So I have an art-centric YouTube channel with a pretty loyal following. Over the years, I've also added my own blog, Instagram, Patreon, Amazon Influencer page, etc. so that if YouTube disappears one day I'll have other ways to reach at least some of my subscribers.

Because of health issues, I can no longer commit to making the caliber of videos I've produced for the last few years. What I can promise to make consistently are static images, blog posts, downloadable files which subscribers find useful, and occasional shorts / reels showing my artwork and process.

My goal is to build my revenue at all the other platforms and scale back almost completely on YT.

I know this sounds nuts given the fact that evvvverything is shifting to video these days. I can't change my health situation, though.

Have you converted your YouTube following to a platform which is less video-oriented? How did you do it, and do you have advice for others in the same situation?

I was listening to some music when i stumbled upon this video. It is acida from band prozac+. Great song. But i do not understand why it has no title, description. Nothing. I don't think that i have ever seen something like this in all the years that i've been on youtube. Anyone knows why this might have happened?

There is a title, description and everything showing in search results near the video. But it does not show when clicking and watching the video. I tested this on multiple devices and it is always like this.

The original channel that posted the video is prozacvevo and it does not appear to exist anymore. Maybe the channel got deleted but the video stayed online? Anyone knows why this happened?

I am just curious

Hey all, I know the copyright thing is always in question so I know it's probably annoying to ask, but I had 2 questions about this since my channel will be about review and commentary/appreciation of nostalgic properties. This genre isn't unique by any means, which is where my questions come in.

1. A lot of people use clips from the show that they're talking about. Last I checked, it was recommended to use 5 to 10 seconds of clips not in sequential order to avoid problems. Is this still valid to any extent?

2. I've been hearing a lot of people using Animal Crossing music as BGM to their videos lately, are video game tracks cool to use know? I remember a time when people used Undertale music almost exclusively since Toby Fox didn't copyright strike people over it, but I guess Nintendo is more lenient these days?

I'm just trying to add stuff to make the videos more interesting, but I'm worried about copyright since in just starting. My vid is basically done, I just wanted to add the extra stuff to elevate it. A lot of other people in this genre do it, but I'm not sure what they have going on behind the scenes.

Now I been doing YouTube since early 2023, a few months after I got married(bad timing on my part). I got into it thinking man I really wanna make content, something simple and fun! I did a little bit of it during Covid(but horrible execution) ended up quitting but always have a knack for it.

The problem is between full time job, being a husband, and having a social life. I almost have zero down time to sit down come up with ideals, packaging, write the scripts, record, editing and then uploading to YouTube!

Never mind never mind needing to play to get the B-roll and shots I want.

I choose gaming cause it’s something accessible and I know I’m gonna play anyway may as well make it enjoyable!

What’s your posting schedule like?

Working on my script and gonna make sure audio and recording is top notch before adding screenshots, screen recordings, etc (whatever the official name for that is lol) but I was wondering, and I know this can vary, but curious to know how much space I am gonna need on my MacBook Pro Storage Drive with saving screenshots, screen recordings…doesn’t anyone have like an idea on how much storage space I should have when I start doing it. Mainly, I am gonna be doing screenshots and maybe some custom graphics (timeline, list, etc) but definitely gonna have parts of YouTube videos and using that for people to look at. As of now, I don’t have a website to get stock images or videos so everything I am gonna use is gonna be from YouTube and websites…..

If I have a 100 GB should that be good…I think my resolution is gonna be 1080P60. That is what my camera is and I would like to go 1440, but someone said I would need a 4K camera. I don’t think I can shoot me with my webcam at 1080 and then show my screenshots or screen recordings at 1440 or can I? Obviously, the screen recordings I use are gonna be anywhere from 720 to 1080 and I am sure I’ll grab some 1440 or even 4K (if that’s the only option)…sorry if this question seems disorganized. I work full time and tired and just trying to get some more info before going to bed. Thanks

I now see why people go for the bigger storage drives when getting a laptop….

I was uploading my video of a game I played, I noticed a icon on the copyright section and I rushed to it thinking it was something to do with music. Instead it was a copyright claim titled Capcom gamescom event. I went to the section that was claimed and it was like a 20-30sec scene of a man and women arguing and there is literally no music in the background. Huh?? What do I do about that? How can i avoid something like that if its not music? Doesn't seem fair to me. And in case anyone will ask. It was from a game called Remember Me. What do I do?

Hello.

I'm here because I wanted to ask other people struggling with this about what the best move is on my part.

I'm a small channel, only 200 subs, but about 150 of them are due to my latest video, a star wars video where I talk about, essentially, a fan edit I made (link here to the full video for context https://youtu.be/HfnsO23QDo4). Essentially I gave an explanation of what I was doing for my own fandub of the film, in brief, replacing the English actors with a variety of dub actors.

So as I hint to in the video, I had every intention on posting clips of my versions, not the full version, to Youtube for the fans of the original video to watch, however when I posted my first compilation of clips, I was immediately copyright struck... which I get, it was a 20 minute video with a variety of clips from the movie, even if I did change the voices to their dub counterparts.

Youtube told me that there was a small portion I needed to take out, this was according to their bot system, however what I decided to do was dispute the copyright strike, this was a few days ago.

What I'm asking here is... was that the right call? How long does it typically take to get a reply from a megacorp like Disney? Should I have just cut the clip that was asked of me and posted it? What happens if I cut the clip out NOW? Will Youtube come after me? If Youtube believes my dispute is baseless and considers me no different to a guy that posted the full movie, will that harm my channel? If I get rejected and post the video again and cut out the clip, will that cause me to get a flag from Youtube? Any answers to these questions would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

I've noticed that in the last few months we've been steadily getting a lot of external traffic views with Google Search marked as the main external source. Some videos get as much as 50% of all traffic from External Google Search. We've been around for 3+ years and this has never been the case until 2 months ago.

Is anybody else seeing something similar? How did it affect your channel?

Hi guys!

My channel is all about home appliances and how to guides on household stuff.

I have an idea to make a top 5 simple ways to stop using single use plastics in the house video but was wondering if I’d be better off making a 5 part short series? Eg “Easy ways to stop using single use plastics at home - part 1”

I’ve never done shorts before, all my videos are traditional long form.

If I am making my first YouTube video, and there will be parts where the full screen will show me talking…is 108060 ok? Seems like most YouTubers who appear full screen have 1440 at least. I noticed most 1080p60 videos only show screen recordings and screenshots and don’t actually show themselves full screen at any given point.

What do you think? I am using the Elgato Facecam by the way and recording myself over OBS.

I am planning to make a recap video for a group trip to Dreamhack (3-day event) and I'm wondering how to structure it well in editing and what are some things to record.

Does there have to be some kind of """story""" or flow to it? Also if I were to make it a short 3min recap with music, would cuts have to be synced? Would I have to mute all the clips for the music or what?

Any advice would be appreciated. Even extra things that I did not ask specifically.

Hey everyone, I'm using Storyblocks but I'm looking for satellite footage from far above. I found a few videos of specific places like the strait of Gibraltar for exampe, but I'd love to have more variety and also for less common countries, like central europe, northern norway and so on. Or to show the river Danube across Europe, or the Alps. Do you know where to find something like this? NASA/ESA? Or even from the ISS from above? :)

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• Until recently, when I have included one or more YouTube video URLs in a gmail message, a clickable player/link has magically appeared at the bottom of the email showing the usual thumbnail and 'play' arrow. This no longer happens, and I don't think I've changed any settings in gmail or my browser. Does anyone know how to recover this feature?

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Hey guys, I'm thinking of re-editing an older video I have uploaded and reuploading it as a new video. It has been up for about a year, doesn't have many views and can probably benefit from being edited down to being shorter. Has anyone done this and do you know if this would be ok to do with YouTube?

In the book, the Youtube Formula Derral suggests organizing videos by traffic source and compare the data for AVP, CTR, AVD and Views(I think I added views on my own). You have to do it manually one video at a time and transfer the data to a spreadsheet. That's how I had to do it any way.

The two sources I used were Suggested and Browse(I plan on adding search but it's not part of any strategy I currently use to target search). Once I had all the data plugged in( I omitted two outlier videos, one from each source. Both were anomalies that outperformed) I noticed that browse is outperforming suggested by almost double in every area: AVD, AVP, CTR and Views.

On an individual video basis, when I check the inbound videos that are sending traffic, it's the right niche but not the right person within that niche. Hence lower AVP and AVD and I can assume a lower CTR because that person avatar isn't interested. But on the homepage, AVD, AVP and CTR are dominating.

For clarity, it's as if I had a basketball dribbling technique youtube channel targeting coaches but the algo was suggest my vids to people who want to watch And1 highlights. It's close, but off the mark.

My channel is still small. I have 600 subs and about 40 videos. ~60 videos and ~200+ shorts have been made private. I had one content pivot early on when I had about 200 subs and then about 60 days ago I privated everything that wasn't exactly this new content. (FYI The algos suggestions don't align with the privated content either)

Therefore the numbers aren't anything phenomenal. Suggested would be like 30 views, 1min AVD and 20% AVP and Browse would be like 400 views, 2:30 AVD and 40% AVP.

The only solution I've come with is time. Just keep creating and it'll work itself out. However, I wanted additional opinions since I rarely talk to anyone about this. Is there anything else I can do help the suggested algo target better -like browse seems to be doing?

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Hey folks,

Whilst there is a great and easy fix for this new UI right now, which is one I personally find disgusting, but understand others may have less issue with, I think it's really important to remember that the fix is just a JS injection that toggles a 'preview' variable.

The reason for bringing this up, is that if this UI change is pushed out globally, there won't be a toggle any more, the fix will stop working.

As creators, you will likely find this even more frustrating if you engage your viewers comments, or if you create detailed video descriptions with links etc.

At the top-right of YouTube (on Desktop) if you hit your profile icon, at the bottom is 'Send feedback'. The more people that complain about this new UI, the more likely it is that they will actually fix it.

Without doing this, one day our fix will stop working, and we'll be forced to deal with a 'Description' box less than 400px wide and comments that can be near-impossible to read and reply to!

Cheers ya'll

-P

I’m buying some new stuff to use for my set up, I’m planning on buying another monitor, a ring light and a new camera but I don’t know what a good camera to use could be, does anyone here know what could be a good and cheap-ish camera I can use? I already got a pretty decent camera but a new one could work good, or should I stick to my current camera? Also is a ring light good or should I get something else?

I don’t really know how to explain it all in words….but I went from never doing research for a video to actually being obsessed with it and I love it. Today was the first day I actually started to look up info. The topic is regarding the Xbox Series S and kinda what the plans were initially, etc.

Anyways, it would be a really long post I was wondering if maybe someone or maybe even a couple people wouldn’t mind jumping into a chat on discord or anything really. Even if it’s just text. Or even if it’s me talking and you guys respond with text. Just wondering if maybe I can explain what I am doing and maybe someone can tell me if I have the right idea. I think I do, but not quite sure. I don’t care who helps me out or whatever, but I would like someone who is familiar with doing research for video. It doesn’t have to be gaming related but just anyone who understands this whole process. I am realizing that even if I stick to the facts it’s gonna be a long video…I was trying to do something really short for my first video but there is a lot of info and I like it…it’s just a crazy process. Anyways, let me know if maybe you wouldn’t mind helping out a newbie please.

Hey there, I have a small channel. And I'm trying to improve audio quality, which is always the biggest challenge when making videos.

My phone camera is great, it can give me really really good video quality but while audio is ok. I always get a lot of reverb on my voice.

I can't afford to build a perfect accoustics studio, so I'm trying to find solutions other than buying a microphone that'll cost me two months worth of my salary, or just covering everything with foam pannels.

My recording studio is basically my workshop. It has a rug on the floor, tons of stuff on two walls and on the background, from tools, to electronics, lights, books.

The other two walls are kind of barren, with the flat surface of a wardrobe, and a flat wall.

I don't want to just cover them in bullshit, like hanging a rug on the wall, because I'd have to buy a rug, and I'd be wasting space that I might want to use later. just to stop reverb, so I'm feeling kind of out of options.

I could just plug a lavelier mic on the phone, since it would probably not catch as much sound, but I reeeeally can't find one that just works and is affordable. it's either something for television, or ali express waste of plastic.

I just read YouTube's policy regarding the disclosure of altered content. I didn't think much of it because I don't use AI to manipulate my videos in any way, but after reading it, I'm not so sure anymore.

Sometimes I use a green screen to place myself somewhere. I placed myself on stage during a big event and pretended to have a speech. We shot a whole video where we were on stage and practically filmed a game show. In the first example I did get several questions if I was really on that event. I showed the original clip, where I didn't key out the screen at the very end of the video which looked pretty funny.

Do videos like these need a disclosure for altered content? I don't want people to click off thinking that they're watching AI while this is not the case. Where's the line where "movie magic" ends and AI/altered content begins? Are sketches with a backdrop seen as altered content, like Ryan George is doing for instance? I've done similar things to prove a point or just have some fun.

Maybe the first example, where I put myself in that event, it can be seen as altered content. If you watch it without paying too much attention, it's pretty believable. While a sketch with backdrop is obviously not real.

I'm wondering if someone has some insight on this. The YouTube support puts me in a circle. This is the link to YouTube's policy: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/14328491

tl;dr: Is green screen footage altered content and do you need to disclose it?

Hey everyone. I have a Sony ZV-1 that I’m trying to run as a webcam through streamyard. I know this is a very specific situation and so I’m trying to see if ANYONE out there is doing the same thing. When I plug it in via USB, the picture looks fine but the there is a slight delay. Which, then is making my video and audio out of sync. On OBS I know you can delay the audio but I’m having to use Streamyard. I’m holding off my first live stream until I can figure out how to run things smoothly.

Troubleshooting - my internet connection is great. Running an Ethernet straight in with AT&T fiber and it’s not an internet speed issue

I’ve tried Google chrome and Firefox private browser windows, as that’s what someone else suggested.

I have no idea what I’m doing wrong here and idk if this is a normal occurrence that people generally know how to deal with but I’ve been unable to find anything on YouTube or Google regarding this problem. I’m awaiting an HDMI capture card in the mail to plug things in that way and see if it helps at all.

Any thoughts or information would be MUCH APPRECIATED - Send help haha

I have seen a few of these post and most recommend to split the channels…..what would you if the topic is the same? Like I have random streams on my YouTube channel….manly from Restream (most effort put towards Twitch) but I want to make videos on gaming topics.

Maybe split them up in playlists? I guess the only issues if someone comes to the channel and doesn’t sort by playlist, then it’s gonna be a mix of streams and regular YouTube videos. Think I just answered my own question. What do you guys think.

Now I record on a 3440x1440 widescreen monitor.

I’ve had this thing well before I started content creation, the problem I am having is when I upload to YouTube as you will see in my video and the link below there are these annoying black bars on the edges.

Now I know what you’re thinking why don’t you upload in your native resolution? Well then I can’t put end screens on my videos, and with my channel seeing some success.

Having my videos lead to each other can lead to more watch time and YouTube pushing my content more.

I’ve tried everything and I’m stuck on what resolution I should be uploading until I get a regular monitor.

What PC/Laptop are you guys using to edit videos? What are the specs? Are you guys using windows or MAC OS computers? I currently have a MacBook Pro with i9 and 64 RB Ram. I think it’s more than enough to edit videos but I also know the MB Pro is 5 years old and just wondering if upgrading would be a smart move. I am just curious as to what you guys are using. I am gonna be using ScreenFlow with the hope that I eventually get comfortable and use Final Cut or Premier.

I am on vacation from work for a couple weeks and would love to get some insight. Thanks again.

Ive been rlly tryna find ways to make connect w/ others in this industry beyond just forums, so ive decided to look into going to creator conventions i.e vidcon,twitchcon ect....the only problem ive had is they r all west coast it would littarly take me the cost of one ticket just to make it there its actually suprising to me that theres none rlly held in the east coast espectially w newyork what should i do to meet other creators?

I recently created a BeamNG.drive channel and informed my followers of it when I released the first video on it. I already have a gaming channel with 20 subs and the main channel with a non-English audience and 300 subs.

The crazy thing is that despite having viewers who've given likes to my earlier BeamNG videos, the new channel has got no subs or likes in its first week. All this despite providing links and everything in my Discord server and the gaming channel with 20 subs. I even made a video that explains it all with an AI voice (‘cause my own English sucks), yet there's nothing going on.

So there's only one thing left to do, I think: building a whole new audience from scratch. Which includes the catch-22 phase when you have to promote your thing like no tomorrow despite having little to no places that allow self-promotion. Then you have to be involved in the community as if you had the time after making the content and paying your bills.

So it's never enough that you know what you're doing. Apparently, YouTube can just hide your new channel from your viewers so that you have to jump through hoops to get the validation that you deserve. Oh sure, there're channels that definitely deserve more of it, but also a lot of massively liked crash compilations and clips that anyone can do.

So does it ultimately boil down to quantity over quality? If I'm correct, YouTube actually encourages a high upload rate. So instead of doing videos with a bit of thought (like having a race up to the Pikes Peak on gravel), I have to pump out mediocre crash shorts in order to have any hopes of an audience? And when this new audience finds out that I'm more into multiple camera angles, good audio mixing, editing and things beyond just crashes, those people just unsub? Ugh.

If there's any way to “win” in this ridiculous situation, I'd like to know. Maybe it's the “community” thing that I always find so awkward? I don't have the energy if I want to create, but I also won't have an audience if I don't hang around in forums? Aargh!

Hi all. I am a writer and I tried reading a story as a video. I have an idea about footage but I am not sure how to go about it. When it comes to stories is it better to keep visualizations clean? I know places like /rslash sort of do that. But these prices are a little more emotive so I am a little unsure of how to visually approach it and thought about brainstorming off some like minded people.

The theme I am approaching is the idea of parasocial relationships between a member of an illegal hacktivist group and a normal cafe worker that is part of his everyday life via an online conversation. The reason I am approaching it this way is because I genuinely want to approach the risks of these parasocial relationships online. As I am not here to advertise this novel I am writing I am not going to dwelve further. But I thought I would give you some context as to what I am thinking.

I wrote my own music and make my own stories. I can also paint. I feel like I could do something really cool. I just wanted advice on how to approach this.

I was just wondering if you guys feel it's worth including footage? Should I use royalty free imagery? Should I leave it clean? Should I have the writing on the screen? What are your thoughts?

As content creators, we're always on the hunt for the best tools and apps to streamline our workflow. Whether it's writing, graphic design, video editing, or something else, what software have you found most helpful for your content creation process?
Some examples could include text editors, design platforms, video/audio editing suites, scheduling/publishing tools, SEO/analytics software, and more.
What specific tools do you use and recommend to fellow content creators on Reddit? How have they improved your productivity and the quality of your content?
Are there software tools you wish existed that would make your job easier?

Hello.

I am working on a project. Basically it's an arg styled thing. I am trying to make 3 channels be intertwined and wanted to seek some advice on potentially collabing with some voice actors. I am poor so I am not expecting too much. But I was thinking something like 1 sentence or even statements.

Are there any places where people can find free voice actors?

:)

I have multiple channels. For now, my main is fine, but when I try to upload to a secondary channel I get a glitch. It says 'something went wrong' and then at the bottom of the upload screen says my channel status doesn't support uploads. I don't have a channel strike. On mobile the system is fine but on desktop its glitch-city. Anyone else dealing with this?

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Hopefully its a coincidence, but Meta is having a huge system wide crash at the moment too.

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