Looking to start a video Podcast
By Kevin
@kevin1877uk (36988)
January 29, 2018 8:38pm CST
Looking to start a video Podcast
As many of you know I knit and have my own knitting website and also sell my items on Etsy. Now I’m looking to start a Podcast, I do watch a few other knitters and their podcasts and I’m sure I could do the same too.
I’ve set up my channel on YouTube and did try to make a podcast the other week, however, I need a better cam or I might use my camera than I should be good to go.
I’m looking forward to starting a Podcast which I would hope to make every two weeks if I have enough content.
Have you have made a podcast before or every uploaded to YouTube. I have uploaded a few videos before but nothing like I’m hoping to do.
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31 responses
@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
24 Mar 18
My son streams video about gaming and does some live feed. Me, I am ignorant of how they work.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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24 Mar 18
I think it seems easy to do, just need to be doing, hopefully soon.
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@topffer (42156)
• France
24 Mar 18
The main problem is the sound. I have tried all the cameras I have at home, and I have concluded that an external microphone was needed to have a correct sound quality. I add later the sound to the video with a video editor. For voice recording you do not need stereo, a cheap microphone recording on a PC or a tablet is enough.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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24 Mar 18
Thanks, I know I tried once and the video and sound wasn't much good with my laptop webcam
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@topffer (42156)
• France
25 Mar 18
@kevin1877uk A recent smartphone gives better results than a webcam if you have not a camera. Mine is a cheap Huawei and is able to take decent HD videos.
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@bluerubymoon53 (3286)
• United States
3 Feb 18
I like watching yarn-related podcasts. It's almost like I have visitors in my home. 
The main ones I watch are Knitting Expat, The Knittt Girls, The Grocery Girls, Knotty Knit Wits, Sheepishly Sharing, and The Bakery Bears.
The main ones I watch are Knitting Expat, The Knittt Girls, The Grocery Girls, Knotty Knit Wits, Sheepishly Sharing, and The Bakery Bears.3 people like this
@bluerubymoon53 (3286)
• United States
3 Feb 18
@kevin1877uk I love the way she says, Hello. It's me, Margaret! at the beginning of her videos. She has great tips for different things. I have used a couple of her crocheted hat patterns. ~~ The Knittt Girls are the first ones I started watching regularly. Then Margaret and then Mina. I love The Bakery Bears. Kay and Dan are a lovely couple. I love Kay's accent. (you wouldn't consider it an accent being you are both in UK. I"m in the U.S.) ~~~
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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4 Feb 18
@bluerubymoon53 You can tell there are different accents in the UK.There are some amazing and interesting people out there.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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3 Feb 18
Oh, I love Margret from sheepishly, she is awesome and she was the first one I saw, been watching her for maybe 18 months now. Back June she was asking for Videos of her followers, so I posted one for her. I've been watching fairly little which I do really like, I was watching a guy from Australia, sorry I can't remember his screen name although he's not posted in a while. There are a few others I do watch. I think it's amazing all the different yarns they have, really opens my eyes to all the lovely yarn you can buy.
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@Tina30219 (82066)
• Onaway, Michigan
24 Mar 18
I wish you well and hope it all goes good for you with the videos.
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@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Mar 18
@kevin1877uk Yes. They're just songs recorded in my friend's garage, with still pictures added. Have you seen some of them?
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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30 Jan 18
Not directly I don't think so, but I could include my Etsy and the items I'm making and so on.
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@JudyEv (342105)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Jan 18
@kevin1877uk So it might lead to some more sales.
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@Ithink (9980)
• United States
24 Mar 18
I haven't done any however I do know that certain things will make me X out and go elsewhere to learn something. Lightening so that you can really see and I really don't like it when they play music and make it hard to hear. Well that is all I got in advice.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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24 Mar 18
I'm the same with music when you are trying to know something.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
24 Mar 18
Yes, I have over 100 videos on YouTube but I am not doing it to make money. I put them there for some of my relatives that live far from here to see and for the fun of it.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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24 Mar 18
That's a good idea, they can watch them over and over.
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@allknowing (137772)
• India
24 Mar 18
I have a youtube channel but I am not sure if I know what podcast is (lol)
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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24 Mar 18
A video podcast it video and you chatting about the subject you are chatting about. Like a podcast but with video.
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@LeaPea2417 (37379)
• Toccoa, Georgia
24 Mar 18
Years ago, my sons and I uploaded a few videos.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
24 Mar 18
I've never attempted to load a YouTube video or to make a podcast, I seem to have enough trouble just loading photos to mylot and Facebook,
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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24 Mar 18
Yes, sometimes it can be hard to upload a photo her.
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@anikoonline (3250)
• Hungary
24 Mar 18
No, I've never uploaded anything to youtube or created a podcast. Good luck with your new podcast project!
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
25 Mar 18
I have never uploaded anything to YouTube. When you are successful at uploading some videos let me know. I would be interested in viewing them.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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25 Mar 18
I'm sure I will post when I have, I guess I just need to do it.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
24 Mar 18
I bought a web camera for making youtube videos until I remembered I dislike hearing my voice. I scrapped that plan!
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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24 Mar 18
Hmm yes I know seeing yourself and hearing your voice is kinda off-putting.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
25 Mar 18
@kevin1877uk I don't mind if I'm using my demon voice and I can't see my face, but then, I haven't done that yet, so I don't really know what it sounds like. :P
All I know is that it terrifies most people that hear it. lol
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
24 Mar 18
I know it does matter to have good lighting, good microphones and a quality video recorder at your disposal. You might practice talking on a basic digital recorder to get your presentation working for you better. I know that we see ourselves in a mirror opposite the way others see us in daily life and the way our voice carries and sounds from our own perception is not at all the same as it sounds to other people. I practiced talking while looking at a reflection in a mirror of another mirror to see myself as others see me in daily life. It's one way of practicing public speaking.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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24 Mar 18
Thank you, I tried it out and it wasn't good, but will try again later.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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25 Mar 18
@lookatdesktop Thank you for all the info, most helpful
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
24 Mar 18
@kevin1877uk , Find a room or for that matter, a large or medium closet. The acoustics are better in a small room for some reason. You can also use a blackboard or presentation drawing board on a tri-pod to illustrate things or use a projector on a screen to show images that relate to your presentation for relevant subject matter. A uni-directional microphone may be better to aim at your voice rather than an omni-directional microphone. And if possible you might consider closed captions for certain things and so on.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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25 Mar 18
@KristenH I'm sure I will write about it when I do
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@KristenH (33393)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
25 Mar 18
@kevin1877uk I hope so Kevin. I would love to watch it. 
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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25 Mar 18
Thank you, so you take videos of where you visit and post them on YouTube.
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@thelme55 (77167)
• Germany
29 Mar 18
@kevin1877uk you are welcome. Yes, I do that. Sharing the places I went to.
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