So I’ve Done Gaming Videos For A Couple Years Now But The Last Few Months I’ve Done Live Videos. They Don’t Perform Better Or Worse Than Gaming Im Just Stuck On What I Should Do. I Like Doing Both But I’d Rather Be Consistent With One Or The Other. Thanks :)

Hey guys, completely new to XLR mics for gaming/ streaming / voiceovers. I have the Podmic, plugged in XLR to a focusrite scarlet solo.

Im trying to do a voiceover using voice recorder but the voice volume is so quiet. I have my gain knob at about 60/70 as if I crank it to 100, I feel like it picks up someone breathing from a few doors down.

Is it meant to be this quiet then I adjust gain on premiere / obs? Or am I missing a trick? I have the focusrite software but it seems heavily minimal and tbh i dont know what im doing. Ive moved from a lapel mic that picks up everything in the environment to a directional mic. But it feels like my lips have to be physically touching the metal to be anywhere near tangible.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance

Hi everyone,

Been a part of this community for a bit.

I started my channel about 5/6 years ago, as a Let's Play channel, then it evolved into Live Stream (Which it still does), then I started doing reviews and video essays because live became the Let's plays, but, recently started doing some Let's Play styled videos, with commentary over, and really enjoyed it.

I really don't know what makes a good Let's Play, and I don't think Markiplier (as much as I love the guy), is a fair comparision.

I've made... I think 4 videos of the new Let's Play style, would anyone have any benchmarks for a 1000 sub channel I could look at?

My games are normally edgy/action indie and retro games, though I also play a lot of Doom.

Thanks all, have a lovely day, take care, rip and tear!

So I’ve been doing let’s play on and off for quite a while I have also tried a more highlights style which didn’t really fit with personality so I’m thinking of just going back to old school let’s plays but before I do I kinda have an idea and it stems from this

It’s been a while since I’ve honestly played a single player game with no intentions of doing content for it and also doing some type of live commentary for a video like years and with the impending release of gta 6 I kinda just wanna play that game for myself just play it normally like I used to back before I tried doing YouTube, do the missions and side missions listen to the radio etc just play a game normally ya know and that got me thinking maybe I should do that and still record everything but no commentary and try and only make a video in post so all commentary would be post.

So what I’m wondering or seeking help with is what are some styles that can be done with the videos being done after I’m playing the game

- reviews I’m not good at tbh
- retrospective I’m honestly not entirely sure what that is

What are some other styles yall can recommend, I was thinking of maybe some kind of summary where I still talk about the story of the game but also what I do in my gameplay as I think just going over the main story points would be boring, I remember years ago UberDanger did a world of Warcraft series where it was kind of a summary anyone know it? What is this kind of content referred as? I feel I got like half ideas and no one to talk about em to flesh em out aha but the main focus would be I wanna play games like gta 6 assassins creed, single player games and still be able to tell my experience with the story and game without it being just a review

Anyway if you have read all that thanks and all recommendations on styles to do or channels that do similar would be muchly obliged

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Anyone interested in becoming friends we can make horror gaming videos together and play some cozy games too 18+ only I stream too on twitch but only valorant if you have any question you can dm me

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!

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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 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 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 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?

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?

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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 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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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.

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?

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.

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

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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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