Thank you for the advice! If you watch my series then you can tell there is an obvious improvement in my voice. You can tell from episode 1 to episode 14 that my voice sounds more conversational. Also, thank you for the video rendering advice, but one question though. What should my pixel aspect ratio, field order, and pixel format be? Thanks.
As for the last two posts, I can't really help, I'm not sure how to fix either. Others on this board are pretty smart about this sort of thing, do any of you know?
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Multiple Minecraft LPs featuring ever growing boats, Pumpkin Buddy, Biospheres, Dungeon raids and a whole lot of deaths!
Do let's plays have to be live or could it be accepted if it was post commentated, because I find it extremely difficult to keep talking the whole time without sounding boring, and plus when I commentate live, my voice becomes unusually monotone i'm guessing due to the fact that I am more focused on the game than my presentation. I would just like to know if it matters if it's live or not, and while it's not live I can focus on another topic other than minecraft for most of the time and then go back to the gameplay to give a heads up on what I was doing, eg. building a shelter, looking for coal ect. Instead of leaving blank areas/boring, repeating, monotone, actions. Please reply :smile.gif:
Pulse - LPs are live probably 95% of the time. What you sound like you are interested in doing are just regular gameplay commentaries. My suggestion for you would be to edit a lot of it out, there isn't much point in showing the boring stuff if you aren't live. I'd cut the majority of the first day, the majority of any resource gathering and fastforward through the more boring building parts (Stuff that is just repetitive). After editing it all together you could then talk over it, bring attention to key points or just talk about whatever it is you have planned for that commentary.
But this is all just my opinion, take it as the grain of salt it is. If you want to do a regular LP with commentary afterward then by all means do it. Do it however makes you happy, LPs don't have a rigid formula you have to follow.
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Multiple Minecraft LPs featuring ever growing boats, Pumpkin Buddy, Biospheres, Dungeon raids and a whole lot of deaths!
Hey,
Sorry I am bumping this, this is a great tutorial although my 13minute long videos go up to 600mb after going through Windows Live Movie Maker. Is there anyway to make them smaller? Thanks :smile.gif:
I'm glad it is well-recieved. To make it smaller you would have to save it in smaller resolution. I would suggest to just stick with it and upload when you go to bed at night. That is what I do at least. I think it is worth having the higher resolution personally.
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Multiple Minecraft LPs featuring ever growing boats, Pumpkin Buddy, Biospheres, Dungeon raids and a whole lot of deaths!
I'm glad it is well-recieved. To make it smaller you would have to save it in smaller resolution. I would suggest to just stick with it and upload when you go to bed at night. That is what I do at least. I think it is worth having the higher resolution personally.
I agree, and I do have 100GB internet usage.
Also, just one more question, what do you recommended doing to try and boost your YouTube channel. Or to boost views on videos, of course I am talking legit views.
Hey,
Sorry I am bumping this, this is a great tutorial although my 13minute long videos go up to 600mb after going through Windows Live Movie Maker. Is there anyway to make them smaller? Thanks :smile.gif:
There are a good deal of programs that focus on this sort of issue. I personally use HandBrake, which can cut down a 3-4 GB file down to 300 MB or so. I don't know how it works on 600 MB files, but it probably does pretty good. It sacrifices little to no quality at all, and it's what I use and works perfectly for me.
I'm glad it is well-recieved. To make it smaller you would have to save it in smaller resolution. I would suggest to just stick with it and upload when you go to bed at night. That is what I do at least. I think it is worth having the higher resolution personally.
I agree, and I do have 100GB internet usage.
Also, just one more question, what do you recommended doing to try and boost your YouTube channel. Or to boost views on videos, of course I am talking legit views.
600 MB for a 13 minute video is pretty good, cant go much lower
Also a community channel always helps people grow.
Okay, well Ill keep that in mind thanks :smile.gif:
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Hey,
Sorry I am bumping this, this is a great tutorial although my 13minute long videos go up to 600mb after going through Windows Live Movie Maker. Is there anyway to make them smaller? Thanks :smile.gif:
There are a good deal of programs that focus on this sort of issue. I personally use HandBrake, which can cut down a 3-4 GB file down to 300 MB or so. I don't know how it works on 600 MB files, but it probably does pretty good. It sacrifices little to no quality at all, and it's what I use and works perfectly for me.
Okay, well I will look into that thanks :smile.gif: I just made a 12min Minecraft video and it is almost 800mb.. :S Slightly confused but I am still uploading it. When I can I was thinking of doing a 1 hour Minecraft video, imagine how big that would be.
Whenever I record my Minecraft videos in FRAPS, they record fine and in the native resolution. However when I run them through WMM, if I select any of the profiles suggested (920x720), the width gets scrunched so that it is perfectly square (and awful looking). This goes for all of my HD Profiles. If I upload the FRAPS file itself it sets itself to 848x720 on YouTube and there are black boxes on the left and right sides (and I cannot do basic editting, outside of the YouTube Annotations).
Are you sure you're doing it right? 960x720 is for 4:3(think old-style TVs). If you're recording widescreen, of course it's not going to look right using that profile. The black boxes are normal; youtube shows them whenever a non-widescreen video is uploaded. It may make some people whine because it isn't widescreen(just like some people whine or ignore a video if it isn't in HD. I'd like to see how they would handle life a few years ago before HD was even available for the average citizen.), but boo hoo for them, they can deal with it.
@ThatKidKen
Pixel aspect ratio should be 1:1. The only reason to ever use a different one is if you're recording from a standard definition television(or HDTV at SD resolution) with a capture card, or are making a DVD or something of that sort.
Field order... I'm not sure, but in my experience "frame based" provides faster rendering.
Pixel format... Not sure here either, but something along the lines of 1:1:1 should be fine.
@Praseodymi
Pick up audacity. You'll have to start the recordings separately and synchronize the tracks up in editing, but it'll work.
@XysT-PuLsE
Let's Plays are live. (Well, sort of. The commentary track is recorded while playing, but LPs aren't generally broadcast live. You get what I mean.) Generally, the only time commentary is done after-the-fact is if the recording audio messes up, or if it's a DOS game recorded through DOSBOX. (since FRAPS isn't compatible with the program.)
@Robdogga55
If you're looking for a lower filesize, I assume your internet isn't that great on the uploading end? Try lowering the bitrate or the resolution. My bitrate recommendations are mostly for people with decent upload speeds and/or the ability to leave an upload running overnight.
Also, assuming 1280x720 is the resolution, an hour-long video can net you anywhere between 1 and 3 GB on average using the bitrate I suggested. (Even with a specific, non-variable bitrate, size seems to vary strangely.)
So how should I set up WMM for editing? No matter what profile I use it kills the horizontal size of the video, turning the width to the same size of the height. It's kind of annoying.
@Robdogga55
If you're looking for a lower filesize, I assume your internet isn't that great on the uploading end? Try lowering the bitrate or the resolution. My bitrate recommendations are mostly for people with decent upload speeds and/or the ability to leave an upload running overnight.
Also, assuming 1280x720 is the resolution, an hour-long video can net you anywhere between 1 and 3 GB on average using the bitrate I suggested. (Even with a specific, non-variable bitrate, size seems to vary strangely.)
I can leave it running over night, it is just that I would prefer to have it a smaller size. Mainly for storage reasons because as I said, I have 100GB and I worked out I use around 30GB just uploading 2 videos every second night (One video for my Portal 2 series and one for my Minecraft series).
I'm a big fan of the machinima vids
I recommend watching the Ken Burton minecraft one, when it gets darker like at night or in caves he'll up the contrast
yes it makes some of the texture packs look kinda rubbish but you have to admit i is much better than a black screen.
If anyone reading this makes minecraft videos for machinima can you kindly show the rest of the crew.
An additional one is review the videos since i've noticed some of the latest videos seem to have some problems, some as little as out of place commentaries (which gets VERY annoyng when its a gameplay/commentary)
So how should I set up WMM for editing? No matter what profile I use it kills the horizontal size of the video, turning the width to the same size of the height. It's kind of annoying.
If you're using WMM 2.6 (which you should be), use Windows Media Profile Editor (Part of the Windows Media Encoder 9 series) to create the correct profile. I've never had any sort of strange resolution issues using these profiles. Make sure you have the correct aspect ratio settings in WMM itself; using a 16:9 profile with WMM being set to 4:3 might make it not turn out right. (The setting is under Tools > Options, on the first page that shows up.)
Oh, and a general tip since I'm seeing something worrying on the main post: If your computer cannot handle recording in HD (i.e. you have to run it in window mode at default resolution to get a decent framerate), DO NOT MAKE THE VIDEO HD WHEN RENDERING. Faking HD to garner views from the sort of people who would ignore a video just for it not being in HD (hint: most likely young kids who don't know of a time before HD was a "standard") is, for the lack of a better term, an "Asshole move". It's much like how some partners on youtube use incorrect categories to get on the front page. It's a greedy, dishonest way to get views that you probably don't deserve if you have to resort to such tactics to get them.
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I've been thinking about starting a minecraft series myself
and you thread has really good advise !
Multiple Minecraft LPs featuring ever growing boats, Pumpkin Buddy, Biospheres, Dungeon raids and a whole lot of deaths!
But this is all just my opinion, take it as the grain of salt it is. If you want to do a regular LP with commentary afterward then by all means do it. Do it however makes you happy, LPs don't have a rigid formula you have to follow.
Multiple Minecraft LPs featuring ever growing boats, Pumpkin Buddy, Biospheres, Dungeon raids and a whole lot of deaths!
Sorry I am bumping this, this is a great tutorial although my 13minute long videos go up to 600mb after going through Windows Live Movie Maker. Is there anyway to make them smaller? Thanks :smile.gif:
IP: 108.170.46.83
Multiple Minecraft LPs featuring ever growing boats, Pumpkin Buddy, Biospheres, Dungeon raids and a whole lot of deaths!
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheHamthebam?feature=mhum
I agree, and I do have 100GB internet usage.
Also, just one more question, what do you recommended doing to try and boost your YouTube channel. Or to boost views on videos, of course I am talking legit views.
IP: 108.170.46.83
There are a good deal of programs that focus on this sort of issue. I personally use HandBrake, which can cut down a 3-4 GB file down to 300 MB or so. I don't know how it works on 600 MB files, but it probably does pretty good. It sacrifices little to no quality at all, and it's what I use and works perfectly for me.
Okay, well Ill keep that in mind thanks :smile.gif:
Okay, well I will look into that thanks :smile.gif: I just made a 12min Minecraft video and it is almost 800mb.. :S Slightly confused but I am still uploading it. When I can I was thinking of doing a 1 hour Minecraft video, imagine how big that would be.
IP: 108.170.46.83
Are you sure you're doing it right? 960x720 is for 4:3(think old-style TVs). If you're recording widescreen, of course it's not going to look right using that profile. The black boxes are normal; youtube shows them whenever a non-widescreen video is uploaded. It may make some people whine because it isn't widescreen(just like some people whine or ignore a video if it isn't in HD. I'd like to see how they would handle life a few years ago before HD was even available for the average citizen.), but boo hoo for them, they can deal with it.
@ThatKidKen
Pixel aspect ratio should be 1:1. The only reason to ever use a different one is if you're recording from a standard definition television(or HDTV at SD resolution) with a capture card, or are making a DVD or something of that sort.
Field order... I'm not sure, but in my experience "frame based" provides faster rendering.
Pixel format... Not sure here either, but something along the lines of 1:1:1 should be fine.
@Praseodymi
Pick up audacity. You'll have to start the recordings separately and synchronize the tracks up in editing, but it'll work.
@XysT-PuLsE
Let's Plays are live. (Well, sort of. The commentary track is recorded while playing, but LPs aren't generally broadcast live. You get what I mean.) Generally, the only time commentary is done after-the-fact is if the recording audio messes up, or if it's a DOS game recorded through DOSBOX. (since FRAPS isn't compatible with the program.)
@Robdogga55
If you're looking for a lower filesize, I assume your internet isn't that great on the uploading end? Try lowering the bitrate or the resolution. My bitrate recommendations are mostly for people with decent upload speeds and/or the ability to leave an upload running overnight.
Also, assuming 1280x720 is the resolution, an hour-long video can net you anywhere between 1 and 3 GB on average using the bitrate I suggested. (Even with a specific, non-variable bitrate, size seems to vary strangely.)
I can leave it running over night, it is just that I would prefer to have it a smaller size. Mainly for storage reasons because as I said, I have 100GB and I worked out I use around 30GB just uploading 2 videos every second night (One video for my Portal 2 series and one for my Minecraft series).
IP: 108.170.46.83
I recommend watching the Ken Burton minecraft one, when it gets darker like at night or in caves he'll up the contrast
yes it makes some of the texture packs look kinda rubbish but you have to admit i is much better than a black screen.
If anyone reading this makes minecraft videos for machinima can you kindly show the rest of the crew.
An additional one is review the videos since i've noticed some of the latest videos seem to have some problems, some as little as out of place commentaries (which gets VERY annoyng when its a gameplay/commentary)
Otherwise good work to all who make these videos.
http://www.minecraftaccounts.com?join=71183]
If you're using WMM 2.6 (which you should be), use Windows Media Profile Editor (Part of the Windows Media Encoder 9 series) to create the correct profile. I've never had any sort of strange resolution issues using these profiles. Make sure you have the correct aspect ratio settings in WMM itself; using a 16:9 profile with WMM being set to 4:3 might make it not turn out right. (The setting is under Tools > Options, on the first page that shows up.)
Oh, and a general tip since I'm seeing something worrying on the main post: If your computer cannot handle recording in HD (i.e. you have to run it in window mode at default resolution to get a decent framerate), DO NOT MAKE THE VIDEO HD WHEN RENDERING. Faking HD to garner views from the sort of people who would ignore a video just for it not being in HD (hint: most likely young kids who don't know of a time before HD was a "standard") is, for the lack of a better term, an "Asshole move". It's much like how some partners on youtube use incorrect categories to get on the front page. It's a greedy, dishonest way to get views that you probably don't deserve if you have to resort to such tactics to get them.