In the past few months, I've noticed that Featured slots are more often than not taken by companies than actual streamers. Realm Royale, for example, took up a featured slot every day for weeks. Mix that semi-permanent slot with other events/games and it can take up almost the entire featured carousel. These observations come not too long after the changes to the featured algorithm that were supposed to greatly improve the chances of a streamer being featured. Having these featured slots taken up, and for such a long time, hurt the exposure and possibilities for streamers trying to grow.

If possible, two different tabs or featured carousels would be great - especially as Mixer grows and becomes more popular in the industry. One for streamers that works how it should currently and another for "Industry Events" or a snappier title.

I believe this could help both everyone involved, streamers who would have more opportunities to grow and companies who would have their own section that would allow for more events/streams to be shown.

Mixer's anniversary site theme doesn't use space well. I'm personally on a 21" display with VSR upscaling my resolution to 1920x1080.

1. The top and bottom bars on the site create annoying letterboxing that doesn't need to be there on the sides. reducing the viewing area.

solution 1- Add a "cinematic mode" this would be just the chat and the stream using as much real estate as possible. with a togglable OVERLAYED Mixplay option. [Reference image "cinematic.png"]

Solution 2- lower the stream bar with the follow and name under the stream (we know who we're watching) and have the top bar pop down if you hover on the top side of the site.

2. Mixplay- Mixplay is really cool and really brings mixer ahead. It's a space hog though. making more letterboxing and using a LOT of space below the stream.

This solution is actually inspired by a bug on the site and inspired me to make this post. Interestingly enough this "bug" is actually exactly what i've wanted from Mixplay since the beginning (Screenshot taken from PXAbstraction's channel since i've been unsuccessful on re-creating it

Solution- Overlap the Mixplay buttons on top of the viewing window and maybe have the buttons opacity drop to about 10% when the cursor isn't on the viewing window (the hide/show button would still apply).

Moreover, the buttons could have a feathered blue or grey mask behind them to make them easier to make out over the stream. This would fade completely when the cursor is off the window. ["Mixplay 1" and "Mixplay 2".png]

Thanks for reading,
Best regards
RV

Mixer really needs some kind of native donation tool like how Youtube has Super chats and twitch has bits.

3rd party donation sites require viewers to leave the stream, which means they might miss something. They're also not as secure, people can chargeback paypal donations and put financial strain on the streamer. This is why many streamers aren't comfortable taking them.

Plus, it encourages donations by allowing mixer to give small benefits to people who donate. Like how superchats let you pin a comment to the top of chat, or how bits give you a special chat badge.

Finally it can also help out mixer as a platform. Youtube takes a percentage of the super chat, and Twitch sells bits at a small markup for them both to make a profit. Mixer could do the same with competitive prices and take in some revenue, OR mixer could also take the high road by not taking a percentage and this would make the community alot happier and set mixer ahead of the competition.

Have an option to eliminate the dashboard overlay entirely from the screen while streaming from Xbox One and integrate full use of the "Broadcast Dashboard" from the mixer website or a computer app instead.

Also, in the "Broadcast Dashboard" on your website is not a very effective at managing a stream.

It is convenient to to change the initial settings and text, but that is about it.

The dashboard should change to a window that displays the chat and the information that the "broadcast overlay" shows on the Xbox screen. Viewers, mic status, webcam status, and any other diagnostics that a streamer would like to have.

That way you can game normally, without anything cluttering the screen, and then run the rest of it from your laptop or desktop sitting near by.

This seems like a major oversight.... given the inter-connectivity of devices these days.

Please change the default setting to SAVE EVERY STREAM and DO NOT change it back to default without at least a warning letting the streamer know that the stream is not being saved. Today is the 7th time your streaming service has deleted a prolonged stream I was conducting. I have lost the 2 hours of today that I spent using your service, thinking my stream settings were the same as I had left them. Lo and behold it had reset back to Do Not Save streams. Its really rather pathetic to me that I have to raise this as an issue. Whats the point of having a streaming service if you delete every fkn stream that is put onto this site? Why is this even an option?

As an artist that has created several stream layouts for friends on Mixer I would really like to see something more added to the description area to give us a bit more creative freedom.

Currently, we have very limited tools to create good content for these description areas, and for some, they settle for “good enough” because it is hard for them to figure out. I have had to help a few people tweak images to make them look decent and it requires some secret HTML/CSS magic that can be buggy at times.

Several streamers add graphics to their description and have created some very cool layouts using what we have now, however on mobile these nice graphics and layouts are pretty much destroyed and look horrible.

Since this is a common theme for many of the streamers on Mixer I would like to see some tools implemented into the description area to help keep these custom layouts going and help make things more mobile friendly.

I think a template system could work, this allows for users to create simple layouts that would be controlled by your CSS and makes for adding images and content simple. These areas could be drag and drop enabled so content can be moved around easily.

Another idea is to give us a grid system so we can create custom layouts similar to how you make buttons in Dev Labs. This would allow for custom content in almost any shape or size.

Also, for mobile, I think the best idea is to just have a separate section for what displays on mobile screens. Then users can decide what to show, what not to show, or completely change their content for mobile viewers.

One last thing! If we could add animated gifs, or maybe even video to these areas that would be great too. I tried adding an animated gif once, and your image optimizing processor, or whatever it is, completely messed up the gif and made it unusable.

Thanks Mixer, Keep being AWESOME!

Mixer uses a lot of bandwidth, both on XBox/PC and mobile phone. When a streamer resets the stream during broadcast hours, it defaults to the highest settings. This occurs even when those settings have been set to their lowest values. I have monitored the data usage using network tools.

If I don't limit Mixer (FTL off, Audio Only on), it's not uncommon for it to use 3GB of data within an hour while only watching one stream. This happens both on XBox/PC and on mobile.

On XBox/PC, I have Comcast/Xfinity. They impose a data cap of 1TB. Using Mixer with the default settings causes a large amount of bandwidth to be used. This is problematic when also downloading full games from Microsoft and Sony. I have an extensive library of games on multiple platforms, purchase new games several times a month as well as subscribe to EA Access and soon MS Game Pass. With all of the data required for new games, I am constantly pushed to the limit with my available ISP data. I have to limit what I can do. Either I can watch Mixer or I can download games. Usually I have to forgo watching streamers on Mixer as I don't want to pay extra for going over the data cap.

On mobile, I have Sprint which allows a generous 23GB of data before it throttles the data. Viewing Mixer (regardless of trying to limit the amount of bandwidth and quality used) also constantly pushes my data to the upper limit and usually over it. This can happen in just one day of watching Mixer.

I used Twitch to watch streams on the Xbox before Microsoft took over Beam (now Mixer). On Twitch, I am able to retain my settings on the lowest values. I truly believe Mixer should implement the same option.

In closing, my biggest issue is the data bandwidth usage amount. Regardless of choosing the lowest settings possible, these settings are NOT retained, either per session or globally. If a stream is reset midway, it resets all of the settings back to their highest values. This is unacceptable! If I don't catch it and reset it back down, 7GB and usually more eats up my ISP data. It has happened once already that I've been pushed over the data cap limit. I have neared the limit twice since then. I have to tell my family to stop watching Mixer and Fortnite streamers often! When this occurs, Twitch and Youtube become the apps we use, avoiding Mixer completely.

It would be nice if any of the following were true:
1. Past Streams are activated by default
1. the Past Streams tab is invisible unless recordings exist and the settings are configured correctly
2. the Past Streams tab mentions anything about that feature not being activated, or a link to the settings page, or really *any* indication that this feature which is pretty commonly used on other streaming sites is not enabled by default

This was a poor UI design choice and presents a poor user experience. I signed up to Mixer because it's the default streaming site on Xbox One. I wanted to share some gameplay footage for coaching purposes, so I began streaming, played an hour and a half, quit, then went looking on the Mixer site to see my past stream and maybe export it to YouTube. Twitch has always done this automatically, and Twitch support was originally built-in to the Xbox One, so this transition was difficult and confusing, and a big let-down.

This was a negative first experience for me and it definitely has an impact on whether (and how) I will use Mixer in the future.

Hi,

Whenever I open Mixer I instantly get the same streamer on the Homepage featured carousel (KaribouCanadien). I've tried force quitting and opening up the XBox App over and over again with the same result

Each time it's the same streamer showing up on, and being featured. It happens also when he's not even online, because he leaves it broadcasting replays 24h, so I get him all the time, day or night
Meaning, when I open Mixer, I immediately get him - and usually screaming out loud on my living room - do you see how this can become very annoying after a while ?

He's from Canada, I'm in France - we share the French language - do I have to change my XBox language in order to avoid listening to him each time I open Mixer?

On Mixer.com I already changed the language to English and I don't see him anymore, thankfully

At least, please randomize better who's being featured so I don't get the same screaming guy each time.

Thanks a lot for your time and great work!

Hey, on the Xbox One there was an option about a month ago under the name of "broadcast everything", I assume you already know what it does, but it was the option to stream the home menu, and to not pause the stream when changing games.

It could be used to stream off of the "One Guide" app, which was awesome because it could allow to stream things such as the Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360, or PS3 (anything with an HDMI essentially). I sincerly hope that you guys bring the feature back since it was a way to make streaming said systems accesible for people who don't have a beefy PC or capture card, and I've heard and seen countless people who'd like the feature back, and people who want to stream more of their favorite games.

It's been about a month or two, I believe, since the feature was removed, and I hope it's at the top of your priorties to reinstate the feature, since not having it is such a big loss.

Thanks in advance!

Very good day, I decided to create this post and make this message to see if there is any option to consider the implementation in the near future the possibility of giving away subscriptions to other users of a channel in which this option is available, similar to the option that is already available from mixer pro, in addition to being able to also add the option, if it is possible, to be able to subscribe immediately to a channel for a longer period of time, something like a subscription for 3 and 6 months, in addition to the base option of 1 month. This would be a great idea since it would motivate more the interaction between users, the activity in the channels and of course the remunerations for streamers and the Mixer platform.