BTS: Paint
I'm painting a wall. No audio; put on Praga Khan's Mutant Funk if you want to get in the mood.
2021-10-23 19:18:57 +0000 UTC View Post
cathoderaydude posts
BTS: Studio update #2 (Cleaner / Brighter)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72QrA3Dvjhk
Strides made in the categories of lighting and organization; also, we nearly had an entire rack of computers collapse; also, we found mysterious imported print goods in the rafters; also, I give a short treatise o...
2021-10-22 05:10:33 +0000 UTC View PostBTS: Studio Update #1 (Things Continue Apace)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQGk7m6o2Fw
This video contains the first actual camera/mic test in the new space, so check it out!
Things are moving, literally (I've Moved A Lot Of Stuff) but, also, temporary acoustic treatment is no...
2021-10-21 04:16:08 +0000 UTC View PostBTS: Audio treatment
Hey, if these emails are irritating: I've contacted Patreon support to find out if it's possible to create an opt-in feature. I'm thinking if I make a second five-dollar tier, it should be possible for anyone who can currently see this to opt in or out of just the behind-the-scenes posts. I won't be sur...
2021-10-19 03:41:08 +0000 UTC View PostBTS: New Studio Tour #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTJD3yi5C_8
Obviously right now I'm in the "move in as quickly as possible gogogogogogogogo" phase, partly because I need everything there to use any of it, and partly because I have a $300/mo. storage unit that has ...
2021-10-19 03:20:59 +0000 UTC View PostBTS: Studio floorplan
Edit: For serious professionals (architect, interior designer, etc.) please find attached a version of this floorplan for use in Duke Nukem 3D.
This is a fairly accurate (~95%) floorplan of the new place. It's a little misleading because the ceilings are so tall; the last pic shrinks them to 8' to give yo...
2021-10-18 19:31:31 +0000 UTC View PostAn Exhaustive Explanation
So, you probably saw my last two posts. I was somewhat vague with them, because I haven't been able to sit down for five minutes in two days, until now. So here's what's up with me:
I just signed a lease on a piece of commercial property to use as a dedicated studio. I got it for an absolute steal and I'm not sure exactly why it was so che...
2021-10-18 03:59:22 +0000 UTC View PostBTS: Getting set up
Moving things in. Did my first test shot. Might do my first couple videos on this white wall since it's super clean as is - gonna be a couple weeks before I can get it painted.
2021-10-17 20:30:20 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate: Well then
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaOyr-c8gv0
I want to thank everyone for their support. I am making some changes. I am very excited. You have made things possible that I never imagined. Thank you.
2021-10-16 20:52:07 +0000 UTC View PostVideo: The Second Weirdest Optical Mouse I've Ever Seen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UXmDuiqMW0
Clint from LGR was kind enough to send me the cousin of the Q500 I reviewed recently! It's weird! Almost weirder than the Q500! But also not really that weird at all! Watch to find out what it's all about inside. ...
2021-10-07 07:16:30 +0000 UTC View PostTeaser: Weird cameras
This is a pair of "analog HD" security cameras; literally 720p and 1080p (respectively) cameras that transmit their images down coax using analog signals. I don't fully understand the technology yet - there are several different standards and close to zero documentation, so I have a lot of grueling research to do, but at least one of them uses a...
2021-10-01 17:05:43 +0000 UTC View PostVideo: Sony's MiniDisc Camcorder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HCCGYxCjbg
I've been sitting on this thing for four months and finally got my act together - here's *the weirdest* MiniDisc product Sony ever sold. It's way more than just a camcorder, and I wish other manufacturers had foll...
2021-09-29 17:40:30 +0000 UTC View PostVideo: A TV/VCR With A Wild Past
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgOwTm2XTkU
Here's the finished story on the EVM-8010. I mostly just tried to let my unfiltered exuberance come through on this one. Six year olds know helicopters are cool and I am not dumber than a six year old.
Edit:...
2021-09-21 03:51:58 +0000 UTC View Postblooper: there were supposed to be stones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2du7O5WA2g
dangit man get it together
2021-09-20 02:20:33 +0000 UTC View PostBonus: Helicopter Videotape
Tyler Helicopter Footage - YouTube
There's a lot more info in the description of this video, but basically I bought a video monitor that was once used by a helicopter filming company, and it had a tape in the deck with 50 minutes of BTS aerial footage. I'm ...
2021-09-17 18:33:21 +0000 UTC View PostVideo: Q500, The Weirdest Optical Mouse
https://youtu.be/Cd6lxwjX2Bk
This thing is so much stranger than I expected when I bought it. My explanation comes with 22 minutes of bonus content explaining conventional mice!
Mpegcam 2: The Reckoning
About ten minutes before I released the Mpegcam video, I learned that the follow-up model was sold under another name, and was able to get one on eBay. I'm going to do a video comparing them, but in short the second model is a significant improvement. here are still photos from each; you'll have no trouble telling which is the second edition. 2021-09-05 06:11:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Video: The Awful MPEG Camcorder From '97
Tapeless Video In '97: the MP-EG1 - YouTube
Hitachi produced a weird hard drive based camcorder in 1997! It wasn't amazing! I shot an enormous amount of demo footage!
I almost threw out this entire video to rerecord it but instead I deleted two minute...
2021-08-31 05:43:25 +0000 UTC View PostVideo: Sharp's Zany Double Camera
https://youtu.be/sSg6IlmjSbk
I've been wanting to make a video about this camera for years and finally got the chance. I spend the whole time insulting it.
Clip: twincam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSkR4vU1COk
I've been meaning to do a video on this awful thing for months.
2021-08-10 23:23:58 +0000 UTC View PostStreamin
https://youtu.be/X_NmERMj3dE Streaming for the next couple hours!
2021-08-01 17:50:49 +0000 UTC View PostVideo: WVHS: HD Wasn't Always Digital
https://youtu.be/TfRMLS3j7DM
I finally finished this! It was a grueling effort and I hope it comes through in the footage, none of which looks exactly like I hoped it would, but hey, it's not like I have Linus Sebastian's production team.
Bonus clip: Mmeettaammoorrpphhoossiiss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmaJQaSryiM
This is a video I keep using for testing HD media and I happened to create this four-up split view while working on my current project about WVHS tape. I never finished finessing it because I decided not to use it...
2021-07-28 22:12:11 +0000 UTC View Postlong shot
My feet hurt so bad and I have to do at least one more day of shooting - but at least that'll be in my own home. This video will be worth all the literal actual pain.
2021-07-25 23:50:44 +0000 UTC View PostDire Straits - Making Movies
Actually shooting a video with another person in it today, on location to boot. Never done that before, basically ever, I think. It's complicated. Anyway, that's a 1080i analog VHS deck and you're gonna love this video.
2021-07-24 22:34:13 +0000 UTC View PostVideo: The Pocket Xeroxes of 1986
https://youtu.be/SDdfs0XW1kM
Like the title says - for a brief period you could buy photocopiers that were (almost) pocket sized - and all of them sucked.
Side channel
To anyone who missed the community post, I moved my streams to a new channel, and will hopefully post miscellaneous extra content there as well;
https://youtube.com/channel/UCqDbZac1bo_WEPau9c5R5WQ
Video: AT&T's 1960s Modem That Won't Die
https://youtu.be/OmBLsKV7Sx0
Ancient modem signals! Sensational demonstrations! Chromakey!
Stream/side channel
I made a separate channel for livestreams (one of which I'm doing right now), subscribe and enable notifs if you wanna catch future streams!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqDbZac1bo_WEPau9c5R5WQ
2021-06-20 17:34:05 +0000 UTC View Post