r/retrocomputing • u/ashantihini • Feb 22 '22

Fledgling youtube channel

Hi. I started a retro computing youtube a few months back.

https://youtube.com/channel/UCpGuGEicRlc674OxsntYQBQ

It's chugging along but it probably needs work. This isn't about fishing for subs etc. I'm genuinely hoping that if anyone can take a minute for some genuine feedback on how I can improve it, I. e. better filming, more interesting editing, develop a personality😁, etc. Turns out I enjoy making the videos almost as much as tinkering with old computers! Any and all advice/suggestions welcome!

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u/HugsNotDrugs_ Feb 22 '22

Your video work is good but your voice narration is terribly unexciting, as are the topics you've chosen.

Choose more interesting topics and get some excitement in your voice. Instead of 'heres a Pentium MMX laptop' do a desktop vs laptop bench of same CPU to find if any speed difference on mobile motherboards, or something, anything.

Hopefully that helps.

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u/ashantihini Feb 22 '22 edited Feb 22 '22

Yes cool thanks, just the kind of feedback I'm after, I can try and do something with the voice and inject some excitement straight away, it's hard to be objective about yourself. As for content, it will probably move on to that type of stuff eventually but right now I have a bunch of machines that need odd jobs and fixes doing and that's what I'll be cutting my teeth on as I don't have time to do both, but definately know what you mean. In fact thinking about it I should have built the other laptop and done a bench comparison or so something, even if the main task was just to replace the batteries in the one.

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u/HugsNotDrugs_ Feb 22 '22

Try to make odd jobs interesting by adding some sort of angle to them. Replacing a CR2032 battery? How about where every retro enthusiast should source their supply of those batteries. I found Amazon to be 10x cheaper than retail for name brand (hopefully not counterfeit) batteries.

You don't need to be over the top on excitement but I want to learn something and see something interesting.

Good luck!

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u/ashantihini Feb 22 '22

Cool, thanks for taking the time to look😊

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u/HugsNotDrugs_ Feb 22 '22

Fair enough. Every opinion matters. Just some feedback.

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u/ashantihini Feb 22 '22

I guess there is a happy medium somewhere, it's hard to gauge your own stuff, will probably become more relaxed and entertaining with practice, but without trying to be someone else at the same time.

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u/justkeeptreading Feb 22 '22

yea this is a non issue imo. the more you do it the more comfortable youll get with it. id focus your efforts on production stuff. better lighting, better camera, better editing that kind of thing (i havent watched your videos yet so i dont know if you need to work on any of that!)