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audio only option for pc

Audio only option for pc. I know that they have this option on the twitch app, and i would want to see this on pc as well. Sometimes 1080p 60fps and 720p 60fps streams (without quality options) can result in high temps for laptops. Not to mention that this benefits people who want to hear the stream in the background without having to load the video portion of the stream.
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  • CaribbeanCam commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This feature is so needed. It's on mobile so why not pc. It really helps decrease power consumption, data/bandwidth usage, and helps increase performance for us multitaskers by eliminating video rendering in background for gaming and listening to streams.

  • LoudjoLaFritz commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This only audio option is really important to add. Not only for people who only want to hear the audio without having to load the video, but it is also necessary to be able to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions due to video streaming, which is far for negligible. Thanks!
  • Absinthe_Green commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please add this! I'm on satellite. I can only watch in 160p. So I use twitch as radio. Audio only would save me on my 100 gig data cap.
  • merlin2v commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    this is needed allot. auto doesn't work and honestly, I would prefer to actually have a constant stream of audio and the visuals cut out rather than have both of these not work
  • [Deleted User] commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Yes, I would like this ideal it works perfectly who just want to listen to channels; and not running the video at the same time. This way it doesnt take up as much bandwidth.

  • Sean Placker commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I'm almost positive you can get this exact feature if you just use Chrome. Google added a power saving feature to Chrome a while back (Chrome 57 I think) called "Optimize background video playback". It Disables video tracks when the video is played in the background (but continues to play the audio) to optimize performance, and its in Chrome for Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS, Android. It's turned on by default so you don't have to do anything to enable it.
  • Majeye commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Please implement this! When I get close to hitting my data cap for Xfinity, it would be nice to just listen to audio without having the HD video up and running.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    CMON! WTF?! I mostly listen to music and ASMR streams. I don't want to waste bandwidth on 1080 stream just to get the good audio quality.
    GET THIS F-ING DONE FINALLY!
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