtuber's earnings dropping lined up with the decline of SM/camming.

One of my faves is Derral Eves, his videos are organized and straight to the point. Here he speaks on youtube changes and super chat. I'm gonna post this to the more eggs more baskets thread. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YEnJZVHiuU

anonymous camgirl
04-06-2017, 08:49 AM
Yea .. I haven't had a show In almost 3 days now.. and yesterday? oh boy! .. I had 1 tip for $1... and my referral commission for 4 hours!.. thank god for working on other sites.


UPDATE: just did another 3.5 hours.. NO PRIVATES , NO TIPS.. was charging 3.99 to 9.99 per min.. nothing.. I have been changing my rate up or down everytime I log off lately to see if it was possible to make more money at a different rate... NOT... I wonder if this is why I am not making money? cuz these guys are RATE WATCHERS?? for fuck's sakes I cannot even do an analysis if that's the case.. I have been charging 6.99 for premium for the longest time... so I wanted to try something new... so far in my analysis $4.99 and 8.99 are my best rates.. strange isn't it.


is anyone else having a really shitty week? like it was bad for a lot of ppl last week i know im just wondering if things are seeming back to normal for most ppl? im used to making about 100 a day and so far ive only made 80 this week. Hardley any traffic and ppl just keep leaving while im in the middle of talking to them . and i aparently just spent an hour with my room not loading it was just black ppl kept leaving faster then i could finsih saying hi to them so i looked at my feed and my cam box was just black and not loading my webcam at all .

my camera keeps freezing then going black anyone else having this happen

caramelcraze
04-06-2017, 09:18 AM
I had an alright beginning of the week but thursday can deep throat a cactus. Thank the dildo gods that I work indie sites too because otherwise I'd be in pretty bad shape for the day. Hit my low goal but it took 5 hours and all but $18 was indie. normally I hit my low goal on sm alone in 3. I took a month off of sm though due to glitches and a bum knee and just stuck to phone stuff. My hours are waaaaaay down, so I'm sure it'll bounce back a bit after I have another 40+hrs under my belt.

AuroraJade
04-06-2017, 10:25 AM
Whats up with all these models saying that if you have a glitch, you need a new processor? Mostly KGB models who tell that? Anybody here with KGB and knowing what they are talking about and if it is true?

Snowy0Star
04-06-2017, 11:49 AM
Yea .. I haven't had a show In almost 3 days now.. and yesterday? oh boy! .. I had 1 tip for $1... and my referral commission for 4 hours!.. thank god for working on other sites.


UPDATE: just did another 3.5 hours.. NO PRIVATES , NO TIPS.. was charging 3.99 to 9.99 per min.. nothing.. I have been changing my rate up or down everytime I log off lately to see if it was possible to make more money at a different rate... NOT... I wonder if this is why I am not making money? cuz these guys are RATE WATCHERS?? for fuck's sakes I cannot even do an analysis if that's the case.. I have been charging 6.99 for premium for the longest time... so I wanted to try something new... so far in my analysis $4.99 and 8.99 are my best rates.. strange isn't it.

I if it wasnt for the fact i had two long exclusives with regs on sm last night i would have made more on cams with my 9000 of all things - I split by using my c920 on sm and my c9000 on cams. im going to try a few different things out over the next few days but if i cant start making at least 50 a day on SM I'll be going back on TTM and using the Vchat line to make sure rent is paid. i owe 2 ppl 600 and i want something thats $2k

Ginnyyy
04-06-2017, 12:23 PM
Keeping an eye on any of my peepers, but earlier,had one who stayed quite some time peeking at the show, might be a minute and something and he is nowhere in my earnings. I know what I ve seen and am positive. I guess he wanted to pay but the site did not let him lol.

KatM
04-06-2017, 10:00 PM
It's unreal what is happening on this site lately, making money is such a struggle for me & i see many of us are affected too, i dont know if i should start split-camming again or stay on SM only with the SMB, technically i am ok no major glitches but the lack of (paying) traffic is killing me and it fucks up with my brain and self esteem, i am not ashamed to say i closed my shift in tears lately and cried my eyes off cause i need income especially after this surgery and time off i had.

I just dont know what to do anymore, what site(s) to cam on & how to manage them cause i only have this i5 desktop pc and cant do much with it.

ETA: the bad part here is, if u stay on and make no money u sink deeper and deeper into the deadness, its just not helping to 'stay the fuck on' when it comes to SM, u cant pay for positioning or top spot, u cant do anything else but make money and how to make money without traffic?!? I am at a loss here feeling pretty depressed and down honestly :computer::joke::banghead::confused:

*Lynn*
04-06-2017, 10:14 PM
47851

What is the deal with this??? Is this new or what? Hold payment for 21 days? I have never seen this before, it is really discouraging. This means it would be almost a month from the time of working until I see the earnings. Does this go away at some point? :-\

JamaicanAliesha
04-06-2017, 11:40 PM
I will probably have to do another cam-a-thon to reach my money goals for next weeks check! Wooooo lets hope it picks up soon lmao.

h0ttie
04-07-2017, 12:11 AM
47851

What is the deal with this??? Is this new or what? Hold payment for 21 days? I have never seen this before, it is really discouraging. This means it would be almost a month from the time of working until I see the earnings. Does this go away at some point? :-\

they do this with all new models, email them and ask them to remove the 3 week delay.

maddiebabe
04-07-2017, 01:34 AM
I will probably have to do another cam-a-thon to reach my money goals for next weeks check! Wooooo lets hope it picks up soon lmao.

you're not alone <3 :( gonna have to make up for the last 2 weeks lol.. to be fair some of that was period arriving too but still i personally think it's been slow more than normal.

Halo88
04-07-2017, 02:55 AM
Whats up with all these models saying that if you have a glitch, you need a new processor? Mostly KGB models who tell that? Anybody here with KGB and knowing what they are talking about and if it is true?

Viewers who experience glitches have data caps. It has nothing to do with the customer's processors lol.

Arwen25
04-07-2017, 05:50 AM
Hey there,

I know this was discussed earlier in the thread as I read it and bookmarked it on my (now broken) PC. I cannot find the answer anywhere either by searching on Google - so am sorry, as I know it's here somewhere. This site really is, a bit confused isn't it?! lol. So I've recently got a better system in order to use SM again along with my other sites but I cannot get it to pick up my audio. I am streaming successfully across a number of sites and audio hasn't been a problem on any of those..my stream is good on SM (for the time being) but I cannot, whatever I do, get it to pick up my audio. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I at least want to give this site a go before giving up, as it could have well been that before, my issues were due to a poor feed.

Have attached a screenshot to demonstrate the audio options I'm given.

Thanks in advance. X47852

sexyadrienne
04-07-2017, 05:53 AM
Hey there,

I know this was discussed earlier in the thread as I read it and bookmarked it on my (now broken) PC. I cannot find the answer anywhere either by searching on Google - so am sorry, as I know it's here somewhere. This site really is, a bit confused isn't it?! lol. So I've recently got a better system in order to use SM again along with my other sites but I cannot get it to pick up my audio. I am streaming successfully across a number of sites and audio hasn't been a problem on any of those..my stream is good on SM (for the time being) but I cannot, whatever I do, get it to pick up my audio. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I at least want to give this site a go before giving up, as it could have well been that before, my issues were due to a poor feed.

Have attached a screenshot to demonstrate the audio options I'm given.

Thanks in advance. X47852

My suggestion is buy a cheap microphone off of amazon. I started off with using the c920's microphone and had all kinds of issues (echoing sounds, my computer not being able to find it, etc.)

sexyadrienne
04-07-2017, 05:54 AM
Totally random but I like that lip color.

Thank you BB! Revlon's HD Matte lip color is the shizzle.


Sorry but SMB is still not as good as FMLE.. I have tried out both.. much prefer FMLE.. much clearer and pristine no issues.

Yah - For some reason I wasn't able to stream with FMLE. SM wouldn't spit out the streaming links.

Arwen25
04-07-2017, 06:01 AM
My suggestion is buy a cheap microphone off of amazon. I started off with using the c920's microphone and had all kinds of issues (echoing sounds, my computer not being able to find it, etc.)

Wow..I would not have even thought of that lol. Thank you! I am using Firefox for SM, would it be worth trying another browser as well? It's just one thing after another with SM, isn't it lol.

SoloDesire
04-07-2017, 06:06 AM
Wow..I would not have even thought of that lol. Thank you! I am using Firefox for SM, would it be worth trying another browser as well? It's just one thing after another with SM, isn't it lol.

Are you streaming using an encoder? If you are using their broadcasting interface on the webpage it will sometimes say that you aren't using audio even when you are. Using an encoder should fix that. You can use Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder or SMBroadcast...both of which are linked in the model guide.

Arwen25
04-07-2017, 07:03 AM
I hadn't thought of trying the encoder again, thank you! <3

The issue I have is the SM Broadcast Encoder doesn't recognise VerySoft, while the FMLE one just says there's a "problem with primary server" whenever I click start. It's all a bit of a headache, I just want to stream with HD and audio but it seems like a losing battle lol.

SoloDesire
04-07-2017, 07:29 AM
I hadn't thought of trying the encoder again, thank you! <3

The issue I have is the SM Broadcast Encoder doesn't recognise VerySoft, while the FMLE one just says there's a "problem with primary server" whenever I click start. It's all a bit of a headache, I just want to stream with HD and audio but it seems like a losing battle lol.

Yeah, SMB won't allow you to split cam with software. Just make sure you are selecting the correct encoder on the "quality" drop down menu. If you're using FMLE then select "External Encoding". Not sure why you would be getting that error.

Arwen25
04-07-2017, 08:23 AM
I've managed to get the FMLE Encoder working but the quality is awful, it's such a shame! Would love to give the site another go.

Thanks for your help, love. X

seicento
04-07-2017, 03:36 PM
So starting yesterday my encoder is working properly. But also then I stopped getting any traffic. I made more $ the days my bitrate was all over the place wtf.

BlueBunny
04-07-2017, 05:21 PM
Your sound probably works just fine when you use the browser based interface to stream (unless users have specifically told you they can't hear you). SM will however say that you do not have sound (on your ranking stats page) and punish your ranking accordingly, when you use just your web browser to stream. It is complete bullshit, but it is their way to force models to use one of the external encoders.