maximizing screen space.
2 years ago
Illinois, USA

so ideally i want to have splits and chat visible on my screen as well as my video game obviously.

as of right now i use twitches pop out chat and just window capture that.

and i use livesplits.

the problem i have is pop out chat looks god awful if i try and shrink it any. so its taking huge space.

sort of the same with splits. if i just use a default timer its fairly small but if i want to show splits and god forbid comparison times.. it is rather large and also looks terrible if i try and shrink it.

just wondering if there are any alternatives to be able to show chat on screen with less space taken? same with splits.

this is mainly for streaming retro games. as i play modern stuff in full screen.

what is the best looking setup from a streamer you have watched that shows chat/timer.. while still giving the game itself good screen space

Valhalla

@HuntingTreasure Often times if you just change the opacity it doesn't look as bad. Right click your chat/livesplits, then add a color correction filter and change the opacity. Otherwise, a lot of people just have like the left or right fourth of the screen covered by that stuff and have the game visibly in 4:3 (or stretched to around that aspect ratio)

Malaysia

Rather than using window capture for your chat, I would recommend using a browser source instead. Here's a guide on how to do that https://slurptech.com/add-twitch-chat-box-obs/

United States

Yeah, browser sources are a good way to go. When I do any streaming, which is almost never, I use Chatty.

http://chatty.github.io/

It's probably not the most up to date solution, but it's open source.