Sharing footage of blocky creations just became much easier with the addition of simple, one-click Twitch streaming to the PC and Mac versions of Minecraft.
Though this agreement was outlined at the recent MineCon event, it wasn’t until today that things changed within Minecraft. Now, after a quick visit to enable streaming in your account settings, you can stream gameplay footage at a moment’s notice simply by pressing the F6 key. If any of that sounds too complicated, don’t worry: the video below serves as a walkthrough of Minecraft’s new streaming features.
The only caveat here is that Twitch support is currently only available to Minecraft players under Windows and OS X.
Twitch, when asked about the possibility of Liux support replied, “Currently, Twitch for Minecraft only supports Windows (Vista and later) and Mac OS X (10.8, 10.9). Linux support is currently not planned due to licensing issues surrounding the encoding software.”
