How to stream and speedrun on the Nintendo Switch.
5 years ago
Texas, USA

How exactly do you get the Switch set up for streaming and speedrunning? I assume you would need a computer for Livesplit.

Canada

Get a capture card or point a camera at your Switch. You'll need to run the timer on a PC, yeah.

Texas, USA

Well, what's the best capture cards for Switch?

Antarctica

Hard to say, everyone has their preferred way to capture HDMI. Elgato, Avermedia, even Razer all have HDMI capture cards and there’s other brands too. Each person will have their preference, though an internal is the best way to go because internal PCI cards won’t have as much delay as an external over USB.

Look around, get some opinions, read some articles, etc. and find out which card seems like the best for you. Everyone has their own opinions on which they prefer.

blueYOSHI likes this
New Jersey, USA

Which game you interested in running?

Texas, USA

Grandia which is apparently coming on the Switch this Winter.

Washington, USA
EmeraldAly
She/Her, They/Them
5 years ago

People tend to shit on Elgato but I've had mine since I started streaming (coming up on 3 years) and I've never had the slightest problem with it.

blueYOSHI likes this
Texas, USA

I hope at some point Nintendo decides to increase the video capture time. I would love to be able to record runs on the go. But, unfortunately so far all we can do is dock it with a capture card.