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Here are Some YouTube Tricks I Use

2016-09-30 · explainer · Hank · 3:48 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Internet & YouTube · mode: Advice & reviews · tags: civic or action cta

Hank gives practical tips for using YouTube: the subscriptions feed (which most Census respondents use), Watch Later, notifications, mobile community posts, casting to a TV, and keyboard hotkeys including frame-by-frame stepping, and asks viewers for their own tips.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Hook: a one-frame text flash and the promise of 18 tips

  • ★★ Hank flashes text for one frame that viewers can't read and promises 18 tips for using YouTube better, including how to find that text. (playful) — 00:00:05 · YouTube

00:00:19 — Subscriptions feed, Watch Later, notifications, mobile community posts, casting to a TV

  • ★★ Hank says the logged-in YouTube home page shows what YouTube thinks will keep you on the site, not a feed you control; only the subscriptions page is that. — 00:00:21 · YouTube
  • ★★ Hank recommends the Watch Later playlist, added via a video's clock icon, for videos you want to watch but lack time for now. — 00:00:36
  • ★★★ Hank says most Nerdfighters who answered the Census get their YouTube videos from the subscriptions feed, good for the brothers since it is the only page showing all of a creator's videos. — 00:00:55 · Nerdfighteria, YouTube
  • ★★ Since a big subscription feed is a fire hose, Hank turns on notifications (the bell) for channels he never wants to miss; the subscription manager also lets you prune. — 00:01:08
  • ★ Hank says the bell on a phone gives push notifications for every upload, joining the coveted Notification Squad. (playful) — 00:01:32 · Notification Squad
  • ★★ Hank says the brothers can now post community posts to the mobile subscription feed and suggests viewers turn them on, as they'll be experimenting in coming weeks. — 00:01:44
  • ★★ Hank says a smart TV on the same Wi-Fi lets you send YouTube to the TV and queue videos from your phone; it works like a dream and he uses it all the time. — 00:02:07 · YouTube
  • ★★ Hank says YouTube has its problems, but casting to a TV is not one of them. — 00:02:24 · YouTube

00:02:27 — Desktop hotkeys (K, J, L, arrows, numbers, frame stepping); ask for viewers' tips; sign-off

  • ★★ Hank says the spacebar sometimes pauses and sometimes jumps to the comment box, but the K key always pauses the video. — 00:02:30
  • ★★ Hank says L advances the video 10 seconds and J goes back 10 seconds. — 00:02:50
  • ★★ Hank says these keys are a holdover from old video editing software. — 00:02:54
  • ★ Hank says many people find the J/K/L choice annoying and senseless, but he kind of loves it. (hedged) — 00:02:58
  • ★★ Hank says M mutes, the up and down arrows change volume, and the left and right arrows move the video 5 seconds. — 00:03:06
  • ★★ Hank says number keys jump through the video: 6 goes to 60% of the way through, 0 to the beginning. — 00:03:13
  • ★★ Hank says the greater/less-than keys change speed and period and comma step one frame at a time, catching one-frame text; on TV or phone you must pause quickly. — 00:03:20
  • ★★ Hank asks anyone with tips or tricks for using YouTube efficiently to share them in the comments. — 00:03:40 · YouTube

In the description and comments

  • ★ The description says Hank wouldn't mind viewers turning on email or mobile notifications for Vlogbrothers. — video description · Vlogbrothers

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Central: Keyboard shortcut · YouTube · YouTube subscriptions feed

Also: Nerdfighteria Census · Notification Squad · YouTube Community tab · YouTube notifications · YouTube Watch Later

Also centred on YouTube subscriptions feed: Please Unsubscribe

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