How to set up TikTok LIVE Studio
A step-by-step guide: how to add a Pogzo game to a stream in TikTok LIVE Studio, which source size to set and what to do if the game does not fit in the window or looks small.
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What you need for a stream with a game
TikTok LIVE Studio is the free TikTok app for streams from a computer. Pogzo games work in it as a web page over the stream: the app opens the game link and shows the game to the viewers.
- A computer with Windows or macOS. Download TikTok LIVE Studio from the TikTok download page and sign in to your TikTok account.
- Access to TikTok LIVE. With no access, you can set up the scene, but you cannot start a stream.
- The game link. Open the game panel on pogzo.com, type your TikTok name and click Copy in the Stream link part.
The link does not change when you change your name or the game settings. You add it to the app only one time.
How to add a game to TikTok LIVE Studio
The names below are from the English version of the app. An update can change them.
1. Click "Add source"
At the top left, in the Studio view part, select the vertical mode: the phone icon. Viewers watch TikTok on phones, and Pogzo games have a vertical screen. Under the list of sources, click Add source.
2. Select the "Link" source
In the window with the sources, select Link with the globe icon and click Add. OBS has the name "Browser" for this type of source.
3. Paste the link and set the size to 1080 × 1920
In the Add link window:
- Paste the game link into the Link field.
- Turn on Custom resolution. The fields W (width) and H (height) appear.
- In the W field, type 1080. In the H field, type 1920.
- Click Add source.
With no custom resolution, the source gets the size 800 × 600, and a vertical game does not fit in it.
Keep Turn on sound on, so that the viewers hear the game. TikTok LIVE Studio can show a reminder about copyright. Click OK.
4. Fit the game to the screen
A new source is small on the scene. Right-click Link in the list of sources. In the menu, select Full screen, then Fit to screen.
The game now fills the vertical screen. Add a camera and other sources in the same way, with Add source.
Before the stream starts, the game shows a message that it starts together with the stream.
What to do if the game does not fit in the window
The panel on pogzo.com can show this message under the link: "The game window is 800×600, and the game does not fit in it". This means that the source has the wrong size. It is not enough to stretch the source on the scene: the picture gets bigger, but the game window stays 800 × 600. You must change the size in the source settings.
- Right-click the Link source with the game and select Settings: the gear icon at the top of the menu.
- Turn on Custom resolution. Set the width to 1080 and the height to 1920.
- Click Apply.
If you have several Link sources, open the settings of each source. Find the source with the pogzo.com link.
After this, the panel shows "The game is open in your streaming app, window 1080×1920". If the game is small again, do step 4 again.
How to check the game before the stream
- The game is on the screen. You see the game on the scene, and the panel on pogzo.com tells you that the game is open in your streaming app.
- The window size is correct. The panel shows no warning about the size.
- The sound works. Turn on sound is on in the source settings. If you hear no sound, hide the source with the eye icon and show it again.
When you start the stream, the game connects to the chat by itself and starts a round. To learn about the games and how the chat plays them, read what Pogzo is.
