Synopsis: Pinball live streaming is picking up in pace and it only looks like it will be growing further from here. As such, this thread will serve as a central hub for live pinball streaming. Want to know who's out there, or do you want to know how to build a streaming setup for yourself? If so, then this thread is for you.

New to viewing streams? - The most common place to find pinball live streaming is via Twitch (http://www.twitch.tv). On Twitch, hosts can stream their pinball gameplay to a live audience, and the audience can interact with the streamers/hosts via chat.

Do you want to stream your machines? - If you would like to learn how to broadcast over Twitch with your own pinball machines, the Buffalo Pinball guys have created a great tutorial for getting started: http://howdoipinball.com/2015/08/30/how-to-live-stream-real-pinball-on-twitch-technical-basics/

To pinball broadcasters - Leave a reply with your channel information and I can have it updated in this main post. Also, feel free to bump the thread if you are going live at any given time. It should also be noted that LethalFrag on Twitch has created a "Pinball Wizards" team. This acts as a central hub that hosts most of the regular Twitch pinball streamers. Link: http://www.twitch.tv/team/pinballwizards.

The List:
(In alphabetical order)

Akmpinball - http://www.twitch.tv/akmpinball/
- Streams technical and casual play on a handful of home machines, typically on Friday or Saturday nights. Will occasionally stream during the week on random occasions as well.

Alchy999 - http://www.twitch.tv/alchy999/
- Great play on real pinball machines from what I can tell. No other info present, but there are past broadcasts/highlights to catch.

Buffalo Pinball - http://www.twitch.tv/buffalopinball/
- Home of the Buffalo Pinball League. Streams on a weekly basis, Thursdays in particular. A mixture of casual, competitive/tournament play, and live tutorials/guides.

CaptainBZarre - http://www.twitch.tv/captainbzarre
- Digital pinball only, primarily The Pinball Arcade and Zen Pinball.

Dave's Main Event (Arcade & Pinball) - http://www.twitch.tv/davidbatman1980
- Pinball and arcade game streams located in the Pacific Northwest. Has lots of games.

Dead Flip - http://www.twitch.tv/dead_flip/
- Streams during the week in their warehouse/office space in the Chicago area. Frequently streams new Stern machines, as well as actual location machines and even goes live from the Stern factory.

Demented Warlock - http://www.twitch.tv/demented_warlok
- Streams pinball machines occasionally. Also mixes it up with various videogames, so it's not all pinball.

FarSight Studios - http://www.twitch.tv/farsight_studios/
- "The Pinball Arcade" developers. They frequently show off tables from TPA.

FlipoutNH - http://www.twitch.tv/flipoutNH
- Located in New Hampshire. Hosts a monthly tournament and game nights in-between.

Free Gold Watch / San Fransisco Pinball Dept - https://www.twitch.tv/fgw_sfpd
- Pinball streaming for charity (sometimes?). No info given on their channel page other than "sfpins.org".

Free State Pinball Association - http://www.twitch.tv/fspapinball/
- Occasionally streams their Volleyball House League that meets on Wednesday nights in Elkridge, MD. Sometimes streams their Town Hall League in College Park, MD on Thursdays. Hasn't streamed in a while, but they have some saved highlights from prior months that can be watched.

Fz_berz - http://www.twitch.tv/fz_berz
- Casual real pinball streams.

GA Pinball - http://www.twitch.tv/gapinball/
- Georgia Pinball Organization. Streams events and casual play on a weekly basis.

Inland Empire Pinball Association - http://www.twitch.tv/iepinball/
- Streaming pinball tournaments in CA (Pinball at the Lake, It Never Drains in Southern California, etc).

Jaded - http://www.twitch.tv/jaded/
- Another combo stream. Lots of videogames, but streams pinball machines too.

Lethalfrag - http://www.twitch.tv/lethalfrag/
- Streams mostly videogames, but also fits in pinball machine play at least once a week, often times more. Runs the "Pinball Wizards" team on Twitch.

Mcsirtuna - http://www.twitch.tv/mcsirtuna
- Pinball machine play, typically on Saturdays from 8PM - 10PM EST.

Me_etc - http://www.twitch.tv/me_etc/profile
- Plays pinball once in a while. Has no info and only one highlight on Alien Poker as of Dec, 2015.

NH Pinball Streams - http://www.twitch.tv/nhpinballstreams/
- Competitive and casual play in the New England area. Appears to stream regularly.

Owlnonymous - http://twitch.tv/owlnonymous
- Streaming pinball machines all the time, both casual play and tournament play, as well as some local (and not local) events.

PAPA Pinball - http://www.twitch.tv/papatvpinball/
- Needs no introduction. Streams their PAPAtv Live show as well as other PAPA Circuit events.

PaulyB18 - http://www.twitch.tv/paulyb18
- Streams pinball machines Wednesdays from 9PM - 11:30PM CST. Schedule changes frequently, so check in often.

Pinball Joe - http://www.twitch.tv/pinballjoe/
- Home of "Pinball Done Quick" (PDQ), speedrunning pinball machines. Also streams for other occasions, and has broadcast from the Stern factory.

Pinballlife - http://www.twitch.tv/pinballlife
- Not to be confused with the store (pinballlife.com). Streams pinball machines regularly.

Pinballwiz45b - http://www.twitch.tv/pinballwiz45b/
- Streams regularly but only covers digital pinball.

QueenCityPinball - http://www.twitch.tv/queencitypinball/
- "Gov" here on Pinside. Streams pinball machines fairly regularly and has a few highlights setup.

River City Flippers - http://www.twitch.tv/rivercityflippers/
- League for Richmond, VA. They haven't streamed yet but say they will be in the near future.

StashKid13 - http://www.twitch.tv/stashkid13/
- Owns and streams several pinball machines. Channel says he might do retro gameplay in the future.

Tablecam - http://www.twitch.tv/tablecam/
- Streams pinball tournaments and events in the DC/MD/VA areas. No consistent stream schedule yet and seems to be MIA at the moment.

TenseSpence - http://www.twitch.tv/tensespence
- Pinball machine gameplay. Owns a Star Trek (Stern) from what I can tell, unsure of what else.

Texas_Pinball - http://www.twitch.tv/texas_pinball/
- Pinball machine gameplay by the guys that bring you the Texas Pinball Festival.

VooVoof - http://www.twitch.tv/voovoof
- Strictly digital pinball. Likes cats. A lot.

Wicked Pissa Pinball - http://www.twitch.tv/wickedpissapinballpit/
- Looks like he streams on his own and has a wide variety of games. Has no Highlights setup, so at the moment the channel seems empty.

Wyrebender - http://www.twitch.tv/wyrebender
- Digital pinball along with other videogames.

Yep, it is an option the streamer has to choose. The archived footage is only good for 60 days or so, so the broadcaster has to create "highlights" from the stream in order to make it permanent. One could also use YouTube to upload their stream since the software should save a local copy to the user's computer.

Correction-- I think they are only good for two weeks or so. If the broadcaster is a Twitch Turbo subscriber, then I believe it's 60 days.

All right, not a whole lot of feedback. To be fair, I probably should have posted this outside of the pinball gameplay videos sub-forum. Regardless, I went ahead and updated the original post and am making this "the Pinball Streaming thread". You can find a list of Twitch pinball streamers I follow in the main post at the top. If you know of any others or if you are a broadcaster already listed and would like to have me add more information (specific schedule times, game lineups, etc), post a response and I'll get the main post updated.

I use Xsplit Broadcaster edition to do my stream.

For the cameras, I have a Logitech C920 I use for the playfield, and a Logitech C615 I used for the DMD. I switched to a different cam for the DMD as of last week but I don't know the make/model off the top of my head. It does look better than the Logitech C615 and the DMD doesn't flicker like it does with that Logitech cam.

Thanks for the recommendation! I just checked him out and what you wrote is pretty much on point. I'll get him added to the list.

I can understand his perspective though. When you become popular, you open yourself to constant trolling. Having the chat blocked off from anyone that's not subscribed keeps the chat civil and free from spam and unwanted trolls. It's different with the average pinball channel because generally they are much smaller/niche.

Thanks man!

I was able to finally check out Dead_Flip live for a few minutes earlier today (normally they stream when I'm sleeping or heading into work) and they were playing the WWE game.

No problem!

That's a wicked setup! I'd love to have a mount like that. Right now I have a cheap stand sitting next to the game I am recording. While it gets the job done and it is mobile, it would be nice to have a rig like you do where the cam is permanent and won't shake when you play rough with the machine.

As far as streaming, it may not require as much horsepower as you think. I picked up a cheap laptop from Wal-Mart with only 4GB RAM and a Pentium-based processor. I was able to stream without any hardware issues. The resolutions had to be knocked down on my cams (800x600 on the main cam, 640X480 on the DMD cam), but it still looks suitable enough. If Xsplit already records fine to your hard drive, streaming isn't going to require any more horsepower than you are using right now.

Hm.. I'm not 100% sure why it would drop if nothing hardware-wise has changed. The lighting situation could affect this--the cams tend to pick up more consistent/higher framerates with better lighting scenarios.

Hm.. I had issues with the hub I was using. Sometimes the framerate would be smooth, but then out of nowhere it would seriously glitch up. I stopped using the hub and haven't had any issues since.

Cool! When I get a few moments later I'll add it to the list up top.

What do you mean? Lack of USB ports, or simply a lack of cable length?

Are you going wired or wireless? I was using WiFi when I started and was getting huge amounts of dropped frames. It was extremely choppy on the viewers' end. When I went wired I have had zero issues, the speeds are much faster. What does your internet service plan say you should be getting (down/up)?

2MB up max.. Hmm.. That's probably going to be rough, especially over Wi-Fi. You want at least 5 - 10 to be issue-free. Either way, if it's working well for you now, then consider yourself lucky! When I was transmitting at 2mbs up, I basically couldn't stream. It was a virtual slideshow for my viewers.

Post here if you go live later tonight. I'm going to be at work all night so I can pop in and see how it's going.

No problem! I added that you guys stream on Thursdays. I haven't been able to tune in live myself (I am usually busy Thursdays), but I have been tuning in to the past broadcasts.

Done.

Absolutely!

No problem! Looks like you got to the thread before I did. To those that missed it, here's his stream: http://www.twitch.tv/queencitypinball/b/634572553

Right on! I'm there.

Doing some pre-PAPA last-minute streaming on Demolition Man (that is, unless I stream tomorrow). Should be going for the next 90 minutes. http://www.twitch.tv/akmpinball

Yeah, 60fps would be ideal, although I'm not sure if Twitch actually supports streaming at that rate (it wasn't until recently that YouTube started allowing it). I'll have to look into it though.

As far as comparing between 30/60fps, there's no doubt 60 is going to be much smoother, especially in situations where the ball has to travel quickly. Those guys with better rigs than I should have no problems streaming at 60fps if Twitch allows it.