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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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