Upgrade Your Stream Deck: 9 Advanced Tips For Streamers

[@GamingCareers]

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[@STOGG]

Awesome vids as always. Can you do a tutorial that's more in depth on using the multi-action for flashback/livestreaming/Replay Buffer?

[@briancarter9927]

Hi Gaming Careers! Thanks for all your videos helping the community (: I have a unique problem that seems to be common in the community. Basically, in OBS Studio, if Noise Supression is on, it mutes my controller clicks (which is great) but cancels out my higher pitched noises like laughs and screams. I can't seem to make it work the way I'd like with just a Noise Gate. I have a white snowball mic. Active filters include: Noise suppression, compressor, gain, limiter and noise gate and I have narrowed it down to just Noise Suppression being the issue.

[@capp00]

This was fantastic. Thank you for showing us this.

[@MawkRF]

CAPP

[@capp00]

@@MawkRF Sup

[@MawkRF]

@@capp00 didnt know you watched GC too, was looking to improve my stream and found your comment XD

[@RelyeaGaming]

Going to save this! Arranging apps, count downs and death counters would be awesome

[@nills2099]

Just curious, why is this in the lofi playlist?

[@Dyn0Official]

Your doing Lofi stream

[@Bolnosaur]

Started streaming only recently after years of not being able to. Your channel is certainly one of the most qualitative in stream education on KZbin. Keep up the good work, congrats.

[@DrBobGaming1]

I probably use the profile switcher a lot. Since being a streamer and content creator, you might need certain things for recording that you would for streaming. By a click of a button, it will have the secondary profile pop up. Have the stuff you need to record and you could even have the third option for the editor you use without having to worry about pressing the wrong button.

[@ddt_tv260]

Very nice addition adding the buffering to prove your point. You are an exceptional content creator, thank you for you.

[@anissat-tech]

I was looking for this exact setup for switching between audio devices, and the extended Function key setup is pure genius! Thank you so much! Looking forward to a Part 2!

[@Setzerlp]

I know this is an older video, but as an owner of a c920, you are correct. This just saved me 2 minutes of irritation to the point where I sometimes didn't even fix it. Thanks!

[@jwoolson]

This is VERY helpful for some of us OG Stream Deck users who have not yet dug deeply into the new SD plugins in the 5.x SD software and store.

[@thesalta72]

Welcome to this stream deck video. Today, we are talking about how awesome Bar Raider is! Seriously though, he's a great guy! Very chill. Excellent video!

[@TheMiniaturesPaintbrush]

Really useful plug-ins to get the most out of my stream deck, thank you!

[@AnotherInternetRando]

I'm not a streamer, but use a Stream Deck as a productivity tool at work. The Windows Mover tip is going to save me so much time - wish I'd known about this a long time ago! Thanks for all the great tips!

[@markotesic]

Very useful video! Part 2 maybe? Thanks!

[@interwebfiend]

I'm an educator that streams over various platforms and use multiple tools and was wondering about this device. Operating system, worth the cost, ease of use and so on. You made a compelling case for me to purchase. Thank you.

[@TheVampressKiss]

This is super helpful , means I'll actually have to stop procrastinating and actually start streaming again , because this sorts out one of my biggest problems , the arrangements of windows on my second monitor with the push of a button!

[@NateisJung]

Just a heads up for any MMO players that stream, F13-F24 is actually accessible via Shift+F1 through Shift+F12 (for example, Shift+F5 is F17). So if you have those setup for anything in the game, lookout for that.

[@Vitriore]

I’m using my stream deck as a numpad, soundboard, voice changer, volume controler, mic controler, media volume controller, FPS monitor, GpU and CPU Temp monitor and probably a few things I’m forgetting

[@MissKalunji]

Very nice video!! I incorporated a few that id idn't already know. Thank you!

[@Logical19]

i cant tell you how many times ive used this video! thank you so much!!!!!

[@jeryz]

Man, i was just looking for a plugin to show my SSD storage level, that Win Tools has the perfect solution! Excellent video!

[@whoabean]

These tips are still really handy 2 years on. Thank you

[@BenJammins]

Love the vids man, keep them coming!

[@Synovyx]

This is really cool. I don't stream, but I use my stream deck as a macropad and found some of your tips to be really useful. Keep up the good work

[@GSXHeckler]

Thank you for this. I've had a stream deck for months, but pretty much use it in a basic way. This will make my life so much easier. Just subscribed to this channel, because I've watched the past couple of months and it's really been helpful in moving forward as a content creator in so many ways. Thank you for all the hard work and sharing your knowledge with us.

[@SpaceLegends]

Got my stream deck a few weeks ago and aside from streaming, been loving using it for editing hot keys

[@ShadowUKTV]

This is exactly what I needed to see today!! I will definitely be implementing a lot of these tips into my own stream, thanks man and keep up the great work! 🙏

[@kohkeepr1837]

This is wonderful information, I did have to slow it down to get it all lmao....thank you so much for this!

[@Siltti]

332 likes and ZERO dislikes! You know you're doing things right from such a ratio. Keep up the good work!

[@REkzkaRZ]

Very interesting and entertaining - good combo! Props

[@quahogconvo]

The window moving plugin and the panic button are both such great things to use. Thank you so much.

[@mrallardice88]

I have been looking into the stream deck this just makes me want it more! Great video! More if this please 🤙

[@seancasgamer]

I was using the paid iOS app for a few months to see if I'd REALLY use the Stream Deck. The app was a bit frustrating with it's Wifi connectivity so I just took the plunge on the Stream Deck - easily one of the best tech decisions I've made in a long time. I bought the XL and am VERY happy with it.

[@mrallardice88]

@@seancasgamer I can't see any downside to buying one, it looks to be a nice bit of kit to. Loupedeck looks nice to but I like the streamdeck for the buttons. What size did you buy?

[@Sir_Lanceuhlot]

Changed my life with the multi-action and windows mover plug-in. Thank you! 🙌

[@DiMosHigh]

Nice I’ll be using the hot keys feature. Also thanks you’ve been dropping knowledge that’s helped me for a couple years now.

[@gray1sh.]

thanks thishelped alot, I've been thinking of buying one for my streams

[@MickeyGrant]

I love this! Part of my problem, is that I'm 72 but have done live satilite broadcast as both a producer, on-camera talent (especially from war zones) but all this is so new to me. I'm starting a show called DIARY OF A GONZO FILM MAKER. I'm going to be cutting to lots of "roll-in's from various movies I've made. That's the main thing I need from Elgato. I plan to use 2 of the incredible ZV E-10's and yes, I need Cam Control... will it work on Mac? I have so many questions and you're the best expert I've found.

[@AnotherInternetRando]

This makes me happy - always keep learning! What's the latest on your show? Just searched for it and didn't find anything. I'd be interested to give it a watch.

[@Simlife101]

@Mickey Grant. Little tip. When asking a youtuber a question put @then there channel name so they see it as a direct message. As you can imagine when you have 1000s of subs and 100s of comments they won't read them all. Have a great day

[@ChrisHudsonLLB]

thanks, a real insight into the uses - I just bought one bought had no real idea it was this powerful.

[@EGTitusPlays]

Fantastic idea on the Hate Raid. I never thought about a multi action button. The simplest thing. Thanks

[@motherofnerdlings]

This was SUPER helpful! You should definitely make a part 2

[@JokersAndVenom]

Thank you so much. I am definitely going to be taking advantage of a couple of these. I already added some of them to my new stream deck

[@jourdo2k3]

This was amazing. I was already using some of these tools, but didn't even know the others existed. Thank you!

[@PyrrhP]

Awesome to see your channel's progress over the last few years. Thank you for the very useful content! Going to shop around for some Streamdecks. :D

[@sleepii15]

This was super cool to watch, very informative.

[@jawadsaadi]

Thanks man, the windows mover is a big deal , amazing how easy it solved a big issue for me

[@JohnnyBeane]

I just got a Stream Deck and am having issues with errors. I set up keys to send out NightBot commands to my chat when live on KZbin but these only work a couple times before i get the yellow error screen on my buttons. Wondering if Stream Deck is blocking these thinking it's spamming?

[@Skigz]

Good video, informative. Learned some functions I didn't know my StreamDeck had

[@stowgood]

This is a great video. I liked the counter and the replay saving buttons. I am sure the other stuff will become useful in the future too.

[@chucryoviedo2970]

This is very good content. I appreciate the tips and the great examples you use in your channel.

[@IAmTheAstralTraveler]

He earned the LIKE when he told me how to switch audio sources from headphones to speakers.

[@stellarkoala]

Thanks for making this video! Super helpful!

[@staffsargegaming]

Excellent video! So many pro-tips!

[@RideTheTeacups]

Great ideas! I just ordered mine. Appreciate the insights.

[@theadminders]

Very useful video. I never would have guessed it myself.)

[@naish0n]

Amazing Info! Gonna use a lot of these!!!

[@JelleDrijver]

I see what you did there at 4:31 haha Nice one. ;-)

[@geekygreek7]

You are ...... amazing...... Thank you! I LOVE THE WINDOW RESIZE OPTION! Such a great video ty ty ty!!!

[@immulti2691]

Got my deck a week ago, what a well timed video

[@pixelasm]

3:18 App volume device preference is an AWESOME tipp, or in other words: I was today years old when I learned you can predefine which input and output each software uses per default! Why is this so time and nerve saving? Often times I connect to a teams or teamspeak or what ever call and my inputs and outputs are all over the place, but hopefully not anymore :D

[@ExecutionerO]

So many options here. Thank you for the video 📹

[@CIN3MATIX_]

Incredible video-as always!

[@No0ne._.]

Honestly, I'd love a video of all the things that should be considered when you have one of these and how to set them up properly and how to manipulate them. When I start streaming I really want one but they seem really complicated so an in depth walkthrough and explanation of how things work not just how to use them would be amazing.

[@BlackBeard_Gamez]

Nice touch with the buffer.

[@ViciousXUSMC]

For any features you wish you had that you don't you can expand the power of this device (or your keyboard, desktop, etc) 1000 fold just by integrating AHK or AutoIT Scripts. Some things can be improved, example the Window Position, rather than using a delay to wait for an application before moving the window, in AutoIT its as simple as ShellExecute() or Run() to open the application and then waiting with If ProcessExists() or WinWait() so it will be sub millisecond accurate without any raw delays, then you can add in error correction to close the process and re-open it should it hang, etc. I have used Automation like this for years, even when I was on the dev team for XSplit, and I just use keyboard hotkey combos or GUI's but I think I'll finally get one of these just for the pretty buttons lol. If you do not have the Twitch API ping yet, that can be something I look into making once I get mine.

[@spongiesponge6406]

Thank you so much for this! 😁 Would you consider making a short video on how to set the Weather on the Elgato Stream Deck? I can't seem to get the API settings right and very confusing... 😪

[@goon_controlled]

This was video was very useful. Thank you

[@ahmedagbabiaka]

awesome video. one thing I do with my 'going live' button is make it a multi-action switch so that i have actions for stream ending like setting twitter name back, turning off studio lights and playing ending music.

[@MBimmer]

Epic as usual. Thank you.

[@Cipher_8]

I think you just sold me on buying a Elgato streamdeck. I was on the fence for the last 2 years actually and so far haven't purchased but even if I don't end up livestreaming as much I think they have a lot of functionality just for general PC usage to where i can warrant the purchase. The keybind thing for extended function keys 10:40 you showed off here is so useful.

[@ArashiKageTaro]

No cap, I literally bought one a week ago mainly because of this video. It arrived today and I started setting things up but got a bit overwhelmed because of the limitless options lol. Edit: Do it! You won’t be disappointed

[@lordMaroza]

Perfectly explained! Thank you!

[@liamfoneill]

I have a GoXLR and find that rather than switching audio devices between speakers and microphone I just use the line out on the GoXLR to my speakers and have a dedicated fader for both headphones and microphone. I usually have one muted and exclusively use GoXLR to control everything. I had the setup with StreamDeck previously with Audio Switcher but find this new approach much simpler and even quicker.

[@ronniekoomba922]

Another great video and guide. Thank you

[@seanseanseanh]

That screen buffer moment got me real good.

[@Defrag]

😂

[@georgemickel6608]

Holy cow that's great! Thanks for the vid

[@KingSolrac]

Thank you!

[@YetiLyfChill]

Awesome video, would love to see a part 2 in the future

[@100TalkPodcast]

this was incredibly helpful, thank you

[@hypertexthero]

Excellent tips, thank you! 🙏

[@HobbyLinkInternational]

Excellent video. The only problem I have and I am probably doing it wrong or do not understand how to do it. Using the stream deck for sound bites during a stream I hear it through my speakers and my mic pics it up so the viewers hear it. But is there a way to do it through the stream like when we play music? That would be a very helpful video.

[@StreamGrowthMedia]

Love the windows mover feature. Too bad discord doesn't like being told what to do on my PC lol...

[@Nathansomething]

Maybe a second stream deck will fix it?

[@oldenhaller]

I move the discord through this all the time.

[@StreamGrowthMedia]

@@oldenhaller yeah it worked for a few weeks then just decided not to lol. It's on my to do list to figure it out.

[@oldenhaller]

@@StreamGrowthMedia Good luck man!

[@Chailotl]

Here's how you can get Discord to open up on the monitor you want: 1. Move it to the window you want 2. Make sure Discord *is not* fullscreened or maximized (it should be a window) 3. Close Discord from the system tray 4. Discord should now open on the monitor you want! 5. Optionally maximize Discord after opening it, then close from the system tray and reopen to make it remember the changes

[@bagsofclips]

This is a game changer thanks for the content! 🎒

[@KismetBP]

Great Tips. I use a bunch of these already & also use my stream deck for Effects during certain events like Sub Goals & such. I’m always trying to improve my stream. ❤️👍

[@Nearch_44]

Big thanks my guy. I just bought a stream deck and had no idea how to actually use it. So, this helped alot!

[@CaliLifeTCG]

Well explained thanks

[@QuinceEaster]

good looking out my guy!

[@spitfyre1551]

Awesome video, thank you for the tips! Regarding audio switcher, I've noticed when I switch it not all programs seem to follow suit, with some audio coming out of my speakers. Would I need to toggle between the two in each program or is there something I'm missing?

[@learnabouteyes]

Awesome video. I'd love to use the "Windows Mover" Plugin but it doesn't seem to exist on MacOS...know of any alternative?

[@oumac]

Love it

[@JackLyttle]

That raid plug-in is fantastic. Such a headache to raid, otherwise.

[@Stackali]

yeah but it creates a profile which you can't switch back to the other profiles once on it when using profile switcher.

[@MixiMera]

Looks great and advanced enough to me. Have you done a similar video for Loupedeck Live and preferably on the MACINTOSH platform? I bet that would be a bit more complex.

[@TechieM2]

Along with normal stream control stuff, I use the Advanced Launcher plugin to run Packet Sender with the appropriate options to change Input/Output mappings on my HDMI Matrix Switch. Along with my monitors, one of the outputs is an Atomos Connect 4k that is connected to my Gaming/Streaming PC as the capture source for my streaming. This allows me to quickly and easily capture any source on the HDMI Matrix Switch (including of course the Gaming PC output used for games).

[@ottomartin4710]

Thank you so much for this!

[@kdcyp]

Thanks for the super video! I am trying to resize my open Winword window but no matter what coordinates & resize height and width coordinates I choose, it ignores them and just opens my Word document in the postiion and size that I last had any word document open. Can you please advise what I need to do to fix this? Thanks a lot! 🙏🙏

[@PNUKslots]

Awesome tips. Especially the 4k elgato part.

[@DJSTEFF428]

Where is the plug-in you mentioned called window mover? Don’t see it in the store. Thanks

[@LenaKudryashenko]

Great tips. Thank you!

[@harbscantina]

I LOVED that last tip on multi actions. Once I get used to things I'll certainly be using that :) Can I ask what is probably a dumb question though, please? Ok...say I've got a button on my stream deck with the Twitch logo on - titled STREAM - that I would like to when it's used then display a set of buttons I can use whilst streaming, and then have another button to hit to go back to the basic layout I used before streaming? How do I do that on the stream deck? Hope this makes sense...if anyone can answer this PLEASE DO! I need all the help I can get.

[@Bolnosaur]

Easy, just create a folder - that's included in the Stream Deck software under the Stream Deck tab, then just change the icon with a one that you have created yourself / found on the internet, you can also directly create one from the elgato website by clicking the small downward arrow and then "Create an icon". Then inside this folder you will automatically have a return button.

[@lilyeti]

this video is so good!

[@E.R.I.316]

Any possible way you have a tutorial on the cam control setup?

[@Deraco1]

Informative video sir! Also I think you do actually have those F keys (F13-25) You press and hold Shift and then the corresponding F1-12 key to generate the F13-24

[@NoviceQuads]

Very informative. Id like to see more on OBS audio running thru Voicemeeter if possible using elgato streamdeck

[@Grennixi]

11/10! Thank you :)