New YouTube Dashboard

Doctor DooM

Not sure if this is the best spot, but...

Youtube have made some changes, for the better for once.

They have a new dashboard which shows you some high level stats and activity, it'll probably be good for day to day monitoring of your channel without going into depth with analytics.

https://www.youtube.com/dashboard

They've also done something which I have been dying for them to do for a long time- given the ability to default your new videos titles, tags etc so it doesn't initially show up as "453465467.mp4" or whatever until you edit them (which can be a pita if you're putting up 30 in a day, as I sometimes do).

https://www.youtube.com/account_defaults?feature=vmdshb

Tallon

I really like the 'on-the-fly' editing too.. just click the headers or bodies of a video and change it

Sabre0001

Think a separate thread is probably best.

Dashboard view is interesting - not overly necessary really, but crisp and clean. There are other issues I'd prefer they took care of first.

Haven't really looked at the tagging / editing side, but sounds really helpful. I can definitely see how the defaults come into play for you with the tournament days. Hoping you can set a couple of defaults - I have to go back to the previous episode in a series constantly to copy and paste all the relevant info. Bit of a pain.

Doctor DooM

Sabre0001 wrote: »

Think a separate thread is probably best.

Dashboard view is interesting - not overly necessary really, but crisp and clean. There are other issues I'd prefer they took care of first.

Haven't really looked at the tagging / editing side, but sounds really helpful. I can definitely see how the defaults come into play for you with the tournament days. Hoping you can set a couple of defaults - I have to go back to the previous episode in a series constantly to copy and paste all the relevant info. Bit of a pain.

Yeah, that's how I have been doing it, imagine doing it for 30 fights, then editing in the players names and the characters to every single one...

Now I can just set a default for a given tournament, fill in the particulars, then change it when I move onto the next one. Going to save me A LOT of time.

Reality_Check1

I wish they would fix the thumbnail issue so you could upload a picture or use any clip from your video as a thumbnail - it sucks the way it is now

Doctor DooM

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

I wish they would fix the thumbnail issue so you could upload a picture or use any clip from your video as a thumbnail - it sucks the way it is now

They're not going to fix that, it's not an actual bug- they only give that priviledge to partners.

Tallon

Doctor DooM wrote: »

They're not going to fix that, it's not an actual bug- they only give that priviledge to partners.

It's the little things :P

Reality_Check1

Doctor DooM wrote: »

They're not going to fix that, it's not an actual bug- they only give that priviledge to partners.

really? That seems very unfair to me. If you consider most partners are successful youtubers and having good thumbnails is arguably a major part of becoming known if you are a new small channel then its a closed shop.

/little guy rant

Tallon

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

really? That seems very unfair to me. If you consider most partners are successful youtubers and having good thumbnails is arguably a major part of becoming known if you are a new small channel then its a closed shop.

/little guy rant

If everyone had thumbnails, then partner videos wouldn't get promoted or seen...

Partners make the most income and views, so YouTube wants them to stay ahead of the game so to speak

Doctor DooM

Tallon wrote: »

It's the little things :P

Are you a partner on youtube? Do you not get trouble with all the game footage and music etc?

Reality_Check1

Tallon wrote: »

If everyone had thumbnails, then partner videos wouldn't get promoted or seen...

Partners make the most income and views, so YouTube wants them to stay ahead of the game so to speak

I presume all thew ways to get around it have been fixed?

Tallon

Doctor DooM wrote: »

Are you a partner on youtube? Do you not get trouble with all the game footage and music etc?

I am

And no, Machinima pay royalties to cover me, and I only use Copyright free music

Tallon

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

I presume all thew ways to get around it have been fixed?

All what ways?

Reality_Check1

Tallon wrote: »

All what ways?

you used to be able to add a thumbnail to the end of your video and you could use it and it would only show up as a thumbnail and not in your video.

Another was to add a thumbnail picture to the very end of your video (have it 50% of the video length) and then once it was set as the thumbnail edit it out of the end of the video using youtube editor

I tried both and they didnt work so Im assuming its been fixed

Tallon

Reality_Check1 wrote: »

you used to be able to add a thumbnail to the end of your video and you could use it and it would only show up as a thumbnail and not in your video.

Another was to add a thumbnail picture to the very end of your video (have it 50% of the video length) and then once it was set as the thumbnail edit it out of the end of the video using youtube editor

I tried both and they didnt work so Im assuming its been fixed

Oh yeah, that was a long time ago, I remember people doing that

Some of the other features are, logos where your name is above every video, and the ability to have headers and clickable links on your profile page

You can also have shops, and sell stuff

frozenfrozen

And you can do youtube livestreaming too if you're a partner, can't you? And the effectively instant monetization of every video instead of waiting ages for it to be reviewed. And it really always feels like partner's videos load faster than peasants.

Doctor DooM

I have heard a lot of people complaining about youtube becoming top heavy, but I really can't complain about a free service favouring those that make them money tbh.

You never know, one of us small guys might get there they're always pestering me to monetise, and that's the start of it.

Reality_Check1

I'm not really too worried about any of the extras or making money I just really enjoy making videos. Im a very small channel but in comparison to other start up channels Im actually growing quite quickly and I just want to be able to provide the best videos for people that are tuning in. All the other extra features are nice touches but I think a thumbnail is an essential part of any video - it helps your channel have identity and make it instantly recognisable

Doctor DooM

Well I need 2 720p widescreen web cams, a powered usb hub, an instensity shuttle, and 2 professional grade miked headsets and that's just what I can think of right now, so some money would be good

Tallon

Yeah, it's nice to get a little something in your account every month for doing something you love

I haven't had time to do much in the past 2 months with traveling for work, but I'm slowly getting back into it now

TheChrisD

Doctor DooM wrote: »

They have a new dashboard which shows you some high level stats and activity, it'll probably be good for day to day monitoring of your channel without going into depth with analytics.

https://www.youtube.com/dashboard

Still nothing compared to external sites like VidStatsX and SocialBlade.

Doctor DooM wrote: »

They've also done something which I have been dying for them to do for a long time- given the ability to default your new videos titles, tags etc

I can see this would be very helpful for some people. For me, it's handy for defaulting to the Gaming category (until they get moved to Shows :P) and for immediate claiming.

frozenfrozen wrote: »

And you can do youtube livestreaming too if you're a partner, can't you?

Yes, but I think it's still opt-in at this stage.

Doctor DooM

I take my kind words back.


DO NOT use the bulk tagging feature unless you're really sure you won't want to change much about the titles' tags from vid to vid. Sodding thing won't update (youtube not updating promptly? I know, that never happens...) so now I am stuck manually editing half my videos costing way more time than it ever did.