:( little rant
🕑 Added 2023-05-08 21:35:41 +0000 UTCI’ve been having a pretty bad past month and I have a lot going on and just when I think things r ok more bad things happen
As of now my Sony camera that I use to take photos and stream is basically broken and I only recently got it about 2 months ago so it should be working fine. But it’s not and I have to send it in to Sony to get it fixed and apparently it will take weeks
I’m so frustrated I don’t know what to do. Do I get a new camera while I wait or no??? I can’t just go out and get a second the camera was almost 1k I don’t know what to do I don’t wanna lose my twitch community I’m scared if I’m gone for too long people are gonna become uninterested
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Jade
I appreciate it :’) I’m gonna see if I can try to find my old webcam if not I’ll buy a cheaper replacement camera if anything- as much as I’d like to say I can stream without a cam me myself I enjoy it more when I can see the streamers reaction and stuff and I only put out content that I would watch so I feel like it’s only fair I do so
Higgs
camless, game heavy streams in the meantime would be totally acceptable, imo. I’ll lurk as much as I can!
Jade
I don’t think I can.. It says no refund is available after a week and I have access to getting it fixed it’s just gonna take a while that’s my issue
CoffeePooPoo
Credit card chargeback for faulty product?
Jade
I don’t think they would do that 😭
Jade
As much as I’d like to believe I can be as entertaining without camera I’ve had streams before where my battery is out and streamed without it and my views go down by like 80%
Jade
That’s exactly what I was thinking but I really shouldn’t be spending money like that when I’m not doing very well financially. It’s so frustrating
Avram
You can find a lot of decent 4k stream cameras for about $150-200. Obviously that's still a lot of money (and the cameras are likely not great) but it would allow you to at least stream with a cam for the next couple weeks. Might also be good to have a cheaper backup camera for when you're in a pinch like this in the future
Josh Grilli
Ah that’s a bummer.
Josh Grilli
Also I think as long as you can use a mic you should still be able to entertain your Twitch, maybe even try like a pngtuber or vtuber in the meantime until it’s fixed?
Jade
I’ve used it before and it’s super laggy on my computer :(
Josh Grilli
If you’re really in a bind, Check out the app EpocCam it allows you to use your phone as a webcam source. Think it’s by Corsair, I think Elgato has something similar as well.
CoffeePooPoo
Ah that stinks. Can’t Sony send a replacement camera until then?
Jade
No I got it from Best Buy but Sony said it’s under warranty and I have to send it in
CoffeePooPoo
If you got it off Amazon is it still within the return period?