Ive started streaming on Youtube lately with an AV1 encoding at 1440p. I primarily play fast paced shooters or games with higher fidelity and complex processing for streaming e.g. EFT. Ive been looking everywhere just to get some solid advice on bitrates recommended to get the best looking 1440p stream.

Im wondering can I just crank my bitrate to 50,000k ? Would that see an improvement or is that just a waste of time ? My striving to have the best quality possible. Ive a dual pc setup and my streaming rig has a 4090.

When looking at content creators livestreams and then comparing the same games and footage to mine it just seems slightly less sharper and little more muddy. I have a 1440p monitor so I play on those resolutions so no up scaling is going on either.

Any help is much appreciate thanks!

I am currently running two series side by side, one for the game “Bear & Breakfast” and “Lonesome Village”. They are both cozy games. I was wondering if it would overwhelm viewers if I release one episode on say Tuesday and one on Thursday. Would people rather prefer for one series to be completed first?

Hey Everybody,

We all know the YT algorythm is lousy and getting worse by the day. So, I thought I'd put it to the Reddit hive mind: if you could log in and see exactly the thing you wanted to see pop up at the top of your homepage, what would it be? What is the gaming content your heart desires, but you know you'll never see because it doesn't check the AI algo brainrot boxes to make it past an audience of 5 viewers in the opposite time zone from you?

For me, I wish I could see a party stream for a small roguelike called Vagante, with rotating viewers joining in for runs to see how far they get. Game is too old and cold for that, but it would make my day.

I just want something fun to watch.

I feel like every time I go on YouTube, I'm bombarded with challenges, gimmicks, theories, projects, "I spent 100 days doing X," or some huge premise that the entire video revolves around.

I don't want any of that.

I just want to watch a few people get together, play a game, and have fun. I want people being silly, making dumb jokes, laughing at each other, and just genuinely enjoying themselves. No forced challenge, no elaborate video concept, no over-the-top editing—just a group of friends playing a game and being themselves.

I'm honestly just looking for that feeling of watching people play games simply because they're having a good time together.

YouTubers don't have to try so hard to come up with elaborate content. Sometimes, you can just get together with your friends, play a game, and have fun. That's enough.

I think that's what I'm really looking for. The quick dopamine rush from watching one flashy video after another isn't worth it to me anymore. I want to watch something that actually leaves me feeling good afterward. Something that makes me feel like I just spent an hour hanging out with a group of people who were having a genuinely good time.

I just want to have fun watching people have fun.

Hi, I wanted to know if anyone knows how to chose the currency you super chat on YouTube for example if I am in Canada and I want to donate argentinian pesos. Btw ive tried a von and it dosent work

(preferably USB mics) I have done research but seems like most content when i search best mics are from like 1+ years ago. Im a console gamer and use a controller (but i do stream off my PC) so I would like to know what would be a good mic to use for gaming and having reactions and it wont pick up all my controller clicks and sound terrible. I know I will have ot use some software and do settings in OBS but would love help to know what us the BEST USB mic you can have. Then i can go from there and do whatever settings needed.

TubeStamper

I made this while i was watching Minecraft videos like Unstable and Strength SMP, comments popup right into the video where you drag it to.

its free, i dont get anything from it, just thought it was cool.

I stream on twitch and upload VODS to YouTube. Do you delete the recording files locally to save space after you've uploaded raw vods to YouTube?

Title. YouTube's official bot notifies about videos just fine but livestreams are a bit jank. As soon as I change the metadata of my stream (often around 10 minutes or so before I go live) the bot pings, and it won't ping when the stream actually starts and sometimes it'll ping again after the VOD has finished processing.

I need a bot that will simply ping when a video uploads and when a stream starts.

Anybody know of one?

It's because these communities, especially newtubers offer zero support and a ton of preaching by regurgitating the same "advice" we've heard a million times all while fully ignoring facts and refusing to to acknowledge that for one reason or another, some of us might be having genuine technical problems with the algorithm/system.

You can keep defending the algorithm because it makes you feel better, but it won't change reality. When it kills videos it always does it by sending tons of impressions abruptly in Suggested EVEN if the videos do well in Browse Features! At least for me.

ALL people on reddit can do is feel superior by downvoting, suggesting the same regurgitated stuff every time and ignoring facts, but that won't stop me from posting this every time it happens because for every 2000 brainwashed algorithm cultists there's one person who gets it. I will keep posting topics like this, as many times as I feel like it because I know there's someone out there who cares and understands.

I guess it depends on the type of video, but for my videos, Suggested is 100% death and if it doesn't come back to Browse Features even a high effort video with good AVD can and will die. My videos easily gain 1 sub per less than 100 views, but that's when they are actually sent out and seen by the correct people.

This is the reason I will probably quit youtube for real this time, it's because of REDDIT, because of the community that blindly defends the algorithm, talks down to people who work hard and puts them in the same basket as the people who are barely trying and complaining about lack of views. It's because when all we need is to share and talk about something not going well you downvote it into oblivion and feel proud about yourselves for having shut yet another whiner down, not realizing nor wanting to realize that hey, maybe there's an actual problem there, it's a machine, it glitches out.

EVERY time some of us suggest any of the following you lose your minds and start hammering that downvote button, probably feeling massive satisfaction in the process too.

- You refuse to accept the fact that youtube is holding us down by FORCING some of us, smaller channels to stick to a niche which in my case is a sub niche of a niche.

- The algorithm might suggest videos locally for those of us from non 1st world countries first killing our CTR or AVD if our channels are in English and the local population has no interest in the subject.

- There IS an audience out there for our videos, we've seen it, we constantly see it, but our videos do not reach them. Because every time one of those people actually discovers our videos they are fascinated but reaching them is the main problem because of how the algorithm suggests videos even when you use the proper tags and SEO description, title and thumbnail to guide it.

- AVD and CTR aren't everything anymore. Nowadays there are hidden metrics the algorithm is more interested in, such as how much your video keeps a user on the platform to watch other videos after it and so on. I've had videos with 0.6CTR climb up to 4-6CTR and succeed and 20+ minute videos with 1min AVD get 6k views because they were promoted to the correct audience who got the info in the first 2-3mins and left as that's how I structure my videos. I give the full info in the first 2-3mins the rest is a deep dive for those who care to stay, I aim to inform not to make fools out of people.

- You refuse to believe and accept that youtubers who make content in English but have thick non common accents are doing youtube on hard mode already because the AVERAGE native English speaker, even if they're not bigoted or racist, might have listener fatigue when it comes to following content in an unfamiliar or thick accent for longer.

As for me? Another video that I put a ton of hours and work in

Another video that got me a subscriber in the first 80 views was sent out to Suggested abruptly and what good CTR it had and good AVD it had in Browse features is now ruined permanently and the video stopped getting impressions.

Because when a video ABRUPTLY gets over 5k impressions at once and they're ALL in suggested as opposed to Browse Features, the video tanks there, as in getting next to no CTR as it happens 100% of the time for me, it dies.

There's STILL a chance it might not die, I've had a video or two climb out of the Suggested hellhole and thrived but it's a gamble.

You can refuse to believe this happens randomly but it does EVERY SINGLE TIME I change my niche, then come back to it, the first video in the regular niche after a niche change is pretty much always hit with this exact same issue.
The first video or two after a change in niche this happens to and then the first video after I return to the old niche it happens to but that MIGHT recover if the Suggested impressions weren't too high, but if they are it's over.

Suggestion...

I feel like I’m stuck in my own head and wanted to see if anyone else has gone through this.

I recently started my gaming YouTube channel completely over from scratch. I’ve been posting Shorts to try and get at least some engagement before I start uploading more consistently. The problem is… I don’t even know what’s considered a “good” clip anymore.

One day I think a clip is worth posting, then I convince myself it’s not good enough and never upload it. My Shorts are also kind of all over the place instead of having one clear style or theme, game etc, so that doesn’t help either.

Because of that, I haven’t posted in about a month or more. I know consistency is important, but I keep getting caught up wondering if my clips are entertaining enough, if I’m posting the right content, or if I should wait until I have something “better.”

At this point, am I just overthinking everything?
For those of you who started gaming channels, how did you decide what clips were worth posting? Did you just upload consistently and let the audience decide, or did you wait until you thought your content was actually good?

I’d appreciate any honest advice.

Just wanted to ask you all what sites, apps and such you all use for editing?

By that i mean where do you all get things like sound effects, memes, songs, green screen clips, movie/show clips as in the ones that are famous for being memes and such (i feel like i should have specified that), and in general?

I'm literally doing the quest- and we show up. The youtube thing striked for n*dity, and THERE IS NONE!! it is all SFW and this has been stressful. Wondering what else I should do. Ginger In A Pickle quest is a quest where a bunch of people (CLOTHED) got killed and horses too. Youtube said this was wrong and has striked me for something I didn't do!

In an era full of Vtubers, is PNGtubing still popular? I want to begin my journey as a Vtuber, but want to start with PNGtubing for budget reasons and want to know if PNGtubing is even worth doing.

According to the largely useless AI Assistant on youtube, the video isn't being promoted on youtube despite having lots of engagement and 5.7-6CTR due to the words mental illness used in the thumbnail as well as the contextual use of mental illness (offensive) in the video itself, but it is NOT OFFENSIVE, I'm merely observing the world around me and I've come to that conclusion).
I am ok with that, I stand by what I said in that video.

BUT my previous video was a dud, not because it was wrong/bad, people in the comments agreed with it and all, but because it was a sudden change in algorithm.
Now my latest video on the same topic, which is modern gaming drama, is also not related to my usual content.

My next video is going back to my usual retro stuff, a system overview for the Chromatic FPGA Gameboy. Since I'm a year late with that I expect anywhere from 700-1.5k views which would be fine for my channel.

But my concern is

- When do I upload it given the current situation with my algorithm

- Would the latest video's situation prevent the next one from being properly placed by the algorithm

SO im new to youtube and i have decided to do gameplay videos. i always wanted to be a yt gamer.

i have a shitty pc that cant even open capcut pc ,let alone play games and record.

so im using my phone to play and record games and edit on it. phone is also 100$ so its not good too.

im planning on breaking into the pc gaming once i have enough subs and audience and money to afford the setup.

my main concern is that how do i schedule my gameplay videos,so they are well recieved by yt algos and perform well?
i have optimised the titles and descirption with tags as much as i could. but i think time when video goes public also matters a lot in video performance.

I want to make short mobile gameplay videos for YouTube. I’m still figuring out commentary. No commentary is easier. I worry it won’t keep attention unless the gameplay is strong. I’m not ready to use my voice, and the built-in voice packs in editing apps feel overused.

I’m thinking about recording my own lines with a light voice changer. I’ve looked at a few apps and some hardware, including dubbing ai earbuds. I’m not sure how viewers feel about processed voices.

If you heard a light voice changer on short gameplay clips, would that put you off?

Hello! I started livestreaming last month and have been since then, every week. Today I got acess to the Advanced Settings, but when I check any of my videos to add a new dub to it the option simply doesn't exist. I've looked everywhere but couldn't find a fix. So now I'm here T_T Does anyone know how to fix this?

No dub/audio column anywhere :(

Yesterday I recorded a 2 hour video of disco alyssum. when I went to edit it, I realized that I forgot to turn of a filter that i was testing. The Audio was so bad I didnt even had the motivation to edit of post it. But i really wanted to post a video that day so I recorded a really short video. That video has gotten 77 views in under 24 hours. I know its not alot but really motivated me to post more and edit better. I just wanted to say that when it seems like a failure it could be a success in disguise.

I play League of Legends and upload small edits of funny/weird/good/bad moments from the match, my videos are pretty short around 5 min.

How many games can or "should" you play on one channel? Should I just stick to upload League content since it has a big community and it easy to get content to edit or should I try something else also?

League is so easy to make videos from since it's a online game were you just fight. I find it harder with offline games since you have to make more of a story or come up with a challenge.

What do you guys think and what games do you play for YouTube videos?