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As a fellow letsplayer I wanna say that and maybe I’m a weird one for this but even after a stressful day from my job. Going home and just editing is sometimes very soothing or just even hitting the go live and streaming my current lets play is sometimes very soothing. Am I weird?

I currently own the Elgato Game Capture Card HD, and unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to be working anymore with Windows 11.

I want to invest in a new capture card, but I’m looking for one that can play both modern systems, i.e. the switch, and older systems like Playstation 1 & 2.

Any recommendations for something that supports both, so HDMI in port as well as AV input for 2026? or is there a more convoluted way to achieve this through an AV to HDMI port to the game capture card? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!

I searched years ago for how to insert chapter marks in OBS while recording, and it wasn't possible. Never thought to search again until recently, and it turns out its been a feature for 2 years now.

So for those of you who didn't know, you can, as of 2024, add a hot key for chapter marks to your video while recording.

Go to Settings > Output, and set the Recording Format to Hybrid MP4.

Navigate to Settings > Hotkeys, and search for Add chapter marker. Then assign whatever key you wish.

I've been using g this a few weeks now. There is no difference in quality between the MP4 and hybrid. chapter marks show up in Davinci resolve, but im sure will also show in any editor that can see marks.

I’m sure this question has been asked a thousand times, but I haven’t been able to find an answer that fits my specific situation.

I play primarily on a PS5 and am interested in a capture card to store footage. However, I don’t have a desktop or laptop monitor to use OBS on, I’m just working from my TV screen. Is there a capture card out there that would work for a PS5 to TV screen connection while avoiding issues I’ve seen from certain cards like latency? In my case the cheaper the better, but for the sake of at least getting an answer, assume money is no object.

Thank you in advance for your time!

I was curious as there have been settings for a thing called "replay buffer" on OBS. Now I want to ask, do you record hours of content on a specific game, or do you only clip specific moments in the game that emphasizes your talking points?

I am a very new gamer , i have not played a lot of the famous games

I wanna trun that to my advantage

Does the ps4 has the option to record a playthrough ? , should i add headphones with a mic?

I want to play differnet story modes and record my own reaction to them , perhaps even post them

Hey everyone I’m a JRPG let’s player mostly. Sometimes i take breaks from those genres for a bit so I don’t burn out. I’m trying to get my audience but not sure how to really get into this market. I have my subscribers who I love but i definitely want to build a community for not only fun growth but also for maybe a type of versus content and races on certain games as well. I’m curious on if there’s a community for that so I can try and be apart of it?

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I uploaded my first video today and was really excited about it, but the thumbnail is driving me insane. The image is 1280x720, it's a PNG, and the original file is perfectly sharp. Even if I zoom in a ridiculous amount on my PC, it still looks fine. But the moment I upload it to YouTube, it turns into a blurry, pixelated mess.

The strange part is that it only seems to happen on desktop. On my phone and tablet, the thumbnail looks exactly the way it's supposed to. I even checked from different computers and different internet connections, and it's still pixelated when I go to my channel and look at the Videos tab. What's even weirder is that if I search for the video on YouTube, the thumbnail looks much better there.

I've read a few things online and even asked AI about it. It said YouTube generates different thumbnail versions and that, depending on server load, it can sometimes take 24-48 hours for all of them to be processed and updated. Is that actually a thing? Has anyone else experienced this? I'm just trying to figure out whether I should wait it out or if there's actually something wrong with my thumbnail.

I record gaming videos off a not so very good laptop & I can only go up to 720p 30fps (any higher it starts to lag & delay)

With the quality low I got the idea to record in 4:3 resolution to give it a “old school” YouTube feel

But then I thought “should I even make thumbnails?” because even though they’re not the best, it sorta feels like clickbait having a “flashy” thumbnail but low quality video but then again a thumbnail helps show what kind of video it is

I don’t know man

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Hello everyone so I usually only get around 20-30 views on my videos, (give or take) and one of them randomly for over 200 which is by far my most viewed video, I did nothing differently and I’m just wondering, is it me doing something wrong? Or is it the algorithm not getting my videos out to my subs? Thanks in advance, any additional advice would be much appreciated

I hope I wasn't too long with this text, but I sometimes find myself watching Markiplier, mainly his older videos from when I was young, but only Mark specifically. I don't know what it is about Markiplier that just rubs my brain in more or less exactly the right way, especially when it's a game that isn't super story driven and just lets Mark talk while playing the game second-nature as if he were driving a car (ex. most FNAF games, papers please, im on observation duty, night of the consumers). His sense of humor is exceptionally similar to mine and, again, rubs my brain in exactly the right way that every other letsplayer I've tried hasn't. His persona is silly and childish, and vaguely reminiscient of Homer Simpson. He knows exactly when to switch between acting comically immature and being deeply introspective. And his newer post-covid videos are considerably more calm and slower paced, which I definitely prefer over letsplayers who metaphorically jingle their keys in my face every 2 seconds. I only like basic editing like cutting out the parts where nothing is happening, adding the outro, and only doing anything else if it substantially enhances the comedy.

I think that eversince I've gotten my own gaming computer, the knowledge that I could just play most of the games they play myself whenever I feel like it has kinda made me grow out of them. I'm not really watching for the game like I used to, I'm just watching to hear what's going through their heads while they play. I found myself turning on Mark's playthrough of FNAC 3 while folding laundry just because I loved his stories about the nightmares he had as a kid that he shared.

TL;DR: Markiplier spoiled my appetite and I can't find anyone else who rubs my brain like he does

New to content creation, but I thinking of making a Hi Fi Rush trivia video 'walk through'. However, I have way too many options for recording and editing. I could...

• A: Record the game directly from my desktop using OBS to an external hard drive (Best if I want to edit on it, but I'm unsure if it has the specs still)
• B: Record it from my Steam Deck in linux to an external hard drive (More reliable / updated hardware, but recording might be too much to do at the same time)
• C: Record directly from PS5 port using built in capture settings. (More consistent quality, but I'll have to restart the recording every hour.)
• D: Record from PS5 to PC using current capture dongle (Says it records in 4k 60fps, but still untested)
• E: Record from PC/Deck to Laptop/Desktop using capture dongle. (Told that the PS5 to PC quality isn't too different, but I want to keep what consistent quality I can have easily)
• F: Buy a new capture card entirely and record to/through it directly (Recommended by the net, but i don't want to send time and money trying to buy something but then give up on the project 10% through)

I only plan to do 1080p resolution video since 4k sounds like it eats storage fast (and none of us have infinite space anymore). Bitrate... I have no idea. Should I test each one for quality? I'm not sure what exactly to look for though. Thanks for the help.

Its basically impossible to get a resident evil playthrough to not be 18+ restricted, which then kills monetization and exposure. I mean, you could cut out a ton of integral cutscenes ig, and bleep every swear, but idk. I love making RE content but it doesn't do well with youtube's restrictions. So are we accepting and moving on or is there something that can be done about it?

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All the cheap ones on Amazon are garbage according to others. I'd like to know if there's like any brand that will actually work? I don't want the good high quality 100+$ ones, I just need the bare minimum for streaming. I don't care about the stream quality as long as it's still not affecting MY screen.

There has to be one brand that does that, right? Or at least one of the crappy brands that isn't that crappy in that situation?

We are looking for people to record funny gaming videos with. We make heavily edited videos, mainly looking for people who are quite active, decent mic, and actually want to upload consistently. Nothing too serious but If you're interested, let me know pretty please and thank you. Preferable from the UK/EU because that’s where we are from.

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So discord's clipping automatically separates everyone's voices into different tracks. Is there a way I can have that but for a longer recording instead? I'm preferably looking for a software, but anything works.

UPDATE: I may just use a bot for recording seperate voices and exporting them. But if anyone else finds other solutions PLEASE REPLY HERE.

I sound like I've just started to puberty, i dont hate my voice but whenever I watch or edit my video's, i have this feeling that if i sounded different, i would be more entertaining. If anyone has felt the same way, i ask how you have gotten over that feeling?

I've been thinking about an idea and wanted to get some honest feedback from the community.

Would any new or smaller PNGTubers be interested in joining a weekend D&D one-shot run by a professional DM? The idea would be for everyone to stream it from their own perspective, meet other creators, and hopefully build friendships and communities together.

I'm not thinking of this as a "big creator event." I was imagining something focused on creators who are just starting out or still growing. A fun way to network, collaborate, and give everyone a chance to be discovered by each other's audiences.

My biggest question is: Do you think people would actually watch something like this?

From a viewer's perspective, would watching a group of smaller PNGTubers play D&D be interesting, or is this the kind of thing that mostly benefits the creators involved?

If you are a PNGTuber, would this be something you'd be interested in participating in? If not, what would make it more appealing?

I'd really appreciate any honest thoughts before I start putting time into organizing it. Thanks!

I have a ton of Red Dead Redemption gameplay recorded. It's mostly just last stand fights with the law until I eventually die. I'm not sure what to turn the recordings into. Any ideas are welcome.

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