Streaming guides
Short, practical guides checked against the platforms’ own help pages. Each one tells you the answer first.
Twitch guides
Twitch Affiliate and Partner Requirements
The current Affiliate criteria (25 followers, 4 hours, 4 days, 3 viewers), Path to Partner and onboarding.
Read guideHow to Find Your Twitch Stream Key
Where to find, copy and reset your stream key, and how to use it in OBS safely.
Read guideTwitch Chat Commands
Every built-in slash command for viewers, mods and broadcasters, with copy-paste examples.
Read guideTwitch Shoutout Command
How /shoutout works, its cooldowns, bot !so commands and raid messages.
Read guideNightbot Commands
Every default Nightbot command, !commands syntax, variables and 15 copy-paste commands.
Read guideStreamElements Commands
Default commands with access levels, !cmd syntax, variables and ready-to-copy examples.
Read guideHow to Make Twitch Emotes
Emote sizes, file rules, design tips, upload steps and the guidelines that get emotes rejected.
Read guideOBS guides
How to Add Twitch Chat to OBS
Show chat on stream with a browser-source overlay, or read it in OBS with a chat dock.
Read guideHow to Add a Webcam to OBS
Add a webcam, set resolution and FPS, crop it, make it round and fix black screens.
Read guideOBS Keyframe Interval: Set It to 2 Seconds
Where the setting is, seconds vs frames, and why auto is wrong for most platforms.
Read guideBest OBS Encoder Settings for Streaming
NVENC, x264, AMD, QuickSync and Apple settings: rate control, presets and B-frames.
Read guideOBS Noise Suppression: Setup and Best Settings
Add noise suppression, choose RNNoise, Speex or NVIDIA, and pair it with a noise gate.
Read guideBest OBS Mic Settings
Order your mic filters correctly and set the right audio bitrate for Twitch or YouTube.
Read guideOBS Green Screen: Chroma Key Setup
Chroma key settings, lighting tips and ways to remove your background without a green screen.
Read guideHow to Add Spotify to OBS
Capture Spotify audio, show the song on stream, plus the music copyright rules to know first.
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