Transparent-Twitch-Chat-Overlay VS ghost-chat

Good day. I enjoy streaming to my friends but i don't have a 2nd monitor so I've been using ransparent Twitch Chat Overlay from https://github.com/baffler/Transparent-Twitch-Chat-Overlay for years now. However, I recently started having an issue with the app where i think the overlay is taking priority over my game, League of Legends, as the foreground app making my fps T A N K. It gets choppy as if its on the background and makes the game nausiating to play. I have tried increasing my game's priority and increase/decrease the overlay's priority in task manager. Also when i minimise the app then its fixed, but obviously then i don't see the chat. I also have both as admin apps, though i tried with only League as admin as well. Any advice?

I posted a similar issue recently and this was the best solution https://github.com/baffler/Transparent-Twitch-Chat-Overlay. Feel free to check my profile post history for more details.

https://github.com/baffler/Transparent-Twitch-Chat-Overlay used to use this before i got 2nd monitor

Step 1: Install the software here: https://github.com/baffler/Transparent-Twitch-Chat-Overlay

My game desktop I use an open source program called transparent twitch chat overlay. Here is a link https://github.com/baffler/Transparent-Twitch-Chat-Overlay.

This might be what you're looking for.

That's not right. Twitch chat window is already in OBS without StreamElements downloaded if you log onto Twitch in OBS. For reading it but not showing to viewers it's better to use Ghost Chat anyway. It creates a transparent overlay over the game: https://github.com/Enubia/ghost-chat

Ghost Chat overlay if you don't want to look at a second screen. Use Window Capture or Game Capture so that it's not visible in OBS, it will be visible if you use display capture.

If you want to see chat over the game as you play without it being sent to stream, use game capture or window capture with OBS on your game, and use Ghost Chat.

Ghost-Chat

Ghost Chat (Free) Sheep Chat (Free + Paid Options)

https://github.com/Enubia/ghost-chat or https://sheep.chat/en/

The Twitch overlay you see on streams is a browser source. You can use services like StreamElements or Pixelchat to set up a chat widget and then add it as a browser source in OBS. It will only be visible in OBS. If you want to have chat on screen as you game, you can use Ghost Chat (free) or SheepChat (free, has a paid version) as a screen overlay. They won't show up in stream as long as you use Game Capture or Window Capture.

Plenty of people use a single monitor - just don't use display capture. As long as you use game capture or window capture for the game, the game will still display in OBS even if you tab out. You can also use hotkeys to switch to a BRB scene while switching games, and have no game or display captures on that scene. You can use a phone to monitor chat, or an over-the-game overlay like Ghost Chat.

Ghost Chat as a game overlay - https://github.com/Enubia/ghost-chat/releases