I am thinking of finally starting a Let's Play channel after wanting to since I was 10 and am trying to gauge community interest in the gem of a niche that is RPG-Maker horror games! I like watching horror games, but majority of the time I don't go about playing them for myself because I don't want to subject myself to that lol ~ RPG Maker horror on the other hand, is a particular flavor of horror that is approachable for me to play, so I find the genre appealing! At the end of the day, I am really just trying to have fun whilst meeting awesome people and then ideally having enough channel growth over time to do things like charity streams alongside my Youtube uploads. That being said, because I want my channel to grow so I can achieve these things, I am attempting to go about this methodically with stats/community response at the forefront, as I firmly believe it would likely be in my best interest to do so. While I do have a mental list of other games that I know I'd have even more fun with because I could personally feel more expressive/high energy in terms of game tone, genre, pacing, etc. while playing them (I also feel this energy would generate more views most likely), I am currently dealing with the insecurity of my apartment neighbors hearing me when I record lol which keeps me hesitant to go that route ~ any feedback is greatly appreciated!! :)

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I uploaded a Batman Arkham asylum’s play video on dec 4, 2024, it is currently, dec 7, 2024, In 3 days I already have 2 likes and 41 views, and I earned 2 subscribers.

My question is, is this good, is this how it usually goes for new gaming YouTubers, or is this rare and or something that doesn’t happen often?

Just wondering is all.

Not trying to bait or anything like that just curious is all.

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So I’m having a blast playing it. But there’s quite a lot of dialogue, and all the voiced bits are in Japanese. Which leads to a lot of mad sitting just letting the melodrama play out. I’m mainly wondering if that makes for boring content.

The first video did really well, I earned three subs, and already have 27 views in 1 day, my question is, when should I record the next episode and when should i release it and should it just be whenever or do I have to make it consistent, because I want it to seem like it’s out of passion not anything else and I feel like consistently uploading the same day every week would feel too manufactured.

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I have a YouTube channel and I'm looking to record gameplay. I'm not planning to use it for streaming at all, just capturing gameplay footage. I want something that can record Xbox 360 and PS3 gameplay through HDMI, as it would be rly annoying to use different cables with the setup I have. of course I would want it to work with newer consoles as well. is there any product that fits this description? I don't know anything about capture cards.

Thanks in advance!

So long story short - i have a speedrun highlights of Silent Hill 1. I wanted to promote it. Youtube marked it as "Eligible (limited)" and currently there are 0 views from that promotion. Is it prohibited to promote horror games walkthrough? I tried to change thumbnail (had nurse buba on it) and name but no luck with that.

Hi guys!
I have a bit hardware question for our YouTube journey. I have webcamera Logitech webcam c920s, it is not bad with ideal light and in Full HD, but I recently switched to recording everything in 2k + light is not always good and I feel this webcamera is really weak, quality is horrible. I record reviews where my webcam is full screen often so it is easily visible that quality is bad. What can be next step up from this one? Only camera, or maybe some great webcam that you can recommend?

Hello, I started making let’s play videos just a couple days ago and i have a question about resolution in OBS. So I record facecam and gameplay separately using res 3840x1080 because that’s the resolution that I saw most people using for recording facecam and gameplay separately and then edit it with DaVinci Resolve rendering it 1920x1080. My bitrate I haven’t changed (2500). When I view it before uploading it looks fine but when I upload it on YT the quality both of a facecam and gameplay is worse. Sooo how do I fix that? Do I change res on OBS to a higher one? What should it be for a double wide canvas? Already got a tip to change the bitrate. Do I also change the encoder from H.264? My GPU doesn’t have an encoder from what I can see. I have i5-12400F and Rx7600. I’m very new to PC and all of that so please explain it to me like I am an idiot :) Thank u either way if ur responding

So I'm planning one of those narrative Let's Plays where I tell a story with pictures from my gameplay footage. (What can I say? I'm a fan of Let's Play Archives) In this case, I'm using the remaster of the original Backyard Baseball that recently came out. OBS is my recorder and I'll be taking screenshots with the MPV player.

That being said, the guide said that .mp4 recordings are the best for video editing and I have indeed "remux" them for that purpose. See, the remaster is simply a port of the original 1997 game, so there is a black space everywhere even with the expand screen option. I was able to remedy half the problem by having it be windowed instead of full screen, this I could manually move the screen to cover the top and bottom. However, now I'm left with a "watching an old movie on a 16:9 TV" look because of the the black bars on the left and right on my recordings and I don't want to make clumsy attempts at cutting them out every time I take a screenshot.

Does anyone know of any video editing software that can remove those black bars for me? Also, am I going about this the wrong way? I'll freely admit this is new to me.

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I know that you can record gameplay with the Windows + Alt + R keye, but my computer shows

"Sorry, this PC doesn't meet the hardware requirement for recording clips. For more info, go to Game Bar Settings."

And from there, there isn't much I can find. So if there's a free app that you can use for gameplay, I'd appresciate it. I wanna record the cutscenes in SWTOR so that I don't have to grind the gameplay and just watch my best playthrough for each class whenever.

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YouTube was pushing one of my long form content out. I was getting a lot of interaction and then YouTube would just stop pushing it Even though it was performing good.

Hey i just wanted to ask for some advice, it's gonna be a while but i have some gameboy advance games and i got visual boy advance emulator for it but the screen for it it's extremely tiny and when i capture it on my obs it's noticeably stretched out so i wanted some advice on how to fix that, if i should just change the aspect ratio for my recording to make it look bigger or if there are any alternatives.

Hey, everybody. I recently got a new camera to record gaming videos with face cam, however I’m having trouble on whether I should record my facecam and gameplay together on OBS using a capture card connected to my ps5.I heard that using a capture card causes delay on your ps5 which I don’t really want. Should I just record my face cam and audio on OBS and record my gameplay on my ps5 separately. Any tips/ advice would be greatly appreciated.

Roblox... The bane of my existence. It looks like Roboblox channels blow tf up, or just any video of Roblox. I do not understand it, but I am willing to at least give it a try. Would a game like that be helpful to bring in views? I do understand if I don't pick it as a niche, the chances are slim people will subscribe and stick around, but I figured that Roblox watchers have overlap with variety channels if they like the person enough.

Any other games that could help a channel likely be seen?

I'm not trying to sell out; I do like to try new games, even just once, and idk maybe I will like them and play more than once. I'm also not planning on exclusively playing games that might give me a better shot at being found, I just want to mix them in here and there.

The answer is probably no there's no game but eh, thought I would ask. I am getting better at editing and have taken a long break to reflect on how I want to go about it, and my personality is probs hit or miss, but I see no harm in giving a different game a try and seeing if it hits or misses.

So to summarize my odd title I am doing a lets play channel with me and two of my friends, we all love the idea and with me even if it only gets 5 views I see a success, our group stuff is great but I would like to do things solo but my personality creates a lot of barriers to achieve that. I stumble over my words a lot and am generally a more reserved person so creating a semi entertaining voice to playing a game is challenging but it's a hobby I keep gravitating toward no matter how "bad" I consider myself to be. Any advice to get over these personal gaps?

Title.

Right now I've got For You, Recent Videos and Playlists for my favorite series. Am I missing something? Should I have my recent shorts on their too? Is this too much? Should I cut something?

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Title says it all.

Am in Canada.

Have $249 to spend (it's a stipend, can't budge)

Cyber Monday is here.

Already have a 2-1 xlr to usb setup and xlr cables.

Need a mic I can use for work and for gaming.

Note I don't use a headset.

White color preferred but not picky. Just wanna hit the max $ amount on this stipend

Hi everyone !
I've been recording let's plays for a long time. Took me at first quite some effort to figure out the right settings but everything has been fine since. However I renewed my stuff to some higher quality equipment, yet I can't figure out how to get the same (or better) image quality for my recordings.

Software : OBS

Previous setup (the one that is looking fine) :
14' HP laptop (8go ram, i5 1235U, GPU intel Iris Xe)
Capture card : Avermedia Live gamer Ultra GC553
Use : I've been recording gameplay from my ps4, ps5, switch, xbox, and my other computer. Stream on twitch, recording at the same time.
OBS settings for recording : 1920*1080p, 60fps, mp4, Quicksynch H.264 (CBR 35000 kbps, TU4, profil high, normal latency and 3 B images)
It's not perfect but it's quite good, and enough for a small youtuber like me.

But I was looking for something better.

I got myself a new computer and a new capture card, and I wanted to use them as a replacement for my previous setup.

New setup :
desktop gaming computer (ryzen 5 5500, 32go RAM, RTX 4060)
Capture card : the last Avermedia (Live Gamer Ultra HDMI 2.1 GC553-G2)
Use : same as before, I'm willing to record console gameplay and also computer gameplay (I was planning to create a loop with a second screen)

But somehow I can't figure out how to set up OBS to get the right quality.
I've tried plenty of things, the quality is still below what I had before. I tried it recording Trackmania on ps5, and it's always blurry. I also noticed that even tho I'm recording in 60fps, I think it's actually 50 (on Premiere Pro, the 5 and 6th frames are exactly the same).

I've been recording without using my computer for any other software so it should be fully available.

An example of the settings I tried :
Nvidia NVENC H.264
40.000 kbps / Max 60.000 kpbs (I've tried everything from 25K to 75K), p5 preset, high quality setting, multipass : quarter resolution), profil high, 3 B frames.

I've tried 2 B frames, p4 preset, multipass 2 full resolution, and many variations. I tried it also with VBR, and I tried loseless. TBH I tried like 30 settings and couldn't get anything as good as before.

The quality is not good. I lack a few frames, but mostly it's slightly blurry and every piece of text on screen is highly pixelated, when it was crisp before.

Any idea about what is going on ?

Thanks for reading me everyone.

What's up y'all! I recently pivoted my YouTube channel to be (mainly) League of Legends content, done in the style of TheRussianBadger (animated A-roll, Gameplay funny moments B-roll) because League doesn't have a lot of High-Quality content in the niche and the format helps with retention and therefore growth. My only problem is, none of the dudes from my content group actually play League nor are they willing to currently. So that leaves me on my own and I need some funny people to make these videos with. Already managed to make one with a couple people and it proved that these will pop off with the right group.

If you're interested, DM me a link to your channel for reference!

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I want to be able to start uploading on my youtube channel. I want to do mostly gaming but all i have is a phone and my playstation. I already stream on twitch but its twitch so it barely works. Is there anything free i can get, some tips on how to do it, or just any ideas for content that works with my phone and playstation. Thank you in advance!

So all! So, lately, I've been laying out plans for future series I'm going to work on. I have nearly a dozen folders on my computer, each dedicated to a future series. The problem is though that some of them are for games that have been through the remake rumor mill on a surprisingly frequent basis lately that it's all but guaranteed they're going to get one.

What would the plan be in these instances? Just bite the bullet and make the videos, knowing that a remake could be announced either during the series or shortly after it's finished, or delay it to cover the most up-to-date version of the game? My particularly style of let's play is supposed to be a deeply informative one that shows off every aspect of a game, if that helps.

Hello everyone, I’m new here. I’ve been doing YouTube for over 4 years and have always played games that my community and I personally enjoy. It started with me just playing what I love to zero viewers, which transitioned into playing games that both my community and I enjoy. Now I have a smaller community that I live-stream with and play games. I’ll edit up the streams for gameplays if it’s a story game or a challenge or first time play through and sometimes I’ll make videos offline. The main goal is to involve “chat” and have fun no matter what game is played, but recently I’ve been sort of losing hope in finding a tribe of people who support a positive community and an open minded variety creator. Random, but I like hearing good news from awesome folks in my community and hearing about them level up in life. I’m open to anyone’s thoughts and suggestions. Do you guys think I’m wasting time? Should I retire the YouTube?

Thanks for reading this too.

Currently my options are Fifine AM8 and Maono PD200X. Honestly i'm not sure about pantograph but IMO it would be nice. Which one should i choose between AM8 and Maono for streaming/video recording etc.?
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I’m 23 F. I like horror games and stupid games. But I’ll try literally any game once (excluding price) I’m inept at most tech stuff. But I would love to have more gaming friends! Boy girl both neither. Gay straight or anywhere in between. Dem. Rep. Idc. Message me or comment if your interested! I wanna make videos with more friends!

I searched a bit but I haven't yet found a free program that has auto captions for voices and turns them into subtitles. I would like recommendations, if there is a good option!