# Introducing "MakeCode Streamer BETA" **URL:** \ **Category:** Streamer\ **Created:** [June 15, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437 "2020-06-15T23:38:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![MINTGenie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/mintgenie/32/1052_2.png) [@MINTGenie](https://forum.makecode.com/u/MINTGenie)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437/62 "2020-06-19T16:47:43Z")
thanks for pointing to it… had not noticed 😛 ---
**Author:** ![peli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/peli/32/12_2.png) [@peli](https://forum.makecode.com/u/peli)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2020, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437/63 "2020-06-20T07:04:18Z")
The paint tools are now immediately available as a secondary toolbar. Clicking twice was just an overkill. ---
**Author:** ![WeCodeMakeCode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/wecodemakecode/32/196_2.png) [@WeCodeMakeCode](https://forum.makecode.com/u/WeCodeMakeCode)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437/64 "2020-06-20T17:15:28Z")
Drawing icons are hiding save and save to GitHub buttons when using the Arcade Editor. What do do? ---
**Author:** ![MINTGenie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/mintgenie/32/1052_2.png) [@MINTGenie](https://forum.makecode.com/u/MINTGenie)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437/65 "2020-06-22T16:41:06Z")
What are these messages that are shown randomly on streamer? where is it picked up from? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/8/8325ff6c7fca6723ac5ea6ba44a7a983ed3e40c1.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/6/6351d291cf76baa9ed88800e8ecce37220e88d6a.png) some were in-context and others out-of-context - is it related to captions? ---
**Author:** ![peli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/peli/32/12_2.png) [@peli](https://forum.makecode.com/u/peli)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437/66 "2020-06-22T16:57:26Z")
They show up when you enable captioning. It uses the WebSpeech apis. ---
**Author:** ![peli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/peli/32/12_2.png) [@peli](https://forum.makecode.com/u/peli)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437/67 "2020-06-22T17:30:45Z")
I’ll be fixing that shortly. ---
**Author:** ![peli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/peli/32/12_2.png) [@peli](https://forum.makecode.com/u/peli)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437/68 "2020-06-22T17:45:52Z")
I’ve moved the editor up a bit until i have a better design. Are you using the full editor? I’ll need a way to move those icons out of the way. ---
**Author:** ![WeCodeMakeCode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/wecodemakecode/32/196_2.png) [@WeCodeMakeCode](https://forum.makecode.com/u/WeCodeMakeCode)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437/69 "2020-06-22T17:46:56Z")
Found I could just decrease magnification of the Arcade window. But, also requires restoring original magnification ---
**Author:** ![peli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/peli/32/12_2.png) [@peli](https://forum.makecode.com/u/peli)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437/70 "2020-06-23T06:42:32Z")
I’ve moved them up when you’re in full editor mode. ---
**Author:** ![DillonB07](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dillonb07/32/946_2.png) [@DillonB07](https://forum.makecode.com/u/DillonB07)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437/71 "2020-06-23T16:31:38Z")
When I’m using the streamer, it’s really laggy and doesn’t work very well. I’m using the newest Chrome on MacOS(El Capitan). I tried closing all other apps and tabs with the same result. ---
**Author:** ![peli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/peli/32/12_2.png) [@peli](https://forum.makecode.com/u/peli)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437/72 "2020-06-23T18:24:08Z")
Are you enabling green screen? ---
**Author:** ![DillonB07](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dillonb07/32/946_2.png) [@DillonB07](https://forum.makecode.com/u/DillonB07)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437/73 "2020-06-23T19:19:57Z")
Yes and no ---
**Author:** ![DillonB07](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dillonb07/32/946_2.png) [@DillonB07](https://forum.makecode.com/u/DillonB07)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437/74 "2020-06-23T19:20:04Z")
I tried both. ---
**Author:** ![peli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/peli/32/12_2.png) [@peli](https://forum.makecode.com/u/peli)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437/75 "2020-06-23T19:27:58Z")
I will test. What Mac do you have? ---
**Author:** ![DillonB07](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dillonb07/32/946_2.png) [@DillonB07](https://forum.makecode.com/u/DillonB07)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437/76 "2020-06-24T11:10:49Z")
This is the ‘About This Mac’ screen. ![Screen Shot 2020-06-24 at 12.09.39](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/5/5277c9d11250b49489af502949e5cfec9f0a20f9.png) ---
**Author:** ![DillonB07](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dillonb07/32/946_2.png) [@DillonB07](https://forum.makecode.com/u/DillonB07)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437/77 "2020-06-24T13:52:13Z")
Don’t know if it makes a difference, but I was using the micro:bit editor. ---
**Author:** ![peli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/peli/32/12_2.png) [@peli](https://forum.makecode.com/u/peli)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437/78 "2020-06-25T04:07:46Z")
We might be close to what your GPU can handle. Could you - open the Developer tools (right click -\> inspect) - open the Rendering tab ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/5/506d110d6e8f764ccd7f4067e088d7a04b7878a0.png) - turn on FPS meter - what kind of performance are you getting? is your GPU memory saturated? ---
**Author:** ![DillonB07](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dillonb07/32/946_2.png) [@DillonB07](https://forum.makecode.com/u/DillonB07)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437/79 "2020-06-25T10:23:36Z")
It was working better today. I didn’t have a chance to use it properly, but at first I got 2.0 fps. It got higher, but when I moved, it got lower then sped up. The image is still laggy though. Here’s a screenshot from one point. ![Screen Shot 2020-06-25 at 11.23.47](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/d/d73818cb86f10d0bd5e8dc9184a03fa881a53b40.png) ---
**Author:** ![peli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/peli/32/12_2.png) [@peli](https://forum.makecode.com/u/peli)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437/80 "2020-06-25T15:08:01Z")
It looks like GPU rendering is disabled in chrome – which would explain abismal perf. Go to chrome://settings/?search=hardware and make sure hardware acceleration is enabled. If you just upgraded your OS, your drivers might have been messed up. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/a/a258e40029c82777cb50c3db389de3a878788757.png) ---
**Author:** ![DillonB07](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dillonb07/32/946_2.png) [@DillonB07](https://forum.makecode.com/u/DillonB07)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437/81 "2020-06-25T15:09:34Z")
Hardware acceleration is enabled. ![Screen Shot 2020-06-25 at 16.08.41](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/1/172329a1c526279dbfe75df8171a38633ee45e13.png) I tried creating a video and recording it. I don’t want everyone seeing it yet, so I’ve given it to you in a Direct Message on the Slack channel. [Previous page](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437.md?page=3) [Next page](https://forum.makecode.com/t/introducing-makecode-streamer-beta/2437.md?page=5)