A Preview of What is to Come...

maxnick · Post by **maxnick** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:11 pm

Com Rante wrote:
Wait, did the USB physically break, or was it just empty???
None of my computers would recoginize it. I'm guessing it got full of too much dust or something of the likes.

Well perhaps you could bring it to a computer store or something and they could fix it for you?!

Com Rante · Post by **Com Rante** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:39 am

I'm afraid I can't do that. I already got rid of the USB.

mqdar · Post by **mqdar** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:55 am

2yu556 wrote:
Com Rante wrote:
Wait, did the USB physically break, or was it just empty???
None of my computers would recoginize it. I'm guessing it got full of too much dust or something of the likes.

Hmm... Interesting, I happen to have a plan for a rainbow area within The Rainbow World for my MOFI hub, where I ask if I can use your textures for it?
You don't need to ask to use my textures, they're free for anyone's use. I don't even need you to credit me, so just go ahead and use them.

You know Com Rante, we now have all the proper tools to make Hubs! Do you still want to abandon Rainbow's End?
Although I find the idea of creating a more traditional WA hub interesting, Rainbow's End isn't designed with that formula in mind.
Wait how does one make a hub? That would be fairly useful for me.

I'm currently writing a guide to all the fancy new stuff (and that includes creating hubs!), but at the moment I'm not trying to put any effort into it. Give me some time to write the whole thing.

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:12 am

mqdar wrote:I'm currently writing a guide to all the fancy new stuff (and that includes creating hubs!), but at the moment I'm not trying to put any effort into it. Give me some time to write the whole thing.

mqdar · Post by **mqdar** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:11 am

Qloof234 wrote:
mqdar wrote:I'm currently writing a guide to all the fancy new stuff (and that includes creating hubs!), but at the moment I'm not trying to put any effort into it. Give me some time to write the whole thing.

What's so funny?

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:29 am

mqdar wrote:
Qloof234 wrote:
mqdar wrote:I'm currently writing a guide to all the fancy new stuff (and that includes creating hubs!), but at the moment I'm not trying to put any effort into it. Give me some time to write the whole thing.

What's so funny?

"... but at the moment I'm not trying to put any effort into it."

Either that or I just laugh really easily.

mqdar · Post by **mqdar** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 4:07 am

Qloof234 wrote:
mqdar wrote:
Qloof234 wrote:
mqdar wrote:I'm currently writing a guide to all the fancy new stuff (and that includes creating hubs!), but at the moment I'm not trying to put any effort into it. Give me some time to write the whole thing.

What's so funny?
"... but at the moment I'm not trying to put any effort into it."

Either that or I just laugh really easily.

It seems that sometimes we uniquely laugh at certain things, even things that aren't really funny.

Boppelist · Post by **Boppelist** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:31 am

mqdar wrote:It seems that sometimes we uniquely laugh at certain things, even things that aren't really funny.

That's tyteen's job!

sewel5 · Post by **sewel5** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:28 pm

Boppelist wrote:
mqdar wrote:It seems that sometimes we uniquely laugh at certain things, even things that aren't really funny.
That's tyteen's job!

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 4:24 pm

The problem with tyteen is he even says "lol" when he logs on Skype...

mqdar · Post by **mqdar** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:37 pm

Qloof234 wrote:

The problem with tyteen is he even says "lol" when he logs on Skype...

Qloof, you just reminded me! I have Hypercam 2 now, so I could try making a video tutorial. The only problem is, to explain everything without commentary is pretty hard, but I'm too scared to do that, and I don't even really know how to.

jdl · Post by **jdl** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:43 pm

mqdar wrote:
Qloof234 wrote:

The problem with tyteen is he even says "lol" when he logs on Skype...

Qloof, you just reminded me! I have Hypercam 2 now, so I could try making a video tutorial. The only problem is, to explain everything without commentary is pretty hard, but I'm too scared to do that, and I don't even really know how to.

It's ok! The pressure is off whenever the video is done being recorded. Soon, you will able to record things, upload them, and feel nothing at all!

mqdar · Post by **mqdar** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:49 pm

jdl wrote:
mqdar wrote:
Qloof234 wrote:

The problem with tyteen is he even says "lol" when he logs on Skype...

Qloof, you just reminded me! I have Hypercam 2 now, so I could try making a video tutorial. The only problem is, to explain everything without commentary is pretty hard, but I'm too scared to do that, and I don't even really know how to.
It's ok! The pressure is off whenever the video is done being recorded. Soon, you will able to record things, upload them, and feel nothing at all!

Are you talking about recording a video, or the problem I'm having to do with it?
Don't expect me to do it, but how do you get commentary in your video anyway? Do you have to connect a microphone to your computer and change a few settings?

jdl · Post by **jdl** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:57 pm

All you need is a microphone, and check the box that says: Record Sound. Then set it to 16 bit and then 44100 Samples per sec. and your ready to go!

mqdar · Post by **mqdar** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 10:48 pm

jdl wrote:All you need is a microphone, and check the box that says: Record Sound. Then set it to 16 bit and then 44100 Samples per sec. and your ready to go!

Well then, I do have a problem. I had a microphone once, but I seem to have lost it.

mqdar · Post by **mqdar** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:07 am

Ok, I've found the microphone. Now I have another problem.

When I record my mouse moving around the screen with HyperCam and then play it, the mouse moves far too quickly. The same thing happens with the WA Editor, but there's a lot of slow-down going on too, and it looks even worse. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:19 am

That is the worst thing about Hypercam 2. It sets the FPS to God knows what without telling you, causing things to... kinda go on an acid trip.

Somehow, I managed to bypass this, but I honestly have no clue how. It just kinda happened.

mqdar · Post by **mqdar** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:45 am

Qloof234 wrote:That is the worst thing about Hypercam 2. It sets the FPS to God knows what without telling you, causing things to... kinda go on an acid trip.

Acid trap? I'm not sure I've heard that exprssion before. Could you explain it?

Somehow, I managed to bypass this, but I honestly have no clue how. It just kinda happened.

Hmm... I've tried a few things, but I haven't been able to get the slow-down yet. Could you tell me the settings you used?

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:24 pm

mqdar wrote:
Qloof234 wrote:That is the worst thing about Hypercam 2. It sets the FPS to God knows what without telling you, causing things to... kinda go on an acid trip.
Acid trap? I'm not sure I've heard that exprssion before. Could you explain it?

It's an internet term used when things start acting differently than the way you want them to. Like how Hypercam doesn't work properly, for instance.
Somehow, I managed to bypass this, but I honestly have no clue how. It just kinda happened.
Hmm... I've tried a few things, but I haven't been able to get the slow-down yet. Could you tell me the settings you used?

Comment in bold.

As for the settings...

FPS: 10
Keyframe every 100 frames
Cursor/Full frame capture ratio (?): 1

It works fine on the odd occasion that I use it, so those settings might work.

mqdar · Post by **mqdar** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:29 am

Qloof234 wrote:
mqdar wrote:
Qloof234 wrote:That is the worst thing about Hypercam 2. It sets the FPS to God knows what without telling you, causing things to... kinda go on an acid trip.
Acid trap? I'm not sure I've heard that exprssion before. Could you explain it?

It's an internet term used when things start acting differently than the way you want them to. Like how Hypercam doesn't work properly, for instance.
Somehow, I managed to bypass this, but I honestly have no clue how. It just kinda happened.
Hmm... I've tried a few things, but I haven't been able to get the slow-down yet. Could you tell me the settings you used?
Comment in bold.

As for the settings...

FPS: 10
Keyframe every 100 frames
Cursor/Full frame capture ratio (?): 1

It works fine on the odd occasion that I use it, so those settings might work.

Actually, those aren't the settings I'm looking for.

OMG, so now, to make things even worse, Windows Media Player decided to stop working.

"The enumerator has become invalid." was the error. So how do I get it working again?

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:38 am

mqdar wrote:
Qloof234 wrote:
mqdar wrote:
Qloof234 wrote:That is the worst thing about Hypercam 2. It sets the FPS to God knows what without telling you, causing things to... kinda go on an acid trip.
Acid trap? I'm not sure I've heard that exprssion before. Could you explain it?

It's an internet term used when things start acting differently than the way you want them to. Like how Hypercam doesn't work properly, for instance.
Somehow, I managed to bypass this, but I honestly have no clue how. It just kinda happened.
Hmm... I've tried a few things, but I haven't been able to get the slow-down yet. Could you tell me the settings you used?
Comment in bold.

As for the settings...

FPS: 10
Keyframe every 100 frames
Cursor/Full frame capture ratio (?): 1

It works fine on the odd occasion that I use it, so those settings might work.
Actually, those aren't the settings I'm looking for.

Oh, okay. Which settings are you looking for in that case?

mqdar wrote:OMG, so now, to make things even worse, Windows Media Player decided to stop working. "The enumerator has become invalid." was the error. So how do I get it working again?

Enumerator? I honestly have no idea what that means.

Assuming that you're running on XP, even if I got that error, the solution for it might be different (I'm running on Vista, but I do want to get back on XP sometimes.).

mqdar · Post by **mqdar** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:46 am

Qloof234 wrote:Oh, okay. Which settings are you looking for in that case?

Actually, I'm not sure.

Enumerator? I honestly have no idea what that means.

Neither do I.

Assuming that you're running on XP, even if I got that error, the solution for it might be different (I'm running on Vista, but I do want to get back on XP sometimes.).

Yes, I'm on XP.
I tried reinstalling Windows Media Player, but the error didn't go, so it must be about this 'enumerator' thingy. But the problem is, there's no help given (on the Windows Media Player site) for that error.

When you record your YouTube videos, do you use HyperCam 2?
Maybe HyperCam is written for slower computers or something...

EDIT: P.S., would you like to go on Tyteen's chat?

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:56 am

I use Camtasia Studio for my videos, editing and recording, but it's 300$.

I'll get on Tyteen's chat a bit later, because I got some other work I need to get done in the meantime.

mqdar · Post by **mqdar** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:01 am

Qloof234 wrote:I use Camtasia Studio for my videos, editing and recording, but it's 300$.

Great! Not.

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:03 am

It's totally worth it in my opinion - the recorder actually WORKS on Vista and XP, there's a lot of stuff to do with the editing (Way more than Movie Maker), and it doesn't crash as much (I dunno if this is exclusive to me, all Movie Maker does if I try editing a video is freeze).

Another idea would be Fraps - somewhere between 20 - 30 dollars, and it records fine.

mqdar · Post by **mqdar** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:11 am

Qloof234 wrote:It's totally worth it in my opinion - the recorder actually WORKS on Vista and XP, there's a lot of stuff to do with the editing (Way more than Movie Maker), and it doesn't crash as much (I dunno if this is exclusive to me, all Movie Maker does if I try editing a video is freeze).

Another idea would be Fraps - somewhere between 20 - 30 dollars, and it records fine.

Yeah, Fraps is just perfect, but having only 30 seconds is really not enough. There's not really much reason for me to buy a recording program, however. What would I do with it?

Yes, it feels good to say, "This actually WORKS!" doesn't it?

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:13 am

mqdar wrote:
Yes, it feels good to say, "This actually WORKS!" doesn't it?

So true, so true.

Especially since modern technology is compatible with everything. [/sarcasm]

Actually, to be honest, I'm surprised that I can pull off some of the stuff I do on Vista (i.e. WA .wop hacking).

cbloopy · Post by **cbloopy** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:15 am

Qloof234 wrote:I use Camtasia Studio for my videos, editing and recording, but it's 300$.

It's totally worth it in my opinion

I'm not familiar with video recording and editing software, but I can't help but think there's a cheaper middle ground between "free" and "$300".

Anyway, when I first got into making video solutions for MOFI, I searched the forums and found this topic where Mark talked about this "CamStudio". It's free to download and might be a free version of what Qloof234's using with less features. It's not great but it worked tolerably for my video solutions (at least those w/o sound anyway). Give it try if Hypercam's giving you and your computer such grief.

mqdar · Post by **mqdar** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:15 am

Qloof234 wrote:Especially since modern technology is compatible with everything. [/sarcasm]

OMG that was so crack-up when I read it.

mqdar · Post by **mqdar** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:18 am

cbloopy wrote:Give it try if Hypercam's giving you and your computer such grief.

So HyperCam is the culprit is it?