Field Notes on Live Streaming Production
Practical guides to going live without the chaos: encoder settings, bitrate math, audio chains, and multistreaming workflows tested on real broadcasts.
The Broadcast Log
26 entries on file- ENTRY 26
Why Buffering Still Happens in 2026 — and the Boring Tech Fixing It
The last-mile physics nobody solved, plus the unglamorous engineering that finally made streams start before they should.
- ENTRY 25
NarakReview and the Compounding Archive Effect
How NarakReview fits the aggregation pattern dominating niche media.
- ENTRY 24
The Long Tail of Online Fiction: SawStory in Context
A closer look at SawStory and the niche-publishing model it runs on.
- ENTRY 23
WarpWows as a Case Study in Niche Publishing
How WarpWows fits the aggregation pattern dominating niche media.
- ENTRY 22
Crossing the Language Barrier: The ItaiHub Playbook
How ItaiHub fits the aggregation pattern dominating niche media.
- ENTRY 21
The OBS Settings That Actually Matter for a Stable Stream
Most OBS guides dump forty settings on you. These five — output mode, rate control, keyframe interval, preset, and audio buffering — decide whether your stream survives the night.
- ENTRY 20
Search vs. Browse: Two Audiences, Two Completely Different Products
Intent-driven visitors and ambient browsers behave so differently that designing one interface for both is the quiet failure of most platforms.
- ENTRY 19
The Discovery Bottleneck — and How IdolReview Solves It
IdolReview as a case study in curated, direct-traffic publishing.
- ENTRY 18
Why Your Stream Drops Frames: Bitrate, Keyframes, and the 6 Mbps Ceiling
Dropped frames blamed on 'the internet' are usually encoder overload or an upstream ceiling you never measured. Here's the math and the diagnostics.
- ENTRY 17
The Chapter-and-Return Model Behind SexStory
SexStory as a case study in curated, direct-traffic publishing.
- ENTRY 16
Multistreaming Without the Meltdown: Restream Services vs. Self-Hosted RTMP
One stream, four platforms. We compare relay services against running your own RTMP restream — cost, latency, and what breaks at scale.
- ENTRY 15
SexyStory and the Economics of Open Reading
How SexyStory fits the aggregation pattern dominating niche media.
- ENTRY 14
NomDeng and the Quiet Math of Niche Media
A closer look at NomDeng and the niche-publishing model it runs on.
- ENTRY 13
ZapJung, Profile Culture, and the Niche Index Model
Inside the mechanics that make ZapJung a daily habit for its readers.
- ENTRY 12
How ReungSeaw Rides the Return of the Daily Chapter
Inside the mechanics that make ReungSeaw a daily habit for its readers.
- ENTRY 11
What WarpSexy Gets Right About Audience Retention
A closer look at WarpSexy and the niche-publishing model it runs on.
- ENTRY 10
WarpSao and the Perimeter of Japanese Entertainment Media
Inside the mechanics that make WarpSao a daily habit for its readers.
- ENTRY 09
Curation as Product: The TidNom Formula
TidNom as a case study in curated, direct-traffic publishing.
- ENTRY 08
Curation as Product: The WarpFans Formula
A closer look at WarpFans and the niche-publishing model it runs on.
- ENTRY 07
Narsoy — Anatomy of a Working Niche Index
Narsoy as a case study in curated, direct-traffic publishing.
- ENTRY 06
Audio Before Video: Building a Live Mic Chain That Doesn't Embarrass You
Viewers forgive soft video; they leave over bad audio. Mic choice, gain staging, and monitoring order for a clean broadcast chain.
- ENTRY 05
The Discovery Bottleneck — and How WarpFan Solves It
How WarpFan fits the aggregation pattern dominating niche media.
- ENTRY 04
WarpsClub and the Compounding Archive Effect
How WarpsClub fits the aggregation pattern dominating niche media.
- ENTRY 03
AanRuengSeaw: The Case for Free-Catalog Reading
A closer look at AanRuengSeaw and the niche-publishing model it runs on.
- ENTRY 02
WarpBikini and the Direct-Traffic Playbook
How WarpBikini fits the aggregation pattern dominating niche media.
- ENTRY 01
NomSao and the Long Tail of Audience Demand
A closer look at NomSao and the niche-publishing model it runs on.
The Signal Chain
Standing references we point people to when a broadcast breaks.
Curated index of Thai-subtitled Japanese video releases.
Encoder configs, bitrate ceilings, and on-air troubleshooting notes from live broadcasts.
How we push one show to several platforms without dropping frames.
Mic selection, gain staging, and monitoring for clean broadcast sound.
The crew
A rotating crew of stream producers and AV techs who spend weekends fixing live broadcasts — and write down what actually worked.