Hi! So I am an AW gal usually but decided to finally get myself in gear and try SM.
I just have a few questions, I hope they aren't too annoying, I did try to search for them.
1. As I am on AW and do okay there, I want to splitcam. I use manycam as it seems to work well (splitcam doesn't work for some reason - it makes my cam blue??) However I also use the SM HD encoder. It says on the instructions to make sure my CPU was below 80%. That is fine when I am JUST using the encoder. However when I try to stream with justcamit as well (AW) my CPU flickers between 77% and sometimes 90%.
I'm not sure what to do about this. I only have a small amount of time for camming daily, so I can't afford to miss out on privates from AW if SM starts off slow. My internet connection is good... like 4.06 upload speed or something. The guys didn't complain, one of them said my feed was good when I asked.
2. I am in the UK! Should I flaunt this? I know its mostly a US site, should I put that I am in the US or in UK? Its obvious from my accent, but I could put that I was in the US to encourage American dudes to come in my room and just say I'm living over there. Any other Uk girls do this? I just don't want to limit my traffic to JUST the english guys, and I know men are more likely to gravitate towards women who they think live closer to them usually.
3. TIMES TO GO LIVE - obviously I know this is something that everyone has to work out for themselves, however I only have a specific time slot available as I work and I'm also a student so I was wondering if you could tell me if generally these times are supposed to be SPECIFICALLY bad like theres no point me even trying....
I am generally going to be able to go online between 5am-9am GMT which works out as
9pm-1am PST
11pm-3am CST
12am-4 EST
and and 4pm- 6.30 pm GMT which works out as:
8am -10.30 PST
10am-12pm CST
11am-1.30pm EST
4. In streamate how many people is good to have in your room? I went on today and had about 5/6 but sometimes only 1 or 2. Although I had a day off so I was streaming at like 11pm GMT which in PST is like 5am or something so I guess it would make sense for the traffic to be low?
5. How long does your newbie status stay apparent? I made my account 2 weeks ago and tried logging in for a few seconds to see if the encoder works, then I got sick and couldnt work for a few weeks. I'm hoping my newbie status isn't finished and it will be harder to get traffic now?
6. HOW THE HELL do you girls cope with the encoder...its so massive and annoying. I like being able to see what I'm doing when I give shows, and its such a pain to keep clicking between windows to see what they're saying and see what you're doing!
Hrm! If anyone can help out that'd be great! I guess I'm just nervous really. New camsite and all.



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). It's hard to explain but if you click the little arrow next to 'encoding options' the encoder becomes much smaller. I hate it too, but I'm paranoid about my placement and might as well put the new computer to use, lol.


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