How Do I Stream From an iPad on CB After Updates?

TLDR

I've been streaming from my iPad for ages, and after the recent CB updates it's been a mess - landscape video gets squished into vertical for no reason. I've been poking at workarounds, and here's what I've found so far.

Is iPad streaming on CB actually broken right now?

Yes, and it's not just me. Since the recent updates, streaming from an iPad in landscape mode means the feed gets compressed into a vertical format, which looks awful on camera. The obvious workaround is switching to the mobile site to stream, but the mobile version is missing half the tools we actually need to do our jobs - chat, PMs, the bot/app panel, the token panel. Streaming without those is like working with one hand tied behind your back.

The frustrating part is that the desktop version *can* still work on iPad sometimes. I've gotten it going by reloading the page over and over and toggling the orientation lock on and off. But that's completely random - sometimes it takes ten attempts, sometimes it never loads at all. Yesterday it just refused to work, full stop. You can't build a broadcast schedule around a workaround that only functions when the planets align.

What can you actually do about it?

Honestly, not much, and that's the problem. I've searched around and found barely any discussion - one Reddit post from another model dealing with the exact same thing, and silence everywhere else. Some of my regulars clearly know something's up because they've been patient about it, which I appreciate, but without wider awareness there's no pressure on the platform to fix it quickly.

So for now, your options are: keep fighting with the desktop-mode reload dance, make do with the stripped-down mobile site, or dig out different hardware. If you're streaming regularly, I'd also seriously consider diversifying where you broadcast, because relying on one platform that can break your entire setup overnight is a risk. Live-cam platforms like XLoveCam tend to be more forgiving on browser-based streaming setups, and having a second site running means a technical hiccup on one doesn't zero out your income for the day.

Should you have to buy new gear because of an update?

Absolutely not - and I'm holding off on that myself for now. The squishing issue smells like a bug on the platform side, not something wrong with iPads in general, so new equipment probably wouldn't even fix it. My plan is to keep documenting what works and what doesn't, keep raising it wherever models gather, and wait for a proper fix while leaning on workarounds and a backup platform. Have you noticed this on your end too, or found a fix that actually sticks? If more of us speak up, it gets noticed faster.