Diablohead
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The word Mixer makes me think of music before anything else.
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Microsoft's Beam.pro being renamed Mixer.com, gets new features
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Hell yes. I was positive they would stream in 4k but this seals it.
Deadpool_X
Banned
Yeah, but there's no more snapping, so the second you switch from Twitch, does it not close?
MosquitoSmasher
Member
I was watching a Overwatch stream and the quality was shit. On Twitch you can easily change between quality. How do i do that here? And chat cant be fully removed from the side?
HarryDemeanor
Member
Should be a settings button on the stream itself.
I'd assume that was on the streamer, partnered streamers have the ability for you to switch quality but not non-partnered streamers (at least that I've seen). If it was there should be a cog you can click when highlighting the stream if they have the option.
On Twitch they allow non-partnered streamers to have quality changes now also, but only if you have so many viewers. It's still not 100% and is still something Twitch needs to get fixed too.
MosquitoSmasher
Member
Yes, found it!
It's called low latency and was enabled. I turned it off and it was crisp.
But it really seems you can't hide the chat, that sucks.
ZeezbruhTV
Member
Beam is always going to be the bing to twitchs google. The new awful name seals the deal.
Norwegian_Imposter
Member
I wonder how long it will be till twitch integrates these features. It will and then all mixer will be left with is a terrible name.
LukasTaves
Member
Honestly, I don't really like the order of the Tabs:
I really hope they change the order so I can have Home, Community and Store as the first 3 options. Or just give me a toggle to get rid of OneGuide and Mixer.
They should allow us to reorder tabs, that way I could put oneguide and Mixer to the left, Home on Center and the other two as they are now.
Do you have flash enabled? If so, try disabling flash in your browser and letting it run with HTML5 instead and see if that works any better. Also, there seems to be some bugs/stability problems with the new layout change so it could just be some growing pains at the moment. Hopefully they get things sorted out quickly.
You can hide chat (at least on PC) by mousing over the chat just to the right side of the stream's scroll bar (not chat's scroll bar) and some blue lines should appear that let you resize the chat window.
And then Mixer will come up with more features to copy. Competition 101.
And this is the biggest problem. MS need to start doling out the cash to big streamers.
OR ME!
Again as has been said multiple times in this thread, they don't have the ability to use the name Beam in every country, they had to change the name if they want this to be a global brand.
tiredheadcrab
Member
Because as stated more than once in this thread, they could not use the Beam name in other countries. Hell it didnt even have the .com domain. It had .pro originally. It was going to be too messy.
Again, legal reasons. Do people not read the thread? Bizarre.
I always read your posts as Jack Black. Fits perfectly.
The Albatross
Member
I've been pretty impressed with Beam on Xbox... but... seems like a weird time to debut the new name...
Aaah, guess the name Beam had some issue w/ international translation or trademarks
Aaah, guess the name Beam had some issue w/ international translation or trademarks
Doesn't seem like it.
That's exactly how I talk
oneils
Member
As a viewer, there is still a lot of work to do. Very clunky experience in safari iOS. The iOS app has no picture In picture support (from what I can tell), and I can't figure out how to view chat. Still trying to figure it out. I'll see if they have a FAQ.
Goalus
Member
So because you're 2nd and not 1st, you should give up without even trying?
Great way of thinking!
Salty Rice
Member
Microsoft is really knocking it out the park lately with renaming their stuff with shit names.
Guess Scorpio being The New Xbox or Xbox 2 is a given.
Guess Scorpio being The New Xbox or Xbox 2 is a given.
I don't understand the naming change, and their email's just like "this allows more people to enjoy it." Is Beam an offense in Albanian culture or something? Why, exactly, is Mixer better than Beam? I liked Beam.
It's gonna be in the Xbox One family, apparently, so I'd assume Xbox One [word]...
It's gonna be in the Xbox One family, apparently, so I'd assume Xbox One [word]...
Norwegian_Imposter
Member
Yeah but as has been said, the public consciousnesses of this service is non existent and I don't see that changing
They cannot legally use the name Beam in some countries, they have to change it to grow Beam (Mixer) as a global brand. Is Mixer the best choice? Probably not, but it'll grow on me.
So all 2nd place companies out there who aren't as well known to the public as their competition should just quit now?
Norwegian_Imposter
Member
No not at all, I am just saying that its a distant third to youtube these days for live streamer and the name will not really change that opinion because mixer sounds like a damn dating app.
TurtleSnatcher
Member
Sounds like they couldn't get Beam.com and had to fall back to this.
It's already been changing. Have you been to Beam before the buyout?
Bits N Pieces
Member
Around 25% market share then, I think they'll be delighted with that.
xabbott
Member
It's somehow is getting missed very often. They couldn't use Beam and grow the brand. Also, you don't need to be the most popular to be profitable. Otherwise, iOS would be considered a failure globally.
I mean at one time MS tried to buy Yahoo and failed. People considered Bing a dumb idea. Now Yahoo is a distant third. Bing was powering stuff like Siri. Grew at a rapid rate due to Windows 10. It also meant they were able to make Cortana more competitive with Google's voice search since data powers these virtual assistants. I'm not saying this as someone who thinks Bing is better than Google. I'm just saying they made a lot out of the second place search.
Beam/Mixer doesn't have to beat Twitch. It simply has to benefit Microsoft. The interactive stuff and low latency tech could be used to stream games/apps to future devices. They can use it as a broadcasting platform for non-gaming streams. They can integrate it with Hololens to stream from the headset, etc. So again, I'm not saying Mixer/Beam will ever beat Twitch or become a household name but there is more to the acquisition sometimes than what is right in front of us.
Bing is a beast that grows every Q. I think people don't even realize how much it powers. It powers Amazon Echo for example.
Diablohead
Member
I uninstalled flash once twitch dropped using it last year plus I don't visit any websites that still use it really, so why keep that software installed.
It could have been a page cache issue since it was my first visit in months but like youtube gaming it felt bloated as it was loading stuff, why can't it just be simple and clean, even twitch has too much going on at times.
Eh. Surface, Office, Windows and Xbox are all cool. But I do agree Beam sounds better.
