Is Twitch The Only Livestream Option?

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I live streamed a mix on YouTube, everything was fine for about two hours, then the stream was cut.

On Facebook, I streamed for another two hours and got one pop-up halfway through saying there is copyrighted music and that I should stop it to continue the stream. That worked, but the next day the entire stream was muted for copyright violations.

I have not tried Twitch yet, but I hear DJ get a bit more freedom.

Is that true? Is there another platform to broadcast live?

I play just DnB/Jungle. Not top 40 radio hits or anything. Some tracks may have samples of popular songs, and I never monetize, but to have the whole stream censored feels like overkill.

EDIT: https://youtu.be/JpR7fkrlpe0?si=keN6vpdAbwiNlwcb - Here’s the latest example of what I’m streaming. Song’s don’t last for more than about 2 minutes and most of that time they’re layered with other tracks. I’m also not asking for money, no money request links or anything.

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I’ve been livestreaming DJ sets on Twitch for 3+ years. It’s currently the best option. There is also Kick, which I have not streamed on, but it’s a much lesser used platform so discoverability will be an issue.

Twitch just introduced the Twitch DJ Program - https://www.twitch.tv/dj-program that you might be interested in. The TL;DR is that they’ve partnered with the music labels to find a solution for DMCA takedowns and copyright strikes. There’s a database they’ve put together that you’ll have access to as part of the program to tell you if the track you’re playing is permitted or not allowed.

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Insert “back in my day we used Shoutcast” comment

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You can stream on mixcloud. Works well, but you need to pay for a pro account.

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I stream on kick with no issues, making decent money

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Thank you everyone for all of your input. I’ve done some of my own testing because that’s just how I am. I streamed on Twitch while simultaneously recording in OBS and then uploaded the recording to YouTube and also streamed the recorded video to Facebook live.

All three have copyright flags. Yes, even Twitch. Only once on Twitch did I actually see the pop up AS I streamed, saying something about stopping the song or else the stream will be cut off.

I have not tried Kick yet, but I will.

This is the stuff I’m doing… songs don’t play for more than 2 minutes each and even then, a lot of that time they have another track mixing with them. It’s not like I’m letting entire songs play out and I’m not asking for money.

https://youtu.be/JpR7fkrlpe0?si=keN6vpdAbwiNlwcb

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I’d say Twitch w/ the new Dj program and Tiktok are your best discoverability options.

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Anyone stream on Youtube? worst one?

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Best on mix cloud as they are licenced (D.R.M) maybe that’s why your stream was cut before

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I stream every weekend on TikTok then download the saved recorded mix and post on Facebook the next day. On Facebook some of the music is muted in some countries where the copyright laws are different but mostly I get left along. I’m in Northen Ireland. I used Mixcloud for 2 months but the fan base does not migrate well, same with Twitch.

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Woh! Super cool! I had no idea, thank you!

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Was just about to mention this! If OP is able to join the Dj program, I would imagine they shouldn’t have their stream cut.

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Plus the raidtrains help with discovery.

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Can I ask what are you getting out of streaming on twitch? Not asking in an aggressive way, I’m really trying to understand the value proposition

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I LITERALLY DID! I LOVED IT! I SENT THE LINK TO EVERYONE AND TOLD THEM LAUNCH IT IN ITUNES! Hahahaha! I loved Shoutcast!

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Ah thank you for that information. I was hoping to do a video live stream, I don’t know if mix cloud has that.

It’s too bad. I feel like I am promoting this music to people who might not have ever heard it before, I don’t make money off of playing it, the artists obviously don’t pay me to play it. But they might get streams and downloads from my listeners after hearing me play a portion.

It’s a shame, I just want to share the music and the artists I love with friends and family!

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I have to try Kick, I’m really glad to hear you’re making money from it. I’m honestly not looking to make money from this right now. I have 3 other jobs LOL. DJing is something I’ve done as a hobby since about 1997. I had gigs around my home town of Philly and more in NYC. But still, those were just gigs I did for fun!

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It’s weird… on my first YouTube stream someone told me near the end of my set that the stream stopped. On my end, monitoring on YouTube studio, it said it was still going. But then it shut down for me as well. The recording afterwards was still there though. but then the next day the recording was blocked worldwide.

After I streamed on twitch, I had also recorded the video and audio in OBS and uploaded that recording to YouTube. While the recording was flagged for having some copyright music, it has not (yet) been blocked worldwide.

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TikTok? Isn’t that for mobile phones only? How do you do that? I am streaming from OBS on a Mac. But I can believe the Chinese spies of TikTok don’t care about copyright :slight_smile:

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You’re most welcome!