How to get my Twitch tools working

A long time back I wrote two tools which use standalone HTML and javascript to get data from Twitch, one was Box Art which I documented here: Box Art Blog Post These tools have stopped working recently because Twitch changed a lot of requirements specifically to do with Authentication when accessing the APIs. I didn’t […]

Posted by admin on March 11th, 2022

Twitch Auth using WPF and C#

I’ve just spent a bit of time since I released the first build of a new streaming tool trying to understand Twitch oAuth mechanisms. I ran into a few problems along the way but learnt loads so I thought I’d write a quick post. First I ended up writing a sample which shows how to […]

Posted by admin on December 31st, 2016

Twitch streaming widget – dynamic Twitch data in file form

If you’ve read any of my other posts you’ll know that I am a keen streamer on Twitch and that I have also written some javascript code which you can use in OBS or XSplit to display information like poster art for the game you are playing. I got a DM on Twitter the other […]

Posted by admin on December 22nd, 2016

Moving to v5 of the Twitch API

I got an email as part of the Twitch Developer community about upcoming changes to the Twitch API (Kraken). On an initial read I was a little bit confused and slightly worried as the changes come into effect quite quickly. So I thought it was worth a look to see how problematic the changes were […]

Posted by admin on November 18th, 2016

So pleased

I am stupidly pleased with myself, no I’ve not got a new job or a new car or won the lottery. I’ve finished a video game and what’s so pleasing about that you ask? The video game I just finished is Dark Souls. I’m 47 this year, I have a mortgage and a job and […]

Posted by admin on July 16th, 2016

Twitch box art code dissection

I recently posted about adding Twitch game box art to your stream using a web page that I wrote, it took me quite some time to work out how to do it and I thought I would share my experience and also give anyone the opportunity to amend the code as they see fit. I’m […]

Posted by admin on March 18th, 2016

How to add the current game’s box art to your scene when streaming to Twitch

Have you ever wanted to display the game art for a title that you are playing on your stream but not wanted to download a new image for each new game you play. Well help is at hand I’ve written a very quick script that you can include as a browser page in OBS or […]

Posted by admin on March 18th, 2016

Dual PC Connections for Streaming

I’ve been trying to find time to work out how to explain my Dual PC streaming setup and I thought I would write a few words about it to see if it inspired me to explain everything clearly. Video: Console(s) to HDMI Switch Input 1 Gaming PC to HDMI Switch Input 2 HDMI Switch Output […]

Posted by admin on March 9th, 2016

Nodecg Twitch Auth

This is going to be a very short post about nodecg which I have started using to achieve two things. First improve the quality of my stream by creating cool notifications and second to learn a little javascript/Nodejs. In my simplistic understanding nodecg is a small web server which you can use with the OBS […]

Posted by admin on November 5th, 2015

The size of things

If you are trying to have a ‘brand’ then you are probably like me in that you have a consistent theme to images on your social media outlets. However one size does not fit all in these circumstances. This means I keep having to dig around and find the optimal sizes for different images.  So […]

Posted by admin on June 20th, 2015