Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Films and Screenshots => Topic started by: tunnelrat on October 20, 2014, 03:12:46 PM
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I've noticed a complete lack of players streaming Aces High...
Not only is it a lot of fun, but you can share it with non-Aces High players (via Twitch or other services) and also easily export to YouTube. It's also nice for Aces High forum browsers at work, as they can just click the link without the film viewer installed.
A large volume of consistent AH streamers will promote the game!
That being said, it's NOT a replacement for the film viewer, you should always record your flights when possible.
(An example of a Twitch stream "highlight": http://www.twitch.tv/x80hd/c/5313110)
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What you will need:
- A PC more than capable of running Aces High. It's not a huge drain, but if you can barely play AH, you might not be able to stream well.
- Some extra bandwidth. If you're on a Cricket or some other regulated bandwidth allotment, I'd say skip it and stick with just film replays.
- An account on a streaming site. I use http://www.twitch.tv/ it is free and it works alright.
- Streaming software (Such as OBS, which is what I will describe below.)
Set up a free Twitch account, and download OBS from here https://obsproject.com/
Once you install OBS, you'll want to configure the following settings (tweak these as needed)...
Encoding
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1. Go into your Twitch settings (On the Twitch website) and click "Dashboard"
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2. Once in your Dashboard, go to the far right and click "Stream Key" - Click the little "Show Key" button (Don't share this key) highlight it, and copy it. You'll need to paste it in your Broadcast setting (see next spoiler)
3. In the OBS application, pick the Twitch server closest to you (Or if you know what you're doing, the one with the least latency to your ISP)
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Video Settings
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Advanced Settings
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Now, once you're all done with that, you'll need to set up a game capture for Aces High.
Back on the main OBS page, there is a column that says "Sources". LAUNCH Aces High (Fully log in and get into the tower)
Once Aces is running, alt-tab out, right click in that Sources pane and click "Add -> Game Capture". Name it whatever cheeky bastard thing you want. It will ask you for the source binary in resident memory... it should already be on [aceshigh]: Aces High II. Select that, close out, and you're ready to start streaming!
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Any time you want to stream (Which means EVERY time you fly! Don't miss a single highlight!) Just launch OBS, Launch AH, then click "Start Streaming". Now, remember, once you're streaming anyone with the link to your Twitch page can see everything you're doing inside AH, as well as hear everything on the various Vox channels.
Highlighting
After you've flown a mission, if you stop and restart your stream it will basically separate your flights for you in Twitch. If you're like me (lazy) you just let the thing run.
Go back to your Twitch Profile page and click "Past Broadcasts" and look for the proper broadcast (sorted newest to oldest). Watch your handiwork! Now, once you get to a good point, note the exact time... write it down if you need to. Now, find the end time. Write this down as well, if you need to.
Now, click the gear and then click highlight:
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This will bring you to a new page where you get this yellow slider thing... you don't need this yellow slider, it's stupid and beneath you. You are not some yellow slider using peasant.
Since you noted your start and end times (because you're not a peasant) simply input those where shown in the upper right. Then publish your highlight.
Make sure you put in a decent title, and a description is also required.
DO NOT be an idiot like me and put stuff like "Awesome shot at 1:34:45" <--- when you publish, it cuts the video down to 1:45 or whatever slice you are highlighting, so using markers from the original video as references is ruined.
Once you finalize it, it will open in a new link... just go copy the URL and post away!
Once you have a cherry highlight that you'd like to send to YouTube (you'll need a YouTube account, obviously) go into the highlight and click the gear icon again and select "Export". It takes a few minutes, depending on the length of the video. Once it shows up on YouTube it'll take a couple MORE minutes to show up in High Def...
Anyway, rock and roll and stream away!
:salute
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I'm glad someone took the time to do this turtorial. Streaming is a LOT of fun. I do it on another game I play. I STRONGLY recommened that some of you guys do it.. Like he said, It's a great way to get the game going.
The ONLY reason I don't stream AH, is because my system is a little outdated. You'll need a decent system to run both OBS/twitch AND Aces High. But I strongly suggest that you guys give it a shot.
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I'm afraid my router will burst into flames if I attempt to stream games. My internet has enough trouble just trying to stay connected to the sever. :lol
If I had a better internet connection then streaming sounds like it'd be a fun thing to do.
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Looks like you're streaming Wart blunder, not AH... :noid
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I have heard of this before. I am not as stoked about it though, seeing as it took me 15 minutes just to see the first 30 seconds of the example film. The quality was excellent but unless this is not the norm for streaming speeds, I have got to say that it is the worst dl speed that I have had for any video.
Definitely would not spend a penny on it as it is (or as it worked for me).
I have to edit. Tried the video again and it ran through its entirety and streamed very well. The quality does seem to be quite nice and impressive. I guess there will need to be some more assurances about streaming stability and resources needed. Especially, since this is the absolute quietest time possible 5 a. m. my time.
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Looks like you're streaming Wart blunder, not AH... :noid
Yeah, I wrote this tutorial back when I was playing WT pretty hardcore... at least I redid the game capture screenshot.
I have heard of this before. I am not as stoked about it though, seeing as it took me 15 minutes just to see the first 30 seconds of the example film. The quality was excellent but unless this is not the norm for streaming speeds, I have got to say that it is the worst dl speed that I have had for any video.
Definitely would not spend a penny on it as it is (or as it worked for me).
Good thing it's all free... :rolleyes:
I have to edit. Tried the video again and it ran through its entirety and streamed very well. The quality does seem to be quite nice and impressive. I guess there will need to be some more assurances about streaming stability and resources needed. Especially, since this is the absolute quietest time possible 5 a. m. my time.
I'm not a huge fan of Twitch either, but for a free service it's not terrible. The live streams tend to do a lot better than the "past broadcasts". Once you make a highlight, exporting it to YouTube is best if you want to share it (in my opinion).
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Okay, I'll bite. You said the magic words $free 99. Now, I will be bugging you for help (hopefully, the cobwebs of my machine don't give you any Halloween frights early).
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Okay, I'll bite. You said the magic words $free 99. Now, I will be bugging you for help (hopefully, the cobwebs of my machine don't give you any Halloween frights early).
Hahahaha no problem, I will do what I can.
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This looks like fun. I've been wanting to do something like this but am afraid it will have the same problems with my triple screen setup I have when trying to film i.e. the "picture" is a long letterbox.
The downsides of triple screen resolutions, I guess. :frown:
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This looks like fun. I've been wanting to do something like this but am afraid it will have the same problems with my triple screen setup I have when trying to film i.e. the "picture" is a long letterbox.
The downsides of triple screen resolutions, I guess. :frown:
It'd be interesting to see how it worked out, you should give it a whirl!
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Everything seems to be set up and tried to stream. App shows streaming icon, but when I went to view past broadcasts from the Dashboard, there were none. :headscratch:
I will wait for your answer and just try again later. <S> looking fairly straight forward so far (but of course that only means that I missed something along the way :neener: )
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Okay, tried to record instead of stream and I got audio but only black screen. Is firewall a problem?
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It'd be interesting to see how it worked out, you should give it a whirl!
I think I will do so this weekend. :D
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Okay, tried to record instead of stream and I got audio but only black screen. Is firewall a problem?
Nah, if you got audio it's something else... let me research.
First... check in your overall settings, under video...
Make sure your video adapter is set to the right option... hit the drop down, how many options there?
Next, check under encoding... can you screen-shot your encoding page? Or can you list out every setting, checkbox, and radio button?
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There is no /Justin.tv option for me (could be the problem).
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Weird.... I wonder if it's just that you have a newer version of OBS than I do... I will check it out.
Edit: I just checked mine and that "Justin.tv" is gone... that was an old site I guess...
It's your encoding settings that are probably the issue.
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Another useless download for me I guess.......
Still black screen, hope it continues to work well for you :salute
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I want to be in Chilli dawgs movie....
I`ll brush my hair and look dapper...