Annoying Location of Twitch Overlay

Ryan D Shepard · May 3, 2014

Is there a way to move the location of the small overlay that appears while broadcasting? It is in a rather terrible spot that most game use to list text items and subtitles. It only appears if you unsnap the Twitch after after you've initiated a broadcast,
it lists the number of viewers and indicates you are broadcasting. As you can see in the screenshot it covers up the text elements in Child of Light making the lower text impossible to read. I understand that every game is different, but 1) the info shouldn't
be in the middle of the screen because it ruins emersion and only needs to be glanced at from time to time and 2) should be able to be moved or relocated with a few different predefined spots, so you can position it based on the game you are playing.

Here is a picture of what I am talking about...

[View:https://bwg6ag.dm2304.livefilestore...y6v52pHf4SkJsQqPXhIsMywERbibaII/CoL.jpg:550:0]

:)

snikefriend · May 3, 2014

Fix Twitch streaming -Broken after Creators Update-

You need to work with Twitch or fix it yourself. Make Twitch have an Overlay mode for the chat so that streamers can read the chat while playing. As it is currently, you have to exit the game and go to the app in order to view the chat. This is awful you
should have fixed that from the preview builds already.

Fear the Hunted · May 3, 2014

Twitch TV!

I've been working on this for a few weeks now and also have a ticket in with Twitch support.

Trying to watch any broadcast on Xbox One Twitch app screen stays black but chat works, same as above posts.

Temp Fix: Change your system location. I went into settings and changed my location from "Canada" to "United States".

Rebooted the system and launched Twitch again and it works properly.

This fix isn't the best but it works for me.

Only annoying thing is that when you want to buy something you need to switch it back for your account to work properly in the store.

I've tested Twitch on Xbox 360 and also on Ps4, no issues and works perfect. Issue with Xbox One only.

Hope this gets fixed / patched soon.

Icebërg · Jun 23, 2014

It should also fade away after so many seconds, not really concerned with how many followers are currently watching, maybe add an option to disable that overlay all together?

Icebërg

It should also fade away after so many seconds, not really concerned with how many followers are currently watching, maybe add an option to disable that overlay all together?

chibirobo1

They both use the same overlay, but both apps have different settings. No this images are from the Twitch end. I stream to Twitch, not Mixer. Which is why this is a Microsoft issue, not twitch. It's Microsofts API, hence why the mixer overlay is the
same.

Joc Holliday

That is a default overlay on Xbox runs both on Twitch and Mixer streaming service on the Xbox. There is no removing it at all nor is there an option. Twitch doesn't provide any kind of overlay when games are broadcast through Xbox or Playstation. Its what
already in place by the OS of Microsoft when broadcasting.

xArkSlade08x

Yes. They should do that for twitch and mixer too.

It's hard to see what game is saying or looking the maps. When playing games.

Hope they fix that this year (2019) twitch and mixer overlay better.

MVPearceo

Ive been using mixer for a few years now solely because it has the ingame chat overlay in xbox.. it would be very say to not have access to the new microsoft streaming platform. Twitch is an overall better choice due to being able to choose your resolution
and bitrate to output a clearer stabler stream but it doesnt have a chat overlay. Very disapointed if im forced to use twitch microsoft.

Annoying Location of Twitch Overlay