General youtube shmup thread.

[Eaglet]

I guess this has to do with both YouTube and shmups but...don't know if it's entirely correct to post here.
Aah, fuck it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaMl1lZ3Hr0

[O. Van Bruce]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcpIjMZm8IQ

My first 1cc on Crimzon Clover Original...

Have been practicing on Unlimited mode and i've reached the EX boss so it should be soon...

[tinotormed]

Flying Hero (SFC) - 1cc on Normal Difficulty (if you understood what the selection means):
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89PaPC7GYpw
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV4zq-cR9JU
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpsPVcKSpD4

[Seahawk]

Arcade version of Parodius Da cleared with the Vic Viper.

Part A: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkWNhW3DEjM
Part B: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL5lLPZAQgA

[iconoclast]

Akai Katana Shin - 3,117,198,720 - Type B

Testing out my new capture card. The image is a little blurrier than it probably should be, gonna have to work on that.

[Seahawk]

Testing out my computer's performance for recording 720p using Radiant Silvergun on the 360.

Performance is ok but I'll need another display and an HDMI splitter, playing on the recorder screen was horrible.

Really awful, made it more like Radiant Failgun, but maybe worth watching anyways?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko2hr1Yr8EY

[chum]

twinkle tale speed run including loud keyboard mashing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEiQ6j3KCKo

[iconoclast]

Uploaded a few more videos, with various encoding settings between AVIDemux and Sony Vegas:

Mushihime-sama Futari 1.5 Original - 358.485.392 - Palm (Abnormal)
Mushihime-sama Futari Black Label Maniac - 860.720.964 - Palm
Mushihime-sama Futari Black Label God Mode 1cc - 2.858.427.405 - Reco
Mushihime-sama Futari 1.5 Maniac - 694.993.138 - Reco (Normal)

I think my 1.5 Maniac video should look better than everything else I've uploaded, but to be honest I can barely tell the difference between them. I don't know how some of you guys upload videos that are so clear, do you just encode at a super high bitrate to make up for youtube's degradation, or do I just suck at this stuff? I'll admit, I am not good with computer.

[Barrakketh]

I don't know how some of you guys upload videos that are so clear, do you just encode at a super high bitrate to make up for youtube's degradation, or do I just suck at this stuff? I'll admit, I am not good with computer.

Try a lower CRF, and I wouldn't bother using any higher search setting than UMH (exhaustive is way slower for little benefit).

If you're using a CLI version of x264, try something along the lines for "--crf 19 --preset slow --tune touhou". If you're upscaling a video (because your capture card won't do higher than 480p or something) then you could test using other resize filters.

[Mills]

I don't know how some of you guys upload videos that are so clear, do you just encode at a super high bitrate to make up for youtube's degradation, or do I just suck at this stuff? I'll admit, I am not good with computer.

Try a lower CRF, and I wouldn't bother using any higher search setting than UMH (exhaustive is way slower for little benefit).

If you're using a CLI version of x264, try something along the lines for "--crf 19 --preset slow --tune touhou". If you're upscaling a video (because your capture card won't do higher than 480p or something) then you could test using other resize filters.

Didn't understand any of that but i don't need to worry at this point in time since i don't own or have a supergun and games in my possession.

[Mills]

Found this by luck. Japanese version of FIRESHARK. This is how clear i would like my replays to be if i get a supergun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4W5wZJJ ... re=related
Part-2 checkout the shear speed of bullet hell in this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDCeVzU7 ... re=related

[Mills]

FixEight-stages 1-4. Looks a bit like OUTZONE.
Part-1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNChR0VV ... re=related
Part-2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km_3c85u ... re=related
Part-3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCBgu1HF ... re=related
Part-4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDAYlOqW ... re=related

[Mills]

Tatsujin/Truxton loop
Part-1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDAn4eJY ... re=related

Part-2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy7FvR8d ... re=related

[Seahawk]

I think my 1.5 Maniac video should look better than everything else I've uploaded, but to be honest I can barely tell the difference between them. I don't know how some of you guys upload videos that are so clear, do you just encode at a super high bitrate to make up for youtube's degradation, or do I just suck at this stuff? I'll admit, I am not good with computer.

I don't know about you but I think those videos look pretty damn good . What do you think is wrong with them?

[Blackbird]

I don't know how some of you guys upload videos that are so clear, do you just encode at a super high bitrate to make up for youtube's degradation, or do I just suck at this stuff? I'll admit, I am not good with computer.

The videos don't look that bad to me. They're actually quite good/clear by YT standards, actually.

PS: SO THAT'S HOW YOU BEAT THAT BUCKING SPIDER BOSS YESSSSSS

[iconoclast]

Try a lower CRF, and I wouldn't bother using any higher search setting than UMH (exhaustive is way slower for little benefit).

If you're using a CLI version of x264, try something along the lines for "--crf 19 --preset slow --tune touhou"..

I uploaded an Espgaluda II clear with settings pretty close to this. 20 CRF, UMH search. Looks pretty nice, for the most part!

I don't know about you but I think those videos look pretty damn good . What do you think is wrong with them?

I don't think they look bad or anything, they're just a bit blockier and dull than I would like. I've seen a few youtube videos that looked pretty sharp, so I was just making sure my settings weren't off or anything (the source videos look great to me as well, so I just guess the quality loss when uploading to YT is a bit worse than I thought it would be).

[ratikal]

Eschatos Hard 1cc thats #1 on leaderboards

[ZacharyB]

That Eschatos replay is intense!

[Illyrian]

The camera perspective shifting in that game looks retarded.

Camera randomly going almost completely behind you then back again quickly, wtf.

[ratikal]

You get used to it. The camera only moves sporadically when nothing is happening so you can't die.

[BPzeBanshee]

Me attempting to clear Stage EX4 in XOP Black Ultra Special.

[Chaos Phoenixma]

There is definitely one or two parts where the camera shifts and you still can possibly die.

[Estebang]

Worth mentioning that during the crazy camera sequences, there's green lines on the sides showing your movement boundaries.

Truly amazing replay, that.

[Mills]

Me attempting to clear Stage EX4 in XOP Black Ultra Special.

Intense watch but i didn't like the fact that the firepower wasn't doing much damage.

[BPzeBanshee]

Me attempting to clear Stage EX4 in XOP Black Ultra Special.

Intense watch but i didn't like the fact that the firepower wasn't doing much damage.

EX4 is IMO the hardest and most bullshit stage in the entire game - the other stages enemies are a bit better with firepower-to-health ratio. Definitely worth buying the bundle for the other versions as they're the main feature in the bundle.

[Kaiser]

Training DOJBL's 1-5

Planning to loop the game sometime in the future (can't really dedicate myself, exams in May that will decide lots of things).

[Mills]

Training DOJBL's 1-5

Planning to loop the game sometime in the future (can't really dedicate myself, exams in May that will decide lots of things).

Crazy little crossover of bullet hell and dodging skills at 04:22-04:24. Most of us would probably just panick and hit the bomb button at that point.

[lettuce]

What do you guys use to capture your videos? As i usually use FRAPS, but even for a 3-4 min vid its like 3GB big!? Hate to think what a 10-20min vid size would be

[Barrakketh]

What do you guys use to capture your videos? As i usually use FRAPS, but even for a 3-4 min vid its like 3GB big!? Hate to think what a 10-20min vid size would be

Considering how short most shmups are that's not really a problem. Recording in RGB mode it's 4GB per 2:30 @ 640x480, so a 20 minute video would be 32GB for a 20 minute video.

If you want large, look no further than the AVI's written by MAME.

[Kaiser]

Crazy little crossover of bullet hell and dodging skills at 04:22-04:24. Most of us would probably just panick and hit the bomb button at that point.

Thanks Mills for the kind words, I still have a long way to go before I can talk about being skilled at this game, even at the survival level. No major improvements are planned until May/June exams are all over. After them, well i'll play hell outta this baby until I loop it (and say try reaching 2-3). Gonna keep playing it and keep improving my skills. At one point, I will decide to go against true last boss in first loop. Yep looping and reaching far consistently will train me MAJORLY until that point.