Hey guys! In this video series we're going to be showing you everything you need to start
a gaming channel on YouTube. You don't necessarily need to be a good gamer
to have a successful channel. In fact, a lot of people watch channels based on the personality
of the gamer they're watching or the production value of their videos. In this series, we're
going to leave it up to you to add your own creativity and personal flair to your channel
and we're going to focus on the technical stuff.
Over the next few weeks we’re going to be releasing a bunch of tutorials showing you
how to start your gaming channel using free software, covering things like: recording
gameplay footage in OBS, getting your audio just right in Audacity, creating picture in
picture and green screen effects in HitFilm Express, and a whole lot more.
Before we get started we've teamed up with AMD to bring you guys an exclusive prize draw.
Download the latest version of HitFilm Express, our all-in-one editor, compositor and VFX
software from the card on-screen or the link in the description and you'll be entered in
with a chance to win an awesome gaming PC courtesy of Armari and AMD.
Today we’re going to be looking into the first step: recording your footage. There’s
are a lot of options when recording your footage and in this seriese’ll be focused on PC
gaming specifically but if you are recording on a console the process is somewhat similar.
To record our screen we’re going to be using OBS, which is a free open-source program designed
for recording and streaming. You can download it at obsproject.com. Select the installer
for your operating system, then once downloaded run it on your computer.
* We are going to be recording the voiceover today as well but we’ll be covering that
in a separate tutorial as there’s a lot to cover in getting the audio right. *
Once it’s installed, open up OBS. Let’s go into the Settings, Video tab. The Base
Resolution should be set to the same size as your monitor. If you want to output a smaller
resolution in the final recording, you can set that in the second field. You can change
the recorded frames per second in the last tab here.
A black screen and no source means that OBS doesn’t know what you want it to capture.
Come down to the plus icon under the Sources window and select Display Capture. Click OK.
If you’re using more than one monitor you can select which one OBS will focus on. Checkmark
whether or not you want to capture the mouse cursor, then press OK again. If you don’t
see anything, check the troubleshooting link in the description for more info if you have
2 GPUs in your computer. If for some reason your capture isn’t filling
up the screen, you can use the red handles to grow and reposition it. You can also right-click
the Display Capture and go into the Transform section for quick adjustments. Control F will
fit to screen quickly. It’s worth mentioning that there is an auto-configuration
wizard if you don’t want to dive into OBS’s encoding settings right away. It can be found
under Tools, Auto-Configuration. Note that this doesn’t assist with your scene or source
setup. If you have audio playing and see the colored
bar jumping, that means that OBS will record the sound that your computer plays. Click
the speaker icon to turn it off mute it. Let’s go into the OBS settings and make
sure everything will come out looking good. Under Output, the first thing you want to
look at is the Video Bitrate. Under Output, come down into the Recording section. The
Recording Path is where on your computer the footage will go when you stop recording. Change
this to wherever is most convenient for you. Next is the Recording Quality. You’ll need
to test the options and find what works best for you, based on what kind of quality you
want to see and how much disk space you have for large file sizes.
We’ll leave the Recording Quality to be the same as the stream, and the format to
mp4, since this is a common format it’ll be compatible with a lot of editing software.
For the format, we recommend using either flv or mkv. This is because those formats
won’t lose the data if something goes wrong, like your computer shuts down or OBS crashes.
HitFilm can’t currently read these formats, but there’s an easy fix. In the Advanced
section under Recording, checkmark Automatically remux to mp4. This will also create an mp4
which can easily be read by HitFilm. With all of our settings optimized, we’re
ready to begin recording our screencapture. If you’re not looking to record a voiceover
alongside it, go to the bottom right, under Controls, and click Start Recording.
When you’re done, hit Stop Recording. The screen capture can be found in the location
you specified in the settings earlier. Remember that when you download HitFilm Express
you'll be entered into our prize draw to win an exclusive gaming PC courtesy of Armari and AMD.
The deadline for this prize draw is September 29th, 2019. We really hope this first video has helped get you started with your YouTube gaming channel.
Join us in the next video where we're going to make the audio sound perfect. We'll see you then.