I FINALLY Upgraded My Streaming Setup!

[jakkuh_t]

PSA: The clip where he explained switch to the GoXLR was actually using the GoPro's audio not the GoXLR's.

[BrinkGG]

17 minutes ago, jakkuh_t said:

PSA: The clip where he explained switch to the GoXLR was actually using the GoPro's audio not the GoXLR's.

Video is still unlisted btw. 

Didn't know this was a thing, @NZgamer pointed out that this is normal.

[sub68]

I like how Yvonne knows how to run a c200 like a champ

[ThePointblank]

A couple of notes I should note from the camera's standpoint (from a Canon standpoint):

 

1. If you want to emulate the setup Linus has, I would skip the T6i and go up to a T8i, Rebel SL3, M6 Mark II, EOS M200, EOS 90D, EOS R, and EOS RP instead; the T6i doesn't have clean HDMI output (no onscreen elements), while these I've mentioned do; see this Canon USA knowledge database:
   https://support.usa.canon.com/kb/index?page=content&id=ART170224&actp=search&viewlocale=en_US&searchid=1560639851729
   This allows you to have AF while recording, and all three cameras have Canon's Dual Pixel AF, which is one of the best AF systems for video
2. If you step up to the 90D / M6 Mark II / EOS R / EOS RP, these have eye detect AF, which can lock onto your eyes and track them for more AF accuracy
3. You don't need a very high end lens; the kit lens are often good enough, especially with the STM motor, as they are smooth, and quiet

 

[GDRRiley]

27 minutes ago, ThePointblank said:

A couple of notes I should note from the camera's standpoint (from a Canon standpoint):

 

1. If you want to emulate the setup Linus has, I would skip the T6i and go up to a T8i, Rebel SL3, M6 Mark II, EOS M200, EOS 90D, EOS R, and EOS RP instead; the T6i doesn't have clean HDMI output (no onscreen elements), while these I've mentioned do; see this Canon USA knowledge database:
   https://support.usa.canon.com/kb/index?page=content&id=ART170224&actp=search&viewlocale=en_US&searchid=1560639851729
   This allows you to have AF while recording, and all three cameras have Canon's Dual Pixel AF, which is one of the best AF systems for video
2. If you step up to the 90D / M6 Mark II / EOS R / EOS RP, these have eye detect AF, which can lock onto your eyes and track them for more AF accuracy
3. You don't need a very high end lens; the kit lens are often good enough, especially with the STM motor, as they are smooth, and quiet

 

1. fully clean isn't a big deal you can hide almost all then just turn off AF

2. AF isn't needed most of the time

3. I'm laughing at the L 24-105 F4

[SoulOfAPsycho]

More Dynamic Range with an 16bit AudioInterface ?! Wider frequency band maybe.

[Franck]

Legit question here. What is the advantage of such mic for just voice ?

 

It's just that at 500$ sound quality wise i didn't hear much difference than my buddy home recorded audio with crappy 30$ headphone with integrated mic.

here an example of what i think the same model he has. It was Kotion something that i am sure.

 

https://youtu.be/MX1rqQKl89Y?t=248

 

is this product clientele more like singers, or recording professional instrument you can't plug in like drums or is meant really for streamer and causal "talker" ?

 

[sub68]

2 hours ago, ThePointblank said:

A couple of notes I should note from the camera's standpoint (from a Canon standpoint):

 

1. If you want to emulate the setup Linus has, I would skip the T6i and go up to a T8i, Rebel SL3, M6 Mark II, EOS M200, EOS 90D, EOS R, and EOS RP instead; the T6i doesn't have clean HDMI output (no onscreen elements), while these I've mentioned do; see this Canon USA knowledge database:
   https://support.usa.canon.com/kb/index?page=content&id=ART170224&actp=search&viewlocale=en_US&searchid=1560639851729
   This allows you to have AF while recording, and all three cameras have Canon's Dual Pixel AF, which is one of the best AF systems for video
2. If you step up to the 90D / M6 Mark II / EOS R / EOS RP, these have eye detect AF, which can lock onto your eyes and track them for more AF accuracy
3. You don't need a very high end lens; the kit lens are often good enough, especially with the STM motor, as they are smooth, and quiet

 

yeah I would for 90d or eos r 

do you think a 5d mark 4 would work?

[Founders]

My takeaways from this video:

 

• Linus looks better with a beard
• Linus needs to do some cable management
• Linus can get the aforementioned cable management supplies at LTTstore.com

[AnonymousGuy]

Behringer makes really cheap and garbage gear.  Fine if you want a noise floor that's at -40dB, but if you want an actual quiet background -70dB, get Focusrite or Maudio or similar USB XLR interface.

  

2 hours ago, Franck said:

Legit question here. What is the advantage of such mic for just voice ?

 

It's just that at 500$ sound quality wise i didn't hear much difference than my buddy home recorded audio with crappy 30$ headphone with integrated mic.

here an example of what i think the same model he has. It was Kotion something that i am sure.

 

https://youtu.be/MX1rqQKl89Y?t=248

 

is this product clientele more like singers, or recording professional instrument you can't plug in like drums or is meant really for streamer and causal "talker" ?

 

I game with a AKG C220? mic which is a stage headset mic...huge difference in audio quality.  When I pair up with randoms they all think I'm a streamer because my voice actually sounds good instead of sounding all clippy and compressed like you get with 3.5mm stuff.

[TetraSky]

Is the video where he spent 100$ to save 20$ on youtube yet or is it still on floatplane?

[poochyena]

I have a 4k screen and watched this at 4k quality... and I could barely notice a difference in image quality webcam vs the canon camera.

3 hours ago, Franck said:

It's just that at 500$ sound quality wise i didn't hear much difference than my buddy home recorded audio with crappy 30$ headphone with integrated mic.

I noticed a big difference in sound quality. first sounded very muddled, new mic sounded extremely clear.

[ThePointblank]

5 hours ago, sub68 said:

yeah I would for 90d or eos r 

do you think a 5d mark 4 would work?

Useable, but overkill and too expensive for the role of a streaming camera. Even the EOS R is a bit overkill, but it is cheaper than the 5D Mark IV.

[lewdicrous]

3 hours ago, TetraSky said:

Is the video where he spent 100$ to save 20$ on youtube yet or is it still on floatplane?

Still on Floatplane afaik.

[lttmegafan]

Any idea on the "high powered usb hub" used ? 

[styler2go]

1 hour ago, lttmegafan said:

Any idea on the "high powered usb hub" used ? 

Hey there, the black one seems to be the AmazonBasics one: https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-USB-10-Port-Power-Adapter/dp/B076YN6CSG/

 

Update: Sorry, it's not this one. But it looked similar and the AmazonBasics one also has 3 "high powered" usb slots.

[Raykahn]

4 hours ago, poochyena said:

I have a 4k screen and watched this at 4k quality... and I could barely notice a difference in image quality webcam vs the canon camera.

I watched at 1440p and to me the webcam looks better once he added the improved lighting.  I can see pixelation in his eyes and teeth with the new one.  Also, after you shrink the screen down for streaming I don't think there would be a noticeable quality difference aside from fps.  

  

Maybe once he gets the new setup dialed in a little more I will change my mind, but right now it just seems like a mismatch of equipment and purpose.  You could probably get within an unnoticeable difference in stream quality with a $130 webcam and $130 usb microphone.

[MarkDLeach]

30 minutes ago, Raykahn said:

I watched at 1440p and to me the webcam looks better once he added the improved lighting.

That's what I was thinking.  Since the HDMI capture shouldn't effect the image/grade ...It looks like his picture profile (Canon LUT) on the Canon camera is hurting the image.

 

What bugs me is once the lighting was in place, he didn't try to manually expose the webcam to see how good it could actually be with just a "modest" lighting upgrade.  2x Key Light Airs comes to likely around 275 USD after tax.

 

This is from my setup:
https://i.imgur.com/s3AvaId.jpg

 

Lighting is key. Two cheap colored LED bulbs from Walmart lit my back wall. I am lit by a desk lamp bouncing off the wall in front of me. The room is actually mostly dark. I do have a decent camera hooked to my Elgato but what LTT spent in XLR gear ($900 pre tax between his XLR capture and Microphone) ... That puts his budget way over mine.

 

IDK if I attached the image right so I also linked a IMGUR link from January 2019.

 

 

[Franck]

9 hours ago, poochyena said:

I have a 4k screen and watched this at 4k quality... and I could barely notice a difference in image quality webcam vs the canon camera.

I noticed a big difference in sound quality. first sounded very muddled, new mic sounded extremely clear.

yes, between Linus headset and the standoff mic he added i also saw a huge difference. The difference i don't hear is between the standoff mic he had and the sample youtube i put in my post. When i get home recorded clip with that heaset from my friend for a game we are working on i cannot distinguish the quality between of that and being real life right beside him and i've known him for about 3 decades so i know his voice.

[Rev_Pizzaguy]

Any ideas what keyboard that is? (Closer shot at 5:22)

[ExEcuteFox]

I dunno about anyone else but seems weird to me to use a DLSR for streaming. Yes you'll get far better picture quality but they aren't designed to have their sensor open for hours. I've done live performance recordings before with 3 DLSRs and due to the sensor heating up we would have to stop recording between tracks or they'd shut off in the middle of songs as the sensor was overheating. Max I've got on my 700d was 30mins roughly but sometimes depending on your environment temperature you might only get 10 mins before it overheats and stops recording. Perhaps just recording the screen generates less heat than recording to SD but to me I would guess that the hdmi output isn't outputting the full quality going by the quality shown from the DLSR in this video. 

[Raykahn]

1 hour ago, ExEcuteFox said:

I dunno about anyone else but seems weird to me to use a DLSR for streaming. Yes you'll get far better picture quality but they aren't designed to have their sensor open for hours. I've done live performance recordings before with 3 DLSRs and due to the sensor heating up we would have to stop recording between tracks or they'd shut off in the middle of songs as the sensor was overheating. Max I've got on my 700d was 30mins roughly but sometimes depending on your environment temperature you might only get 10 mins before it overheats and stops recording. Perhaps just recording the screen generates less heat than recording to SD but to me I would guess that the hdmi output isn't outputting the full quality going by the quality shown from the DLSR in this video. 

 

I generally agree, after watching Linus' video and thinking about it I started bouncing around Twitch looking at 'Just Chatting' streams to see what people were using whose main focus is them and not a game.  I came across this stream.  He is using a Cannon 80D, and I'd say the quality is really good, and he uses it as his main camera. His stream yesterday was like ~10 hours long.  It just confirms to me that Linus needs to dial in his setup a little more and it will do well for streaming and his next retiring video.

[FreeBird]

I've been trying to get one of those Elgato Cam links for a couple weeks now. They've been sold out for a long time, so frustrating. Does anyone know where I could get one for less than $300 dollars?

[FreeBird]

13 hours ago, Rev_Pizzaguy said:

Any ideas what keyboard that is? (Closer shot at 5:22)

I think it's the older model Corsair K70, possibly with different key caps.

[Video Beagle]

1 hour ago, FreeBird said:

I've been trying to get one of those Elgato Cam links for a couple weeks now. They've been sold out for a long time, so frustrating. Does anyone know where I could get one for less than $300 dollars?

You could try amazon warehouse... i got one from there a month back, i think...well, i got a box from there with nothing in it...so back it went but maybe they'll send you the empty box too.