I watched both videos.
The first thing I noticed was that I turned the volume up on this latest video after having just finishing listening to the first video in this thread. So finalise the audio setup as quickly as you can and ensure it remains under your control.
I normalised the video to -12dB since the overall loudness seemed to be around that spot with some nasty peaks going up to 0dB, the older ones weren't normalised at all. I will stick to -12dB as I don't like this overly enthusiastic loudness most audio creators have today.
The fan was audible even to me. You might need to slow them down a bit or find quieter bigger ones.
even before you wrote I already took my new baby (ryobi 18V cordeless angle grinder <3 ) and made a little hole in that thing to mount a 120mm fan.Was still to noisy, could still be heard slightly. So I got myself an 78S075, soldered that to the wire, straped it down to one of the fans mounting holes and there we go. perfectly fine. I also tried to find a way to mount that thing to a tripod and place it on my desk. still need some experimentation on where to place the floodlight to get the best light distribution, but time will sort that out.
For technical videos it is ideal to speak with a German accent. The Germans are highly regarded throughout the world as producing technology of outstanding quality. So the accent complements technical video quite well.
I think you will do well.
Thanks, that is so nice to hear that the accent somehow adds to the watching experience XD I realy like that!
Your hair was a distraction, the hat was better but you may want to find a hat with a short brim, it got in the way. Reverse it on your head. Check your fingernails.
Now I am realy offended! You don't like my beautiful hair? and what about my nails? I trim them everyday to perfect size to scratch myself and keep them well lubricated with natural handyman dirt so that they stay intact!
I get what you mean.
Actually, the "Hair and Hat"-problem is actually a result of my attempt to correct another problem. My old camera setup had the problem that the picture frame was a bit to far shifted to the rear end of the table, just hanging down from a bracket at my shelf, facing away from me. So I decided to just turn it around and flipping the video in post processing, which resulted in around 15cm less stretching of my arms over the table and giving me more controll over the picture frame. What I didn't think of was, that I have to be more carefull now regarding my head being in the picture. I guess I will have that sorted out the next times.
I suggest you take close up photos of circuit boards and add them in the videos, also datasheets, also the ads where you buy your stuff. Like take a screen shot on what you buy. In this video what if someone would like to check out the LEDs that you bought?
So some close up photos (not video) edited in the videos, of the LEDs, their source, cost, datasheet, etc. Just imagine if someone wants to build what you are doing or buy something in the video, help them.
Could you have drawn a simple circuit of your light? It can be on paper or white board, no computer CAD is needed. It would have been better than the screwdriver.
I will try to remember that. I haven't decided which software I will use in the future as I am not completely satisfied with my ancient Version of Adobe Premiere Elements, think about using an other software for the next videos. I guess I will try to add those things then if necessary/usefull.
I liked the part about the helicopter. The same thing happened to me, I was watching a portable TV in a dark canyon when the helicopter came over my head.
I would love it if we had canyons here o.o
Double check all your links, here is one from #24 notice anything wrong (hint typo) ?
Please visit my website at http://www,tinkertubes.de for more interesting articles!
Also in the English version of the links should be a warning the site is in German (I was bummed)
Another suggestion - set up two YouTube channels, one in German and one in English. If someone stumbles onto one of your video in a language they do not know they will skip you. I did not know you were doing dual languages until I checked out your playlists. It seems a bad idea to do two languages on one channel. In fact most of your videos are in German. This is the first time I have come across someone making video in different languages, seems like a really bad idea. It is hard to move about on your YT because of this.
I STRONGLY suggest you do not use two languages on one YT channel.
See if you can translate your website, I thought WP could do this. While talking about this - I feel it is more professional to have your own website rather than host on a free WP site. It is so cheap to do this, there is no reason not to do it if this is something you would like to make money at.
Yes, already noticed that. Didn't find the time to change this typo in every video, since I made it in my presets. (Will correct the mistakes tomorrow if I remember it) But I edited the preset, since I now decided that I will switch completely to english. That is, because I got confused with the multilingual thing myself as it is quite hard to keep track and not to miss anything. Sadly, the translation thing you saw on wordpress only works on self hosted sites. As you mentioned it - yes, self hosting is cheap, and since I have had some experience in the webdesign business around 11 years ago I have no problem setting up a self hosted site. BUT, and that is the reason I stayed at (better: returned to) WP free, the wordpress site somehow gets quite some clicks, I have no idea why. I switched to self hosted for half a year or so, but the few comments I got kept appearing on the old site, even when I changed the title to "this site is an archive, please go to *new site*" and placed a simmilar text as preset in the comments box. The self hosted site however didn't get more than 20 clicks per months, regardless of me trying every little thing to tweak SEO and stuff like that.
I actually think about shutting off the wp site at all since I notice that I focus more on the video thing, which is way more entertaining to me. What do you guys think?
You should add your youtube channel and website to you profile on this forum so it shows on every post that you make. You should make a post every time you upload a video. I suggest stick with this topic so people can follow you on this forum.
Done. How do you like it? I also edited the threads start post to better suit this Idea (I actually didn't know that this is allowed, since it is advertisement then...)
I think you have a lot of potential and I really hope you will continue. Do you have any desire to make videos on MCUs ? If so we should talk. It would be good if you do not know anything but start making videos on them because you have a good YT personality and I think you could do a good job.
Thanks! I sure will continue, I have much fun taking the videos and I love sharing knowledge and ideas.
I actually would like to get into MCUs a bit deeper, in my studies we have some courses which involve MCUs, but we all know how much those courses help. I have basic knowledge. What do you think about?
Add in some little interesting things. I would have loved to see a picture where you bought the light. Notice Dave shows his lab and sometimes outside his house, he even did a road trip one time. So you could show where you get things (just a few seconds). It adds a little humanity to the videos. If you drive across town to get something put in a short time lapse of the drive.
Interesting, I have thought about that as well. Since I go to flea markets on a quite regular basis I thought it would be quite interesting to have a format like "Ysjoelfir goes shopping", showing some short clips what I got and so on. The problem would be the privacy laws we have in germany. You are not allowed to take a video or photo of someone without their permission. I don't know if there is a way around that, maybe I should investigate that a little further, if there is more interest in this type of video.
I think if you want to make money and continue you need to show yourself. You do not need to be in the whole video, you could start with an introduction, like standing at your table. This is hard for me to say, I am so ugly I know I would hurt the video, so personally I would not show up in a video. But I think the commercial successful ones have the author in the video. You should have a picture of yourself on YT. So if you want to make money, you need to become more personal with your audience. If you have no plans to make money off your videos, never mind.
In one of my german videos I filmed myself, ranting about DPD and the amazon priority stuff. So, I actually have no problem showing myself, but I just thought there wouldn't be any benefit from it. What do the others think about this? I was a bit scared that it could just seem that I would stretch the video to length with an introduction like that.
And: I want to redesign my logo, actually I am working at it right now/this week. Thought about something like a big gear with TTLab and crossed soldering iron and scope probe under it in the middle of the gear. I guess I could involve myself in the actual header picture, if this could be usefull.
Regarding the money: I have monetarisation switched off right now since I don't think that my content is that good in quality that I should bother my viewers with advertisements. Even though, I actually designed a patreon page after I got an e-mail with an invitation to participate after giving support to some of my favorite channels myself. But for the same reason I didn't activate that 'till now.
Put something about yourself in the About section of YT. Like name, age, gender (I can guess), occupation, schooling, interests, goals, etc. Maybe someone would like to know if you have the same interests as they do.
Done. Sadly, there isn't enough space for a little biography
I tried to get the most usefull things on there.
OP, your English is very good and easy to understand. One suggestion is to look at the greatscottlab and ThomasSanladerer channels on youtube (both are from your country). They script their videos are very good IMO.
Thanks for your comment! I watch both channels, but I have to admit that I don't like scripted videos that much. Feels always a little like a lecture lesson...