Twitch to start removing old archives

[TheRealBobMan]

I figured this is important enough to be worth a topic here.  If there's good footage saved in a livestream archive from some tournament, make sure you back it up on youtube or something.

 

 

http://www.destructoid.com/twitch-is-changing-its-approach-to-video-archives-279202.phtml

 

 

"Broadcasts that are cut down into highlight clips can still live on the site forever, but full-length broadcasts will only be hosted for 14 days (or 60 days, for Partners and Turbo Subscribers). And under the new system, highlights can only be up to two hours long.

 

In other words, broadcasters who want their shows to be viewable in full will need to export their stuff to YouTube or elsewhere. That also goes for existing broadcasts stored on the site, as those will be removed beginning three weeks from now."

 

 

I just don't want awesome footage to wind up lost because someone counted on Twitch to host it for forever.

So yeah...  just a heads up for all the stream monsters out there, and all of the awesome people like Psyblade/Goldenrody who back up everything on youtube anyway.

 

 

Feel free to lock the topic.  There isn't really a reason to respond to it.

[heavymetalmixer]

Google, you really fucked up this time . . .

[heavymetalmixer]

Twitch is trying to fix all this shit, let's hope this keeps getting better: http://blog.twitch.tv/2014/08/two-important-updates-more-to-come/