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Edit: fuck

Why do you hope Twitch takes a big hit? You should be hoping the RIAA does!

I found this to download VODs you don't have saved locally: http://www.twitchtools.com/video-download.php

It might work for muted VODs, if all that happens is the audio is muted and not deleted completely.

If the RIAA had its way, we'd still be in the 1950s technologically. And I'm not just talking about music.

People blaming Twitch for this needs to understand that they're not doing this just because they hate people. They're doing this to protect themselves against the music industry, especially the RIAA. The RIAA doesn't understand the concept of free advertisement (most of the gaming industry does, however). It was inevitable that this was going to happen, and this is apparently the best they could do. It could have been much, much worse. I'm talking zero-tolerance policy worse.

I know there's already another thread about VODs, but I think this is major enough for another thread.

Twitch has put up a new blog post detailing how they will deal with copyrighted audio in streams: http://blog.twitch.tv/2014/08/3136/

Basically, you can stream music while broadcasting right now, but you're still liable. You just won't be as liable since most audio that would get you a DMCA violation would be muted.

The biggest issue I have with this is that if there's copyrighted audio detected, the 30-minute chunk it's in will be muted. The whole thing. So I was thinking that this could affect TFTV VODs because of the pre- and post-game music; if the cast happens to be in the same 30-minute chunk as the detected music, then part of the cast is lost.

Additionally, this part concerns me:

I hope that means just licensed commercial music (Guitar Hero, Just Dance, DDR, etc.) and not music made for games.

Anyway, thoughts?

Not saying it's not happening, just that it hasn't happened yet. The guy I quoted said that Google already owned Twitch.

Once it happens, Google and Twitch should make a press release. Right now, it just seems like Twitch is trimming the fat and making the site more functional.

It hasn't been officially announced yet, so I'd say it hasn't actually happened yet.

Hopefully this is for the better. Maybe I'll actually use my worthless Youtube channel to export Twitch content no one cares about.

If they get bought by Youtube, there's really going to be no point in the VOD system as they could just link Twitch directly to Youtube so Twitch would be able to save VODs on Youtube.

Just so you know (I don't know if you've played TF2 competitively or had previous knowledge), competitive TF2 is completely different from QWTF, and even TFC. We currently play in a 6v6 format with 4 main classes: 1 medic, 1 demo, 2 scouts, 1 roaming soldier, and 1 pocket soldier. Any other class is only occasionally used (often in the case of sniper) by the scouts and roamer.

If you are new to comp TF2, I'd recommend trying out newbie mixes, which usually happen on Friday nights. Then you could try IRC pugs.

For the record, if you use a DVI to VGA adapter for a secondary monitor, it will only work in a DVI-I port. If there's only one and that one happens to be the only DVI port that can provide high refresh rates, then you'll need to use DisplayPort if your video card has it. If it doesn't, you'll probably need to ditch your secondary monitor.

I know this because my old video card had HDMI, DisplayPort, DVI-I Dual Link, and DVI-D Dual Link. The DVI-D didn't work correctly and wouldn't supply over 60Hz; my secondary monitor is a cheap and older LCD so it had VGA. I had to use my adapter in the DVI-I slot, which meant that I had to get a DisplayPort cable. Maybe my new card will be different.

Pretty sure he's not talking about his account

There is hope for us

Twitch is basically what was once the gaming category of justin.tv.