SplitCam is free streaming software for Kick on PC and Mac. On Windows, log in to Kick from SplitCam and the app enters the stream URL and the stream key for you; you can also paste them by hand. Then build a scene with your camera and your game, and click Go Live.
You need two things before step 1: SplitCam (free to download) and a Kick account. Steps 1–4 are set up once; after that, going live is step 5.
Open Stream Settings, add a new stream and choose Kick. Kick needs two values: the stream URL (the address of Kick's server) and your stream key. Option A — log in. Log in to your Kick account from SplitCam. On Windows (SplitCam 11.0.13 or newer) the app then enters the stream URL and the stream key for you; if you do not see Kick in the list, update SplitCam. On a Mac you can log in to Kick too, and if the stream URL and the key are not filled in afterwards, use option B. Option B — paste them. Open your Kick Creator Dashboard, go to Channel, then Stream URL and Key, copy both values and paste them into the matching fields in SplitCam.
A scene is what viewers see, and it is built from layers. Add a camera layer (a webcam, or your phone used as a camera) and a layer for the game or for your whole screen. On Windows, the Capture Game source takes the game itself; if SplitCam cannot capture the game directly, it shows the game window instead. On a Mac, capture the screen or a window. For an overlay or an alert from a web service, add a Web Browser source (called Browser on a Mac) and paste the widget address the service gives you.
On Windows open the Audio Mixer (on a Mac, look at the audio layers) and check that your microphone and your system audio — the sound your computer plays — are both there. If one is missing, add it as a Microphone or System Audio source. Speak, play the game for a few seconds, watch the volume bars, and mute anything viewers should not hear.
In Stream Settings choose the resolution, the frame rate (pictures per second) and the bitrate (how much video you send each second). Kick accepts video up to 1920×1080 at 60 frames per second and up to 8,000 kbps, in H.264 only, so keep your settings within those limits. Start low and raise the bitrate only while your upload speed has room. On Windows, the Recommended preset and the Quick start wizard, which tests your upload speed and your hardware, help you pick a starting point; on a Mac, run any online speed test first. On Windows, SplitCam uses the video encoder of your graphics card (NVENC, QuickSync or AMF) when your card has one.
Click Go Live in SplitCam; your Kick channel starts receiving the video. Before that, set your stream title and category on Kick (Edit Stream Info in your Creator Dashboard): without them the stream may not start correctly. Want Twitch or YouTube on air too? Add them in Stream Settings first; on Windows a destination cannot be added while a broadcast is running.
None of these is needed for a first stream.
SplitCam can send your stream to several platforms at once, each with its own bitrate. Add them before you start. The multistreaming page explains how it works and the rules Kick and Twitch set for it.
Recording to a file is separate from the live stream: you end up with the whole session on your own disk, ready to cut clips from.
Pair your phone as an extra camera, with no capture card. See phone as a webcam.
On Windows, a small floating window can show whether each stream is still online while a game is fullscreen. The streamer setup page explains it.
Streaming to Twitch as well? Twitch has its own stream key and a few simulcast rules of its own: how to stream on Twitch.
Kick takes a stream from any program that asks for a stream URL and a stream key, so free software such as SplitCam works. SplitCam adds no watermark and runs on Windows 10 (version 2004 or newer), Windows 11 and macOS 13 or newer.
Create a Kick account, install SplitCam, choose Kick in Stream Settings, and either log in to Kick or paste your stream URL and stream key. Add your camera and your game to a scene and click Go Live. The five steps above show each one.
In your Kick Creator Dashboard: Channel, then Stream URL and Key. Kick shows the stream URL (the address of its server) and the stream key there. If you log in to Kick from SplitCam on Windows (SplitCam 11.0.13 or newer), you do not need to copy either: the app enters them itself. Keep the key private.
SplitCam is free and adds no watermark. What Kick itself asks of a new channel is set by Kick, so check it in your Kick account.
Yes. SplitCam for macOS 13 or newer can log in to Kick; if the stream URL and the key are not filled in afterwards, paste them in Stream Settings. Capture Game is Windows-only, so on a Mac capture the screen or a window.
Yes. Add Kick and Twitch in Stream Settings before you start, then click Go Live once. Both platforms have rules for streaming elsewhere at the same time: Twitch has its Simulcast Guidelines, and a channel in the Kick Partner Program must switch on Kick's Multistreaming toggle, which reduces the payout for that session (Kick's help center gives the current figure). The multistreaming page explains them.
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