On the Steep Learning Curve of Video Editing (Patreon)

Me, about 8 PM last night: "OK, I've got a four-hour livestream here to trim down and punch up. There was a lot of dead time, so I should get this done in about two hours."

(spongebob)SIX HOURS LATER(/spongebob)

Me, 2 AM, exhausted and in pain: FINALLY it's done and rendered at 90 minutes. Now to start the 6.5 GB file uploading to YouTube while I sleep...

(spongebob)EIGHT HOURS LATER(/spongebob)

Me, 10 AM, not rested Because Reasons but up anyway: Should be done by- wait what? 35% complete?? That won't be finished in time! Maybe if I re-export the project at a lower resolution...

Me: ... where's the picture gone? This is a three gig file with a black screen!

Me: ... and again!

Me: WHAT THE-?!

Net result: the edited-down stream will have to be re-uploaded after tonight's stream, and I'm changing settings in the stream software to fix this-and-that. But parts 1 and 2 of the Mun Miner mission won't be on YouTube in time for tonight, sorry.