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[Outtrigger888]

Never even been to this site. Watching someone do a mario 64 speed run on my wii u. No text chat box, tho. Works good, smooth stream.

 

[BlackJace]

We've found the GamePad's potential. You're welcome, Nintendo.

 

[superpickleman]

It sure as hell didn't a few months back I can tell you that.

 

[zroid]

Got Salty working in an interesting way. Looks like you could go to the twitch.tv salty stream and then send it to the TV, and on the gamepad go to the salty site to do the betting.

figured it would work this way

that's good to know!

 

[Effect]

Will have to try this when I get home. As others said it didn't use to work at all.

 

[Jacan]

I just finished playing some NSMBU and I wanted to look if the International games started on twitch. Twitch never worked well on devices outside of my PC and I don't want to pay for Gold just for one app. It works pretty well, better than the iPhone IMO.

Now I have a low power consumption twitch box. Next test: saltybet (secret WiiU killer app?)

Did I miss the announcement? Maybe I missed a thread so lock if old.

Perhaps Nintendo didn´t consider Twitch to be so big or interesting that they have announced something like that.

Its not until MS and Sony each taking sides in the Twitch vs Ustream battle that both have come into the more main stream media eyes.

 

[Reversed]

We've found the GamePad's potential. You're welcome, Nintendo.

No, seriously. This would be the shizzle if Smash had a saltybet of its own.

 

[HamPster PamPster]

Boom! Excuse my shitty camera.

Time for twitch and saltybet miiverse communities!

 

[HarryDemeanor]

Wait. Twitch works now? Oh my god. This changes everything for me.

 

[zroid]

 

[Pineconn]

Imaqtpie (LoL) on my TV, GAF on my GamePad. Life is good.

 

[Revven]

Literally amazing. I gotta try this on one of the streams I watch very often. This could be HUGE for watching speedruns on the big screen

 

[massoluk]

You didn't know the Wii U had the best web browser of all time for a console? It's a shame.

Hi five, bro. It's a shame that many don't know this.

 

[Barkley's Justice]

Nintendo doesn't even know what twitch.tv is.

 

[Cartman86]

Literally amazing. I gotta try this on one of the streams I watch very often. This could be HUGE for watching speedruns on the big screen

To clarify. Twitch only streams in HTML5 if the video is live. Archived stuff streams in flash which won't work on the Wii U

 

[mightynine]

Oh my god.

This will NOT help my SaltyBet addiction.

 

[Midnight Believer]

I was sure it did not work in the past, but perhaps I had just assumed that twitch used flash because justin.tv needs flash.

I really like the Wii U browser

 

[Revven]

To clarify. Twitch only streams in HTML5 if the video is live. Archived stuff streams in flash which won't work on the Wii U

Eh, I can live without archives. It's the live stuff I typically watch.

 

[Siegmeyer]

I tried Twitch months ago when I got my Wii U and was gutted when it didn't work. This changes everything, thanks OP.

 

[Caesar III]

seems to work for livestreams. Did not work for my attempt to watch a recording of Quakecon. This requires flash still. That's what it said when I last tried on streams as well.

 

[sixteen-bit]

WiiU = SaltyBet machine

Killer app.

 

[Samurai_Heart]

Confirmed Wii U owners are Salty Bettors =P

 

[Haines]

hmm not much i watch on twitch would be good on that small of a screen. in only tend to watch starcraft

 

[Snakeyes]

That's awesome. Imagine the possibilities if Nintendo were more aware of all these online features/communities.

Watching a Smash stream and Salty Betting on FFAs.

30-player F-Zero races with spectator mode and Salty Bet integration. Redline anyone?

 

[JoeFu]

I'm already having a tough time balancing Pikmin 3 and SaltyBet....

 

[Parapraxis]

Communicating with users hasn't been one of Nintendo's strong suits (ever?) lately.

 

[blamite]

Woooooooow this is really good!

If only you could play Virtual Console games on the gamepad while watching streams on the TV this would be absolutely perfect.

 

[InsaneZero]

hmm not much i watch on twitch would be good on that small of a screen. in only tend to watch starcraft

You could send the video feed to the TV and still have the browser on the controller.

 

[El Sloth]

How are you guys getting the browser to play the video? My brother says the video is all black with a play button in the middle that has a big slash accross it. He says he presses it and nothing happens.

 

[Siegmeyer]

How are you guys getting the browser to play the video? My brother says the video is all black with a play button in the middle that has a big slash accross it. He says he presses it and nothing happens.

I get the same but then the slash disappears after a few seconds and you're good to go.

 

[abstract alien]

Holy fuck, did not know Twitch worked now!

 

[Firehead]

Boom! Excuse my shitty camera.

Holy shit, Wii U finally has a system seller! This changes everything!

 

[El Sloth]

I get the same but then the slash disappears after a few seconds and you're good to go.

Looks like he was going to the wrong channel lol. Adding an "s" at the end of the Salty Bet channel.

 

[Outtrigger888]

How are you guys getting the browser to play the video? My brother says the video is all black with a play button in the middle that has a big slash accross it. He says he presses it and nothing happens.

Only live videos work. Tell him to try another one.

 

[Siegmeyer]

Looks like he was going to the wrong channel lol. Adding an "s" at the end of the Salty Bet channel.

You have to go to the SaltyBets channel? Mine worked straight off the front page.

 

[abstract alien]

Holy shit, Wii U finally has a system seller! This changes everything!

This feature is always nice. Watched e3 and Direct on tv, while browsing and posting on gaf with the gamepad.

 

[abstract alien]

Only live videos work. Tell him to try another one.

Ah, that's what it is.

 

[Mr.Awesome]

Woah wtf mega fucking ton

 

[El Sloth]

You have to go to the SaltyBets channel? Mine worked straight off the front page.

The channel he was going to was offline probably.

 

[Tyrant Rave]

This is amazing. Saltybet got even better.

 

[abstract alien]

Any way to bump the resolution up?

 

[SporeCrawler]

wut..? ill watch WCS on wiiu from now on

 

[thefit]

Got Salty working in an interesting way. Looks like you could go to the twitch.tv salty stream and then send it to the TV, and on the gamepad go to the salty site to do the betting.

OMG.......YEEEEEEEEEEESSSS!!

 

[shouamabane]

twitch works better on Wii U than my PC.

 

[Kunan]

Holy shit it works now?! This is seriously gamechanging for me. I love watching streams, but would like to offload them to my TV leaving me free to do other things on my computer or watch from the couch.

Also I've just learned of the existence of salty bet.

EDIT: WTF HIS MOVES LOL

 

[thefit]

Bah the stream is way behind the pc stream can't bet with that , good try though wii u.

 

[Exile20]

This shit works great. Watching the dota 2 tournament now. Amazing. Just wow. So smooth. Honestly this could be a gamechanger.

 

[VariantX]

Bah the stream is way behind the pc stream can't bet with that , good try though wii u.

It's the price paid for smoother performance probably. I almost watch twitch exclusively on my xbox now. If the chat functionality works on the wii u, it'd be the superior experience on the consoles currently out right now though.

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

Fuck yes! One last reason to hook up my pc to TV. I was already using wii u as the perfect giant bomb device.

I actually am fairly impressed with the video output of the wii u for Internet stuff. I might have an untrained eye, but it's better than video on ps3 which was already ahead of the Xbox by a mile.

Boo. Still no luck with past streams.

 

[Mister Zimbu]

This is awesome and definitely new (I had tried as recently as last Saturday).

Unfortunately my wifi doesn't seem to cut it for the highest quality video. Has anyone found a way to change the video quality down like you can on the desktop?