Test, set, connect
Streaming setup tools
Test your camera, microphone and headphones, work out your bitrate, or plan one connection. Every tool runs in your browser, with no account.
Test your gear
Webcam test
See your picture, its resolution, and its frame rate and brightness over time, with notes on what to fix.
Test your webcam →Webcam and mic test
Start the camera and microphone together, get one answer for both and record ten seconds with sound.
Test both together →Microphone test
Check your level against OBS’s meter, the room noise and both channels, then record and play back.
Test your microphone →Headphone test
Check left and right, play a sweep, and find out whether you hear your microphone twice.
Test your headphones →Set your stream
Bitrate calculator
The video bitrate to type into OBS for your platform, output and kind of content.
Find your bitrate →Upload calculator
Check whether your upload speed can carry your stream, on one platform or several at once, with each platform’s own bitrate and room for the rest of the house.
Calculate upload speed →Streaming settings by platform
What Twitch, YouTube, Kick, Facebook and TikTok each publish for bitrate, resolution, keyframes and audio.
Compare the platforms →Plan your connections
Streaming setup builder
Choose your gear and see how to connect it, which parts are missing and what to test before going live.
Build your setup →Audio routing builder
Choose what viewers hear, what you hear in headphones and what a remote guest hears. Keep each sound from playing twice or feeding back.
Plan my audio →Audio sync calculator
Turn the frames between a clap’s picture and its sound into the milliseconds to set in OBS, and tell a fixed offset from one that grows.
Work out the offset →USB port planner
Which webcam, capture card, microphone and controller goes in which port, and what can share a hub.
Plan your ports →Camera capture checker
Can your camera stream for a whole show? Check its HDMI or USB output, auto power-off and power before you buy a capture card.
Check my camera →Stream Deck selector
Say how many actions you need on screen, whether you want dials and how much desk you have. We name the smallest Stream Deck or similar controller that fits.
Find my Stream Deck →