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This is the basic setup procedure to getting started streaming with the Razer Ripsaw capture card and your preferred streaming software. How to plug in additional hardware, or further advanced tweaking information can be found at https://www.xsplit.com/broadcaster/manual

If instead, using the Razer Ripsaw with the paid-version of XSplit Gamecaster, see step 11 below.

Log in to your account, or make a brand new one. If it’s your first time using XSplit, it’ll ask you to authenticate to your live streaming service i.e. Twitch, or others. Go ahead and do that if you’ve already got a Twitch or similar such service set up. Otherwise click Skip to go ahead.

You should see a screen like this.

From here, click the arrow on the top right corner. Choose your Resolution and Framerate. Follow the guide below based on what kind of game you’re playing:
• 1080p30 – for streaming MOBAs, RTS, RPGs, etc. – generally games with less intense movement
• 720p60 – the community-agreed upon standard for streaming FPS games, games with hyper movement
• 1080p60 – you’ll need a streaming machine with a beast of a CPU for this one. In addition, best only if you’re a Twitch partner.
  The reason for this is if you’re not a Twitch partner (yet), you’ll be lower down on Twitch’s priority list to receive more streaming bandwidth on their servers – viewers of your channel will suffer as they won’t get to change the viewing resolution (high, medium, low) and will end up getting very choppy streamed content as you try to force the highest res and framerate across the servers.
  Note: If you experience any frame drops or poor stream quality, try lowering the resolution from 1080p to 720p.

Go to Broadcast > Add Channel > Choose your preferred platform.

For the purposes of this guide, we’ll go with Twitch.
If you’ve got an account already, please Authorize it through the proper XSplit Broadcaster channels. Otherwise Skip Wizard.
You should see "Twitch Properties".

Twitch Properties > Server > choose the one closest to you

Go to Encoding.
• Encoder: make sure this is set to x264 which uses your streaming machine’s CPU rather than GPU for processing.
• Max Bitrate (kb/s): this is dependent on your internet connectivity and the type of game you’re playing. Generally, the recommended max bitrate is 2000kb/s – which is well within range of Twitch’s 3500kb/s.
  Things to take note of:
  • The higher you put the max bitrate the better but if you’re playing a multiplayer game, keep in mind your internet connection has to share bandwidth between the game and the stream upload. Always good to leave 30% of your max upload rate to the game. Determine this by running a speedtest.
• Audio encoding:
  • Bitrate: change this from 96 to 128 for better quality encoding (paid-version only feature).
  • No need to change anything else.

Click on the Settings cog icon for an advanced look at the video encoding settings. Most of the settings here can be kept as is.
Encoder preset > generally “faster” is fine, but the rule of thumb is, if you have a slower processor, the faster the preset – so you can try superfast or ultrafast but stream quality will take a hit.

If you decide to record locally (as most YouTubers prefer to do), then these are the settings to consider under Local Recording:
• Codec: x264
• Quality: Standard default is generally fine
• Audio encoding:
  • Bitrate: change this from 96 to 128 for better quality encoding (paid-version only feature).

Once everything has been set, go to Add Source > Webcam, capture card, video devices > Razer Ripsaw:
• Make sure the Resolution is set to 1920x1080 (same as your captured source)
• FPS: 60 (if PC); or 30 (if console)

This should be it! Now, all you’ve got to do is Broadcast > Twitch or your selected platform to get started. If you’re using the free version of XSplit Broadcaster, you’ll be asked if you want to stream in 30 FPS without watermark, or 60 FPS with (until you unlock). Select which you’ll prefer streaming with. Then, you’ll get a pop up when you’re confirmed LIVE!

Using the Razer Ripsaw with XSplit Gamecaster is as easy as plugging it in and having it be detected by the software. But this only applies to the Paid Version of XSplit Gamecaster.