You should provide more quality options for the smaller Twitch channels as well as non-partnered channels. Right now, you can only have more quality options if you are a streamer with a high amount of viewers or a Twitch Partner. This means that the quality is stuck on "Source" and cannot be altered whatsoever. This needs to be changed. I am on a Chromebook and I can't watch a whole 1080p60/30 or 720p60/30 quality stream without the stream constantly buffering every few seconds. When it stops buffering, it 'plays' the stream for about a few more seconds before it starts to buffer again, and ruins my experience and my ability to watch the stream. My Chromebook is only capable of Twitch streaming qualities up to 480p quality, and anything above that makes the video player suffer as a result. I've been trying to enjoy these streams to no avail and end up leaving because it is practically unwatchable with the constant amount of buffering. Please remove the 'exclusivity' and allow all Twitch streamers to have quality options. This constant buffering is getting on my nerves.

It's been a few weeks since Twitch changed how stream quality auto changes based on whether the tab is in the current tab/window or not. This change automatically lowers the quality of streams to 480p (or lower) for streams not in the current tab, and when the stream is tabbed back into focus it does not always resume the originally selected quality.

This is affecting multiple browsers, with or without extensions, so this is seems very much a Twitch end feature to lower data use.
This change however has resulted in some issues:
-More buffering
-Streams hanging/pausing when tabbed out
-Quality not restoring when tabbed back
-Playback issues such as audio desync when the stream quality changes and latency has to catch up
-Streams in background no longer has thumbnail view in task view (windows key + tab) to simultaneously view multiple streams and is instead just a black screen video player.

Overall I feel like the changes have not improved the user experience and has instead introduced more issues than it saves. It should be up to the user to open as many streams as they wish at whichever quality and maintain such experience regardless of window focus.

over the past 2 weeks I have been losing frames to the point when I stream today for 20 minutes it came out to a 2 and half minute video. Now I send you a message about this a week ago and NEVER ******* heard back. If this is what you call good service I would of dump you ******* in a heart beat. Give me a reason why I should keep using you?
I have used both streamlabs and steamelemnts OBS and thought maybe it was them at first but if both are having the same problems maybe it is TWITCH that is giving this problem!!! I know my internet is find I have a 450 mbs down and 20 mbs up and should be able to handle streaming even when I am using two or one pc to game/stream. this is not a idea its a get your ******* service working right you dumb ****!!!!

My English is not very good. So I use Google Translate.

I am a live broadcaster in Taiwan, and I would like to suggest that the live broadcaster can pay to purchase a channel that allows viewers to adjust the picture quality.

Everyone knows that the platform provides a function that allows viewers to adjust the picture quality. It is given priority to the live partners according to the quota, and then to the live allies if there is excess quota, and finally to the general live host.

However, except for the peak time, as long as there is a 3A game release period, even live allies cannot get this feature at all times. As a result, viewers with weak networks will leave to live partner channels that can adjust the quality of the game. 'S live channel cannot retain the audience.

This problem has been bothering me for a long time. I hope that a paid function can solve my problem.