How to UPLOAD YOUR TWITCH STREAM TO YOUTUBE - Make TWITCH HIGHLIGHTS [2020]

**Creating Extra Content from Your Twitch Streams**

As a streamer, you know that interacting with your fan base is crucial, but it's also essential to use your main content to create as much extra content as possible. This will help you grow and reach a wider audience.

**Uploading to YouTube**

You're probably aware that uploading your streams to YouTube can be beneficial, but I want to emphasize the importance of doing so. When you upload a stream, you should also download it as a highlight on Twitch. This way, you can save it on Twitch and then download it to upload it to YouTube, Twitter, or other platforms.

**Creating Highlights for Twitter**

You can create highlights for Twitter by selecting good moments from your streams and uploading them separately throughout the week. To do this, go to your Twitch dashboard and click on "Add New Highlight." Select one good moment for Twitter, then click "Add New Highlight" again and select another good moment.

**Using Markers to Make Editing Easier**

You can use markers while streaming to make editing easier. You can add markers by typing "/marker" in your chat or asking mods to do it for you when something epic happens. These markers will be visible in the highlight editor at the exact timestamp when you sent that message.

**Adding Markers with the Twitch App**

You can also add markers using the Twitch app on your phone. Open the app, go to your dashboard, and scroll to the bottom where you'll find a button called "Add Stream Marker." Every time you click it, a new marker will be added, and you'll see those markers while creating your highlights.

**Using a Stream Deck**

If you have a Stream Deck, you can use its built-in functionality to set up one of the macro keys to add a timestamp when you press it. This can save you time and make editing easier.

**Uploading Your Streams to YouTube**

You've probably heard that uploading your streams to YouTube can be beneficial, but I want to emphasize the importance of doing so. Uploading your streams can help you grow on YouTube as a gamer, and Ninja is a great example of this - his YouTube videos get around 600,000 views.

**Creating Small Pieces of Content**

You should create small pieces of content for those who like to watch certain streamers but don't have the time. This will remind them of you and may bring them back to your stream sometime.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Look at these streamersI listed right here.What do they all have in common?They are everywhere online,and the first step that you should taketo do the exact same thing,is taking your best streaming momentsfrom your last livestreamoff of Twitch, and thenspreading it on YouTube,Twitter, Facebook, Discord, et cetera.Hey, welcome back, The Video Nerd here.Today, we are going to do morethan just uploading yourwhole stream to YouTube.Because to be honest, no one is watchinga two-hour YouTube video.People who watch Twitch streams on YouTubewant to see the best moments.So I'm going to show youhow you can easily removeall the boring parts, andcreate one interestingYouTube video that will makeyour Twitch stream grow.First things first, like my video.No, just kidding, unless you want to,because it really helps for the algorithm.But for real, before starting your stream,you have tell Twitch tosave your streams as VODs,because by default, that's turned off.To do that, go to Twitch,click on your profile icon,and go to your Creator Dashboard,then open these settings on the left,and click on Preferences,and then on Channel.There you will see Store past broadcasts,and that's what you want to enable.By default, they'rebeing saved for 14 days,but that becomes 60 days for Partners,and Turbo and Prime members.There are two main ways to makesimple stream compilations.The first way is to downloadyour whole broadcastand then cut out the boring partswith a video editor like DaVinci Resolve.However, a lot of people try to stay awayfrom professional video editing software,or they just don't have the time to do it,and Twitch knows that, sothey made a highlight editor,and this allows you tocut one of your streamsinto pieces, and thenexport only the good momentsas one shareable, downloadable clip.This is fast, extremely easy,and a very good use of your timebecause you can promote your streamby sharing your best momentson a lot of other platforms.I'll explain it in a minute.When you finish a stream,you can go to Twitch,click on your profile icon,and there to Video Producer.There you will see a list ofall your last livestreams,uploads, clips, et cetera.Search the livestreamwhich you want to edit,and then click on Highlight, on the right.This will open the Twitch Highlighter,and here, you should selectall your best moments,and you do this by creating segments,and selecting the in andout point for each segment.By default, Twitch will make one segment,which is the yellow areayou see right here on your timeline.So let's just dive right into it.Scroll up through your videowith the preview player right here,and find a moment where youwant the first clip to start,then press this arrow right hereto make an in-point or a starting point.You will see that the yellow areanow starts where your playhead was,so the start of yourfirst clip has been set,then play the videountil you find a momentwhere you want to stop the first clip,then press this arrow on the right,and make your end point,or your out point.Now, keep in mind that you need waitlike one or two seconds after movingthe playhead in your timeline right here,for it to actually changethe time stamp you're on.Watch as I move the playhead,how the video preview's playheadis like one or two seconds behind.So move it, wait a bit,and then press in or out.Now you will probably wantto make a more accuratestart and end point, so youcan also zoom in and out.Once you zoomed in, youcan move the playheadto exactly where youwant your clip to startby dragging it left or right,then again, you canmark an in and out pointusing these two arrows.You can also adjust the timing by draggingthe start or the endpoint of the yellow areato adjust it that way,and that's how I do it.Another thing I'm doingis liking my own videofor the YouTube algorithm.So, if you would like it too,that would make me less silly.Now when you create one segment,and you want to create another one,don't just move your playheadand press the start segment again.First, you will have toclick on the plus iconto create a new segment,and then you can selecta new start and end pointwhile your new segment is selected.Now when you press the plus icon,a new segment at theposition of your playhead.So a good way to do this isalready going to the startof your next good moment in the stream,and then press the plus icon,because that way, you onlyhave to select your end pointafter that, because your starting pointis already set by creating a new segment.You can also preview allthe segments you selectedby clicking on the playbutton in the middle,and this will just play all the segmentsafter each other as one big clip.Now if you previewed all your segments,and one of them isn't interesting enough,or you want to deleteone, just click on it,and then click on thetrash can to remove it.The area on the top leftshows the highlightsyou're creating right now.It contains all the segmentsyou selected in the timeline,and when you're ready with selectingall your segments you want to export,you can give the highlighta name right here,and then select the game you are playing,and you can also createmore than one highlightif you want by clicking onthe Add New Highlight button.Let's say you have a separatehighlight for funny moments,and then one for epic kills.Now this is where you wantto make two highlights,and then select separatesegments for each of them,but right now, we arecreating one highlight.So once you are done withselecting your all segments,just click on Publish Highlights.While Twitch is creating your highlight,you can fill in theinformation on the right.So we are creating thishighlight right now,so we can download it, andthen upload it to YouTube.But of course, this is a perfecttime to also publish it asa highlight on your streamand actually, that's themain purpose of this too,so just give it a goodtitle, a good description,and then select the game you were playing,because this highlight iswhat people will be seeingwhen they come to yourstream while you're offline.You also have the possibilityto add a thumbnail,but that's up to you to decide,if you want to have thumbnailsin your Twitch video section,and exporting these good momentslike we are doing right nowis a very important aspectof growing as a streamer.Look, your three streams aweek, for example, are great.Of course, it's your main content,it's where you interactwith your fan base,but you need to use thisone piece of content,this big stream, to create asmuch extra content as you can.You're watching a video onhow to upload this to YouTube,so of course, you'realready aware of that,but I just wanted to emphasize it,because it's very, very important,and what else is important,is you hitting the like buttonto help the YouTube algorithmwith ranking my video.So every time you're done streaming,you should create a highlight right here,so you can save it on Twitch,and then download it toupload it to YouTube,Twitter, et cetera,and something else you can do for Twitteris uploading all your segments separatelyas small tweets throughout the week,and you can create them whilemaking this big highlight.Just click on Add New Highlight,and then select onegood moment for Twitter.Now click Add New Highlight again,and select another good moment.This way, you can makesimple and small clipsto share on your Twitter account.Look at big streamerslike Shroud, Pokimane,Dr. DisRespect, xQc, Ninja, et cetera.I mean, Ninja is getting around600,000 views on each YouTube video.Some people really like towatch a certain streamer,but they don't have the time.So put in the effort tocreate small pieces of contentfor those people to watch,on your YouTube, your Twitch,your Discord, et cetera.It will also remind them of youand maybe seeing a clip of yourswill bring them backto the stream sometime.Now selecting these bestmoments in your highlight editorcan be very tedious, andI completely understandthat having to rewatch your whole streamto gather some good momentsis something you're notreally looking forward to.Twitch knows this too, sothere are a few optionsto make your life easier by using markers.Now if you've never heard of them,basically, you can addmarkers while streaming,and then those markerswill also be visiblein the highlight editor,and you should definitely do thisbecause it makes it very easy to rememberyour good moments of your stream,because, well, you don'thave to remember them.You can just see them inyour timeline while editing.Okay, so you're telling me to add markers,but you're not explaining me how to do it.Okay, calm your pants, takea deep breath (inhales).Like my video to help mewith the algorithm (exhales)and now let's continue.The first option to add markersis by just typing /markerin your chat or asking modsto do it for you whenyou get an epic kill,or something very funny happens.That marker will then bevisible in the highlight editorat the exact timestampwhen you sent that message.You can also add a note after the /marker.For example, if you'remaking two new videos,one with funny moments,and one with epic kills,then you can just typein chat, /marker funny,and that way, you can easily recognizethe funny moments while editingThe second way to add a markeris by using the Twitch app.You can open the Twitch app on your phone,click on your profile icon,then go to your dashboardand scroll to the bottom.There you will see a buttoncalled Add Stream Marker,and guess what, every time you click it,a new marker will be added,and you will see those markerswhile creating your highlights.There's also a text box above the button,so if you want to add a note,you just type something there,and then press the button.The third way is using a Stream Deck,and as you probably alreadyknow, they are extremely useful,but they also have abuilt-in functionalityto set up one of the macro keysto add a timestamp when you press it.If you want to check them out,I'll add a link in the description.Once the video is finished processing,you will able to download it,and now you will have one filethat you can upload to YouTube,or post on Twitter, et cetera,and since you're interested in uploadingyour streams to YouTube,I am 100% sure you willlearn a lot from my guideon growing on YouTube as a gamer, so,go ahead, check it out,you will not regret it.I'll see you in that video.Like my video to helpme with the (laughs).