So, we're using a 10 minute delay to avoid any form of cheating. However, when you play commercials, they are played immediately, and does not take the stream delay into account.
With this in mind, we have to come up with some way to avoid playing commercials in the middle of the games.
Here are a few ways you can do it and how it has been done so far:
1. Have a third member of the streaming team watch the stream and play commercials at natural points, such as breaks, technical issues, pauses and so on. It would be great if the Streamer himself has graphics such as the resources Zak posted that says "Ads now playing", and put them in for a few minutes whenever they feel the commercials should be played, and the third stream member would play the commercials at those times.
2. Use a 2nd monitor or an additional laptop if you have one to watch the stream and play commercials when fit yourself.
3. Co-caster has the stream running and can alt tab to play commercials at suiting times(requires window mode to not lag the game).
- If anyone has any more ideas of how to do this, then please go ahead and post ^^
With this in mind, we have to come up with some way to avoid playing commercials in the middle of the games.
Here are a few ways you can do it and how it has been done so far:
1. Have a third member of the streaming team watch the stream and play commercials at natural points, such as breaks, technical issues, pauses and so on. It would be great if the Streamer himself has graphics such as the resources Zak posted that says "Ads now playing", and put them in for a few minutes whenever they feel the commercials should be played, and the third stream member would play the commercials at those times.
2. Use a 2nd monitor or an additional laptop if you have one to watch the stream and play commercials when fit yourself.
3. Co-caster has the stream running and can alt tab to play commercials at suiting times(requires window mode to not lag the game).
- If anyone has any more ideas of how to do this, then please go ahead and post ^^