General Youtube/Twitch/Video Thread

[BabyWeegee]

So these are my favorite channels and such.

PeanutButterGamer (Consistently makes me laugh with his goofy behavior, and the fact that he does it without swearing is awesome. I don't have a problem with swearing, but it's nice to see a clean gaming channel when all the other gaming channels are cursing 20 times a minute)
Markiplier (Very funny videos, not to mention he's probably the most humble YouTube star out there.)
JonTron (ECH!)
JackSepticEye (I like his videos, and I also have an obsession with Irish accents )
Epic Rap Battles of History (One of the most original channels out there. Their creativity on the raps never fails to amaze me.)
PopularMMOs (Dat mod reviews tho)
TheDiamondMinecart (^)

That's all the "stars" I can think of that I really like.

[HenryRichard]

SethBling is the best!!!!!!11!!11!
(or at least in my opinion)

[dragonfan96]

Note: its just a list i like all of these equally in no particular order

Gaming
Chuggaconroy (he's a great guy playing A LOT of games )
NCS-NintendoCaprisun....IN THE BATHROOM!
ProtonjonSA-for the SMW rom- hacks
Azureblade49- SMW Rom-hacks is what really got me here...
Runawayguys (Chugga,NCS and ProtonJon do multiplayer collabs of games...Competitively)
GameGrumps...(there funny as hell!)
Jontron-Jontronshow, where Jaque..Jock?...the Parrot on his shoulder "forced" him to play "horrible" games
TDM....Thediamondminecart!-Oh Trayorus how you give Dan a hard time....
Captain Sparkles- always wondered how i use redstone...
Pewdiepie-Horror...need i say more
CinnamonToastKen- got curious one day on BroKEN podcasts
Raedwulfgamer (he got me into wanting to play Amnesia, sadly i have no money)
Yamimash
Markiplier
bossedit8-isn't it obvious, for the Awesome SMBX vids!

Non-gaming
Game Theroy
Gajin Goomba (Bring Culture to gaming) and Culture Shock
Jwittz
TheFineBros. (for all this Reactions to "???" vids)


Now, I too have a channel(thedragonfan96, with 1 sub...Woo-hoo! ), However i know nothing about Youtube other than click the play button and enjoy the ride and the occasional comment but again, I know 0% on YouTube....
or whatever a capture card, and all that other equipment is that makes these guys above so famous.

[Black Mamba]

Grumpy Gamers.

I love you.
Also I like Jontron and Markiplier

[BMatSantos]

Grumpy Gamers.

I love you.

AAAAND WEEE'RE THE- *ahem*

-Game Grumps
-Skawo (not a Star, but still)
-Egoraptor
-WRTP
-Ninja Sex Party
-GummyBearIntl (oh rly)

BRASIL STARS:
-Marcos Castro
-Tecnodia
-Nostalgia

[dragonfan96]

Anyone know SmoothMcGroove?

He does acapella videos of different video game soundtracks...sometimes he brings out his cat(charles i think is his name..) that basically looks cute and like Tabitha in a few years...

[AirSeus]

How come not on has meantiond some of the most famous like:
TheSyndicateProject
Ali-A
MoreAliA
SkyDoesMinecraft
IGN
Deadlox
Ah, now thats out, time to listen to the Five Nights at Freddys song.

[Mb12]

Youtube has so many youtubers. and my favorite youtube stars are :
- FineBros ( his teens, youtubers, elders react video are the best )
- ERB ( epic rap battles of history are awesome )
- Pewdiepie( Who doesn't know him? He's really famous because of his gaming videos.)
- PTXOfficial ( This vocal group is awesome, i really like how do they sing a song. )
- Sungha Jung ( I really like his videos. His guitar skills are really good. )
- Jackfilms ( his YGS stuffs and parodies videos are the best. )

[TLtimelord]

Matthew Santoro
League of Super Critics
The Fiery Joker
Vanossgaming (I'm all about that cheap montage humor)
speedw03
Markiplier

There's many different other channels I'll watch occasionally, but these are my favorites.

[MrPunchia]

Gaming:
Wraith Adamnknight
bossedit8
WiiRikeToPray
chuggaaconroy
Fawful's Minion

Non-gaming:
TheMysteriousMrEnter

[dragonfan96]

For those that like pokemon VGM i say PokeRemixStudio is the channel for you.

All the musics he's done is incredible! From Gen I to Gen V and everywhere in between.

My personal favorites are the Johto champ soundtracks

[Yoshibrothers]

WiiRikeToPray, Game Grumps, and TheJWittz are pretty cool. Oh, and vanossgaming as well.

[TangledLion]

I Plan to start a Youtube channel soon, And I wanted to know what recording software I should use, Here is what I need it to do:
1. Be Voice recording enabled
2. Be able to record SMBX, Minecraft(I plan to record this, But I won't do it right away), and Steam Games in fullscreen
3. Be free

Thanks in advance

[zioy]

OBS or Bandicam is fine for these purposes. FRAPS too but it's a bit pricey iirc.

[TangledLion]

Ok, thanks, I'll check those out!

[bossedit8]

What I use is Bandicam which is very easy to use but for an unregistered version you have 2 limits but if you get the full version by buying it you pretty much are set.

[DarkMatt]

Hypercam. OBS is better suited to streaming, not recording.

I think Camtasia is free?

You're not going to get a good screen recorder without coughing up some dough. I dunno what people use nowadays, though.

[XerX]

OBS is actually a decent screen recorder, as long as you set the bitrate to a high number, it comes out nice and clear. (considering you can run it as such).

Also Camtasia is not free. They have a free trial, but it's 30-ish dollars(?) for a license.

[Danny]

First, kind of off-topic here, but was quick reply removed? I was going to quick reply to this thread but it appears that I can't because the option did not appear.

On-topic, I use a registered version of Bandicam (bought the license a while back) for all of my recording software. It does have the option to record both microphone and stereo mix ports, but oftentimes I find the blending isn't that great since the stereo mix volume outweighs the microphone volume, and during editing you can't just turn one down that easily.
Pros: Pretty lagless with the games I play. Pretty easy to set up, though it is still flexible. Can pick up most game-window regions immediately, so no need for fine-tuning or whatever.
Cons: If you plan to record both microphone and stereo mix, I'd recommend capturing stereo mix with Bandicam and your microphone with Audacity, then go into editing to try to sync up the commentary with the actual gameplay. The audio blending is horrid for Bandicam and I don't recommend using it. Also, if you're unregistered, you'll get a big ole watermark at the top of your videos that advertises Bandicam, and your videos are limited to 10 minutes maximum.
I recommend it, but there are probably better options, like Camtasia and Fraps.
http://www.bandicam.com/

I also use Audacity to record my commentary. It picks up well, but if you want to export to the .mp3 format, you'll have to get a special encryption tool or something like that. Audacity is free and opensource. It's really nice, but it can be a bitch to try to sync up your video audio with your commentary. And as a downside, there is no remote key you can press to start recording in Audacity (at least I haven't found one), so if you want everything (recording software and Audacity) bound to one hotkey, you're S.O.L. on that one.
I recommend. Extremely helpful.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Finally, a friend of mine got this... It's pretty wicked and if I had it I'd probably use it. I don't have any opinions on it but it's just something to throw out there.
http://www.amazon.com/Elgato-Capture-Pl ... n-Recorder

EDIT: Also, for livestreams, I recommend XSplit Broadcaster. It's pretty half-decent but screeches about a license every time you boot it up, so you might want to go with OBS. It's also a beast to run.
https://www.xsplit.com/?lang=en

[Luigi4320-1]

Hypercam. OBS is better suited to streaming, not recording.

I think Camtasia is free?

You're not going to get a good screen recorder without coughing up some dough. I dunno what people use nowadays, though.

Camtasia is free, yes. it's not as good as bandicam.
if i remember correctly Camtasia doesn't have a watermark but it has been years since i last used it