What YouTube recording software do you use?

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  1. Lizzie

    Lizzie Well-Known Member

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    Very early stages on a new project and wanting to start some YouTube videos - whether one gets a single view is another matter but I'm not into this for any money.

    For starters I'll be using very basic equipment - a laptop, a microphone if required for audio quality, recording software, a tidy background and my charming nature - so I'm curious as to what recording program people have found works for them best, remembering that I'm not particularly technical.

    Any other tips would be useful. My main hindrance atm is a house full of Work From Home'rs and hence finding a quiet corner
     
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    bonchovies Well-Known Member

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    What will your videos be on? (Can't help with the technical equipment)
     
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    Your main challenge would be editing. For recording, an iPhone is more than enough unless you are doing action videos or want drone shots. If you are going to do a lot of indoor videos fronting the camera, it’s best to invest in one of those ring LED lights from Aliexpress.
     
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    I have heard good things about OBS Studio, it’s free and open source

    Open Broadcaster Software | OBS
     
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    Lizzie Well-Known Member

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    After testing my laptop camera today - and with some of the in shot angle adjustments I'll need - think I'll be investing in a quality plug-in webcam.

    Nothing fancy - just seated and recording
     
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    wylie Moderator Staff Member

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    ... and no naked person wandering around behind, like happened to a commentator (reporter?) in the US, and which his wife happened to see along with the rest of the country? :D
     
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    That's the tricky bit - three working from home and one who has no concept of "be quiet and stay away I'm trying to record here!"

    When recording a dummy interview for an online TAFE course - being fully warned of what I would be doing at that time - he apparently "forgot" and sauntered past, in the living room background, with his hi-viz shirt unbutton (had been working in the yard) ... was not a pretty sight! o_O
     
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