Full M1 Mac Mini Stream Setup for TWITCH! *UPDATED* (Twitch, OBS, Elgato, Console)
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- Опубликовано: 2 апр 2021
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Camera: www.amazon.ca/Sony-Full-Frame...
Lens: www.amazon.ca/Sigma-35mm-F1-4...
Monitor: www.acer.com/ac/en/GB/content...
M1 Mac Mini (base model): www.apple.com/ca/mac-mini/
PS4 Pro: www.playstation.com/en-ca/ps4...
iPad Pro 12.9”: www.apple.com/ca/ipad-pro/
Microphone: www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B06X...
Elgato HD60S+: www.elgato.com/en/gaming/game...
Elgato Chat Link Cable: www.elgato.com/en/gaming/chat...
Headset: steelseries.com/gaming-headse... 
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Awesome video! I’ve been doing a lot of research on this. May get the M1 Mac Mini but with the 16GB RAM to be safe but your videos, praise and confidence with this really helped out
Sick! Thanks for the kind words! I’m sure the upgrade in memory is worth it, I probably would’ve done the same but it was a month wait at the time and I didn’t have time!
THIS HELPED ME MAKE MY DECISION MORE CONCRETE! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO!
GABRIEL YOU ARE SO WELCOME! HAVE A BLAST! Let me know if you have any questions.
Great update video!
Thanks G! Always appreciate you
Thanks for the video. Off the cuff again lol. Good pro tips. I’m looking forward to getting one so I can start streaming myself. Was fun to drop by the screen last night.
I almost redid it once I was editing, but I think it’s fine haha! Thanks for all the support!
Thanks for making this update video!
Impressive how much the base M1 Mac Mini is capable of in it’s current state. I want to have a Mac as a dedicated capture machine for my Xbox and eventually a gaming PC much later. Eager to buy but think I should just continue waiting for the new M1 MacBook Pro’s that are supposed to come out in the second half of this year
No problem! I’m very happy with this, and even since this video OBS had a huge update with a GitHub version and my CPU usage went from 50-60% at the high end while streaming down to 11-12% using the apple hardware encoder. Things are going well with M1! For intel based macs I wouldn’t suggest laptops for streaming or anything, but since the M1’s are so quiet they’ll be far better than before. Have fun!
First time I’m seeing your channel. I thought I was crazy when I decided to buy and M1 MacBook Air to stream. Folks online made it seem like it’s hard to do. I haven’t had any issues! I have subbed to your channel. Looking forward to watching some of your streams!
Yeah it’s quite powerful! I have a video coming out soon for anyone using OBS on Mac too, big improvements on CPU usage and performance.
Love the video and I have the same issues with the blue tooth keyboard annoying af now mine is cabled in also.
Boss can u show how u connect all the equipment,such as monitor,elgato...on detail video..your explanation in this vdeo great!!
Yeah I can definitely do that! Thanks man!
Awesome video man. Recently bought a gaming desktop to make gaming content but quickly realized that my high end studio recording equipment isn’t compatible (Apollo Twin X Quad Thunderbolt 3) with windows.
Decided to take back the gaming desktop and was hoping to use my M1 MacBook Pro so I could utilize my gear. Just ordered an Elgato after watching your video.
Keep it up 🤘🏻
That’s awesome!!! Glad you could swap it out and make it work with what you have. Let me know if you have any issues at all, I’m always answering questions here or on stream. Happy to share settings and insight anytime. Have fun!
Thanks for this vid. I've got the M1 MacBook Pro so wanting to check it'll all work before getting an Elgato HD60S+ for streaming
I don’t see why it wouldn’t! They seem quiet and efficient, if you have any questions let me know! Good luck
@@JimMadden Thanks man
I’m think of a setup similar to yours except I have a HP Omen instead of PS4 Pro.
Awesome video mate! Helped me get my first setup working perfectly, I have everything the same as yourself. I'm having issues with the Elgato chatlink cable though. Plugged into the PS5 controller, I can hear audio through the headset connected however no sound is going through the Elgato HD60+s . I can only route the audio through HDMI - any ideas? I'm checking the analog audio option but still not picking anything up
Hey thanks for the kind words! I had issues with my chat link cable before and that’s mainly why I went with the discord/double mic option, but I did have it working at some point. My main issue was it severely lowered my audio quality in my headset. I wonder if maybe it’s a ps5 specific thing? Or maybe OBS can’t find it as a different source? If you’ve watched the elgato instructional video on using the cable, that’s exactly how I had mine, so outside of that I would maybe think it’s either something very specific as far as telling the audio to go somewhere, or it’s the ps5 controller.
Thanks for your videos. Helped me a lot. But I have one question: are you chatting with your friends via discord or the ps4 build in party chat? I’m asking cause I want to talk to my friends and hear them via build in party chat. But I also want that the twitch community hear what we are talking from the party chat. All the best from Germany.
Wow Germany! Thanks so much. I use discord now, no in game chat audio at all. I actually have a video about how to use discord audio while playing on a console, and another video showing how to stream that audio from the Mac! Hope it all helps, let me know if you have any questions at all.
Gracias for you first vid, it’s what convinced me to just get the m1 mini now. Shared your vid with a friend and was convinced as well and drove him to pick one up lol. In regards to getting 1080p 60fps what settings do you have for obs? Mine was awfully laggy and using 70% of the cpu. Maybe I set something wrong so would love to know. Again thanks for your initial vid, will catch a stream asap🤙🏼
That’s great!!! Maybe one day Apple will notice the effort haha! So my basic settings in OBS studio are output at 1920x1080, bitrate at 4500, software encoder. Other than that, I have great internet and a hardwire. Feel free to pop in and ask questions live too so I can get everything on the spot! Good luck!
Why did you get a mac for gaming?
@@huttonberries768 I didn’t get a Mac for gaming. I got a Mac as a computer, and I use it to stream gaming from a console.
@@JimMadden exactly. For me I wanted something very mobile for my work and be able to stream games. PCs just don’t allow for that, although powerful. Mac Mini M1 is a dream. For my use case.
thankyou so much for this video. I was looking for a device to stream with and the razer laptop fans are kinda loud, but this device seems perfectly capable to stream from. I still wonder if it can do light gaming while streaming but if not, ill just hook up my ps5 or something and just use it as a capture device.
You’re welcome! I’m sure if there’s some Mac based games you want to stream it’ll be fine. Might be worth exploring the 16GB ram model if so
Thanks man! This is exactly the video I needed to see. I’m super grateful for you making it. Do you think the M1 MacBook Air, 8 core cpu 7 core gpu should also be just fine? I’m trying to get into streaming some CODM on twitch.
Thanks for the kind words man!!! I feel like it shouuuuld be able to? I just got an M1 MacBook Pro I may try to rig up and test, but I’m not sure how it compares to the air. I have a feeling it’d be okay if everything was scaled down. Less scenes and transitions in OBS, nothing fancy as far as overlays or anything. It’d probably have no problem producing at least something to get started. 720p and reliable is better than 1080p and unreliable too
@@JimMadden Cool bro. Thanks for the reply. I look forward to checking out your twitch stream soon
@@peterc599 I appreciate you! I’ve taken a step back for a bit, but I might be back in there soon. Good luck with your setup. Feel free to reach out if you run into issues.
Can you show your output and other settings in OBS?
@Jim Madden Thanks for dropping the video brooks. I'm setting my stream with my M1 MBP 13". Are you having any performance issues when RECORDING your stream while broadcasting using OBS Studio? I plan to record while broadcasting and set the recording to an external SSD. I also dropped a follow to you on Twitch. I look forward to supporting you bro. Keep grinding.
I appreciate you brother! saw the follow this morning. I have only streamed and recorded at the same time once or twice, both times were totally fine. I am actually doing an updated video talking about OBS on Mac this week, but ill send you the link here. Download this version 27 of OBS, it'll replace your current one without deleting your info inside the app. This will reduce your CPU and optimize your whole system a TON. After you download it, switch your encoder to the apple hardware one, and make sure if you get a pop up about an "update" to a 26.x.x version, you ignore it. github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/27.0.0-rc2
@@JimMadden roger that
Thanks for share your experience, I would like to know about the configuration you use in OBS to stream, and also if you stream and record at the same time? and what is your configuration?
I have another video showing all settings within OBS!
Hey man you able to share your stream settings? I got the same Mac but I swear your streams look clearer lol. I’m actually using Streamlabs but I’m just curious on bitrate and other settings you may of adjusted
Absolutely! Pop into my stream and I’ll send you screen shots of anything you need, I stream weekdays. Sometimes an hour or 2 over the weekend!
My M1 keeps dropping frames with 30-40% cpu usage shown in OBS. But I’m also using 3 cameras typically. I think that may be bogging it way down.
Yeah I have never tried more than 1 camera connection, but you could always set up a new scene with just one and give it a shot! That’ll help you narrow down if it’s the cameras or something else.
Any review on the memory swapping? I'd imagine it swapping a lot with tons of hours per day of streaming. Almost sold on getting the base model (8gb 256 ssd) but i'd be super happy to know how much gb's it swaps per 4hr + stream 😊 keep up the great work with the videos ✌️
You know what, I actually haven’t monitored that whatsoever. Let me look into it next stream and get back to you! Thanks for the suggestion :)
@@JimMadden would absolutely love to see some results from that. It's a pretty big question among OBS studio streamers making them wonder if the often out-of-stock 16gb is necessairy. Thanks for the reply!
@@eliasweemaes that’s totally fair, what I could even do is if you ever catch a stream, I can pop up the activity monitor on the screen for you to even take a look! I’ll try to remember to do it either way and share that info with you though!
@@JimMadden thanks for checking it out on the stream! If it's not too much of a hassle, mind checking the drive life % with Drivedx? Forgot to ask but i didnt feel like asking when you were in games. People on the web seem to use it to smartmonitor their mac's. If it doesnt show any excessive wear after months of your kind of use it's safe to say the worrirs are overrated. Thanks a lot!!
Just fell over your video, which was a good start to go on a mac mini for me since I have one running. So if i want to.exchange the ps4 with a windows laptop would an elgato hd60+ do the magic as well? So stream runs over mac mini and games via laptop and capture card?🤘
It should? If you can connect via HDMI it should be able to do it, but I don’t want to promise since I don’t know! Let me know though, good idea.
@@JimMadden i ll let you know when.i.am. successful.🤣🤘
Great video! I’m using a similar M1 mini setup with iPad and sidecar. I’ve got a pod mic hooked up an XLR interface and my headphones come out of that. I’m having issues hearing my gameplay audio and mic at the same time. Feel like I’m missing something. I’ve got an old hd60 so I’m using elgato game capture at the moment. Listening back to test stream it’s capturing all audio. Just can’t hear gameplay. Any tips? Thanks!
Hmmm, that sounds to me like it may be the older capture card? I know I had issues with the HD60S and was forced to get the plus version to make everything work. Also, if your headphones are into the interface, make sure the captured game audio source is routed through that so it uses it as it’s audio out so your headphones can pick it up.
@@JimMadden thanks! I picked up a 60S+ and have been messing with obs now. Were you able to stream with multiple scenes and stinger transitions in the mini M1 with out dropped frames? It’s pretty rough. I’m guessing it’s some settings I need to tweak it it’s just Mac obs optimizations are poor. My upload speeds and bitrates are killer. Thanks for the info!
@@DevinCheek yeah I never had any issues with that! Maybe I was lucky? I was using the apple hardware encoder as well, may be worth playing around with those? I also never had anything super graphic heavy so that might effect it too? I know a general rule of thumb is to remove scenes you don’t use and make sure you’re using already made sources in new scenes, but I’m sure there’s still some work to do with Mac optimization!
Hey great video. I have a question, I know on the Mac Mini M1 has only 2 USB ports. The Hd60S+ is using a USB C adapter, The Camera and Microphone is using the USB which leaves one USB C open. Are the Monitors USB C and HDMI or do you have an adapter connected to split the screens up? would love to hear your thoughts. I have a Macbook pro and a HP omen and I am looking to down size my equipment and do everything on ONE machine. I usually record my gameplay on my pc and transfer it to my macbook pro to edit. I wonder if selling everything and getting a Mac Mini M1 is the way to go.
Thanks for stopping by the stream homie, let me know if you have any questions once you’re all setup!
@@JimMadden not a problem looking forward to playing some warzone with you. Btw what usb c to usb c wire did you get for the hd60S+?
@@LanMind_ I just plugged it straight into the Mac mini as is. No adapters or anything!
Hello - how did you hook up the Sony to the Mac mini m1? Do you have the Elgato camlink? Thanks.
Hey there! No I don’t use a cam link, I simply changed the settings in the Sony to act as a webcam, and add it as a camera source!
Do you play in HDR and is the SDR footage ok ?
I actually don’t have HDR on my monitor turned on! It looked too washed out for me.
Can it handle high bit rate like 40000 that’s what i got my stream set on
40,000?! If you’re on twitch there’s no reason to be above 6000, it won’t make much of a difference and anything higher might make people not be able to watch your stream.
Hey man! Awesome video! As you may know, the ps4 is not smart enough to send game audio and chat audio through HDMI simultaneously. Which is ridiculous😂. I recently got the chat link to use with the M1 Mac Mini. It’s not working. Have you tried this? Thanks.
I did! I used it for a while actually, it worked just fine for me but I do get quite a few comments of people experiencing issues. Now what I do is use discord on the Mac for chat, plug into the computer and monitor the game audio straight from OBS. It’s much better for me personally, but since you already got the chat cable it’s probably worth trying. Elgato has a video on how to set it up, and from what I remember that’s all I did and had no issues. I will say however, since it’s so many new plugs and splitters, it lowered the quality of my headset by a lot. It may be worth contacting elgato to make sure the cable is working as well. Let me know if you continue having issues!
@@JimMadden Thanks for replying! I will continue troubleshooting. It’s such a P.I.T.A 😂. Thanks again!!
@@paraphaseentertainment9549 yeah I honestly don’t remember it ever not working, it just wasn’t to my liking. I hated the extra cables and it took my volume down by a substantial amount. I’ve worked out a whole new way to have it set up, and I can still stream chat audio just fine without it. Maybe I’ll make that video!
@@JimMadden PLEASE!!!😂
in the meantime, just check this over and make sure everything is covered. This is what I watched to get mine working when I used the chatlink ruclips.net/video/kJAzQCGMZL0/видео.html
Are you running apple hardware encoder or x264??
I have a more recent video showing full settings, but once OBS updated to version 27 I think it was? I went hardware, hope this helps!
Does Elgato works for Mac mini m1? Or there are problems?
Do you mean the Elgato software? If so, yes! Game Capture HD works.
Can you tell me whats your prosseser ？
M1!
What usb hub are you using to connect everything?
The ports built into the Mac mini! No additional dock or hub.
Is that M1 mini 8gb memory or 16gb memory?
8GB!
would it work to stream roblox on this?
I don’t see why not! I’ve never played it, but I can’t imagine it’d be any different than other games.
bro i am using m1 everything shows up until i plug the output to my monitor and it turns black on obs when i connect hdmi to output.. pls help
What capture card are you using?
@@JimMadden hd60s +
@@mashc7157 did you set it up within the elgato capture software first? I found once I got it showing up there, it showed up in OBS after
@@JimMadden Yeah i have game capture basically everything works and shows up until i connect the output hdmi to monitor, then my ps5 screen which shows up on the obs turns black and it only shows up on the monitor.
@@JimMadden same thing for streamlabs, obs, and game capture
Can you do it with a laptop ?
It will have to be a powerful laptop, I know people use the M1 MacBook Pro in similar sense because it’s quiet and doesn’t heat up.
@@JimMadden so i should buy another monitor ?
@@2kmga346 I’m not sure! I don’t know what you currently have or need. What are you trying to do and what are you using?
@@JimMadden i wanna do streaming and video editing and I have an intel 5 hp 15.5 inches laptop and I wanted to know if I couldn’t connect it instead of buying a new monitors so I can plug my ps5 and my Mac mini m1
@@2kmga346 you can always give it a try! It might be pretty CPU heavy and make it loud and hot. It’s always worth trying to make it work with what you have before spending any money.