You might also want to test your audio before you go live too. Keep doing this until you get stable results! On a side note, don’t forget to remove ?bandwidthtest=true before you go live for real, none of your followers will get to see the show if you leave it! report this ad If everything seems good, you’re good to go! If you see drops, adjust your output settings and run another test. To be safe, you might even want to play an online game that you would normally play on stream to check for sudden drops. Leave your stream running for a few minutes.

Now paste your stream key in OBS or Streamlabs and add ?bandwidthtest=true to the end of it (example: live_1234567_THISi5JuSTAN3xAMPLE ?bandwidthtest=true)Ĭlick ‘start streaming’ in OBS or Streamlabs.įinally, head over to and log in to your Twitch channel. Be careful not to accidentally paste this anywhere you shouldn’t as that would give everyone who sees it access to stream on your channel. Welcome To Stream Scheme! How to Run a Test Stream on Twitch 2įirst copy your stream key from the creator dashboard.

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