Brief SoundPad Broadcast Update (Patreon)

Greetings Patrons,

I wanted to let you know that I'm in the process of making some behind-the-scenes changes to the SoundPad broadcast function. As some of you know, this is the only component of the site not written entirely by me, luckily, dear friend of the site and original broadcast coder Merten Popp has had a bit of time recently.

A number of things necessitated this change.

• Google has been taking measures against unwanted auto-playing of music so the original way of joining a session - by simply entering a link, results in errors for many people. User action is now required to establish a link.
• The frequency timer information was never passed to the broadcast function.
• The messaging server I've been using is shutting down next month.

At this point, I've made all the necessary changes - but only to the Vampire SoundPad. I'm doing it this way so it can be tested a bit before rolling it out.

The main difference is that now, in order to join a game, after using the link - you'll see a new "Connect" button. That's it. Click it and you're connected just like before. 

I'll be rolling this out on the other individual SoundPads soon.

Just an FYI that I'm not considering new features or anything else at the moment. I'm simply trying to fix what was currently in place. 

Many users have been getting great results doing their broadcasting using Voicemeeter Virtual Audio Cables and setting up their system to send both microphone and any desktop audio via skype/discord etc. I myself have not played around with this but I was sent this video link which has been helpful in getting a number of you set up.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hN6_UcavRY 

That's all for now, I'll have something new for you on Wednesday!

Best,

Tim