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Streaming Setup Guide
The Player Desktop App is a free application that allows you to stream and record your game play with thousands of professionally, customizable overlays, an in-game control system for switching scenes and accessing your chat and streaming events without disrupting your gaming and a video editor built-in. Here's a guide on how to get started with the app: Connecting your streaming Account You should be asked to connect your streaming account on sign up but if you haven't connected in the
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How do I get Player to detect my game?
Your In-game HUD must be enabled. Your Set's Platform must be set to either PC or Console. Your Scene must have a Game Source widget. For PC games, the Set's P
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Player.me In-Game HUD 101
You can access Player.me's in-game HUD by pressing the assigned hotkey (**** by default). To change or add hotkeys, click the Stream
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Can I Screen Capture using the Desktop App?
Our Desktop app is currently limited to capturing game applications. Player supports most PC games that run on DirectX 9-12 and OpenGL, including some DirectX 8 games. However, you can still use our Overlays on broadcasting software that can add Screen Capture like XSplit Broadcaster or OBS. Here's how: • XSplit - https://helpdesk.player.me/en/article/how-do-i-add-my-overlays-to-xsplit-broadcaster-4d0fid/ • OBS - https://helpdesk.player.me/en/article/how-do-i-ad
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How do I stream PC games with the Player app?
In the Studio, games are added via the Game Source widget in a selected Scene. You can check this in the widgets list area within your Scene's Editor.  > click the orange question mark > and then a prompt will appear where you can add the game title.  icon next to a Set’s
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Generating an MSINFO32 File
In some cases, the Support staff will request you to generate an MSINFO32 .NFO file. This file contains detailed information on your PC's hardware and software specifications which they can use to diagnose and troubleshoot the issue you are currently having with the Player App. Go to Start Menu > Run or press the ⊞ Windows Key + R on your keyboard. On the Run prompt, type msinfo32 then click OK.  Storage: 250 MB available space
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How do I transfer my scene to a different broadcasting software?
Scenes that are created using the Player app can be used on other broadcaster software that support browser-based overlays like XSplit Broadcaster and OBS Studio. Here’s how to transfer your scene: Copy the scene’s URL In the Studio, go to your scene and click the ... icon and select Copy URL. Add the scene’s URL to your broadcasting software This can be added to any compatible broadcasting
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Home page 101
Home is your portal to what’s currently happening around Player.me. What’s New - Shows Player.me’s latest overlays. Hovering your mouse over the overlay will allow you to preview the overlay and cycle through different overlays Clicking the Add to overlays will add it to your current roster of overlays. Recent Streaming Events - Displays events
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Player.me Studio 101
Player.me's Studio makes it possible to Stream and Record your game directly along with your created overlays to live video sharing platforms such as Twitch, Mixer, and YouTube. Sets & Scenes - The meat of your presentation. Sets are a collection of scenes, while scenes are what will be shown to the world when you start your first stream. Clicking the + icon on the Sets panel will create a new Set.  ![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/83429288-71f3-46e2-8af3-05c2269e3932/efcc9318-b3a0-4121-abf8-c0
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Recording in Player.me 101
There are three ways to record in the Player app: Clicking the Record button in the Studio tab Clicking the Record icon in the in-game HUD’s Create Hub Pressing a Hotkey, which you can set in Create Settings > Hotkeys tab Navigating My Media All screenshots and recordings made through the Player Desktop app can be found in the My Media tab. Clicking the Player.me folder on top will give you the option to change the file destination for your screenshots and recordings. Enterin
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I’m hearing my audio loop/echo, how do I stop it?
If you’re hearing your audio loop or echo, make sure you check if there are other programs playing your audio in the background. In most cases, it’s your web browser playing back your stream, causing you to hear an audio loop or echo. When this happens, just hover your mouse over the video and hit that **** button.
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Generating a Crash Dump
There will be some cases that the Technical Support staff will request a crash dump from you to help diagnose the cause of the issue. Generating a Crash Dump File Reproduce the issue/crash on the Player.me Desktop application. Launch Task Manager by going to Start > Run or ⊞ Windows Key + R then on the Run prompt, type taskmgr and click OK. ![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/83429288-71f3-46e2-8af3-05c2269e3932/cbdc855b-a19b-4435-854f-d4d870663f
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