Playing your favorite games alone on Switch is not much fun. This is where the streaming platforms like discord come in handy. It lets you broadcast your play and interact with the audience at the same time. 

However, if you own a Nintendo Switch and wondering how to broadcast your gameplays in discord, you have come to the right place. This article will mainly focus on how to stream your switch on discord without any hassle.

Nintendo doesn’t offer much flexibility with its Switch for streaming unlike the console from other brands. However, you can still stream the switch in discord and it doesn’t take much of your effort.

Here are a few things that you must consider keeping by your side before you start streaming on discord. 

With all the peripherals gathered and video capture software installed, you can now move on to set them up. We have divided the whole setup process into various stages to make it easier for you. Follow these steps closely to get the stream going. 

As we stated earlier we will only focus on using the OBS studio and VLC media player in this article. OBS Studio is a feature-packed streaming software and is one of the most popular ones in the category. Whereas, the VLC Media players can get the basic streaming done without many features to use.

Follow these steps to use the OBS studio for capturing the Nintendo Switch’s Audio-video contents. Moreover,  perform this after you have successfully connected the switch to the computer using the Capture device. 

Now you are very much ready to share your Switch screen on any streaming platform, in this case, Discord. 

Let’s move on to how you can do this using the VLC media player. 

This will create a shortcut for you to stream the switch with a click. If you don’t want the shortcut, you may ignore the command and follow the steps from 2 to 5, and click on the play button.

Now if you have already set up the hardware and software required, it’s time to stream the switch on discord. 

Nintendo’s switch is among the best console out there with lots of excellent titles to play such as The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Odyssey, and others. Playing these titles while streaming adds even more fun to it. 

Furthermore, Discord is definitely the platform if you seek the best streaming experience. It provides a top-notch stable streaming service and interactive social-media space. The voice channels are the main competitive edge for discord that sets it apart from other streaming platforms.  

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