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This would be super easy to implement as the RTMP protocol that Twitch uses already supports multiple audio channels. But it would also be more expensive for Twitch to transcode/distribute the additional audio channels. I'd love to see this feature for a few more reasons:
1. Surround sound (would be even cooler if Twitch did the downmix from surround to stereo)
2. Multiple languages. You could watch one stream and choose which language you want to watch, would be nice for audio description for vision impaired viewers too.IanSzot
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It's stupid Twitch still hasn't done anything about SRT (and AV1). For those who don't know SRT is probably the most reliable streaming protocol today. It can recover from 15% packet loss with the right configuration with no degradation in audio/video quality.
SRT is already widely used in the broadcast industry in OB Vans where internet signals (satellite/5G) can be spotty.
There's also a lot of people nowadays on Twitch streaming from their cellphones in all kinds of places where good internet connection is not a guarantee. SRT is literally made for these uses cases.
Plus it has encryption with no added latency.
I know Twitch can't stream SRT to viewers but this part is OK because Twitch has a massive reliable CDN behind them to take care of this, the important part is the Streamer->Twitch and RTMP just isn't reliable enough for IRL streamers.