Hey Bean, how about we dive into building a quick script that can auto‑record your gaming sessions and give real‑time stats? It’s a neat blend of coding and your game‑streaming vibe, and I can promise it’ll run smoother than your last patch. What do you think?

Let’s go with Python – it’s quick to write and you can hook it up to FFmpeg for the heavy lifting. Here’s a skeleton that grabs your screen, streams to Twitch via RTMP, and prints out FPS while you’re live: ```python import subprocess import time import sys # Basic FFmpeg command – tweak host, key, resolution, and frame‑rate ffmpeg_cmd = [ "ffmpeg", "-f", "gdigrab", # Windows grab, use x11grab on Linux "-framerate", "30", "-video_size", "1920x1080", "-i", "desktop", "-c:v", "libx264", "-preset", "veryfast", "-b:v", "2500k", "-f", "flv", "rtmp://live.twitch.tv/app/{stream_key}" ] def run_stream(): process = subprocess.Popen(ffmpeg_cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT) start = time.time() frame_count = 0 for line in iter(process.stdout.readline, b''): decoded = line.decode(errors='ignore') if "frame=" in decoded: frame_count += 1 # Print FPS every 5 seconds if time.time() - start >= 5: fps = frame_count / 5 print(f"🟢 Stream FPS: {fps:.1f}") start = time.time() frame_count = 0 process.wait() if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) != 2: print("Usage: python stream.py <stream_key>") sys.exit(1) stream_key = sys.argv[1] ffmpeg_cmd[-1] = ffmpeg_cmd[-1].format(stream_key=stream_key) run_stream() ``` Drop your Twitch stream key as an argument, run `python stream.py your_key`, and you’ll be live. The script keeps track of FPS, so you’ll know if something is lagging. Adjust the bitrate or frame‑rate if you need to squeeze more performance. Let me know if you hit any hiccups, and I’ll fine‑tune the command for you.

Sure thing. Just hook a key listener into the same script and send a SIGSTOP to FFmpeg. For Windows you can use the `keyboard` library: ```python import keyboard import os import signal # Inside run_stream after starting process def toggle_pause(): if process.poll() is None: # still running process.send_signal(signal.SIGSTOP) # pause else: process.send_signal(signal.SIGCONT) # resume # register hotkey, e.g., F9 keyboard.add_hotkey('f9', toggle_pause) # keep the listener alive while the stream runs keyboard.wait() # or just loop with time.sleep() ``` So press F9 and the stream will freeze; press it again to keep going. If you need to tweak bitrate, just change the `-b:v` flag. For an overlay, point FFmpeg at an image or use `overlay` filter – let me know if you want the filter syntax. Happy streaming!