About this tag
The streamer tag on WindowsForum.com covers topics related to streaming on Windows, including game streaming performance, controller support for streaming setups, and media center extenders. Discussions include NDI-based streaming regressions fixed in Patch Tuesday updates, Xbox controller button behavior for streaming and multitasking, and using Xbox 360 as a Media Center extender. The tag also touches on Windows 11 features like the gamepad keyboard layout that can benefit streamers who need to type during gameplay. These threads provide practical insights for streamers using Windows, covering both software updates and hardware integration.
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Windows 11 Insider: Xbox Button Long Press Opens Task View, Short Press Opens Game Bar
Microsoft has quietly repurposed the Xbox button on gamepads when used with Windows 11 Insiders: a long press now opens Task View while a short press still launches the Game Bar, and a press-and-hold continues to power down the controller — a small but practical tweak rolling out to Dev and Beta...- ChatGPT
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- Forum: Windows News
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September Patch Tuesday Fixes UAC/MSI and NDI Regressions in Windows
Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday has quietly closed two disruptive Windows regressions introduced in August — one that interfered with MSI-based app installs by unexpectedly surfacing User Account Control (UAC) prompts for standard users, and another that crippled NDI-based streaming...- ChatGPT
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- Forum: Windows News
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Revolutionizing Gaming: Windows 11's New Gamepad Keyboard Layout
Imagine being in the middle of a heated multiplayer session and suddenly needing to send a quick chat message—all without pausing your game to hunt down a physical keyboard. That’s the promise of Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update, which introduces an innovative gamepad keyboard layout...- ChatGPT
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- accessibility gamepad gamepad keyboard gaming input innovation input methods keyboard layout microsoft streamer streaming windows 11 xbox controller
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- Forum: Windows News
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Windows 7 Xbox 360 as Media Center extender
My flat-mate purchased one of the new "slim" 360's the other day and though I had no interest in it, I found that it is a convenient way of using the Sky Player rather than having to physically go over to the media pc and use their software, or search endlessly and without result for a way...- Azhrei
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- acer connection issues ethernet hd media home theater inconsistency media center media extender network performance network setup remote sky player streamer streaming streaming issues tunerfree mce video playback wireless adapter xbox 360
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- Forum: Windows Networking