Hello its been awhile I've had to work as much as I could in my IT field whenever I have the opportunity in this recession, but that doesn't mean I don't have further ambition. Even though I had my hands tied I've decided to improve upon my streaming studio setup even further and save myself some time for when I have time to stream. by gathering all the industry advice I could from my co-workers, and bosses who are much more knowledgable in the field. To that end.

 

I've attached the completed blueprint of my complete studio setup I use a tool called yED Graph Editor that was free if you like to try it out it can trace the path of each node. you can find the tool here http://www.yworks.com/en/products/yfiles/yed/

I use 2 pcs is because I can not have too much strain on my gaming pc, so i have the streaming pc to do all the work encoding. this takes away significant if not all lag spikes locally. 

The reason I'm still using 2 mice to the right even though I have the KVM switch is because I need to have control over two computers separately for the recording tool off the streaming pc with the small monitor. The reason I'm still using the left hand mouse is for showing the skill of using both hands on separate computers for separate gaming accounts also at the same time. Either way when I switch over control to type with that one keyboard, the main mouse is in service for all computers.

The audio interface is nothing new since an XLR mic must use it to converts an audio signal to digital for recording. However since I would very much like to be able to use the same expensive mic, and interface on both computers for their quality. I've opted to set the record on playback on the pc that the audio interface goes into then have it output to the DAC (digital audio converter) plug in a 3.5mm plug to the headphone jack of the DAC, and plug the other end of the 3.5mm plug to the mic of my gaming pc to be used with my chat services such as Teamspeak, or Mummble.

The reason for the key cam is to show my hands on the keys as i play in the background of the Facecam. The monitor cam is not show in the actually recording on my OBS recording, but rather during gaming for me to see myself in center screen. to make up for not being able to see the streaming pc's live recording at the right angle.

Windows 10 spyware removal and speed-up

So we've had Windows 10 out for a few weeks now, and if you're a PC Gamer like me, you know that the benefits of the upgrade to reduce overhead and API load for our graphics cards is worth it even before mentioning the Direct x12.

The drawback is how Microsoft  is following the footsteps of Facebook in gathering our private information so they could sell it to the highest bidder for targeted advertising or the NSA.

I mean I understand the old saying that if you aren't paying for the Product you "Are" the product. In response I would say Windows 8 sucked, and I was owed Windows 10 as reparation as much as if not more so than how Blizzard Entertainment is paying me back for my money and time lost in World of Warcraft up to the End of Wrath of the Lich King(when I left), with Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm, but I digress.

I'm not too smart to know all the ins and outs without following a guide so I've found one on YouTube to Follow. The purpose of this blog is to break down what Crimson Rayne and other vloggers have done. He was rather fast at a couple of intervals and did not explain too clearly except for his written article for about 1 or 2 things he did so I'll go over them by paraphrasing to our needs so we can be clear on how all the steps are done. 

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We won't have to worry about the whole local account thing for company computers that we'll eventually use with Windows 10 because we have control over our server Accounts. However if this is for your personnel at home computer I would change that login to a local account with this guide by following this article , or the following video.

Don't worry about what this guy says at the end about needing to log into your Microsoft account in order to use your e-mail or other features, that was pretty much a given.

Back  to

 6:32 he went on to mention using RegEditor to turn off the Telemetry without actually showing how to get into RegEdit.

Start+R -> Regedit -> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> MICROSOFT -> WINDOWS -> CURRENT VERSION -> POLICIES -> DATACOLLECTION. Double click on AllowTelemetry and change the value from “1” to a “0”.

you can then continue to follow Mr. Crimson's instructions on the Command prompt that I've copied below.

command” -> right click Command Prompt and -> Run as Admin

CD..

CD..

SC DELETE DIAGTRACK

SC DELETE DMWAPPUSHSERVICE

ECHO “” > C:\PROGRAMDATA\MICROSOFT\DIAGNOSIS\ETLLOGS\AUTOLOGGER\AUTOLOGGER-DIAGTRACK-LISTENER.ETL

That's about it for getting rid of the spyware the rest of this compilation is about other things, such as the Wifi, Update prevention, and Speed-up in that order.



If you are using wifi with Windows 10 and are encountering problem please check out this guide

It you are super techy and want to just have the updates you want and stop any future windows updates you can follow this Video

 

To Speed up your Windows 10 Computer Over all you can follow this video. 

                                       

A quick note, at 1:40 when he went into Advance options to select the maximum memory, you can find that number by clicking Start--> Documents --> Right clicking on my computer and select properties.  The number of usable ram will be in brackets next to the amount of ram you have on your device, so you can go ahead and type that usable amount in.

My home Studio Topography

After learning off youtube and my mentors at work for awhile I've advanced my home stuido a bit further to include monitoring for both video and audio functions to make it a bit easier for me to make videos.

much more to come.

 

 

Switching Internet Service Providers

So I've been setting up a Channel on YouTube and Twitch and I've now realize that I need greater speeds for streaming. With that in mind I've taken a look back and what Plan I'm using and which best to switch to since I have the advantage of relatives with Smart Phones to bundle with for one of the 2 ISPs in town.

Shaw	Cost per Month	Monthly Data	Download speed	Upload Speed
Internet 5	$50 ($25 N)	60    GB	5     Mbps	0.512 Mbps
Internet 15	$60 ($30 N)	125  GB	15   Mbps	0.512 Mbps
Internet 30	$70 ($35 N)	250  GB	30   Mbps	2.5     Mbps
Internet 60	$90	400  GB	60   Mbps	3        Mbps
Internet 120	$120	750  GB	120 Mbps	6        Mbps

·         note we don’t have to buy a new modem and we have the Wifi-Go if we stay with Shaw

·         Currently we are using Internet 15 from SHAW.

·         Shaw only bundles internet, with TV, and Landline which don’t use, and are getting rid of.

Telus	Cost per Month	Monthly Data	Download Speed	Upload Speed
Internet 15	$63 (58 B) (43NB)	150  GB	3 - 15   Mbps	1       Mbps
Internet 25	$68 (63 B) (48NB)	250  GB	5 - 25   Mbps	5       Mbps
Internet 50	$83 (78 B) (63NB)	400  GB	20-50   Mbps	10     Mbps
Internet 100	$93 (88 B) (73NB)	500   GB	70-100 Mbps	20     Mbps

·         I don’t know if bundling a second mobile phone to this would further decrease the cost

·         Telus’s download speed is not stable for that reason I would recommend the Internet 50 package so we could consider our switch as an Upgrade.

Legend

B-Bundle

N- New Customer Discount price for the first six Months.

NB- Combination of New and Bundle

Streaming

I need at least 5 Mbps to comfortably stream content at 1080p 30fps. SHAW simply does not offer that at a reasonable price. Telus does, but as I’ve said I’d highly recommend the Internet 50 package so that we won’t sacrifice our downloading speed, and we have the ability for more than one user to upload at once if we need to.

Gw2 Dragon Rank ladder PvP 200pt 3 capped 4v5 COMEBACK NEVER SURRENDER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udxuiC-Eq_8&t=2m14s

1st Place North America and Europe Guild Wars 2 pvp Ladder

                                    Even among the Dragon Ranks I'm #1 in NA and EU

                                                        North American Leaderboard

                                                        At the Same time in Europe


Thanks to

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BeAsTMoWeD.8329
Kaga
Beck
GhodWrath
MasterPo
Smiter
Tosh.2741

For Duo queing with me against Random teams, and the Brutal Pre-mades we were definitely not suppose to fight against yet still manage to win