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Hi everyone,

I'm trying to record Let's Play videos on my Lenovo Legion 5 gaming laptop, but I'm running into some lag/performance drops.

My setup requires me to run three resource-heavy apps at the same time:

• The game itself
• VSeeFace (v1.13 for VTuber avatar tracking)
• OBS Studio (to record the video)

I was using my small HP to project and extend the screen so the game was displaying on the HP and i was playing through OBS and monitoring it at the same time, but im unsure i can continue to do that.

Now I'm currently using the NVIDIA NVENC H.264 encoder. Are there specific OBS canvas settings, downscaling tweaks, or VSeeFace tracking optimization settings I should use to lower the load on my laptop and get a smooth 60fps recording?

Thanks for any advice!

Hihi sorry this is gonna be a super weird title, dw I promise it’s not like a diversity hire thing. I’m POC myself, very brown Latina girl here, and I had the realization that my friend group is very… not that I guess? Love em to death but I really wish I had folks that I could connect with and people that can understand my experiences fully.

So I’m turning to yall! I’m looking for any girls or POC to befriend and make collab content with if yall are also YouTubers (I have a channel but currently on hiatus cause I’m moving)

The games I play are usually cozy/creepy, stuff like SpiritFarer, Look Outside, and of course the multiplayers like Minecraft, Peak, Lethal Company etc!

Again I just really want more friends I can relate to, especially in this day and age with ICE and racism being increasingly normalized in the states.

Howdy everyone. I’d like to start this meeting off by saying I love making gaming content. Problem with making gaming content is I want to network in the gaming community however most of them want to play friendslop style games which don’t fit my channels theme. I mostly play RPGS, randomizers, and the occasional horror game. I want to network with other people in this niche. Not a sub4sub, not a watch4watch, etc. I am not gonna spam my channel here for people to go sub to and what not I just want to make some connections for friends who also do content in this niche specifically. Maybe one day we can run some rando races or if someone wants to help teach me routing in Link to the Past Rando I’d be happy with that too. Either way I hope this message makes out to yall

Hey folks, I'm having an issue where every time I upload this short to YT (it's private atm), the volume is boosted to insane levels even though the video I took the short from has good audio AND my editing software's volume matches what I had for the original, too.

I've tried turning the volume way down in the editing (I'm using Sony Vegas 22) and re-uploading but every time it's just obnoxious. It's oddly not as bad on my phone, but when I dare watch the short on my actual PC in my actual browser it sounds awful. Other videos sound fine on my PC and obviously it sounds good in Vegas and if I watch it using VLC from the file itself.

I've tried googling but everything I see are complaints about shorts being too quiet. The rare "too loud" issues I found didn't actually seem to have any solutions.

I’m looking for older (like 40+) YouTubers or streamers to watch, don’t really care about the games just want someone chill. Prefer with face cam but not mandatory 😊

Hi! How do you find people to consistently record with?

I’m 21F in college and want to start making Minecraft/gaming content on Youtube, but I’m realizing the hardest part is finding a group of people who are actually consistent and serious about creating.

I’d love to eventually build a group of 4–6 girls who can record together regularly and grow a channel as a squad. I have a background in marketing/content strategy, so I’d handle the overall branding/content direction, while we could assign roles based on everyone’s strengths (editing, thumbnails, social media, community, content ideas, etc.).

The goal would be to start with Minecraft and eventually branch into other games/challenges/etc.

For anyone who has built a gaming group before, where did you find your people? Discord, Reddit, creator communities, etc.? And how did you make sure people were actually committed?

If you’re also looking for something similar, feel free to DM me! 💗

So I'm curious if anyone out there has anyone that may fit this criteria.. and thought this could both help me and others that comes across this post looking for same things.. I dont care how big the channel is or what gender they are or genre they play.. I dont mind self promotion, but try not to if you can as that kind of turns it into a massive self promo thread and misses the entire point of the post..and if you do, make sure you meet the things below please or at least most of them..

1. STORY OR NARRATIVE BASED GAMES - I dont mind any game i just prefer watching story based gameplays more than anything else.. I Love when games are like movies and whole experiences and journeys you can go on woth the creator.. i don't mind the "turn your brain off and not focus too much" games.. but i like seeing people inevst in what's happening

2. PAYS ATTENTION - I honestly dont care if they stream or talk to chat, but I just can't stand to watch someone stream and talk to chat, or look at their phone, or mess around with their cat or go to the bathroom or whatever during a cutscene and dialogue.. After a cutscene is over, then yes go to chat.. its not going anywhere, but most the time in games once dialogue or cutscenes are over, they are over.. you cant go back.. so you not paying attention just tells me you don't care.. and if you dont care, why should i

3. GETS IMMERSED AND INVESTED - I don't want to watch someone just go through the motions of a game just to have content to upload.. too many channels you can just tell care more about the money to be made from content than actually playing the games they play.. if you don't care about what you are playing.. then they ask what they are supposed to do or what a certain character said because they missed it.. why should I as a viewer care to watch you play something you yourself don't care about playing lol.. I want someone who truly loves games, gets invested in the characters, and immersed in the story..

4. FACECAM - Not as big of a deal as the others, but I find that story let's players with no cam tend to be quiet a little too much for me.. that mixed with no cam, might as well be watching a no commentary playthrough.. at least with a facecam I can watch a reaction.. which I enjoy.. or at least a vtuber or avatar thing maybe?..idk

5. BLIND PLAYTHROUGHS - I don't want to watch someone play somethin they already have played or seen someone else play.. I want to watch genuine first time reactions..

6. FAIRLY ACTIVE - I'm not saying I want 5 vids a week or anything crazy.. but I think at least 2 or 3 would be nice.. as long as it's not just random uploads with no schedule and going on like multi week spaces in between uploads and stuff..

7. CHILL AND RELAXED VIBES - I don't want someone super loud, annoying, or over the top.. I dont need 50 edits ot cuts a video.. I dont need sound effects dubbed over everything.. some is fine but im an adult and i dont need spaz out energy lol.. community needs to not be toxic as well.. this however I know can only be helped so much.. its the internet afterall..

8. DECENTLY LONGER VIDS - I like watching videos that are 45 minutes and more.. preferably at least an hour if at all possible.. anything less I find it can be hard to get immersed in as the viewer.. just my opinion

9. PLAYS AT LEAST SOME OF THE BIGGER NEWER TITLES - i don't mind indie games and smaller games, but im not looking for someone who does ONLY that.. im big into gaming and a lot of the times I'm unsure on a new release.. its nice to be able to watch someone chill try out the game for me.. also if there's a newer game I DO enjoy, I like seeing others experience it as well.. not wait like 6 or 7 months for them to play it after interest has wained lol

10. (OPTIONAL/BONUS) - BE ACTIVE WITH COMMUNITY/HAVE OTHER CONTENT/CHANNELS - I always find it nice a creator is fairly active with its subscribers or community.. whether it's through community posts, or replying to comments, or having an Instagram with regular random uploads of daily life etc.. or having another channel like a reaction channel or vlog channel or music channel.. or a patreon or discord community.. sometHing else other than just the uploads on the 1 channel is always a bonus.. but this isnt a must have nor is replying to comments if the channel is bigger.. replying to all is impossible for some is understand.. but doesn't mean you can't reply to some lol

So that's it.. if you guys can think of someone who fits, leave the name and channel here.. maybe someone else that comes along could use it as well.. Thanks in advance guys..

Hi everyone,

So i was wondering…
I opened youtube this morning and saw someone do a full playthrough of DK bonanza but it’s only 8h long.
It honestly inspired me to start making a single video of full playthrough of games i have streamed before.

But i don’t quite understand how people do full playthroughs of big games under 8h…
How can you include everything even edited in such a small time frame?

Im someone that tries to do lots of side content.
So takes me longer than most people 🤣

I recently started a playthrough on my YouTube channel playing Core Keeper!! I love this game so much and am really looking forward to seeing how this series goes. My first video is all edited and ready to go out on Wednesday 5 PM AEST. Does 1 episode a week sound like the plan here?
I’ve decided I’m going to be posting 3 days a week from now on. I’m new to YouTube and for the first week I spammed random videos but now I’ve been doing some thinking and realised quality is better than quantity

Some backstory: I have been playing video games for over 20 years but I’ve always almost exclusively played Nintendo. There are countless very popular video games I’ve never played. Some series I’ve never even touched include Red Dead, GTA, the Witcher, Assassin’s Creed, Resident Evil. I’ve never played Undertale, the Last of Us, Expedition 33, many of the Zelda games (ironically.) The list goes on and on. I started a let’s play channel when TotK came out and it was unsuccessful, mostly because I made it way too hard for myself. I was trying to put out multiple episodes a day and gave myself a very tight schedule to get them out and I experienced burnout very quickly. This time I’m thinking two longer videos a week, maybe 45 minutes to an hour. I also thought I would maybe make a Patreon or something where I post unedited versions. I might record 2 or 3 play throughs before posting anything to give myself plenty of slack. Any tips and advice would be greatly appreciated 🙂

TLDR: Longtime gamer who’s been living under a rock wanting to play big games I’ve missed over the years and post my reactions. Thinking of doing 2 45 min- 1 hr videos a week and creating a Patreon to post unedited videos. Looking for advice

I've been wanting to start creating some short form content for my channel, mainly just to get more eyes on the channel. However, I have almost no ideas since the clips will either be spoilers for the rest of the series (which might deter people from watching the series) or an unhinged thing I said that really only makes sense with context.

Most gaming clips I watch are either people making additional shorts content (but they seem to be more niche in their content) or funny clips for games that you don't need context (like co-op games compared to narrative-based). While I do have a couple of ideas that follow this form, I have no clue what else to do.

Because the content that's seemed to do the best on my channel is detective visual novels (Ace Attorney, Tyrion Cuthbert), I thought about using some of those moments because I do specific voices for each character, so maybe that is what makes those videos standout compared to others that play these games. But I run into the issues mentioned previously: either people will just think it's a cool voice for a character and move on (since there's no context) or they won't watch the series because I gave away massive spoilers for the entire LP so why spend their time watching all the episodes prior.

I might just be overthinking this (because let's be honest, wouldn't be surprised hearing that), but I've loved to hear any suggestions from others who've made shorts out of LP'ing more narrative based games

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I want to start making gaming content. Have always thought about it and decided to finally give it a go. Wondering what type of games people would be interested to see or what they recommend

I’m making short Let’s Play clips from mobile games and trying to keep the voice work simple.

For normal commentary, I’d rather use my own voice. I don’t want the whole video to sound filtered. Quick character lines trip me up. If I’m in a Roblox RP and briefly act as a shopkeeper, guard, monster, or random NPC, a different voice makes the moment clearer and more fun.

Adding those lines later gives more control, but it also means recording the line, changing the voice, syncing it back, and spending too much time on one small scene.

I saw a mobile gameplay clip where someone used Dubbing AI earbuds to switch voices while playing. It made me wonder if real-time voice changing would be faster for these small character moments.

How do you handle character voices in your Let’s Play clips?

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Looking for high energy and funny creators who want to team-up and make some fun content. subscriber count doesn't matter but as for play style i want mostly non-serious guys to join me in recording. must be 18+, Must Have a channel, Must like to play fun and wacky games like peak and such with a little bit of cod or other games. MUST absolutely be high energy when recording and no fake/forced content. Must live in the mid-west or Mid-east for timezone differnces to not conflict.

list of Games i want to play:
Peak

How to Fish

supermarket Together

Lethal company

Phasmaphobia

Sea of Theives

RV there Yet

ETC.

DM me if interested

How important are they because I see ppl talk to titles thumbnail and hook at the beginning of video matter a lot but I seen this guy on yt that inspired for indie horror The type of vids I want to be making just put the game name in the title nothing else @malakyemong if you want to see that his name

Hiya! My name is Archon, I'm a new streamer and Vtuber, trying to make a fun and close knit community of tubers (whether Vtubers or PNGtubers)! A place where people can safely interact with each other, whether they're trying to grow their channel or just want some fun people to play games with!

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Like ive always been curious about what actually makes a lets play a lets play ? Is it just story games ? Or continued gameplay of a game

The whole "do a job you love, and you'll never work a day in your life" idea has definitely encouraged turning hobbies into careers, like gaming and content creation. But that's just not true.

Once content creation becomes a job, there are bills to pay, an audience to satisfy, algorithms to deal with, numbers to watch, and the pressure to keep producing. You can't always just play the games you want to play.

I remember when Jacksepticeye stopped playing Until Dawn because the videos weren't getting the views he needed, and he said that his time was better spent producing content that would appeal to his audience and get views. That was a big eye-opener for me, and really challenged the naive thought that "doing what you love" means "having a stress-free job". AND it really highlighted the difference between playing games for fun and creating gaming content as a job.

I have a background in work psychology, and I've become really interested in the question:

What makes content creation stressful, and what helps creators stay motivated, engaged and well without burning out?

I'm currently doing a PhD in this area to identify the major stressors creators experience and the supports that may help, and then share those findings with current creators. AND aspiring creators! Think about all the things you wish you'd known when you were starting out that could have helped you or prevented unnecessary stress! That's the kind of information I'd like this research to provide.

The survey is 5-10 minutes, completely anonymous, and you can opt in to receive the results summary, sharing the primary stressors and supports as experienced by other gaming streamers and content creators.

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Is doing variety gaming lets play on a yt channel really that hard to grow because I like playing a bunch of different games I want to post the ones I really like but I don't want to stun my own growth since I always see ppl say Find a niche so I was going to try just horror since I like horror a lot but I also lover other type of games always

Eu gravo vários jogos que eu gosto de fazer e uma das primeiras séries que foi feita a quase 2 anos foi southpark the stick of truth, Hoje de manhã (24/08/26) recebi um aviso que tinha conteúdo de nudez e etc e o vídeo tinha sido removido, Planejei que quando chegar em casa de noite eu ia privar todos os de southpark mas quando cheguei de noite meu canal tinha sido apagado, o que eu faço? entrei em contestação por enquanto mas duvido que consiga alguma coisa e não quero perder meu canal, foi quase 2 anos de esforço mesmo mal tendo view eu me esforçava pq amava gravar os jogos que amo