WipEout Action!

[lunar]

Okay, these videos are not the work of the Venom Karbonis TT challenge champ (currently), but if you can accept second best then here are the (current) lap and race records for PAL Venom Karbonis TT. I had to do PAL videos because I have no way of recording or editing NTSC, although my TV can display it.

The excuses for a few wobbly moments this time are that I was adjusting from NTSC back to PAL: the timing is somewhat different. Also it came home to me just how much tougher the turbo start is on PAL - you have to hit that thrust button right on the money, a lot sooner. When you do get a good start there`s a feeling of pressure. But these races aren`t too bad anyway....

Links are here:

Race in two different picture quality settings for different sizes of file.

PAL race 2000kbps

PAL race 500kbps

Lap from a different race

PAL Lap 500kbps

[stin]

I did watched your videos!, Damn, you made it look so easy!

I will need to try again today if I have got time!. Because, I have been playing wipeout for two weeks now but on Rapier Class is too friggen hard and Korodera, which I beat 30 secs off of my previous records but still last!

I will comply....eventually!

stevie

[Asayyeah]

Impressive video Stephen !, that's a good teaching lesson for me as i was doing differently on many parts of that track

Tomorrow i will dl the lap time video (the site : ra-pish-are is not allowing me to DL anymore today , lol )

3 sec away from my PB ouch! and me who is busy with korodera rapier

[RJ O'Connell]

How are you capturing the footage from your TV, out of curiosity?

I was planning a few video projects of my own...

[rdmx]

I think he hooks up a video camera between the console and the TV.
Or he is like me and hooks it up to his TV tuner card.
But my tv tuner option is crap, the preview screen is TINY!

[Asayyeah]

before, i was using a video captured card in to my pc, linking pc to my VCR and was playing directly through my tv, recording the video by VCR and transferring it directly to pc to edit it with few softwares.

[lunar]

I record to vhs tape first, then capture the tape on a pc, then edit, then encode as wmv.

[q_dmc12]

Why WMV? That's terrible..

[lunar]

not at all - it gives better quality per mb of download than other codecs you might use in this case, and this is the main consideration for internet video. It doesn`t have to be bad because it`s Microsoft, in this case at least.

[q_dmc12]

it has poor quality when streaming though

[lunar]

Quality depends on the data rate, so whether it`s being played off a streaming server on the internet or a local computer doesn`t make a difference in itself. WMV does tend to look poor when streaming, but this is because it`s necessary to use low data rates when doing that. At the same data rates as other codecs it either compares well or does better, imo, and it has the advantage that virtually anyone can play it without downloading extra software. It`s good enough for the BBC to use it on their site. My videos look a bit fuzzy because I record them on 5 year old vhs tapes that have had dozens of football matches recorded on them in the past.

[q_dmc12]

Hmm, you'll have to demostrate..

Buy the superior quality VHS, may cost upto UKP5.99 but worth it - record on SP (standard play)

[rdmx]

Could you record to a dvd recorder?
I don't have one but I'm sure you can store more Wipeout-goodness on a dvd.
Better still, you can just pop it straight into your computer!

[lunar]

The PS is a long way from the PC, and VHS is the best recording technology available in my house.

[rdmx]

Actually I meant, record it on the disc, then pop the disc in your computer!

[Asayyeah]

Could you record to a dvd recorder?
I don't have one but I'm sure you can store more Wipeout-goodness on a dvd.
Better still, you can just pop it straight into your computer!

Yes

That is also possible with HDD/DVD recorder but when i changed my antique VHS by that new system , now i can't record my races well due to a kind of 'time shifting' ( 2 sec difference between action on the controller and action visible on screen : unplayable) surely a set up to found into the menu.

[q_dmc12]

if you use Premiere Pro you can export to a DVD in the native DVD format for DVD players

...assuming you have a DVD burner

[Lance]

Lunar already said he doesn't have a DVD burner; why are people telling him what to do with one?

He should be telling everybody else what they can do with theirs and where to install it!

[q_dmc12]

Indeed - yet he hasn't.

The dvd burner suggestion was towards arnaud..

[Asayyeah]

there's no way for me to record NTSC games with system i described above, so i found an easiest way , get my camcorder in front of my tv and record onto its hdd( 20go) then transfer the files through pc , honestly this is not bad quality at all.