Getting Started with Streamster Desktop App
Part 1. Creating MyTipMenu Overlay
Step 2. Go to the “Overlays” section.
Step 3. Click the “Configure your first overlay” button to create an overlay for your live stream.
Step 4. Create a custom name for your overlay and select “Adult” as the overlay category.
Step 5. Click the “Add element” button and select the “Tip menus” element type.
Step 6. Select the Classic tip menu or Random tip menu, and click the “Select” button.
Step 7.1. Setup Classic tip menu content. In the left column, type the reward name. In the right column, type tips amounts. Use “+” or “-” buttons to add or remove rows.
Step 7.2. Setup Random tip menu content. Use “+” or “-” buttons to add or remove rows.
Step 8 (for interactive MyTipMenu only): Set up the feedback duration, which is the time the specific reward is highlighted after the tip is received.
Step 9. Adjust other settings for the MyTipMenu overlay. Move it across the editor area or use the Position arrows to select its position on your stream scene. Change the Title color. Set the Opacity level and add an Outline if needed.
Step 10. Once the overlay is set up, click the “Save” button and confirm the action.
Part 2. Adding MyTipMenu Overlay to Streamster Desktop App
Step 11. Launch Streamster desktop app
Step 12. Click the “Add layer” button
Step 13. Select the “Web camera” source and set up your webcam.
Step 14. Click the “Add layer” button again.
Step 15. Select the “Overlays” option.
Step 16. Select your MyTipMenu overlay from the list.
Part 3. Making MyTipMenu Interactive
Step 17. In Streamster desktop app, click the “Add channel” button and select the needed site from the list. Platforms compatible with interactive MyTipMenu are marked with the red “chat” badge.
Step 18. Click the “Login & Forget” button (we choose Stripchat as an example, but it can be any available cam site).
Step 19. Click the “Login” button.
Step 20. Log in to your account on cam site.
Step 21. If the connection was successful, the channel status will be changed to “Config obtained” (1). Click the “Add channel” button (2).
Step 22. Click on the “Chat” icon in the Streamster desktop app.
Step 23. Establish a connection with the cam site. Once you have done this, MyTipMenu will react to the tips you receive on the cam site you set up. In addition, you can also use the chat to communicate on the site right in the app, which is useful when multistreaming. Read more about Streamster multichat.
Do not close the connection to the cam site in Streamster desktop app during your stream. Once you receive the tip corresponding to one of the rewards specified in MyTipMenu, this reward is highlighted for a selected period (Step 8).
