General A&R Cool Videos Thread

Myrddin · 25-11-2013 1:35pm

Incredible :eek:

Gamayun · 26-11-2013 5:33pm

Charlie Brooker: Videogames Changed the World
Channel4 9pm Sat 30 Nov

I enjoyed his Gameswipe show from a while back, will be watching this. Nice retro themed ad too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVGD5suu90I

Myrddin · 27-11-2013 10:52am

Jack burton · 27-11-2013 7:37pm

I dont know if anyone else would be into their old school wrestling but here's a series I've been watching the last bit on youtube

Its a few lads from Ireland who have a podcast about old wrestling PPVs. I do find it really good and for anyone else who grew up watching this stuff they are a really good watch.

http://www.youtube.com/OSWreviewHD

Myrddin · 28-11-2013 7:55pm

Seen this posted on You Nostalgia You Lose. It's something else...I don't even...

Edit - Ah, magic dust was used

Tool Assisted - these games are played using a emulator at super slow speeds and save states

Myrddin · 28-11-2013 8:08pm

On the topic of Speedruns, check out this guy doing OoT in 22 mins. He uses a glitch to allow you to complete the game as child link & bypass most of everything in it

I think it's been done even quicker again since then

MrVestek · 02-12-2013 12:42pm

I realise that I'm shilling my own stuff here but I'd like to think that some of you have been following these tutorials.

Anyway here's episode three of Raspberry Pi Ally:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_Jk8up_Aqw

Myrddin · 02-12-2013 2:43pm

Finally, every two weeks eh?

Quick one for you, have you used XBMC on a Pi?

Steve X2 · 02-12-2013 2:53pm

Myrddin wrote: »

Finally, every two weeks eh? Quick one for you, have you used XBMC on a Pi?

I've used XBMC on it (both the older and newer board revisions) and its not bad. I say not bad in that its pretty good considering what you are running it on and how much you paid for it(no much).
But would I use it as my media hub? No way.

I love the Rasp Pi and was certainly one of the early adopters on it. But I wouldn't recommend it as a main media player. Maybe for a kids room or something like that. Cheap and cheerful and pretty tough in the right case.

MrVestek · 02-12-2013 3:15pm

Myrddin wrote: »

Finally, every two weeks eh? Quick one for you, have you used XBMC on a Pi?

That was the plan until my previous bluetooth adapter fried itself, The Raspberry Pi went missing (cheers for that Mrs. Achilles), the laptop being smashed and all manner of things that happened over the past 5 week period.

I managed to produce that episode pretty quickly once I had a replacement laptop to work with though.

I haven't yet tried out XBMC on the RPi but it's one of the things I will be experimenting with over the next few weeks in preparation for the next tutorial.

Myrddin · 02-12-2013 5:36pm

Steve SI wrote: »

I've used XBMC on it (both the older and newer board revisions) and its not bad. I say not bad in that its pretty good considering what you are running it on and how much you paid for it(no much).
But would I use it as my media hub? No way.

I love the Rasp Pi and was certainly one of the early adopters on it. But I wouldn't recommend it as a main media player. Maybe for a kids room or something like that. Cheap and cheerful and pretty tough in the right case.

Ah drat, really? I've been looking at some XBMC installation vids etc & it seemed to be a decent enough platform to run it on. What is the problem with it Steve, juddering/framerate type thing?

Steve X2 · 02-12-2013 5:40pm

Myrddin wrote: »

Ah drat, really? I've been looking at some XBMC installation vids etc & it seemed to be a decent enough platform to run it on. What is the problem with it Steve, juddering/framerate type thing?

To me it just seems always a little sloooooooow to work. I've tried a couple of the latest XBMC builds for it as well.

Do you want to borrow one of my Raspberry Pi's and see what you think of it?
I've got a couple of spare ones at the moment that haven't been put into a project yet. They have mini heatsinks on them as well as a bit of dodgy soldering

(to add a reset button).

Doge · 03-12-2013 12:14am

Normal Person: "Oooo what a nice couch, that would make an excellent sitting device."
Ashens: "Ooooo, that would make an excellent recording set!"

Achilles you are one super enthusiastic mofo, fair play!

The ethernet port stopped working on my Rasp Pi so its been gathering dust months.

Definitely dont think its the power supply, as it always worked with it, its a 2000ma,
I also tested it with a 1000ma psu but no go.

I should really send it back, but have been lazy about it.

MrVestek · 03-12-2013 2:18am

waveform wrote: »

Normal Person: "Oooo what a nice couch, that would make an excellent sitting device."
Ashens: "Ooooo, that would make an excellent recording set!"

Achilles you are one super enthusiastic mofo, fair play!

The ethernet port stopped working on my Rasp Pi so its been gathering dust months.

Definitely dont think its the power supply, as it always worked with it, its a 2000ma,
I also tested it with a 1000ma psu but no go.

I should really send it back, but have been lazy about it.

Thanks, glad you like the video! You'd be enthusiastic too if you only had yourself to play with at the end of the video...

....erh wait a sec

Anyway do the USB ports work? If they're not working then that could explain it as apparently the Ethernet port works off of the USB bus on the board. It's actually a USB > Ethernet port just soldered directly on to the board.

Anyway I have one of these connected to mine and it works fine:
http://www.adverts.ie/laptop-parts-and-accessories/mini-wifi-wireless-usb-network-adapter-802-11n-150m-new/1797127

I couldn't resist the Ashens parody when I saw the Signalex logo on the bluetooth adapters that I picked up. :pac:

Doge · 03-12-2013 2:28am

That's interesting actually, I didn't know it was connected via the usb controller!
I will investigate further tomorrow! Thanks.

I never knew the Mega Everdrive has the capability to play homebrew games over the internet! :eek:

Half way through this video:

Jack burton · 03-12-2013 1:01pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFj60cLeGJI

Myrddin · 03-12-2013 6:34pm

Ok thanks to Mr Vestek, I officially want a Raspberry Pi. Fantastic set of videos man, really a job well done.

@Steve, offer of a loan much appreciated man. Honestly though I won't get near a Raspberry project until well into the new year so it'd only be sitting there gathering more dust!

I'll buy one in Jan maybe. Is the V2 one the one to go for yeah?

MrVestek · 03-12-2013 6:57pm

Myrddin wrote: »

Ok thanks to Mr Vestek, I officially want a Raspberry Pi. Fantastic set of videos man, really a job well done.

@Steve, offer of a loan much appreciated man. Honestly though I won't get near a Raspberry project until well into the new year so it'd only be sitting there gathering more dust!

I'll buy one in Jan maybe. Is the V2 one the one to go for yeah?

Ahh pity I didn't get you in the secret santa, would have picked up one for ya! Really glad you like the videos mate, seriously!

They've had a fantastic response so far on YouTube and Google+ so I'm glad that I'm putting something out there that people are enjoying.

Thinking of holding a competition during my next video, any ideas as to what I should do?

Was thinking of getting one of the Pimoroni cases or a tshirt or something like that. I'm stuck for ideas as to what to actually ask people to do in order to win though...

Any help appreciated!

Myrddin · 03-12-2013 7:02pm

Achilles wrote: »

Ahh pity I didn't get you in the secret santa, would have picked up one for ya! Really glad you like the videos mate, seriously!

Honestly they're fantastic, presentation, clarity, audio, editing...very very well done. It explains a lot, in a simple & approachable way, & has convinced me to get on board the Raspberry Pi Express!

They've had a fantastic response so far on YouTube and Google+ so I'm glad that I'm putting something out there that people are enjoying.

Thinking of holding a competition during my next video, any ideas as to what I should do?

Was thinking of getting one of the Pimoroni cases or a tshirt or something like that. I'm stuck for ideas as to what to actually ask people to do in order to win though...

Any help appreciated!

In terms of what to do to win, I dunno, something really simple maybe like picking a number between 1 & 100 over a set period of time...at the end you just put the names into a randomiser or something?

eddhorse · 03-12-2013 8:55pm

Achilles wrote: »

I realise that I'm shilling my own stuff here but I'd like to think that some of you have been following these tutorials.

Anyway here's episode three of Raspberry Pi Ally:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_Jk8up_Aqw

Thanks very much for this,

Have mine currently setup with XBMC and that connects to my WD MyBook 3TB NAS.
It also has all the metadata scraping off IMDB and some others. Very handy.
I do agree with Steve, it can "go slow" the odd time but once the media is playing it's great.

I also have Retropie on another SD card so going to get that Bluetooth dongle and a powered USB hub tomorrow.

eddhorse · 03-12-2013 9:24pm

Edit : thought this was a different contra video, this one sucks

MrVestek · 03-12-2013 11:01pm

You're welcome eddhorse! I saw a demo of Raspbmc on YouTube there earlier and it honestly didn't seem that slow to me wether the content was accessed over the network or via a HDD.

Certainly not enough for me to not want to have it as a media device connected to my TV.

I'll have to play about with it myself during the week anyway to see which one performs best as there is more than one.

You're dead right eddhorse it is handy that you can just swap out an SD card and turn it into a totally different device.

Steve X2 · 03-12-2013 11:16pm

Myrddin wrote: »

Ok thanks to Mr Vestek, I officially want a Raspberry Pi. Fantastic set of videos man, really a job well done.

@Steve, offer of a loan much appreciated man. Honestly though I won't get near a Raspberry project until well into the new year so it'd only be sitting there gathering more dust!

I'll buy one in Jan maybe. Is the V2 one the one to go for yeah?

No probs, let me know if you change your mind.

The latest revision of the board has mounting holes as well as somewhere you can solder on some headers and hook up a button to reset the board by shorting some pins(I used a small arcade button).
The GPIO pins are also changed a bit and the resetable fuses on the USB have been removed, so you have some better power options.

I have a nice little project I'm working on at the moment for the Pi and the camera module. But having some design problems and I really dont want to cut up the "case" its going into.

Dr Bob · 10-12-2013 2:10am

ah dont normally pimp my videos but havent put anything up on the channel in aaaages

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd4jswtzjvs

MrVestek · 10-12-2013 4:19am

Dr Bob wrote: »

ah dont normally pimp my videos but havent put anything up on the channel in aaaages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd4jswtzjvs

Like the vid Bob, been playing alot of Tekken 3 myself lately so this was a nice little throwback.

Myrddin · 10-12-2013 1:01pm

Anyone watch Francis/boogie2988? Such a cool dude

Myrddin · 10-12-2013 2:14pm

Doge · 10-12-2013 4:08pm

Jaysus, 14 voices?

Surely thats a new record.

eddhorse · 10-12-2013 7:56pm

Myrddin wrote: »

Anyone watch Francis/boogie2988? Such a cool dude

Yeah he has a great channel, makes it very personal dealing with his weight problems and gaming his whole life with every console, plus the hilarious Francis

Myrddin · 10-12-2013 7:57pm

waveform wrote: »

Jaysus, 14 voices?

Surely thats a new record.

Yeah its the most I've seen him do anyway..the results are something else

MrVestek · 10-12-2013 10:28pm

Myrddin wrote: »

Anyone watch Francis/boogie2988? Such a cool dude

Been subscribed to him since he was mentioned in a RayWilliamJohnson video.

His videos are excellent. Although for somebody trying to lose weight he still drinks alot of Mountain Dew.

As somebody constantly trying to lose weight themselves sugary drinks are lethal.

murphyebass · 11-12-2013 4:53pm

Dr Bob wrote: »

ah dont normally pimp my videos but havent put anything up on the channel in aaaages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd4jswtzjvs

Its no tekken 3 or tekken tag for that matter imo.

I was addicted to tekken 3 in school. I like the first 2 instalments dont get me wrong but Tekken 3 just blew me away.

I only played Tekken Tag for the first time about a year ago on PS2 and I'd go as far saying I like that even more than 3. The tag dynamic really adds to the game.

I tried playing Tekken 5 but so far havent gotten into it. Seems a bit fast or something for my liking. I went back to Tekken Tag very quickly.

All of the above must be played with Namco Arcade stick for maximum Tekken enjoyment though. Although thats probably a seperate arguement.

...edit... Good video by the way. Most enjoyable.

Myrddin · 14-12-2013 10:14pm

Kinda makes me wanna learn to play the Violin this...

Dat Song of Storms :eek:

Myrddin · 14-12-2013 10:19pm

And if, for some reason, one Lindsey Stirling isn't enough for you...now there's two of them

Doge · 15-12-2013 3:35am

Myrddin · 16-12-2013 6:17pm

Good god. I mean, I've heard about this game but never actually bothered looking at it. I see now what all the fuss is about, it's horrific

Doge · 16-12-2013 6:32pm

Myrddin wrote: »

Good god. I mean, I've heard about this game but never actually bothered looking at it. I see now what all the fuss is about, it's horrific

What the actual ****?

The cinematic intro looks like it was a graphical demo for something completely unrelated to Sonic, and they just slapped it in and tried to clone the female character with much lower Res graphics! WTF!

Roar · 16-12-2013 8:52pm

And the loading! Good lord the loading!

Myrddin · 16-12-2013 10:17pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5nM1mjDLvM

Myrddin · 16-12-2013 10:51pm

waveform wrote: »

What the actual ****?

The cinematic intro looks like it was a graphical demo for something completely unrelated to Sonic, and they just slapped it in and tried to clone the female character with much lower Res graphics! WTF!

Final Fantasy Zone

Myrddin · 18-12-2013 10:33am

Myrddin · 20-12-2013 10:56am

MrVestek · 20-12-2013 12:02pm

I've been having a productive enough day in work so far watching videos such as this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACz15nMW8CU

Myrddin · 03-01-2014 10:47am

Doge · 04-01-2014 3:36pm

So we have all seen piano covers of our favourite video game tunes,
but Tom Brier is a little bit different...

He has the ability to "sight read" music
i.e. he can play a song on first attempt without ever even hearing it before,
by reading the sheet music and playing instantly...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZMroQOtS_U

He can also mix up the sequence and add his own style / remix the song on the fly...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-o4o_LaK1k

Nyan Cat was a bit of a nemesis for Tom, but he wasn't long figuring it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIivJwz5jL8

Plenty more videos of him playing other video game tracks here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Keeper1st

MrVestek · 08-01-2014 2:28pm

This is hilarious...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWZLa4AnN5k

MrVestek · 08-01-2014 3:03pm

Omg this is hilarious! Side splittingly funny if you're a Sonic fan and hated OmoChao:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQgQwWe0FWg

Doge · 08-01-2014 4:33pm

Achilles wrote: »

Omg this is hilarious! Side splittingly funny if you're a Sonic fan and hated OmoChao:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQgQwWe0FWg

Still a better game than Sonic 06...

MrVestek · 08-01-2014 4:51pm

waveform wrote: »

Still a better game than Sonic 06...

E.T. on Atari is a better game than Sonic '06.

Myrddin · 14-01-2014 12:57pm

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