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by plopz 356 days ago
i believe that secondary stream is used for picture in picture so its lower quality, like 480p or something
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Maybe; I don't know anything about it. I will note that that belief could easily develop, true or not, if twitch streams start out in low resolution and increase as you buffer them.

A third-party client has room to make a dramatic improvement on the twitch experience by not dropping audio while you make the switch from the ad stream to the content stream.