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Okay, I have a question for the general SDA public. Would you be interested in downloading versions of segmented speedruns that were presented in single, uninterrupted videos? That is to say, would you like to have a single file on your computer for each individual speedrun? It is certainly possible that I am the only lunatic interested in such a thing. So, I wanted to ask if there was any interest in this before we got our hands dirty.
I really don't see the point in having multiple files for each run. It's not a huge problem, but it makes playlisting runs a bit of a chore (Especially randomized playlisting), and it results in the presence of a heckuva lot more folders on my computer than is really necessary. I'd prefer to have all of my "Zelda runs" shown in one folder without subfolders for each multi-segment run, for instance. Plus, my Xbox 360, unlike my PS3, is unable to play an entire playlist with the push of one button. So, I have to move to the next video, hit play, and so on for as many segments as there are in a given speedrun. Finally, it's annoying to watch the SDA statid beyond at the beginning and end of the run. I understand why it's necessary, but we don't bother with these reminders when we don't break up the video into multiple parts, such as in a single segment run, so I would personally prefer that each run was distributed as a single segment would be, thus eliminating the extra statids.
Again, even with all of these considerations, this does not sound like a huge problem for most people. So let me know what you think. Here's probably the worst offender (that I know of) on SDA that would most benefit from an append: Star Fox Adventures. 100 segments, very many of which are less than 2 minutes long, and some less than 1 minute long. And don't even get me started on the statids (the run was released before we got rid of the ending-statid for each segment).
Secondly, if you would be interested in a community-driven effort to provide appended versions of many SDA runs, would you be willing to contribute?
Thirdly, if any of the above applies to you, do you know of programs that would be best suited for this? I already tried my tech-tarded hand at some Avisynth/VirtualDubMod/YAMB magic, and failed pretty early in the process. I just used Sony Vegas to join all of the Grappling Hook (NQ) segments together, just as a test. It seemed to do the job nicely enough, but are there better programs or ones which do not tax a computer as much? Any knowledge you can contribute would be welcome.
My idea was this: Whenever a member comes up with an appended version of a run, they create a torrent for it and host it for a few days, or on various weekends, or whatever. This first post would be stickied and would contain links to each post below that hosts a torrent. The link would state the name of the run, including the quality selected, and whether the torrent was still active or not (members should state when they are taking down a torrent, if they intend to do so). There would obviously be trouble in providing torrents for those who would like to download an append after the torrent was removed. However, besides certain people (such as others who downloaded the torrent before it was removed) putting up a new torrent when such is requested, maybe the first post could also list each request for a torrent that has been requested post-deadline. I don't know.
This post is not an announcement of an intention to actually begin doing all this. I just want to gauge interest, first and foremost. Plus, I figure it's a good way to nudge the SDA staff to either encode everything appended up front or to require that people doing their own encodes append everything they send, or both.
With the best of intentions, -imw
I really don't see the point in having multiple files for each run. It's not a huge problem, but it makes playlisting runs a bit of a chore (Especially randomized playlisting), and it results in the presence of a heckuva lot more folders on my computer than is really necessary. I'd prefer to have all of my "Zelda runs" shown in one folder without subfolders for each multi-segment run, for instance. Plus, my Xbox 360, unlike my PS3, is unable to play an entire playlist with the push of one button. So, I have to move to the next video, hit play, and so on for as many segments as there are in a given speedrun. Finally, it's annoying to watch the SDA statid beyond at the beginning and end of the run. I understand why it's necessary, but we don't bother with these reminders when we don't break up the video into multiple parts, such as in a single segment run, so I would personally prefer that each run was distributed as a single segment would be, thus eliminating the extra statids.
Again, even with all of these considerations, this does not sound like a huge problem for most people. So let me know what you think. Here's probably the worst offender (that I know of) on SDA that would most benefit from an append: Star Fox Adventures. 100 segments, very many of which are less than 2 minutes long, and some less than 1 minute long. And don't even get me started on the statids (the run was released before we got rid of the ending-statid for each segment).
Secondly, if you would be interested in a community-driven effort to provide appended versions of many SDA runs, would you be willing to contribute?
Thirdly, if any of the above applies to you, do you know of programs that would be best suited for this? I already tried my tech-tarded hand at some Avisynth/VirtualDubMod/YAMB magic, and failed pretty early in the process. I just used Sony Vegas to join all of the Grappling Hook (NQ) segments together, just as a test. It seemed to do the job nicely enough, but are there better programs or ones which do not tax a computer as much? Any knowledge you can contribute would be welcome.
My idea was this: Whenever a member comes up with an appended version of a run, they create a torrent for it and host it for a few days, or on various weekends, or whatever. This first post would be stickied and would contain links to each post below that hosts a torrent. The link would state the name of the run, including the quality selected, and whether the torrent was still active or not (members should state when they are taking down a torrent, if they intend to do so). There would obviously be trouble in providing torrents for those who would like to download an append after the torrent was removed. However, besides certain people (such as others who downloaded the torrent before it was removed) putting up a new torrent when such is requested, maybe the first post could also list each request for a torrent that has been requested post-deadline. I don't know.
This post is not an announcement of an intention to actually begin doing all this. I just want to gauge interest, first and foremost. Plus, I figure it's a good way to nudge the SDA staff to either encode everything appended up front or to require that people doing their own encodes append everything they send, or both.
With the best of intentions, -imw
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