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To add a non-shitpost to this page, I finished editing the second episode of my presumptive Let's Break Morrowind LP. How's this video look? I encoded it as an... F4V? Which sounds wrong, but H.264 wouldn't let me do 60 FPS for some stupid reason. I'm trying to encode it as an FLV now, but it's gonna take forever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdPzGRMi4ZM
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The Wu-Tang Secret posted:To add a non-shitpost to this page, I finished editing the second episode of my presumptive Let's Break Morrowind LP. How's this video look? I encoded it as an... F4V? Which sounds wrong, but H.264 wouldn't let me do 60 FPS for some stupid reason. I'm trying to encode it as an FLV now, but it's gonna take forever. What are you using to encode that won't do h.264 at 60fps? And what format are you encoding from? /edit: Video doesn't look too hot to be honest. Text is kinda blurry, and whenever you're moving the compression is quite noticeable. What are you recording with, and what are your in-game settings? Edmond Dantes fucked around with this message at 15:36 on Jul 23, 2017 |
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Edmond Dantes posted:What are you using to encode that won't do h.264 at 60fps? And what format are you encoding from?  The footage is, I think, 1024 x 768, captured with OBS using otherwise default settings. EDIT: Oh, and it's an MP4, I forgot to mention that. Here's the FLV version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r18sLZfY88 The Wu-Tang Secret fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Jul 23, 2017 |
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Hmmm, would you be able to see what type of bitrate you're recording in with OBS. Like would you be able to take a quick screenshot of your encoding settings in OBS and put it up here. Also are you recording at 60 FPS in OBS? The problem could be in your source material or it could be with how you're re-encoding it in Premiere.
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Sandcastle notes: I guess that I don't necessarily have to run this by the Sandcastle, since I should have this system down pat by now, but there's no harm in doing so. I'm primarily wondering if everything looks good, in particular the sound of the soundtrack videos, which might be iffy since this is the first time I'm converting MIDIs. This first update doesn't have any actual gameplay, but the second one would also only have "gameplay" in that you can walk around, so really, not much different there - though if you want me to, I can crank out the second update over the next few days for you to check out as well. Anyway, here's the OP. Parenting Problems Through Permanent Puberty: Let's Play Vampires Dawn II!  So, what's all this then? This is Vampires Dawn II: Ancient Blood, the direct sequel to Vampires Dawn: Reign of Blood. It's a German game made by Alexander "Marlex" Koch, and was released in 2005. The game was made with RPG Maker 2003, so the basic engine hasn't changed much, with the exception of the battles, which now run on the Active Time Battle system instead of the "everybody acts once, with the order depending on their Speed stat" system the first game used. Apart from that, the sequel has expanded the gameplay with a fair share of new systems, the maps have gotten bigger, there's a lot more custom assets... really, everything has gotten more. In my opinion, Vampires Dawn II is the apex of the German RPG Maker scene's renaissance that happened around this time, which I've brought up a few times before in other RPG Maker game LPs. This, to me, is the biggest release there ever was for German RPG Maker games. So is this going to be a translation LP again? Actually... no, and I'm as surprised by this as anyone. But here's the thing: In August 2016, an English translation of Vampires Dawn II was released. I gave it a look, expecting it to be of similar quality to the one of the first game, which had a few too many mistakes and rough translations for my tastes. And it turns out... it's actually solid! There's the occasional hiccup in there that I would have made sure to iron out if I were doing the translating (but that's largely because I'm a stubborn guy like that), but by and large, the translation is perfectly solid, and hey, they even translated all the graphics into English! As such, I'm going to be using that translation, because hey, that's going to be a TON less work for me. Less work is good. Don't worry, though, I'm going to make up for it. Alright, so tell us more about this game. Well, it's a relatively standard JRPG - as you might have guessed from it being made with RPG Maker - but it does have a few tricks up its sleeve that are quite interesting, most notably a strange sort of strategy game you get to play throughout the game, which is definitely something I hadn't seen from similar games. However, overall, there isn't much to be said about this game that doesn't apply to the predecessor, just in bigger, better and shinier form. What do I need to know before going into this one? First of all, my LP of the first game is required reading. This is a direct sequel, so this is not really negotiable. The game does have a very quick recap at the start, but it doesn't exactly compare to actually seeing the entire game. Second of all... actually, I can't think of much else. Maybe read Unterwegs in Düsterburg too? It's another German RPG Maker game, and while it isn't directly related, if you liked Vampires Dawn, you'll like Düsterburg, and I'll probably refer to Düsterburg occasionally as well. Otherwise, since this is not actually a translation LP, this is probably going to be just a completely bog-standard SSLP of a JRPG. You should know what you're getting into. So really, let's just cut to the chase and get this show on the road! Update I - The Framing Device So Nice, They Used It Twice
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ChaosArgate posted:Set your level in the encoder settings to be higher and it should be ok. discworld is all I read posted:Hmmm, would you be able to see what type of bitrate you're recording in with OBS. Like would you be able to take a quick screenshot of your encoding settings in OBS and put it up here. Also are you recording at 60 FPS in OBS? The problem could be in your source material or it could be with how you're re-encoding it in Premiere.   
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For me at least, if I'm going to re-encode the MP4 that OBS spits out then I'll record in OBS with a much larger bitrate. So 2500 out of OBS seems a bit low to me; like I'll record in OBS in like 8000 and then re-encode the final video in like 1500-2000. Also it might be worth changing the output from Simple to Advanced cause that gives you some more options to mess around with to get better quality. But otherwise your settings seem to be fine and it does appear like you should be getting a file that is 60 FPS.
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Hey guys I recently started a new channel after years of wanting to try to get into it. It's called The Tired Dad Plays I have a couple of LPs going right now including Mass Effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwVzM52bWd0&t=12s and Undertale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXKl4hNoUPk&t=1531s I'm having a blast doing it, learning along the way the best ways to get my videos to look as good and sound as good as I can. I don't have a lot of time or resources on my hand because I'm a full time worker and I have a wife and two kids to look after so I gotta sneak the videos in when I can. If nothing else, my daughter will like it  . Still, I'd love to hear what anyone who takes the time to check my stuff out thinks. Thanks for your time.
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Spikeguy posted:Hey guys I recently started a new channel after years of wanting to try to get into it. Alright so, I gave your Mass Effect video a listen and less than 10 minutes in I'm about ready to fall asleep. I get you're the 'Tired Dad', but that doesn't mean your audience has to be apart of the tiredness too. Biggest problem I heard is that your volume is WAY too low compared to the game's volume. Not saying you should speak up, although that would help, but you need to do a better job balancing those levels. Record your commentary separately with Audacity or something and boost it in post. As it sounds now, your video might as well be an ASMR video. Next problem is the commentary itself. The 10 minutes I gave you to hook me onto your playthrough was spent listening to following: quote:-Your reason for lping Just FYI, no one and I mean NO ONE is interested in listening to your reasons for starting an LP channel. People come to the video looking to be entertained, not to listen to your life's story. The easiest fix to this problem would be to do post-commentary instead of live, but given your situation you're not really in a position to do that; so the next best thing is to actually be funny and/or actually have something interesting to say. Examples include, explaining what Renegade points are. Also learn to hold back on the funny quips during cutscenes. Seriously, you talk over everyone to say something. On that note, not talking during cutscenes would be a good idea, because nothing is more annoying than trying to listen to a character speaking while the LPer is making what amounts to white noise on top. I could go on with this, but I would have to sit through more of your video. So instead I'll just say if there's anything you should take away from this post, it would be to go check out some of the threads on this subforum to get a better idea of the kind of stuff we like to see. (Hell, some test posts in this very thread would do.) If anything you might figure out a better LPing style than the tired Youtube LP Superstar style with a tired guy twist. Also pro-tip, 'The Tired Dad Plays' is a terrible name/brand for an LP channel. Think of something else. Combat Lobster fucked around with this message at 06:22 on Jul 24, 2017 |
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Combat Lobster posted:Alright so, I gave your Mass Effect video a listen and less than 10 minutes in I'm about ready to fall asleep. I get you're the 'Tired Dad', but that doesn't mean your audience has to be apart of the tiredness too. Hey, thanks so much for taking the time to look at my stuff and caring enough to actually give me some constructive criticism. I'll take what you say and try to improve the things I can. For example I think if fixed the audio issue, unless it's too loud now haha. Here's an episode I did last night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG6Gb0iQqdA I had to go through a lot of small issues with pretty much each video but now I think I found the setup that works for me. In regards to the talking points we'll see where that goes. I pretty much say what I have on my mind at the time but I agree with you about saying too much too often. I think I've pulled back on that as well. I've even put out a few no commentary videos for games like Fire Pro Wrestling World and Wrestling Revolution 3D.
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POOL IS CLOSED posted:Agreed. Looks good, McD. Alright, two s in here, one in the Discord, and nobody brought up any issues. Good enough for me, the Vampires Dawn II thread is now live!
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I have started recording myself playing videogames. Now that I've made my first macaroni art, I'd be honored if this hollowed council (or internet sewing circle, digital writer's group, video editing consortium?) would take at my very first upload. I intend to throw this series into the Casual Thread. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh2sZrRWypI The videogame is Factorio. My current tools are OBS for game capture, Audacity for voice recording, and Vegas Movie Studio 13 to slap the two tracks together and encode. So far, through practical experimentation and a slew of test recordings, I think I've found a passible workflow for creating a hobby grade LP video. But I know that I am missing some peices to increase quality. My biggest issue is striking a balance between boosting my headset microphone without having it pick up the audio pumping out of the earpeice. What resources would you recommend for getting the basic jist of levels and sound mixing? Narratively, my goal is to lay out basic concepts of the mechanics, and then transition into a slightly more relax weed/bobross addled tending to a garden. Going for more space wizard, Ravingloon style effect.
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Okay, so here's my H.264 render of Let's Break Morrowind episode 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSphpRyldRE And here's what I'm thinking for the first post. quote:Let's Break Megathread If the quality on the video is decent enough, does everything look good here to ?
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Your voice is kind of quiet and it's hard to make out what you're saying a lot of the time.
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Are actual plays cool to do in the LP forum? Like if I hopped on mic with 4 -5 dudes and recorded shadowrun over discord to show off how hilariously broken / fun cyberpunk can be would that be cool? Would you guys hate that? I don't know what the rules are, but I think I've seen people LP board games before so it sound like it could be cool. I want to add audience interaction to my actual play with the whole Web 1.0 feel where people get to react on the message board and vote and poo poo. I kind of want to get meta with it as well. To be clear, I'm positive it'll be Interesting, (this is not an interest check,) my question is, is it allowed?
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We've had TTRPG threads in the past, so you should be fine.
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anilEhilated posted:Your voice is kind of quiet and it's hard to make out what you're saying a lot of the time. Here's an audio test I just recorded. I bumped my mic volume up a bit (and then hit it with a little noise reduction, because there was an AC running three feet away from me), and then set up the noisiest possible in-game scenario I could think of. How's this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7Q1TwFjfR0
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As a philosophical concept, what levels do you set your volume at to judge audio mixing? Open question, best case practice and actual?
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KirbyKhan posted:As a philosophical concept, what levels do you set your volume at to judge audio mixing? Open question, best case practice and actual? The sweet spot in audacity / OBS is -6 db, as that's where your voice sounds the best and "most natural." You want the game To be about 5 db below that, so that you're heard clearly over it.
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FYI I'm going to be moving the lparchive/lpix/etc server to a new host on saturday morning my time - so somewhere between 1am-4am US time most likely. It should be fairly transparent, I'll close lpix for uploads on the old server, make sure any recent uploads are transferred, then swap the DNS. After a few hours the new server should be responding to all queries and everything will go on as normal from there. If you find anything that's broken or whatever just let me know, I think I checked most things but I probably forgot some little thing somewhere.
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Switchover is done, DNS propagation seems to be pretty much sorted now although there's always a handful of slow holdouts. Let me know if something is busted.
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so to ask a stupid question, does the halfass LP slowbeef and diabetus did of symphony of the night still exist?
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baldurk posted:Switchover is done, DNS propagation seems to be pretty much sorted now although there's always a handful of slow holdouts. It looks like some unicode characters aren't working right in the screenshot tester. ♪ gets turned into a question mark, for example.
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Really Pants posted:It looks like some unicode characters aren't working right in the screenshot tester. ♪ gets turned into a question mark, for example. I think I've fixed it, try again now.
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Looks good! Thank you.
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How do people here feel about multiplayer LPs? I don't mean co-op or playing around with friends, I mean an LP showcasing some domination on public servers. I've been wanting to do an LP similar to James315's Battlefield 1942 thread for a while, but I'm not sure how it would be received considering it's a bit unorthodox. So, as an example, here's some content: Kicking some rear end in the past. Let's Play Call of Duty Multiplayer With the upcoming release of Call of Duty: World War II, there has been a lot of talk about the series returning to its roots. But, what exactly are those roots? Back in 2003, a small development team named Infinity Ward released a game like no other of the time. Instead of a lone space marine taking on hordes of hellish creatures, it emphasized squad combat and offered a more grounded experience. Let's take a trip down memory lane and play the game that started it all, the original Call of Duty. However, I will not be playing through the single player campaigns. If you want to see that, CoolGuy and TheLastRoboKy already did a great LP of the single player game, which you can view on the LP archive here. For this LP, I will only be covering the multiplayer aspect of the game. But wait, isn't CoDMP practically dead? Well, yes, there aren't too many active servers left these days. This means that we're going to have to take drastic measures. We will have to go back in time to play the game when it was at its peak in popularity! So pop your collar and load up your Blink-182 CD, we're going back to 2005! How is this possible? Back around 2004-2006ish, I played CoDMP pseudo-competitively. During this time, one of my friends showed me how to record in-game demos using the console. After that, I began recording almost every game I played, practicing on public servers just about every weekend. The result is that I have hours upon hours of in-game footage of pub stomping from that era. In a sense, you could say that this LP was 10 years in the making. And since we're going to be playing on public servers in the mid '00s, here are some things to look out for: - Unironic leetspeak - The word "pwned" ad nauseum - Chappelle's Show references - Horrendously outdated memes - Occasional commentary on Bush and Iraq With that being said, let's go over the mechanics: --(Bunch of information about the game)-- For the purposes of this Let's Play, I will be showing Team Deathmatch on all 16 maps for vanilla, unmodded Call of Duty Multiplayer. Then, I will go back and revisit some of the maps to show off different gamemodes, some interesting mods and other oddities that were recorded. EPISODE 01 - The Basics of CoDMP Map: mp_dawnville Date: February 6, 2005 Team: Axis (German) Video: Youtube For the premiere episode, we will be visiting the town of St. Mere Eglise, or as the old boys know it, Dawnville. I'll be going over some of the core basics of the game while getting some sweet MP44 frags on some yanks.
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Kubbles posted:How do people here feel about multiplayer LPs? indifferent? people only really care if an LP is entertaining. there aren't a lot of multiplayer LPs, but they've been done. those that are super interesting are great. those that are boring as hell aren't. that said, sometimes great LPs get overlooked and bland LPs get overexposed--so who knows. video quality looks solid and you commentary's informative to be interesting (i stuck through the whole video). only way to know how well it'll be received is to
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Alright, I'm working on a Dream Daddy screenshot LP. It's a bit different from what I've been doing so far (I haven't needed to make headshots before, for one), so feedback on anything that's really not working would be great. OP annnnnd example update. POOL IS CLOSED fucked around with this message at 22:32 on Aug 4, 2017 |
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POOL IS CLOSED posted:Alright, I'm working on a Dream Daddy screenshot LP. It's a bit different from what I've been doing so far (I haven't needed to make headshots before, for one), so feedback on anything that's really not working would be great. The headshots look fine to me, they're a little big, but that can be a good thing. It just depends on how you like the text to be spaced. I'd give it a , looks ready for a thread to me!
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LordHippoman posted:The headshots look fine to me, they're a little big, but that can be a good thing. It just depends on how you like the text to be spaced. Thanks! I figured I'd lose a lot of detail on the facial expressions (there are so many expressions for the NPCs, it's insane) if I went much smaller, but I'll tinker with that more and see if I can get a better balance.
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Earlier someone gave me a lot of great tips about my LPs. I think I've made a decent amount of improvements but I'd love to hear what you guys think. I got two going currently. Mass Effect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J2epze0OYQ And Undertale. In the latest episodes my daughter has joined me in the fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIZlVRCf0qc I'd love to hear your thoughts.
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Spikeguy posted:Earlier someone gave me a lot of great tips about my LPs. I think I've made a decent amount of improvements but I'd love to hear what you guys think. I got two going currently. Are the intros really necessary? I can tell what game you're playing by the video title or the description. I don't really need a 10 second bumper of each game's title card at the start of each video to remind me. I understand that you're apparently recording these videos in marathon sessions with live commentary, but your in and out points on the videos you linked are quite jarring. I know in the case of Undertale you're kind of at someone else's whims as to stop and start points, but maybe that's something to consider when you're doing solo commentary--trying to keep natural stop and start points in mind as you're playing and work in a line or two in the commentary to east the transition between videos a bit. On a technical level though everything seems fine, so you've got that down, so it's just a matter of tightening up the presentation and style, and that comes with practice. Your daughter is adorable, by the way 
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nine-gear crow posted:Are the intros really necessary? I can tell what game you're playing by the video title or the description. I don't really need a 10 second bumper of each game's title card at the start of each video to remind me. I understand that you're apparently recording these videos in marathon sessions with live commentary, but your in and out points on the videos you linked are quite jarring. I know in the case of Undertale you're kind of at someone else's whims as to stop and start points, but maybe that's something to consider when you're doing solo commentary--trying to keep natural stop and start points in mind as you're playing and work in a line or two in the commentary to east the transition between videos a bit. Thanks so much for your thoughts, I really appreciate it. Also I told my daughter you thought she was adorable and this is her quote: "Find that person, find them on youtube, give them a hundred million likes because they deserve it!"
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