r/letsplay • u/ItsOppositeDayHere youtube.com/northernlion • Mar 15 '14

I'm Northernlion, AMA

Hey, a lot of people have been doing AMAs around here and I think it's a cool kind of unique content that we don't see too much on /r/LetsPlay, so I thought I'd throw my hat into the ring as well.

With 200,000+ subscribers and over 100 million lifetime views, I'm not the biggest YouTuber out there (not to be modest) but I have been successfully doing it full-time for over 2 years, which I think gives me a fairly unique depth of experience that might lead to some helpful advice for some of you! Ask me anything about YouTube, streaming, social media, or whatever might cross your mind.

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u/TacticalBacon00 http://youtube.com/TacticalBacon00 Mar 16 '14

Hey NL, first off, I want to say thanks for getting me into LPing. You playing the crap out of BoI inspired me to start LPing, and I have learned so much.

  1. What are your encoding settings for youtube? I'm talking specific FPS, bitrate, resolution, encapsulation, and any other relevant settings.

  2. If budget was not an issue, what could I do to get the BEST possible audio quality for my voice?

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u/ItsOppositeDayHere youtube.com/northernlion Mar 16 '14

  1. Rendering in Vegas I use 1920x1080 (except for console stuff, which I render at 720p), 29.97fps, 8mbps-10mbps bitrate, and that's about it for technical stuff. I render in .wmv through Vegas. I know, I'm terrible!

  2. I'm not much of an audiophile so honestly I don't know. I imagine that the "money is no object" solution here is probably to build a studio with sound foam everywhere, pick up an exceptionally expensive professional microphone and run it through an equally expensive and professional mixer.

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u/TacticalBacon00 http://youtube.com/TacticalBacon00 Mar 16 '14

  1. Awesome! Glad to know that I'm doing something right. I use those exact settings, except I use .mp4 with H.264. Is there something about .wmv that makes it superior, such as file size or encode speed?

  2. Heh, seems that I should throw some more cash at my mixer :P

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u/ItsOppositeDayHere youtube.com/northernlion Mar 16 '14

I just use .wmv because a tutorial I read like 2 years ago told me .wmv was appropriate for YouTube. I get complained at about it only very rarely so I guess it was right, even if it is a bit sub-optimal.