Preview Films

[DubiousKB]

Looks good, haven't had a chance to see the remaining two, but I like what I'm seeing thus far.

Also the monotone commentary is perfect! Just like I was sitting in the O'Club reviewing film and having a trainer explain the situation as it unfolds.   

[Lab Rat 3947]

since everybody else can download and I can't the problem must be on my end. Other Links I have used today on the AHBBS have worked. Only these three have not.


LtngRydr

[Bizman]

LabRat, they didn't work for me either by just clicking: A new tab opens but it takes awful long to view a fragment of the video. Right click each link and "Save target on disk"

[guncrasher]

one more thing is use colorful skins instead of just plain black/white like in the pony.  it adds a nice touch.   the narration is "echoing"  which is in lots of training films.

one more thing is in the lag pursuit film, it would probably sound better if the voice of the pilot added some excitement.  something like "i got him, I got him." or my favorite "get some, get some".  you know something makes you wish you were the pilot that made the shot, instead of just saying "mmm, that looks cool".


semp

[FLS]

Unfortunately "save as AVI" does not allow the creative control that FRAPS does.  AVI creates smoother playback but that's only an advantage when there is otherwise a stutter in the video. You might get better results combining both methods Skuzzy.

[Arlo]

Arlo, The 'zoom' in the film viewer does not record that to the AVI.  It is strictly a 'view' option, not a 'record' option.


What 'shortcut' Lab Rat?  Click on the URL we provided in the post.  When the dialog panel opens up, save the file to whereever you want.  Close your browser, then double click on the file and Windows should open up the Windows Media Player (assuming that is the default for 'mp4' files).

Well, I am more a screenshot guy. Films kinda erg me. `Specially that AVI conversion stuff. More power to ya. 

[Lab Rat 3947]

Bizman, thanks. That worked.   


LtngRydr

[Lab Rat 3947]

Just watched all three videos. Looks good to me.   


LtngRydr

[Skuzzy]

Unfortunately "save as AVI" does not allow the creative control that FRAPS does.  AVI creates smoother playback but that's only an advantage when there is otherwise a stutter in the video. You might get better results combining both methods Skuzzy.

Actually, I have massive control of the video in the film viewer using the "Set Up Camera Shots".  Fraps does not get me the native uncompressed video streams I need.

[Vinkman]

I really would like to keep this thread about the content of the videos.  Any and all suggestions are welcome.  Thank you.

I think part the of the explanation of texture sizes (and environment mapping) should include What parts of the picture are affected. 'object texture' in the video is the Lancaster's surfaces, but not the gauges, or the ground or building textures outside. I think a lot of people don't know what parts of the picture in the frame are included in the video resolution settings. Do they change with distance to the object? etc...

Otherwise a great idea, and very good video. 

[LCADolby]

The opening is very good, but the rest is rather... uninspiring.

The lack of anti-aliasing leaves very noticeable unsightly edges. Even when you make it full HD it'll still be noticeable.

The 1st film showed a kill from a guy that was obviously letting the guy behind shoot him down with terrible gunnery. Insulting him in the commentary I found tasteless.

The technical stuff is fine, but if that's going to be the style for the training films I suggest getting some of the players of the game involved in the "playground"to clean up the action.

Just a few thoughts

[Skuzzy]

The anti-aliasing in the videos are a result of down sampling the videos from 1980x1020 to 1280x720.  In the native resolution the aliasing is virtually non-existent.

[LCADolby]

That's very odd in that case, because in the past I have done the same size reduction and not had the same unsightly edges. (atleast not to that extent)  

[Skuzzy]

It will all depend on the codec and what values are used for the rendering.  I went fairly conservative for these.  About half the stream resolution.  It is not what I would have used for a stand lone video stream.

[LCADolby]

You may aswell crank up the quality/render, youtube will screw you after upload anyway.

Their sampling is frugal at best so there is nothing to lose and everything to gain from high quality renders.

MP4 Video: 29.970 fps, 1920x1080 Progressive, YUV, 16 Mbps seems to work well with Youtube at minimising large quality losses.