What Programs are required to start Youtube, Ideas, recommendations?

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So I'm somewhat looking to restart YouTube after not doing much on the scene, and I am looking to record PC games, and yes i understand it will be difficult to get noticed, but really I am doing it for the love of making game videos and if that involves becoming somewhat remotely large (100-500 subs maybe?) then thats an added bonus :)
Basically im looking for a low impact recording program that wont use much processing power, but can give the quality and maybe 60fps recording?
I have the editing software, and have a fairly decent knowledge on using it, which is either gonna be Premiere, Vegas or After effects or a combination of them.
Any tips or advice is very much welcome, my pc is;
AMD 8320 STOCK CLOCKS
Corsair H100
MSI 990FXA-GD65
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600mhz
Sapphire Reference R9 290
couple of SSDs and couple of HDDs

Anyways, let me know :p
Thanks
 
no idea on software but you should really just stream games on twitch and then upload what you record from there to youtube. that way you stand the chance of getting more viewers and subs that you can also interact with. then post content on twitter etc also. using youtube on its own i doubt you'd get noticed of even anywhere close to 100 subs. i often see decent videos with under 100 views that are over a year old.
 
Do they still make hardware recorders that sit between the gfx card and the monitor? it records the footage taking the strain off the PC.
 
AHarvey said:
Do they still make hardware recorders that sit between the gfx card and the monitor? it records the footage taking the strain off the PC.
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Yes they do, but normally have to do a 2 monitor thing [Clone display] on most as a lot of them don't do pass through and most don't record 1080p 60fps but record 1080p 30fps there are some that do so you have to do your research first

First thing to do get Dxtroy and Lagarith Lossless Video Codec set the codec in its configuration to mode YUY2 not RGB its still good quality but not as good as RGB which will tank your cpu I think and then give it a test.
Remember to set up DXtroy there are many guides about mainly remember to record to a lest a 7200rpm hard drive for 1080p anything slower and it will drop frames

Another program people have been saying is good is http://raptr.com/amd which might be a better option
 
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Fraps/dxtory are the best. then go shadowplay or obs.

FRAPS http://www.fraps.com/
DXTORY http://exkode.com/dxtory-features-en.html
OBS http://obsproject.com/
MSI AFTERBURNER http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm
MIRILLIS http://mirillis.com/en/products/action.html
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I know fraps from a long time ago, but that touches FPS quite dramatically, and id like to keep them as high as possible.
As mentioned above, streaming may work out better, but its getting noticed that i will probably struggle with...
I was thinking of using OBS or XSplit to steam with as they provide quite a lot of tools to set things up :p
Any streamers here?
 
so does fraps but many don't set it up right.

i mainly record at 4k with fraps edit with vegas.files are big though but most will be if you want the best quality.
 
Any of the recording suites work fine if setup correctly, Shadowplay and Raptr can be fine too. Fraps typically doesn't have the best quality though compared to others, I'd suggest staying away from Mirillis Action, I used it a lot last year but it's so bloody hit and miss at times I've lost patience with it.

Personally I'm sticking to Shadowplay and will use DXTory when the mood takes me, one thing to bare in mind when recording any video is that you need to use the fastest drive you have for WRITE, otherwise you'll see the odd stutter as the drive tries to keep up especially if it's a software solution which doesn't allow sharing drives for writing (think DXTory does this although I've never had to). - just noticed dreigns has mentioned this above too! I use a reasonably quick SSD although I rarely record at 4K for long periods.

I've used Adobe Premiere Pro and Sony Vegas Pro, I'd suggest if you're starting out to go with something a little less brutal but still has most of the functionality you'll need for Youtube vids - sony studio 13 platinum, why? It's got a free trial with pretty much full functionality so you can have a play and from personal experience I find Sony studio and vegas that little easier to work with, most tutorials for sony vegas transfer fine to Sony Studio 13 once the advanced UI is enabled (which is one click).

You can get Sony studio 13 suite if you want but tbh it's not really necessary as it's mostly aimed at writing DVDs and for audio frankly Audacity does most thing very well.
 
I'm a YouTubing gamer and have just over 1600 subscribers so far, so doing pretty well for myself! I upload on average 2 videos per day and do "lets play" style videos with friends or solo content on longer games. I aimed for the 20+ market with my content (its adult natured, with swearing etc) and hit it straight away which I was really pleased with, as around 84% of my viewers fall into that range, with the 13 and below range being less than 3%.

I upload 1080p 60fps footage shot at 30mbps bitrate and use shadowplay (NVidias DVR thing) to record game audio whilst my audio and webcam is handled by the Logitech C920 software instead. I've set a delay of 3 seconds on the Logitech software so when I start recording, I can also tab into the game and start that off, putting the audio for both streams in sync or damn near close to it (easily changed in any video editing program). This simplifies editing and speeds it up greatly too.

I use Cyberlink's PowerDirector 13 package for my videos and I'm part of their MVP scheme due to doing "how to" videos on their content. I also use a greenscreen for all content featuring a webcam after mid june (when I invested more into my channel) as it allows more of the game to be seen, although this is a personal preference.

If you use a webcam, you HAVE to have great lighting, or your video will look a bit cruddy and when you overlay it with your gameplay, it just won't look right.

As for channel growth, get your friends involved and all share it to social media. I'd recommend NOT doing a competition on it as you'll get a huge rise in subscribers, then lose most of them shortly afterwards when they don't win, really screwing your stats up (happened to me!)

Remember to try and create some sort of half decent channel art and possibly do an intro when you've recorded some decent content. Get free music without copyright implications from sources such as "nocopyrightsounds" on youtube and simply link to the artists webpage in your description (that's all they require for terms of usage).

My channel is youtube.com/JamesJohnsonGaming if you fancy a gander, but remember, its got swearing so I won't directly link it or face mod abuse lol. If you have any questions either ask on here or PM mate/comment on channel etc.
 
theaterix said:
I know fraps from a long time ago, but that touches FPS quite dramatically, and id like to keep them as high as possible.
As mentioned above, streaming may work out better, but its getting noticed that i will probably struggle with...
I was thinking of using OBS or XSplit to steam with as they provide quite a lot of tools to set things up :p
Any streamers here?
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Fraps does 60 fps.
 
i been recording with it at 60 fps for years :p

even on old pcs.

its not how many videos you upload its quality and content. marketing your channel and networking is as important as the video content.be yourself don't copy others.find a interesting angle.
 
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