Hello there, I'm desperated and truly needing help on something:
I've got several problems when streaming to twitch, but one (the largest problem) is a problem that I can't see myself fixing on my own and trust me, I've tested many things in hope to make it work, but nthing ended up fixing the problem.
THE SET-UP:
I want to stream Metroid Prime played on my Wii. With a "Freeloader", I can play that NTSC Gamecube game on my PAL Wii. That works fine.
The capture device I use is called: hauppauge hd pvr 2 gaming edition plus
Along with that device that I bought is a free streaming software called StreamEez.
My PC is quite good/ fast/ very new BUT it's the only thing for gaming that is NOT in our basement unlike the consoles, the TV (for gaming only) and the laptop (for recording). Also, the internet connection from the laptop, which is in the basement, is way slower/ worse than that of the PC which is on 1st floor, just several meters away from the WLAN router.
THE PROBLEM:
When I record "normally", i.e. w/o streaming, the video is just fine, conataining
a) coloured video, b) in-game sound and c) my voice. Everything is fine.
It's via a composite cable, obviously, because it's a Wii and not a new console so I can't do it with a HDMI cable.
But when I set it to "share", log in to twitch with my username and password, the video gets black-and-white. Why is that? I should mention that it does NOT go black and white when I'm streaming from my Wii U which is connected to the capture device via a HDMI cable.
My first guess was that it's something with the Composite cable that's wrong, but why can I record properly when/ if I'm currently NOT streaming and just recording "normally"?
My second guess was that my old Laptop was just too old (bought in 2008) to stream because it's not the fastest Laptop anymore, obviously. I wanted to test if either the laptop's CPU and/ or the internet connection isn't good enough. This is why I connected the Wii and the capture device to my PC on 1st floor. But it STILL goes black and white when I click on "share" and (want to) stream to twitch.
CONCLUSION:
- I'm desperate
- Neither I nor my father, who doesn't want to spent too much more time on that, can see themselves finding out how that black-and-white problem is to fix
QUESTIONS:
- Does anybody have a clue what else we could try?
- Does anybody have a suggestion?
- Does anybody know something about that black-and-white problem (I couldn't find anything on the internet concerning that problem)?
- Should I change streaming software from StreamEez to Open Broadcaster Software?
- Can anybody answer my question of why I can record AND/ OR stream from Wii U (via HDMI cable) with colours, but only record but NOT stream from Wii (via Composite cable) with colours?
I REALLY; REALLY APPRECIATE ANY HELP; HAVE BEEN INTO STARTING STREAMING FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS AND IT'S AWFUL NOT TO KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO TO FIX A PROBLEM!
I've got several problems when streaming to twitch, but one (the largest problem) is a problem that I can't see myself fixing on my own and trust me, I've tested many things in hope to make it work, but nthing ended up fixing the problem.
THE SET-UP:
I want to stream Metroid Prime played on my Wii. With a "Freeloader", I can play that NTSC Gamecube game on my PAL Wii. That works fine.
The capture device I use is called: hauppauge hd pvr 2 gaming edition plus
Along with that device that I bought is a free streaming software called StreamEez.
My PC is quite good/ fast/ very new BUT it's the only thing for gaming that is NOT in our basement unlike the consoles, the TV (for gaming only) and the laptop (for recording). Also, the internet connection from the laptop, which is in the basement, is way slower/ worse than that of the PC which is on 1st floor, just several meters away from the WLAN router.
THE PROBLEM:
When I record "normally", i.e. w/o streaming, the video is just fine, conataining
a) coloured video, b) in-game sound and c) my voice. Everything is fine.
It's via a composite cable, obviously, because it's a Wii and not a new console so I can't do it with a HDMI cable.
But when I set it to "share", log in to twitch with my username and password, the video gets black-and-white. Why is that? I should mention that it does NOT go black and white when I'm streaming from my Wii U which is connected to the capture device via a HDMI cable.
My first guess was that it's something with the Composite cable that's wrong, but why can I record properly when/ if I'm currently NOT streaming and just recording "normally"?
My second guess was that my old Laptop was just too old (bought in 2008) to stream because it's not the fastest Laptop anymore, obviously. I wanted to test if either the laptop's CPU and/ or the internet connection isn't good enough. This is why I connected the Wii and the capture device to my PC on 1st floor. But it STILL goes black and white when I click on "share" and (want to) stream to twitch.
CONCLUSION:
- I'm desperate
- Neither I nor my father, who doesn't want to spent too much more time on that, can see themselves finding out how that black-and-white problem is to fix
QUESTIONS:
- Does anybody have a clue what else we could try?
- Does anybody have a suggestion?
- Does anybody know something about that black-and-white problem (I couldn't find anything on the internet concerning that problem)?
- Should I change streaming software from StreamEez to Open Broadcaster Software?
- Can anybody answer my question of why I can record AND/ OR stream from Wii U (via HDMI cable) with colours, but only record but NOT stream from Wii (via Composite cable) with colours?
I REALLY; REALLY APPRECIATE ANY HELP; HAVE BEEN INTO STARTING STREAMING FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS AND IT'S AWFUL NOT TO KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO TO FIX A PROBLEM!
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