My 1st EVER Uploaded YouTube video!

[SlowCoder]

I've never really tried to make a video for anything. Was never my bag. But I recently created a YouTube account so I could post some family pics for relatives in another state.

 

About a week ago, I decided also to try my hand at creating a new Atari video, just to see if I could do it. It took me about a day to learn enough of Kino, Pitivi and Gimp to create the video. I'd love to hear your constructive feedback about the video, positive or negative. Thanks!

 

[Deja-Q]

Cool idea, very nice!

I like that

Edited August 6, 2011 by Deja-Q

[OldSchoolRetroGamer]

Great video and wonderful seeing it restored! I left a comment on Youtube (MaximumRD) also I posted it in my Facebook classic gaming group as the members will appreciate it.

[retrorussell]

Good work! Some narration might have made it better; having both visual and audio to help understand how the restoration project works is handy. You could either use the audio program that comes with Windows or use a free program called Audacity (which I find VERY useful), record your voice on it with a mike and add to your videos. Which video editing program do you use? I should probably find something better than Windows Movie Maker but nothing else seems to work that great.

[SlowCoder]

Good work! Some narration might have made it better; having both visual and audio to help understand how the restoration project works is handy. You could either use the audio program that comes with Windows or use a free program called Audacity (which I find VERY useful), record your voice on it with a mike and add to your videos. Which video editing program do you use? I should probably find something better than Windows Movie Maker but nothing else seems to work that great.

 

I use Linux, so apps like Audacity are out. For the most part, I used Kino to import from the camera and chop and splice the video, Gimp to create still images, Pitivi to help create video from the images.

 

I don't think I have a good recording voice, and knowing I'm being recorded actually makes it worse . I don't listen to much unlicensed music, especially the new stuff, so finding filler music would have been hard. I probably could have inserted some subtitles so you know what I am doing.

[OldSchoolRetroGamer]

Ugh, don't worry about "filler" music licensed or otherwise, half the time I turn off the sound or lower it greatly, it is the video content that interest me, if I were interested in music I would load up some MP3's lol! Stick to what you are doing, yes narration can be cool, the more detail the better but yeah screw the music.

[HatefulGravey]

Very interesting video. I would have also watched you do this work in real time with a explanation as to what exactly you are doing with great interest. Keep doing what you are doing man, teach us stuff.

[+Curious Sofa]

Very interesting video. I would have also watched you do this work in real time with a explanation as to what exactly you are doing with great interest. Keep doing what you are doing man, teach us stuff.

^^^ I second this. Great video! But as a person who's not technically knowledgeable, I'd have loved a few more pointers / tips along the way. Not everyone would watch a 2 hour video... but I would.

As it is, great sped-up summary. And great work! I loved seeing that end result from cleaning and such, brilliant!

[Miss 2600]

This video would be very useful, but it goes by so fast it's difficult to see what you're doing from the perspective of someone who has no idea what the workings of the Atari 2600 are. For example, you hold a container up to the camera but it goes by so fast, I can't read the label. I think it would be very useful to have a step-by-step tutorial on how to clean the Atari while explaining what you're doing and what you're using. You don't have to show everything, like all those little gizmoes you're cleaning, but the main steps. Then someone like me, who doesn't know what they're doing, can attempt it with some confidence.

 

I like how you show the Missile Command play before and after. That really demonstrated what simply cleaning the console can accomplish.

[Schizophretard]

Other than needing subtitles and the song Weird Science I can't see anything wrong with it. Good job.

[AtariLeaf]

Excellent video. I love watching videos like this that restore Atari systems. I subbed

[Rom Hunter]

Great video and good to see an old sixer getting restored so well.

 

[SlowCoder]

You guys are great! At some point in the future I may try to give some new, realtime videos with audio, or at least some instructions. Thanks for all the props!

[keilbaca]

I have a couple suggestions.

 

Make a playlist of videos of everything in real time, so people can watch it from start to finish, slow and detailed, start out with this video, then make the detailed videos below it.

 

If you decide not to do that, at least slow down the video a bit for when you are showing the camera the products that you are using.

 

One thing I did learn from the video, I had no idea that the switches on the top came apart like that. I always just used contact cleaner and moved it a bunch of times.

[AtariLeaf]

Ugh, don't worry about "filler" music licensed or otherwise, half the time I turn off the sound or lower it greatly, it is the video content that interest me, if I were interested in music I would load up some MP3's lol! Stick to what you are doing, yes narration can be cool, the more detail the better but yeah screw the music.

 

One thing that drives me absolutely bat shit crazy is when I play a video to see some gameplay footage only to have the video author insert some rancid death metal track over top of it cranked up to a decibel level that makes me jump out of my seat.

[+batari]

I use Linux, so apps like Audacity are out.

Audacity is a cross-platform music editor:

 

Audacity for Linux

[retrorussell]

 

 

I don't think I have a good recording voice, and knowing I'm being recorded actually makes it worse . I don't listen to much unlicensed music, especially the new stuff, so finding filler music would have been hard. I probably could have inserted some subtitles so you know what I am doing.

I don't either but I just record it anyway for my game review videos. Batari showed the link to Audacity for Linux; I suggest you use it. It's good for adding/editing your audio.

[DemonoidTentacle]

Good video, but what would have made it great is actually knowing what you were doing in that process. Being that the process takes nearly 2 hours, I'd recommend doing a full process edited into 12 parts (die to youtube time constraints) with you explaining what is going on. Don't worry about your voice, cause we're not, we just wanna know the tiny details. Good luck with future videos.

[SlowCoder]

You guys have convinced me. When I get another console, I will try to detail (with audio) my process.

[retrorussell]

Good man! We'll swing by and check out your future videos.

[mtshark7]

Awesome video!

[BassGuitari]

What did you use to polish the switches? I couldn't get a good look at the jar. Some kind of aluminum polish?

 

Cool video! My only suggestion would have been to include some kind of written step-by-step procedure to go along with what you were doing.

 

Good work! Good looking Video Arcade, too!

 

[SlowCoder]

What did you use to polish the switches? I couldn't get a good look at the jar. Some kind of aluminum polish?

 

Cool video! My only suggestion would have been to include some kind of written step-by-step procedure to go along with what you were doing.

 

Good work! Good looking Video Arcade, too!

 

Mother's aluminum polish. Good stuff.

[AtariBrian]

the momentary switches with the springs are a mother **@@#!!!

[SlowCoder]

the momentary switches with the springs are a mother **@@#!!!

 

Yes, they are. And there are 3 different kinds. 2 varieties for the heavies, and 1 for the lights that I've run into. But the more I do them, the more comfortable and easy they are to reassemble.