multiple audio channels
Streams should be able to encode audio into separate audio channels, so that users can independently mix/select audio for each channel. For example, one channel could be music, another could be the streamer's voice, and another for the game/application's audio. In this example, if you were already playing music that you wanted to listen to, you could disable the streamer's music. Or, if you have trouble hearing the streamer's voice, you could turn that up. Or, if you don't want to hear the streamer or music, you could mute them and just listen to the game. I think it would also have a secondary benefit that you could independently remove audio channels in cases of copyright violation, so that the rest of the vod is still good even if there happened to be flagged music on one channel.
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Thisbymaster commented
Streamers struggle so hard with balancing multiple audio streams to a single audio stream and that balance never works for everyone. Sometimes you just want to hear them, sometimes you want to hear the game better. There is no good solution when everything is jammed into a single stream. This is an accessibility feature that allows the end user to make the choice on what they want to focus on.
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Nephanor commented
This is a good idea, Twitch already has the ability to send two channels, one which doesn't go to the VOD (which is usually a music channel) but being able to mute that channel when the stream is live is a great idea. It would need streamers to use that channel for music always. If Twitch then added a flag that then allowed people to choose IF they music channel to VODs or not, then those who want to keep the music in VODs, but allow folks to mute it if they want.
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DoMorna commented
That would be lovely, sometimes music just gets in the way, but you are not gonna ask the streamer to turn it off, this seems like a perfect inbetween
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itsapaul commented
Considering streamers do this already so music doesn't show up on vods/youtube exports and such, this would be awesome. I tune out of twitch all the time strictly because of music choice.
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Mugnum commented
Was gonna suggest the same thing! It's not so much about being able to mute music really, but rather separating mic and main audio.
I frequently listen to streams while playing a game of my own, and have to turn down one or the other, as it introduces a lot of noise. Being able to listed only to broadcaster without their game audio would be fantastic.
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gkey commented
this would be a game changer
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Andr01dx86 commented
Would be great if my friends could watch my stream without hearing themselves. Ya know?!
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hutonahill commented
I spent 20 min figuring out this page existed to post this idea and its already here. This would be a massive step up for the platform imo
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Craeton commented
This is necessary.
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SlapFactory commented
+1 would love to see this option
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Mayor_Boomer commented
I am testing with one video channel in spanish (my language) and other video channel (another account) with english real time translation with my voice in RVC. But if this idea were real i could stream my channel with two audio. One in spanish and another in English. it would be great
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Kephrii commented
+1
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CeDeROM commented
+1 :-) that would enable really nice new features like separate channel for talking, music, tts, different languages, and many many more :-)
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RyanWinchester_ commented
this would be incredible
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AmigaLive commented
When are we going to see this great feature?
or is twitch only focused on adding useless features and ads?I know twitch lacks developers with skills, but this feature is really easy to implement.
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RazzIV commented
I was just about to write about this topic and I was happy to see this article. I support it 100%.
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1A3Dev commented
Even the ability to switch between listening to the normal and VOD track on a live stream would be amazing since I sometimes want to listen to my own music but it conflicts with the music streamers are listening to.
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DoctorLans commented
Just got the 100% same thought, i totally agree this is must have feature. I'm ear sensitive person, can hear inproper microphone configuration (overload, clipping) very well and suffer from that - so many streamers fail to configure their microphones or just have cheap ones that are sound just bad. Or use obscene language too much.
Or stream notifications are too loud and irritating.
Or sometimes i just dont want to listen to streamer voice and want to chill and listen to the game only.I really want this feature!
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iampickleee commented
could use that for live processing steam data
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sebimoe commented
Would be super helpful. Also opus support would allow to cut the bitrate more than in half, which could be helpful for having 2-3 audio streams within the same bandwidth