View Full Version : STREAMATE - Venting, Complaining, Discussing site issues
EllieGold
10-11-2016, 01:48 PM
Came in here to ask the same question. Server not answering
Sm has always done that. I've tried pinging that IP quite a few times weeks ago and always gets that same packet loss problem. So strange!!
EllieGold
10-11-2016, 01:51 PM
I can ping Chaturbate's IP, MFC's IP but can't ping SM's IP or address. It gives me that error and always has since August. Destination Net Unreachable.
Marina Starr
10-11-2016, 02:14 PM
I agreed with contacting Liz and save it so you have proof. I say Daddy all the time. Daddy doesn't mean that person is your biological daddy. For me if the man is much older than I am and I find him sexually appealing, I will call him daddy on and off cam.
It's not illegal in real life but some girls in here have reported being suspended for of age step role play. If you are happy to offer it then I'd get support or Liz to confirm its ok and keep the reply to cover your ass, as they seem to be selective in who gets pulled up on it. I guess all it takes is for you to say accidentally 'daddy' instead of 'step dad'
MistressX
10-11-2016, 02:49 PM
Literally no traffic right now.
Any theories? I can't come up with one. It's no longer the first week of the month. No Major holidays. No sports. No debates.
KatyBoleyn
10-11-2016, 04:08 PM
Its still "political season", your average joe is spending more time trolling through article comments and forums than watching cammodels. The election stress also does a number on people's libido, as well as the all important "consumer confidence index". Those with the money to spend on porn are generally also those with money and jobs to worry about. The latest scandal may also have put some guilt about "sexual objectification" on our custies.
Still blaming election season. 3 weeks to go.
BadBitch
10-11-2016, 04:44 PM
Problems with the SMB here last nite uggghhh..... so, i updated to the newest version when it came out and had no problems streaming even the CPU usage was higher (like give or take 60% CPU on my i5 HP desktop pc with 8GB RAM).
Then i rolled back to ver. 14 cause i read in here the updated version is buggy but then i was not happy with the older version cause it calibrated to 'Good' & i know i can get better off my equipment & C920 camera as the newer version calibrated to 'High' when i tried it.
Then last night i decided to update again for a better picture quality tho and all went fine, i calibrated and got 'Best' quality, streamed a little with it and took a snack break, when back online and started my session my CPU went soo high to 85-90% usage on SMB!! WHOAA!!
This was shocking & i wonder what caused the increase as before all was okay, i then tried FMLE & i got approx 70% CPU as well!!!???
I never ever had these high numbers just from streaming on SM, if i stream SM HD and another HD site lets say my cpu goes to approx 80% CPU but just from SM?
Here is the proof, i am not kidding!
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What now, it was SM's fault last nite as i read in here some people had probs loading the site, etc?
Or is the 'Best' calibration quality that increase the CPU usage maybe? (but before my break all was just fine with the 'best' parameter?!)
On top of these issues my 2 hrs shift was crap, i wasted my time simply as there was no traffic, logged off pissed and frustrated, guess it was a sport or political event in the USA that kept guys away SM?! Not nice, monday's were good days for me normally :(
Ugh. I feel you, girl. Ever since I downloaded the latest update, I can't open any other websites on my computer while streaming. My CPU goes to 100 and my cam starts flashing. Argh!
SoloDesire
10-11-2016, 05:07 PM
Ugh. I feel you, girl. Ever since I downloaded the latest update, I can't open any other websites on my computer while streaming. My CPU goes to 100 and my cam starts flashing. Argh!
Just a suggestion for anyone who is having issues with CPU. I noticed that with the new update and the new calibration it calibrated me too high and I couldn't do anything on my computer while streaming without the CPU going super high. So I recalibrated while browsing and reloading pages and links to put a stress on my CPU. This way it calibrated me lower and now I can browse the web while I stream and the highest it goes is 40%.
JaneBurgess
10-11-2016, 05:17 PM
[QUOTE=Mare;2927146]Any theories? I can't come up with one. It's no longer the first week of the month. No Major holidays. No sports. No debates.[/QUOTE)
Cam is a dying business. With all the free shows people can watch they dont need to pay anymore. We cant keep blaming sports, holidays, politics, etc for cam traffic continuing to drop. Its an oversaturated business thats being killed by freebies and tube sites. This week there are baseball play-offs, so that might cause a bit of a dip in traffic but it should cause sites to be dead.
GracieBlue
10-11-2016, 05:32 PM
I am curious what you stream at. Also if we calibrate to lower settings..does anyone know if streaming lower would affect placement? Thanks!!
Just a suggestion for anyone who is having issues with CPU. I noticed that with the new update and the new calibration it calibrated me too high and I couldn't do anything on my computer while streaming without the CPU going super high. So I recalibrated while browsing and reloading pages and links to put a stress on my CPU. This way it calibrated me lower and now I can browse the web while I stream and the highest it goes is 40%.
Marina Starr
10-11-2016, 05:47 PM
@realdonaldtrump can grab my pussy anytime in Exclusive! #pussygrab
http://i63.tinypic.com/3320bq9.gif
The latest scandal may also have put some guilt about "sexual objectification" on our custies.
SoloDesire
10-11-2016, 05:59 PM
I am curious what you stream at. Also if we calibrate to lower settings..does anyone know if streaming lower would affect placement? Thanks!!
I stream at 1280x720 HD but the broadcaster will calibrate your quality. Starting you out with "best" and then going lower if need be. Right now I'm using "very good" so that my CPU isn't being used up so much on just the broadcaster. And my placement is the same whether I'm "best" or "very good" or just "good" because I'm still streaming 1280x720 regardless.
^^^ What system u have pls? Cause today i did the exact thing myself, re-calibrated from Best to Very High and have 60-70% CPU on SMB only on my i5 desktop pc. With Best i had 80-90% CPU usage on SMB only! Guess i need to go lower?!
sweetgapeach
10-11-2016, 07:11 PM
Is the site not loading for anyone else? Been two hours on my end..
@realstreamate said it was a comcast problem. I thought it was sm bc all other sites would load....but I am comcast so maybe things are back to normal???
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
10-11-2016, 10:13 PM
^^^ What system u have pls? Cause today i did the exact thing myself, re-calibrated from Best to Very High and have 60-70% CPU on SMB only on my i5 desktop pc. With Best i had 80-90% CPU usage on SMB only! Guess i need to go lower?!
Did ya'll know that you don't have to re-calibrate before you stream? If you need to use a lower resolution you just select it from the drop down. Then select no when it suggest a calibration. Just like you would when you want to bypass the update. Sorry if this is old news for some of you. I had no idea that it was possible until platinumpuzzy mentioned it in the SM thread.
Sunnylexie
10-11-2016, 10:25 PM
It's not okay? I thought it was okay as long as both are not underage. I know incest is NOT okay.
Um, I asked the SM support about it back in like 2012 and they told me steps weren't ok to roleplay as it was illegal in some countries. Guess they just don't give a shit about other countries anymore.
christylive
10-11-2016, 11:50 PM
[QUOTE=Mare;2927146]Any theories? I can't come up with one. It's no longer the first week of the month. No Major holidays. No sports. No debates.[/QUOTE)
Cam is a dying business. With all the free shows people can watch they dont need to pay anymore. We cant keep blaming sports, holidays, politics, etc for cam traffic continuing to drop. Its an oversaturated business thats being killed by freebies and tube sites. This week there are baseball play-offs, so that might cause a bit of a dip in traffic but it should cause sites to be dead.
I've never been told my prices are too high or that I'm not affordable until last month and this month but over the last year or so the quality of paying traffic has just went all the way down. Either it's time to quit free chat and go strictly Indy or my time is just up. I too would say that it was sports , or this or that but now that it seems to be constant I'm stepping up game in other industries. I'm guessing this is the push I needed :)
Its still "political season", your average joe is spending more time trolling through article comments and forums than watching cammodels. The election stress also does a number on people's libido, as well as the all important "consumer confidence index". Those with the money to spend on porn are generally also those with money and jobs to worry about. The latest scandal may also have put some guilt about "sexual objectification" on our custies.
eStill blaming election season. 3 weeks to go. Excellent theory! Thank you!! I hope you're right.
[QUOTE=Mare;2927146]Any theories? I can't come up with one. It's no longer the first week of the month. No Major holidays. No sports. No debates.[/QUOTE)
Cam is a dying business. With all the free shows people can watch they dont need to pay anymore. We cant keep blaming sports, holidays, politics, etc for cam traffic continuing to drop. Its an oversaturated business thats being killed by freebies and tube sites. This week there are baseball play-offs, so that might cause a bit of a dip in traffic but it should cause sites to be dead.
All agreed. That baseball stuff though and the politics together may be killing alot of it.
Did ya'll know that you don't have to re-calibrate before you stream? If you need to use a lower resolution you just select it from the drop down. Then select no when it suggest a calibration. Just like you would when you want to bypass the update. Sorry if this is old news for some of you. I had no idea that it was possible until platinumpuzzy mentioned it in the SM thread.
Thank you for input, the problem is not the resolution but the calibration parameter (quality) we get when calibrating, looks like a high calibration parameter like 'Best' and 'Very high' is eating up a lot of CPU;
the calibration works automatically and is giving the result according to our equipment and connection, while u can change the resolution manually (which i dont want to cause i wanna stream in true HD) u cant manually change or set at what parameters it calibrates, the only option would be to put a lot of load on connection and cpu during SMB calibration like Solo desire did so it calibrates to a lower quality.
I tried again last nite with less light in my room and it still calibrated to 'Very high' which means i have to pull something big from the internet to have less bandwidth available in order to calibrate to 'Very good' let's say.
Also, when doing the update or switching from a version to another (rolling back to lower version) the software is asking automatically for re-calibration, u cant just stream w.o re-calibrating. Of course, once u have the desired streaming Quality on the broadcaster u can go ahead and stream with that settings everytime but the problem here now is to get the right settings and in my case, i am getting too high settings on calibration that affects my CPU usage as it looks like.
My theory is, with this update SM is taking/eating all my PC horse power just to stream in HD but when the numbers are too high like 80-90% CPU usage on the Broadcaster only then i am not able to stream properly on SM anymore, this is a paradox!
Aaaand if i want to use the older version 14 the maximum i get on calibration is 'Good' which again is too low of a quality, i just want something in the middle mind u........
RosieRedAss
10-12-2016, 06:27 AM
OMG it's sooooooooo dead, my question is with the SMBrodcast thing can you splitcam with that? I can't figure it out so I'm back using the damn adobe with splitcam... tooo many screens.
AnotherLily
10-12-2016, 07:02 AM
^ No, you can't honey.
DancesWithSloths
10-12-2016, 08:15 AM
Any theories? I can't come up with one. It's no longer the first week of the month. No Major holidays. No sports. No debates.
My theory was Brexit. Most of my dudes are British, and the £ has plummeted against the $, so they can't afford SM rates any more.
On AW the credits are in £ so I have the same pattern of spending as I'd expect in October.
winnipeg
10-12-2016, 08:19 AM
My theory was Brexit. Most of my dudes are British, and the £ has plummeted against the $, so they can't afford SM rates any more.
On AW the credits are in £ so I have the same pattern of spending as I'd expect in October. Around Brexit time it was about 1.19....now it's back upto 1.22? So surely SM should be picking up?
DancesWithSloths
10-12-2016, 08:23 AM
Around Brexit time it was about 1.19....now it's back upto 1.22? So surely SM should be picking up?��
Look at the last month, though.
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Just in the last week GBP crashed through the floor. My mate exchanged the Euros 1:1 two days ago o.O
SoloDesire
10-12-2016, 10:12 AM
^^^ What system u have pls? Cause today i did the exact thing myself, re-calibrated from Best to Very High and have 60-70% CPU on SMB only on my i5 desktop pc. With Best i had 80-90% CPU usage on SMB only! Guess i need to go lower?!
Are you working your computer WHILE it's calibrating? I just keep reloading browser windows/websites so that it puts an extensive stress on my CPU while it's calibrating. This way it will give me a lower quality and not run my CPU so hard while I'm doing moderate browsing while streaming.
ETA: I use an i7 laptop with Windows 8.1
JessRyan
10-12-2016, 10:22 AM
OMG it's sooooooooo dead, my question is with the SMBrodcast thing can you splitcam with that? I can't figure it out so I'm back using the damn adobe with splitcam... tooo many screens.
The only way I could split SM (with life sucking encoder) and another site (bonga at the time) was to get a second cam and laptop. By god I'm splitting that fucking site if it's the last I do. They can't stop me!! LOL
I'm thinking that may be a motive behind the broadcaster, to make it impossible to split. I'm guessing they may do away with the encoder option once they get the damn broadcaster fixed. oh hell, what did I just type? hahahha...that will be when pigs fly. .....like Gilda Radner's character Miss Emily Litella said on SNL...."never mind"
https://youtu.be/V3FnpaWQJO0
platinumpuzzy
10-12-2016, 10:33 AM
So I downloaded the latest MAC version of SM BROADCASTER and now it doesn't work. Last successful log in was Sept 15th. SM was useless. They gave me a series of "Tips" but none helped me at all. I hate to complain but I have a Macbook Pro, 2tb HD, Processor 2.3 GHz Core i5 8gb memory 1333 MHz DDR3 Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB - worked perfectly previously. Now the program won't pull up, when I click on it - it comes up and then disappears. I have deleted the program, emptied trash, rebooted and still shows the latest version and log in information from Sept 15th. HELP??
xCamLovex
10-12-2016, 10:33 AM
The election has people wrapped up as well as fantasy football and just football in general.
After nearly not being able to pay rent over the summer I got off SM and got back to reality.
I can create my own awesome environment and make $$$ without Sitting in free chat while packs of rabid zombies try and attack my living body. There's something haunting and vicious about standing in freechat for extended times. Its unhealthy imo. It brings to light how slow it is and how available we are. My confidence was shook for a while I didn't think I could make money on another site but I'm starting to...and it feels great. SM needed me, I don't need SM. My regulars found me on other sites. Live moves on
SoloDesire
10-12-2016, 10:46 AM
I just want to say how much I HATE the day time member crowd. I wish I was able to cam longer hours at night because I would give up day time all together.
DahliaSimone
10-12-2016, 01:33 PM
Traffic this week has been at an all time low for me....seriously scaring the shit out of me
Glamourmilf
10-12-2016, 07:33 PM
I just want to say how much I HATE the day time member crowd. I wish I was able to cam longer hours at night because I would give up day time all together.
I hate them too. And the feeling is mutual, I'm sure.
Since when is it ok to berate me?
Daytime fuckers think it's ok to.
Wrong oh, Mary Lou:toldoff:
JaneBurgess
10-12-2016, 07:42 PM
I hate them too. And the feeling is mutual, I'm sure.
Since when is it ok to berate me?
Daytime fuckers think it's ok to.
Wrong oh, Mary Lou:toldoff:
I get the opposite. Daytime guys are nice, the assholes are at night for me. Ive never been called a whore so much as I am at night. GRRR
AnalCrumpet
10-13-2016, 12:46 AM
Ladies! I had another account on here, but I couldn't remember my login information, so I apologize in advance that this is a name nobody has seen before. I am in desperate need of some help. I have tried everything that I can think of to try and get streamate to work as it usually does for me, and I'm just at a loss, and basically at the point of tears. My feed was jacked up last week, so I just assumed that it was an ISP issue. I waited 3 days for a tech to come out to see if there were any issues, and everything looked good. I upgraded my speed from the 60/5 to the 100/10. I have 2 i7 laptops that I tried to stream from, and also a beast of a desktop. I couldn't get the video and audio to work properly until last night on any of the 3. While my video/audio was screwy my placement was somehow still on point at rows 3-7. I have now managed to get the audio/video working as it should, and my placement is sporadic... just all over the place! I'm talking at the very best the bottom of the first page, which is highly unusual for me, but it's usually pages 2-4. I did get excited when I was on row 4 for a few minutes, but 4 minutes later I was back on page 2. I'm about ready to pull my hair out! I have tried 3 different versions of SMB, and adobe 3.1 AND 3.2. All different settings/calibrations, and none of it seems to affect my placement at all, it only sometimes pushes me back further.
I have emailed Liz, and she is baffled as well because everything looks "excellent" when I'm streaming. She even checked my feed. She opened a tech ticket, but I'm just at the end of my rope, so I'm hoping that someone, anyone, can give me any advice? I'm sorry if this sounded all jumbled... Please help!
bigbootyjudy1
10-13-2016, 02:37 AM
Ladies! I had another account on here, but I couldn't remember my login information, so I apologize in advance that this is a name nobody has seen before. I am in desperate need of some help. I have tried everything that I can think of to try and get streamate to work as it usually does for me, and I'm just at a loss, and basically at the point of tears. My feed was jacked up last week, so I just assumed that it was an ISP issue. I waited 3 days for a tech to come out to see if there were any issues, and everything looked good. I upgraded my speed from the 60/5 to the 100/10. I have 2 i7 laptops that I tried to stream from, and also a beast of a desktop. I couldn't get the video and audio to work properly until last night on any of the 3. While my video/audio was screwy my placement was somehow still on point at rows 3-7. I have now managed to get the audio/video working as it should, and my placement is sporadic... just all over the place! I'm talking at the very best the bottom of the first page, which is highly unusual for me, but it's usually pages 2-4. I did get excited when I was on row 4 for a few minutes, but 4 minutes later I was back on page 2. I'm about ready to pull my hair out! I have tried 3 different versions of SMB, and adobe 3.1 AND 3.2. All different settings/calibrations, and none of it seems to affect my placement at all, it only sometimes pushes me back further.
I have emailed Liz, and she is baffled as well because everything looks "excellent" when I'm streaming. She even checked my feed. She opened a tech ticket, but I'm just at the end of my rope, so I'm hoping that someone, anyone, can give me any advice? I'm sorry if this sounded all jumbled... Please help!
Try a factory reset on your computer .Your sitaution happens to me every 3 months.I just wipe everything from my computer and start off fresh.Try that hunnie.Back up all your stuff if u need.I dont back nothing up.I just re download everything.Good luck hun
Halo88
10-13-2016, 03:03 AM
Ladies! I had another account on here, but I couldn't remember my login information, so I apologize in advance that this is a name nobody has seen before. I am in desperate need of some help. I have tried everything that I can think of to try and get streamate to work as it usually does for me, and I'm just at a loss, and basically at the point of tears. My feed was jacked up last week, so I just assumed that it was an ISP issue. I waited 3 days for a tech to come out to see if there were any issues, and everything looked good. I upgraded my speed from the 60/5 to the 100/10. I have 2 i7 laptops that I tried to stream from, and also a beast of a desktop. I couldn't get the video and audio to work properly until last night on any of the 3. While my video/audio was screwy my placement was somehow still on point at rows 3-7. I have now managed to get the audio/video working as it should, and my placement is sporadic... just all over the place! I'm talking at the very best the bottom of the first page, which is highly unusual for me, but it's usually pages 2-4. I did get excited when I was on row 4 for a few minutes, but 4 minutes later I was back on page 2. I'm about ready to pull my hair out! I have tried 3 different versions of SMB, and adobe 3.1 AND 3.2. All different settings/calibrations, and none of it seems to affect my placement at all, it only sometimes pushes me back further.
I have emailed Liz, and she is baffled as well because everything looks "excellent" when I'm streaming. She even checked my feed. She opened a tech ticket, but I'm just at the end of my rope, so I'm hoping that someone, anyone, can give me any advice? I'm sorry if this sounded all jumbled... Please help!
Have you tried uninstalling the SMB or FMLE and just keeping one? I had conflicting issues when I had both installed on my system. I decided to stay with FMLE only, but that is a matter of preference. I had to reformat my hard drive to get it stable again.
What is your CPU % when it happens?
Are you hard wired? If so, have you tested your ethernet cable?
Another thing to check is your firewall and antivirus software. Those can cause your placement to spike if not configured properly.
Another main overlooked thing is your power settings. If your computer is not set to HIGH PERFORMANCE or GAMING mode, then you will experience problems while you stream. Customize those advanced settings to max performance. BALANCED or POWER SAVER mode will F your world up. You can find that in your control panel.
Does your bitrate auto-adjust when your placement changes? Not enough lighting or too much lighting can cause your stream to be thrown off balance. Glitter, sequins and shiny things will too.
AnalCrumpet
10-13-2016, 03:03 AM
Try a factory reset on your computer .Your sitaution happens to me every 3 months.I just wipe everything from my computer and start off fresh.Try that hunnie.Back up all your stuff if u need.I dont back nothing up.I just re download everything.Good luck hun
I actually did that on 2 of the 3 computers as well. I only have stuff downloaded to broadcast on streamate now. :/
bigbootyjudy1
10-13-2016, 03:07 AM
Quoting Halo above ."Another main overlooked thing is your power settings. If your computer is not set to HIGH PERFORMANCE or GAMING mode, then you will experience problems while you stream. Customize those advanced settings to max performance. BALANCED or POWER SAVER mode will F your world up. You can find that in your control panel".
The reason my stream was acting bad was my computer charger was messed up ,So i use a charger that wasnt equivilant and it cause me to have so much problems with streamate.As soon as i got a new charger ,everything was back to normal.Streamate is a strong beast.Any little thing can have effect on streaming.
AnalCrumpet
10-13-2016, 03:12 AM
I had only SMB on the desktop and one of the i7s, but I do have both on the other i7. The cpu tends to range anywhere from 27% to 60%. When I hadn't recalibrated the smb the cpu went way higher, but it's now down to no higher than 70%. I am hard wired. I just bought 2 new cat6 ethernet cables, and the speed is great. When I checked my speed earlier, the ping was 17ms, the download was 114, and the upload was 12. Obviously it isn't always that high, but it is pretty consistent. I disable my firewall when I am streaming, and I have all plug-ins and extensions except for flash now disabled as instructed by Liz. My antivirus is not active unless I run a scan manually. I always keep my power performance on high as well. The one thing that I haven't really paid attention too much to is the bit rate, but that's because I was checking every other little thing possible. I must have logged off and on today 40-50 times trying to figure this out. I try to have pretty balanced lighting. I use 3 lamps all behind the cam, and there aren't any shadows or lighting variations.
Have you tried uninstalling the SMB or FMLE and just keeping one? I had conflicting issues when I had both installed on my system. I decided to stay with FMLE only, but that is a matter of preference. I had to reformat my hard drive to get it stable again.
What is your CPU % when it happens?
Are you hard wired? If so, have you tested your ethernet cable?
Another thing to check is your firewall and antivirus software. Those can cause your placement to spike if not configured properly.
Another main overlooked thing is your power settings. If your computer is not set to HIGH PERFORMANCE or GAMING mode, then you will experience problems while you stream. Customize those advanced settings to max performance. BALANCED or POWER SAVER mode will F your world up. You can find that in your control panel.
Does your bitrate auto-adjust when your placement changes? Not enough lighting or too much lighting can cause your stream to be thrown off balance. Glitter, sequins and shiny things will too.
Halo88
10-13-2016, 03:21 AM
Okay that rules those things out then. Do you have windows updates and browser updates disabled? And other software updates. (Manually updating on a regular basis of course).
Also, have you tried using different browsers?
@Judy that is so true, the smallest things can cause SM issues. That is helpful to know about the charger issue, thanks for sharing!
AnalCrumpet
10-13-2016, 03:28 AM
I do have everything disabled to automatically update. I only do updates when I absolutely have to, so I just did everything a few days ago since the issues started. I have tried using Chrome and Firefox, and tried all of the settings with every encoder on both too.
Okay that rules those things out then. Do you have windows updates and browser updates disabled? And other software updates. (Manually updating on a regular basis of course).
Also, have you tried using different browsers?
@Judy that is so true, the smallest things can cause SM issues. That is helpful to know about the charger issue, thanks for sharing!
BustyVixen
10-13-2016, 07:22 AM
Its still "political season", your average joe is spending more time trolling through article comments and forums than watching cammodels. The election stress also does a number on people's libido, as well as the all important "consumer confidence index". Those with the money to spend on porn are generally also those with money and jobs to worry about. The latest scandal may also have put some guilt about "sexual objectification" on our custies.
Still blaming election season. 3 weeks to go.
I agree, for the first time ever I've had guys mention the election and being depressed/stressed in my room. Nobody ever talks about politics or current affairs so this is definitely on everyone's minds.
Sally Says
10-13-2016, 08:33 AM
politics chat is banned in my room. Ive been blocking anyone turning up with trump in their name. im a great actress but i cant pretend to be turned on with that on my screen. I agree though, ive had guys poke fun at me because im british and ask about brexit but this time it feels different. i wonder if there is a way we can use this to our advantage?
Blovely
10-13-2016, 09:51 AM
Ladies! I had another account on here, but I couldn't remember my login information, so I apologize in advance that this is a name nobody has seen before. I am in desperate need of some help. I have tried everything that I can think of to try and get streamate to work as it usually does for me, and I'm just at a loss, and basically at the point of tears. My feed was jacked up last week, so I just assumed that it was an ISP issue. I waited 3 days for a tech to come out to see if there were any issues, and everything looked good. I upgraded my speed from the 60/5 to the 100/10. I have 2 i7 laptops that I tried to stream from, and also a beast of a desktop. I couldn't get the video and audio to work properly until last night on any of the 3. While my video/audio was screwy my placement was somehow still on point at rows 3-7. I have now managed to get the audio/video working as it should, and my placement is sporadic... just all over the place! I'm talking at the very best the bottom of the first page, which is highly unusual for me, but it's usually pages 2-4. I did get excited when I was on row 4 for a few minutes, but 4 minutes later I was back on page 2. I'm about ready to pull my hair out! I have tried 3 different versions of SMB, and adobe 3.1 AND 3.2. All different settings/calibrations, and none of it seems to affect my placement at all, it only sometimes pushes me back further.
I have emailed Liz, and she is baffled as well because everything looks "excellent" when I'm streaming. She even checked my feed. She opened a tech ticket, but I'm just at the end of my rope, so I'm hoping that someone, anyone, can give me any advice? I'm sorry if this sounded all jumbled... Please help!
The only thing I can think of is that maybe its your modem or router. Have you tried resetting it or getting a new one? A few ladies here seemed to have the same issue and tried everything they could think of to try to fix it......factory reset their computer, bought a new computer, had their isp come out, etc. For sone once they got a new modem/router everything worked fine. The nighthawk has been mentioned here a few times, these were reccommended.
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I plan on getting the Ac1900, mainly because my isp is still charging me $10 a month for their janky ass modem. I've had their service for at least 4 years, can't tell me a modem cost that much especially for one that didn't come with wifi. Nighthawk brand is expensive af but I think its worth it.
BadBitch
10-13-2016, 10:15 AM
[QUOTE=Mare;2927146]Any theories? I can't come up with one. It's no longer the first week of the month. No Major holidays. No sports. No debates.[/QUOTE)
Cam is a dying business. With all the free shows people can watch they dont need to pay anymore. We cant keep blaming sports, holidays, politics, etc for cam traffic continuing to drop. Its an oversaturated business thats being killed by freebies and tube sites. This week there are baseball play-offs, so that might cause a bit of a dip in traffic but it should cause sites to be dead.
I honestly don't think camming is a "dying business". It's just slow right now. It happens. There are lulls in the biz. This just happens to be one right now. This slowness started a few weeks ago. If camming were dying, it wouldn't have happened so abruptly.
AnalCrumpet
10-13-2016, 10:19 AM
I would actually think that could be a possibility had I not of used 3 other reliable internet sources at different locations as well :/
The only thing I can think of is that maybe its your modem or router. Have you tried resetting it or getting a new one? A few ladies here seemed to have the same issue and tried everything they could think of to try to fix it......factory reset their computer, bought a new computer, had their isp come out, etc. For sone once they got a new modem/router everything worked fine. The nighthawk has been mentioned here a few times, these were reccommended.
I plan on getting the Ac1900, mainly because my isp is still charging me $10 a month for their janky ass modem. I've had their service for at least 4 years, can't tell me a modem cost that much especially for one that didn't come with wifi. Nighthawk brand is expensive af but I think its worth it.
Erika_Xstacy
10-13-2016, 12:37 PM
politics chat is banned in my room. Ive been blocking anyone turning up with trump in their name. im a great actress but i cant pretend to be turned on with that on my screen. I agree though, ive had guys poke fun at me because im british and ask about brexit but this time it feels different. i wonder if there is a way we can use this to our advantage?
I wouldnt block ppl with Trump in their name just bc i know guys that actually use that name.
Sally Says
10-13-2016, 12:45 PM
The one today was trump2016 lol I routinely block certain names regardless. Usually names of males close to me that would cause me upset to say in a sexy way :p
I'm glad I'm not the only name blocker. Chokeandgagonmydick, mommysboy, anallover ect.
Genoveve
10-13-2016, 01:33 PM
I have now managed to get the audio/video working as it should, and my placement is sporadic... just all over the place! I'm talking at the very best the bottom of the first page, which is highly unusual for me, but it's usually pages 2-4. I did get excited when I was on row 4 for a few minutes, but 4 minutes later I was back on page 2. I'm about ready to pull my hair out!
Are you also experimenting with streaming from the browser? Like streaming without the encoder or broadcaster, the old-fashioned way? Because doing so will give you bad placement and it can take a few minutes of streaming with the encoder or broadcaster to fix it, so if you keep switching back and forth between browser broadcasting and broadcasting with the external software it will keep giving you mixed results with your placement and rankings. Also when you say your audio and video is screwy, how can you tell? By your rankings page? By checking your stream? By customers telling you?