It seems all of the GAMETEK games are programmed like this, as you can use these same glitches in Jeopardy as well.
Classic Concentration for the NES is the same way. I couldn't figure out the puzzles but typing in the components literally would mutate into the correct answer. Funny that I recently explained this to somebody.
Hilarious movie. I don't remember laughing so hard at a TAS. This is a new category of "broken".
Ferret Warlord beat me to it, but, are you guys sure fair use does not apply? In the U.S., fair use includes four tenants, one of which weighs the fraction of content borrowed. In this case, one frame would be displayed out of tens or hundreds of thousands. The U.S. Supreme Court makes clear that commercial gain does not automatically invalidate a fair use claim.
This is U.S. only. I have no idea how it works in the rest of the world.
However, the videos the site publishes are likely on shakier ground than the T-shirts, even with profit involved in the latter.
If you haven't noticed, maybe the problem was fixed in the forks: AV sync with OGM and MKV in MPC used to be atrocious. By the end of a 15 minute video, sound could be 30 seconds off. Pausing/unpausing would somehow force a resync.
...And the Haali Media Splitter since MPC's MKV/OGM handling is buggy. Outside these components, the only real "extras" included in CCCP are Zoom Player and subtitle handling. I know there has been discussion to include subtitles in Japanese language videos, so such may not be superfluous. As it stands, to skip installing the extras, the user now must download and configure three separate packages. MPC's defaults override ffdshow handling, but I don't how Freecodecs packages their version. It's been about a year since I installed the components individually.
Raiscan wrote:
I'm considering rewording the recommendations to remove "<user> recommends...". Honestly, does it really matter who made the recommendation? It's a site thing, not an individual thing.
Agree.
Raiscan wrote:
I don't know enough about the state of Mac players, and you haven't provided links. If you could do so, I would be happy to update the Mac section also.
MPlayer OSX Extended:
http://mplayerosx.sttz.ch/
Perian (Quicktime Extender):
http://www.perian.org/
VLC link is still accurate.
Dead OggDS link still on page. I wouldn't bother updating it as I highly doubt it functions adequately in current environments.
From what I understand, the distribution side startup (e.g. Cafe Press) is essentially zero cost. What tasvideos would need is an assortment of design capital.
I thought the version included in Real Alternative was updated in 2008 (though Wikipedia says the last version of MPC was released 1000 days ago).
You've identified the most confusing aspect about MPC: because the project lacks unified direction, everybody includes their own version. When you double-click on a MKV, which MPC do you get? The one with Quicktime Alternative? Real Alternative? K-Lite? The obsolete version from Sourceforge you downloaded yourself? They each could very well be a different version and have different default settings. Recommending a "baseline" version, such as is included with the often updated CCCP, is a method to reduce confusion. Additionally, you've demonstrated the need to further recommend the usage of QTLite and Real Alternative Lite (versions without MPC bundling) if such are needed.
Assuming the page's timestamp is correct, CodecProblems.html has lain untouched for two years. Developments in playback technology since then warrant an update. Also, in the interest in gaining a wider audience while simultaneously reducing playback support requests, the page should be designed with the goal to enable the uninitiated to playback movies as quickly as possible. Currently, it reads like a collection of disjointed tips and suggestions.
Specific Problems
The official version of Media Player Classic has not been updated in nearly three years. Nobody recommends its use anymore; bugs and playback issues have only accumulated over time. In its place are (at least) two forks, "Home Cinema" and the ".1" version. Recently, Home Cinema seems to be claiming the hearts of the movie watchers, but I am personally unaware of the specific differences between the two. I'm sure either works for TAS watching purposes.
The K-Lite Codec Pack family is heavily criticized for sloppy packaging, redundant codecs, and excessive extras. Additionally, some charge that it can lead to system instability and codec errors unrecoverable outside of a reformat. While I never experienced anything so drastic while using it, I did need to tweak MPEG2 settings to properly watch DVDs and MPEG4 and/or MKV settings to watch TAS videos without flipped or distorted video.
MPLayer OSX has died, rotted, settled into dust, and become fossil fuel.
More MacOS options have become available, specifically Mplayer OSX Extended and Perian. Simarly, X11 frontends for MPlayer have advanced since 2006.
I recommend officially deprecating the use of Windows Media Player. Polevaulting around its issues and limitations is a far greater headache than replacing it. Some of the DirectShow filters have not been updated since the WMP 9 era and probably no longer function. For example, OggDS is not only dead, but its link no longer exists. Most proper replacement solutions allow themselves and WMP to coexist in the cases where one really must use Microsoft's product.
Suggested Changes
Move "Terminology" somewhere else, maybe toward the bottom as a glossary. If we give readers a quick solution then they don't even need to know the distinction between codecs and file formats.
Reorder player software in the order visitors most likely need: Windows, Mac, UNIX.
Strongly push visitors toward one or two reliable soltions per platform. I suggest:
Windows
Media Player Classic Home Cinema via Combined Community Codec Pack
VLC
Optionally, a list of "known to work" players could be maintained, but these should be distinct from the recommended solutions such as not to confuse potential viewers. Examples: BSplayer, GOMplayer, KMplayer, MPlayer, Zoom Player.
MacOS
MPLayer OSX Extended
Quicktime via Perian
UNIX (BSD, Linux, etc.)
MPlayer console
MPlayer frontends (KPlayer, etc?)
Finally, eliminate everything about file types, containers, and splitters. There's no reason to know about this stuff with so many "out of the box" solutions available.
Grinding suggestion:
Once magic power reaches approximately 160, the most efficient method of collecting experience in the present becomes using a wide spread elemental spell against three Sword enemies, ending the battle in one move for a total of 3303 EXP. Lux with un-manipulated stats plus manipulated seeds will accomplish this at approximately Level 50. Esuna would be around 38.
Also, given the "Elnard boost", it may be beneficial to kill off the leader at a point and coast through the game solo with a boosted partner. Eventually the capability gap between the leader and a partner acquired at a high level is so large that the leader becomes a liability.
He needs to be the main character. If you talk to a certain person in Bone, he will give you the key to Grime Tower...
I'm 95% certain Olvan can get the key if he is the partner AND the leader is dead. Ditto on the hidden room in the hidden cave. However, I'm also 95% certain that both the boat to Pandam and the remote control submarine + overworld trekking are more effective routes. Both towers are too far out of the way and too convoluted to realistically save time. The treasures also suck, especially given how leveled one must be to survive the two of them.
I missed the last attempt. All I saw was an ancient WIP. Funny, I was just thinking about how much I'd like to see a run of this game and how it'd probably never happen. Sometimes it's great to be wrong. Ha ha ta ftw.
I wasn't aware they shipped the updated Remote Desktop client with SP3; it was previously available as an optional download. In addition to looking cooler, it has more credentials handling.
I've heard that there's a SP3, but i haven't installed it because the two previous ones didn't seem to do much.
It's mostly a security rollup of previous patches, but supposedly there's new functionality, too. I don't know what it is off hand.
nfq wrote:
it would be like using win95 when there's win 2000. I don't know much about computers, but i've never understood what's so bad about vista.
The problem with this argument are the diminishing returns involved with system replacement. Everyone put up with it in the 80s and 90s because the new systems offered that much more stability and/or functionality. Now that even fringe systems are practically feature complete, replacing a working environment becomes an exercise of spending money and training resources for its own sake.
Even ignoring Vista's obvious downsides (e.g. RAM, video, storage requirements), it just doesn't provide an incrementally better experience over XP or other competing environments--what exactly does Vista do that can't be found anywhere else? For the price Microsoft charges, it better do something impressive...but it doesn't.
This isn't not to say OS development is dead, but, at this point, incremental gains become developmentally expensive and time consuming. The model of system swapping every 2-3 years is long gone.
I remember when XP first came out everyone said that it sucked, but now everyone says it's the best Windows. I wonder if people will say the same about Vista in the future when Windows 7 is released.
Most who said that compared it to Windows 2000, which some still feel was the best Windows released. XP was an incredible upgrade over 98 despite the steep increase in RAM and disk requirements, and almost everyone recognized that in 2001. Those in disagreement primarily were Quake FPS tweakers and the bizarre few that somehow successfully ran within Windows DOS programs that required DMA. Over time the Windows 2000 crowd has mostly acquiesced, partly due to the extra ~32 MB RAM requirement not being such a big deal anymore and partly due to all the tweaks and tools (e.g. nLite) that allow XP to compress to 2000 size or smaller.
As was mentioned, the two XP service packs were probably the most substantial in Windows' history, and SP2 was enough to move me back from Linux after a 6+ year hiatus.
Yet another Sunsoft game with great music--the drum work is especially awesome. As said by others, the change in pace by excessive bombing is baffling. This game is very Japanese; the artwork is superb.
The doors look exactly like Bionic Commando's. I kept expecting to see Hitler behind one.
The play looks very tight.
