How to Do Video Shoutouts on Twitch With StreamGood
- Teacher Nine
- 22 hours ago
- 7 min read
Shoutouts have always been a big part of Twitch culture. Somebody raids your channel, one of your streamer friends comes through, or you simply want to show some love to another creator, so you shout them out.
I've always liked taking that a step further.
Instead of just dropping someone's channel information into the chat, I like being able to actually show my viewers a piece of their content. I've used video shoutout tools for years, but recently the setup I had been using became less reliable for me. I started looking for another option and came across StreamGood.
I've only been using it for a few streams so far, but the Shoutout Player impressed me almost immediately. It's easy to set up, looks clean on stream, and the free version gives you enough control to make it genuinely useful.
So if you've seen streamers playing someone's Twitch clip when they shout them out and wondered how they're doing it, here's one way.
What does a shoutout do on Twitch?
A Twitch shoutout is basically an introduction.
Someone raids your stream or another creator comes into your chat, and a shoutout gives your viewers a quick way to discover that person's channel.
Twitch does have its own built-in /shoutout command. In practice, though, if you've spent much time around Twitch communities, you're probably very familiar with !so. It's commonly used with chat bots and has become one of those commands that many streamers and moderators type almost automatically.
A normal !so setup might post a message in chat telling everyone to check out another streamer.
A video shoutout takes that familiar interaction and puts some actual content behind it.
Instead of only telling my audience to check someone out, I can show them a clip. Now they can see the streamer, hear them, and get a quick taste of what happens on their channel.
To me, that feels much more like an introduction.
Is there a shoutout bot that plays Twitch clips?
Yes. This is essentially what the StreamGood Shoutout Player allows you to do.
The player listens for a shoutout command in your Twitch chat. By default, that's the familiar:
!so username
When the command is triggered, StreamGood looks for an eligible clip from that streamer and plays it on your broadcast.
The video appears through a browser source in OBS, so you don't need to manually find a clip every time somebody comes into your stream.
That was exactly the kind of solution I was looking for.
Why did I start looking for another Twitch shoutout player?
I'd been using another service for video shoutouts and Twitch clip playback for quite a while. It served me well, and I still appreciate what the developers created, especially because tools like these give smaller streamers access to features that would otherwise take a lot more work to build.
Eventually, though, my particular setup became less reliable.
I started running into issues with clips not behaving the way I expected based on my filters. Later, my video shoutouts became inconsistent too. Sometimes I would get audio without the video, or a shoutout wouldn't trigger correctly.
After troubleshooting it for a while, I decided I'd simply reached the point where it made sense to see what else was available.
I wasn't looking for a giant streaming suite. I wanted something that could pull Twitch clips reliably, give me useful filtering options, look professional on stream, and fit easily into my existing OBS setup.
StreamGood was one of the alternatives I tried.
What was my first impression of StreamGood?
The first thing that struck me was actually the website.
That might sound minor, but when I'm trusting a third-party service with part of my stream setup, presentation matters to me. The StreamGood website is clean and straightforward. I didn't have to dig through a maze of menus just to figure out what the product was supposed to do.
The same thing carried over into setting up the Shoutout Player.
Enter your channel. Choose your settings. Generate the player.
Done.
And once I started using it on stream, it looked just as clean as I hoped it would.
How do you set up the StreamGood Shoutout Player?
The basic setup is surprisingly short.
Go to the StreamGood Shoutout Player and enter your Twitch channel name.
From there, you can configure the filters, appearance and playback settings you want. You can also leave most of the defaults alone if you just want to get started.
Once you're finished, click Setup.
StreamGood generates a URL for your player. Copy that URL, create a Browser Source in OBS, and paste the URL into it.
That's your player.
StreamGood also recommends using a 1920 x 1080 browser source and provides additional OBS setup and troubleshooting information on its support page.
How do you do a video shoutout on Twitch with StreamGood?
Once your StreamGood browser source is in OBS, the player listens for its trigger in your Twitch chat.
By default, that's:
!so username
So if I wanted to shout out a streamer named ExampleStreamer, I'd type:
!so ExampleStreamer
If that streamer has an eligible clip, StreamGood can pull it and play it through the browser source.
The streamer can always trigger the command, and by default moderators can trigger it too.
That's important for the way I stream because my mods don't have to wait for me to stop what I'm doing. If somebody raids or another creator comes through, they can give that person a proper video shoutout right from chat.
Can you control which Twitch clips StreamGood plays?
This is one of the features that interested me most.
You can choose between Random and Top clips.
Random opens the selection to a wider variety of eligible clips. Top focuses on clips with the most views.
You can also control how far back StreamGood looks for clips. The timeframe can be narrowed to recent clips or opened all the way up to All Time.
There's also an option to prefer a clip from the last game or category that streamer played. If StreamGood can't find an appropriate clip from that category, it can fall back to another eligible clip.
You can control clip length too. The maximum is 60 seconds, but you can set a shorter limit if you don't want a shoutout taking over your stream for a full minute.
Those controls matter to me. If I'm adding something automated to my broadcast, I still want some say over what that automation is doing.
What does the StreamGood video shoutout look like?
This was another pleasant surprise.
The default presentation is already clean enough that I don't feel pressured to subscribe just to make the free player look presentable.
The default font is Poppins, which has a clean, modern look that fits nicely into a streaming layout.
You can display information about the clip over the video, including the clip title and when it was created. There's also an optional countdown timer so viewers can see how much time remains.
Playback volume can be adjusted as well.
If you want deeper control over the visual presentation, that's where some of StreamGood's Pro features come in.
Is StreamGood free?
Yes, and the free version isn't just a stripped-down demo.
At the time of writing, StreamGood gives free users access to its Shoutout Player, Random Clip Player and Stream Highlights Player, along with support.
For the Shoutout Player specifically, many of the features that matter most are available without upgrading. You can choose between random and top clips, filter clips by timeframe, control their maximum length, prefer clips from a streamer's recent category, show or hide information, use the timer, adjust playback volume and use the standard !so trigger.
That's enough to build a completely usable video shoutout system without paying for Pro.
And that's something I appreciate. I like being able to actually use a tool before deciding whether the extra customization is worth paying for.
What do you get with StreamGood Pro?
StreamGood Pro currently costs $4.99 per month.
The biggest difference is control.
Pro opens additional appearance options, including custom colors and fonts. It also gives you more control over your triggers.
For example, Pro users can change the default !so command, expand who can trigger shoutouts to include VIPs or subscribers, and enable automatic shoutouts for raiders.
That last one could be especially useful for channels that receive a lot of raids. Instead of waiting for you or a moderator to manually trigger the video, the player can handle the shoutout automatically.
I like the way StreamGood approaches the upgrade because the free version still feels like an actual product. Pro adds customization and automation rather than locking the basic usefulness of the player behind a subscription.
Do you need StreamGood Pro to do video shoutouts?
No.
If you're simply looking for a way to add video shoutouts to your Twitch stream, you can absolutely do it with the free version.
You can set up the player, add it to OBS, trigger video shoutouts, filter the clips that are eligible and control basic playback without subscribing.
If you eventually decide you want the player to match your branding more closely or want features like custom triggers and automatic raid shoutouts, the $4.99 subscription becomes more interesting.
But you don't have to pay just to find out whether StreamGood works for your channel.
Does StreamGood have a Partner Program?
It does.
While I was working on this article, I discovered that StreamGood also has a Partner Programme for streamers and content creators who use StreamGood and want to help spread the word about its tools.
That caught my attention because I was already using the player and planning to write this article anyway, so I decided to apply.
The program isn't necessary to use StreamGood, of course. But if you're another streamer or creator who ends up using these tools regularly and talking about them with your community, it may be worth checking out.
Is StreamGood worth trying for Twitch shoutouts?
So far, for me, yes.
I'm still relatively new to StreamGood, so these are my early impressions rather than a years-long review. I've used the Shoutout Player across a few streams now, though, and my experience has been very good.
It solved the problem I was trying to solve. Setup was easy. The clips look clean on stream. The interface makes sense, and I have enough control over the clips it selects that I don't feel like I'm handing my broadcast over to a mystery box.
Most importantly, the free version gives you enough functionality to actually use the thing.
I'm going to continue testing StreamGood as part of my regular streams, particularly because the Shoutout Player isn't the only feature that caught my attention. I've also started using its Random Clip Player to turn clips from my own Twitch channel into a rotating highlight reel.
That deserves its own walkthrough.
For now, if you've been looking for a way to make !so do a little more than drop another streamer's information into your chat, the StreamGood Shoutout Player is an easy one to try.
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