Streaming an stand-up cabinet on Twitch?

[swirlee]

Hello,

So I've been getting into streaming PC games on Twitch lately and it's a lot of fun, but I also want to stream my MAME arcade sometime in the near future and I need some advice about what hardware I'd need.

Just to give you an idea of my setup, inside my arcade is this http://www.dell.com/us/dfb/p/precision-m6300/pd#TechSpec laptop that's decently powered for most classic gaming and I have a vga cable connected to my 27" Makvision monitor. Whats the best all around device that would be compatible?

Initially I wanted to get one of these http://amzn.com/B00MIQ40JQ little capture devices, so I could also stream my game consoles but since it's only HDMI I don't think there's anyway to get my arcade signal through it? Does anyone have any other recommendation for what I could use? Preferably a device that I could also stream console games as this one does.

Thanks!   

*edit - Spelling

[lilshawn]

I'd consider using a second PC to do your streaming instead of a gizmo.

while the gizmos are nice because they are plug and play, you don't really have the options available to switch things around like how you are mentioning with doing arcade/console etc...

with a 2nd PC setup SPECIFICALLY for streaming, you can easily add capture devices and switch easily between them.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PCI-E-HDMI-Input-Output-Video-Capture-Card-Grabber-HDCP-Decode-F-PS4-XBOX-FA-/400744008600

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DATAPATH-Dual-Channel-PCI-RGB-VGA-Video-Capture-Card-Controller-DGC76D-NEW-/111156367078?pt=UK_Computing_Computer_Components_Graphics_Video_TV_Cards_TW&hash=item19e16f8ee6

etc. etc. etc.

it will initially be more expensive to set up, but your quality will be much much better and your frustrations will be much lower.

[yotsuya]

Oh, you meant A GAME. I thought you wanted to put a streaming camera inside an ARCADE.

[DeLuSioNal29]

Oh, you meant A GAME. I thought you wanted to put a streaming camera inside an ARCADE.

Yeah, I though he meant Arcade (place) too at first instead of Arcade Machine.

I agree with lilshawn on the extra PC.  However, if space is an issue you can go with an external device too.  The main point being it should not take any resources off of the Arcade machine's PC.  An external PC would solve this.

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[BadMouth]

I have an overwhelming urge to throw a tantrum every time someone uses the term ARCADE to describe a single machine.
....but I never do.

We just have to accept that the word is used differently now by younger generations.


It's really not that bad of an abomination. 
It's still describing something that houses many coin operated games.

I'd rather a machine be referred to as an "arcade" than a "MAME", although technically I guess my cab is a multiple arcade machine emulator.

EDIT:  Oh, I see OP did call it his "MAME arcade"
double cry

[yotsuya]

I have an overwhelming urge to throw a tantrum every time someone uses the term ARCADE to describe a single machine.
....but I never do.

We just have to accept that the word is used differently now by younger generations.


It's really not that bad of an abomination. 
It's still describing something that houses many coin operated games.

I'd rather a machine be referred to as an "arcade" than a "MAME", although technically I guess my cab is a multiple arcade machine emulator.

EDIT:  Oh, I see OP did call it his "MAME arcade"
double cry

I hear you, brother. I want to wail and gnash my teeth when I hear it as well.

Funny thing is, BITD I NEVER heard anyone refer to a game as an arcade. A GAME is what you play. An ARCADE is where you went to play said games.

[swirlee]

Sorry to make your Native American cry! 

Ok, I'll try to explain it a bit more simply since my question hasn't really been answered, though I appreciate the responses so far.

I have a mame cabinet, hardware wise it's mostly complete. I still have a lot of software stuff to do, setting up Hyperspin and stuff but that's irrelevant to this I think. I just wanted to mention it to make sure you guys know the status of the build just in case it does matter.

So I've been streaming from my gaming PC lately and in the background of my Twitch stream you can see my cabinets and I've gotten some requests to stream some classic arcade games and I thought rather than emulate those games on my main gaming PC, that it would be cool to stream the feed from the actual cabinet and have the webcam on top pointed down towards the players and control panel. Anyway, I don't want to stream from my cabinet but pipe the audio/video feed from the cabinet to my gaming PC to be streamed. I'm just looking for recommendations of the best way to do that? I'd like to find either a internal video capture card that does analog for streaming cabinet play and digital because maybe in the future I'd want to stream one of my current gen game consoles. So what are your recommendations for capture cards that would accomplish both of these tasks or what is a good external device that would be both compatible with the analog signal and HD game signals?

Thanks! 

[Ginsu Victim]

I have an overwhelming urge to throw a tantrum every time someone uses the term ARCADE to describe a single machine.
....but I never do.

We just have to accept that the word is used differently now by younger generations.


It's really not that bad of an abomination. 
It's still describing something that houses many coin operated games.

I'd rather a machine be referred to as an "arcade" than a "MAME", although technically I guess my cab is a multiple arcade machine emulator.

EDIT:  Oh, I see OP did call it his "MAME arcade"
double cry

Also having to clarify when talking about arcade games on Xbox that you mean old school arcade, not Xbox Live Arcade.