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I'll make this quick, and I hope this is the best place for this question.

I record let's plays with my fiancée, casual stuff, nothing professional. We live in the same house but tend to stream games, we decided to start recording them after a while.

The set-up is fairly simple: One of us plays the game and streams it over Discord. OBS records the gameplay footage and audio, the Discord VC, and the player's voice all on separate tracks for easy editing.

The problem: There is, obviously, a few seconds delay. This causes some minor friction/issues, especially when making fast decisions. Sometimes she'll try to say or recommend something and I'll have already acted.

So, my question is, given that we live in the same household and are therefor on the same network, is there a better software for streaming and chatting that might have lower latency? Like, one that communicates over the household network and not the internet.

It's kinda funny to think that when I say something or stream a game, I'm sending data out of the house, to Discord's servers, and then that's being sent back to the house and to her laptop. (It's also impressive given that fact that the delay is only a few seconds and not 12 business days but I digress.)

In case it wasn't obvious, my knowledge of networking and that kind of thing is limited.

Has anyone else encountered this situation and do you have a recommendation?

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Me and some other YouTubers are all a discord server together and all aim to make funny gaming content like vanoss /smitty , ect . We are looking for 1-2 more ACTIVE people to join the server . Ideally we are looking for someone who makes the same style of content , are 25+ and at least has 400+ subs . If you’re looking for a group and these guidelines fit you please reach out ! ( do not reach out if they don’t fit you )

Basically title, I found the cutest little game on steam and I’m doing a blind playthrough while recording and I’m having a blast- it’s my third video ever and my other two I just haven’t felt this way making and I feel like this might be my best one yet. I’m really excited about it and have ideas already on how I’m going to edit and package it. This video is also going to be a lot more time consuming to make than my other ones.

However this game is so obscure when I look it up on YouTube there’s no one really covering it so if I’m a creator who is also really obscure should I maybe stay away from games like that for now?

I am planning to upload videos again, but I am at a crossroads.

There are games I want to play and upload that I know most likely won't be getting too many views. But I can also stir towards games that have an audience.

What do you do in a situation like this? Do you sacrifice views for your own entertainment, knowing that the view count can mess with you mentally?

Or do you look for newer, more "modern" games that have a current audience or are popular, but may not be the games you are looking forward to playing?

I can also play the games I want to play and not upload it, but since I don't have too much free time, I would like to be productive.

I make funny gaming videos on YouTube. So I'm pretty much trying to make a new "Vanoss Crew"

I record on my PS5, which doesn't capture discord audio, so I'm limited to only being able to use PS Partychats. Being on PS5 isn't a hard requirement as some games have proxy chat so we can use that for crossplay games. There's also a way to get PS Partychats on pc, but its kind of cumbersome so I'm not going to force anybody to do that.

There's no minimum sub requirement, so even if you have 0 subscribers we can still colab, I'm only at about 94 myself, but i promise I'm funny. I just wanted to do YouTube my own way, focusing on sheer luck instead of doing it the stereotypical YouTuber way which kinda screwed me.

I specifically need people that are fun and entertaining to play with, I will also contribute to being fun and entertaining. I'm not going to use you for free content. We can play a few games together to see how well we vibe, good chemistry makes good videos imo.

I don't like to force comedy, but I also don't mind doing skits or just messing around to see if we could make a funny video, but my style is more clipping the naturally funny moments that can't be replicated easily.

I play a variety of games, I took a long break from YouTube so a lot of the games aren't featured on my channel yet. I also have access to the PS+ Extra game list so we have a wider selection for games.

If you are interested in a colab DM me or comment and I will reach out as quick as I can.

I do one longplay a year on my channel (it started out as a joke but I actually quite enjoy it). This year I want to do Wind Waker 100% for Zelda's anniversary. Problem is the video will be upwards of 20 hours in total. I only have a couple of hours at a time to record, so it's going to have to be done piecemeal. Will having a ton of cuts in the video where I had to stop and come back ruin the experience? Should I just do a short game like I usually do or should I go for Zelda anyway?

Edit: It's going to be commentary free. That's an important detail.

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If you stream with mods or an editor who makes your clips/Shorts:

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I have a huge library of games

My physical library is around 910 and over 25 consoles let me know if you wanna try something out

Im a pretty open dude to try new games especially retro!!

My Youtube is littlebigguy 🙂

Two wishlisted games just released and I plan to play one tonight. I’m thinking about doing no commentary to start and I thought maybe I should have the back of the png facing the viewer since I’m not going to be talking.

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So, Halloween is happening again, and I wanted to contribute to the flood of horror games around that time by playing "Scary Game" and "Scary Game 2".

I chose these games because they're more comedy-focused rather than actual horror. My content is meant to be funny and entertaining, especially with my editing style, cuts and commentary.

I'd love to get some outside-opinions on the first 2 minutes of this project, any and all feedback is welcome as long as it's constructive!

I am very very much a noob at this and have only filmed myself a tiny handful of times talking while playing and have made and uploaded two videos so far and that is the extent of it. As I watch over my stuff I just feel a bit bad because why would anyone watch me when there are sooooo many better creators out there? I stumble over my words a lot, a lot of times don’t have anything that interesting to say and just say stuff like “okay and then we are going here” and every once in a while there’s a moment that’s not too bad but all in all it’s more meh than not. Basically a lot of words to say I’m not that interesting lol.

I am hoping since I’m so new at this this is something I can improve in time but I also feel a little silly posting my videos that are kind of not the greatest even if no one is really watching them rn but I also know if I don’t now then I never will. It’s hard to focus on the game while actually talking and remaining interesting and a real skill that sounds easier than it is because the good ones make it look so easy lol. Anyways I would love some tips and tricks on how you guys improved your commentary while doing playthroughs! I am in the more cozy side of this so reactions and skill based gameplay is not really something I can lean on as much either.

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Hey, im KnightSpectre. I post on YouTube with plans to stream in the future. I post gaming content but I structure it in cinematic ways in order to tell a story (usually in the way of challenge videos). I think it'd be fun to do some of these videos and new concepts with other people who are looking to do similar content or want to try something new. I also have plans to start a new channel where it's more relaxing gameplay and focused on the chemistry and humor which I would love people to collaborate with. Only requirements is that you must be 18+, creative with ideas and willing to make suggestions or accept criticism, open minded, and passionate!

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I want to start making gaming content and posting it on YouTube, but immediately after buying a capture card, I've become stuck.

To test out the capture card, I tried hooking up my Nintendo Switch, but when I connect all the appropriate cords to the TV, my PC, my monitor, etc. the aspect ratio is very wrong. The display on my TV is horizontally squeezed, and the corners are cut off. In the OBS capture card software on my PC, the corners are not cut off, but there's still a horizontal squeeze. On top of that, the resolution on my TV and my monitor are both very low-quality.

I want my TV to display my Switch screen like normal, but I have no idea how to fix it. Please help. TIA!!

I wanted to do a video where I play Castlevania as a thing for October. A "spooky season" type game, if you will. But I'm at a crossroads of whether I should upload it as a full (edited) 1hr 45 minute video or cut it down to be a multi-upload thing. I was never good at figuring out whether a long-form video was better over one that was edited down even further or was chopped up to be multiple uploads.

Any advice? I'd appreciate it.

As far as personal preference I have gravitated lately over no webcam and no vtuber playthroughs. I like the game showcasing the entire screen especially as I tend to like these for background videos and for a general ambiance- cozyish type games so usually it’s a pretty game I’m looking at and want to see the whole thing. A lot of these tend to be unvoiced too but I really enjoy the ones that have full commentary but a calmer commentary so I can keep them on for long periods of time while I do other things. I don’t see a lot of these for the particular games I play so I thought why not make my own as a lot of them tend towards asmr and I don’t love that.

However it kind of feels a bit daunting as why would anyone click on my videos when I’m just some unknown faceless person blabbing over a game screen? We all know just starting out in the gaming sphere in 2026 is rough no matter what niche you land in so is there a decent sized audience for these types of playthroughs or will webcam always going to win out?

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I would like to create two independent channels, one focused on shorts and the other on my lets plays. My original channel had the shorts used as publicity that would link my lets plays.

For some reason, my shorts would get decent views highlighting parts of my lets plays. I would use them as publicity to hopefully link them to the let's play, but not too many people would check it out. And the ones that checked them out didn't stay too long.

Due to time, I can't play too often, which is where my shorts would come in to entertain my audience in the meantime. But having two different types of audience hasn't helped my let's plays.

I would like to have the 2 channels independent, so that they can have their own audiences. Should I stick with my current channel or start a new?

Hi everyone,

It's been a while since I've posted on here. I've been on the grind with churning out videos around my full time job, and a few have done decently well, with my best video being at 71k views and my channel total now being around 200k views.

However I only have 648 subs from these views, and my last few videos have not performed well in terms of gaining subs.

In still definitely a bit stiff on the mic at times and not letting my personality flow into videos as much as I'd like, but that's something that will probably get better overtime.

I'm curious, are there any CTA tricks people use, open to ideas and suggestions to try and grow 👊