vman
05-25-2006, 01:45 PM
well, the boys over at RVB have gone high tech and have made the move over to 360 for their upcoming Season 5. Good News: Season 4 is out on DVD.
Before
http://bungie.net/images/News/InlineImages/rvbbefore.jpg
After
http://bungie.net/images/News/InlineImages/rvbafter.jpg
Bungie: Have you guys made any changes to the studio or the equipment that you use to make the series during the off time?
RVB: You bet. During production, we can’t really touch the gear because we tend to upgrade our stuff by breaking it first. As I write this, my editing computer is currently running at a robust 640x480 and 16 colors. It’s awesome for playing Marathon, but that’s about it. The capture card we used for Season 4 is getting mothballed because we didn’t like some interlacing issues it had with the online version of the files. The videos look great on television sets, which was the main thing we tested it for when we installed it, but we’re hoping to find an even better solution for the new season.
The biggest upgrade is to our Xboxes. We finally decided to max out the credit card and move to all 360’s. The biggest obvious benefit is the higher resolution of Halo 2, but we’re really, really excited about the wireless controllers. Dealing with the cords got to be kind of a hassle. At the end of every recording session, we had this huge knot that took forever to unbraid. Also, the black controllers made it hard to customize for each character. We had to use these dumb office labels to help us show which character was which. Then we had to use a different sticker to show which monitor and quadrant of the screen they were on. The new white ones look much cooler, show the color customizations much more clearly and the quadrant indicator is built in. The real bonus is no cords, though.
Read the full interview here: Red vs. Blue Season 5 Preview (http://bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?link=rvbseason5)
Before
http://bungie.net/images/News/InlineImages/rvbbefore.jpg
After
http://bungie.net/images/News/InlineImages/rvbafter.jpg
Bungie: Have you guys made any changes to the studio or the equipment that you use to make the series during the off time?
RVB: You bet. During production, we can’t really touch the gear because we tend to upgrade our stuff by breaking it first. As I write this, my editing computer is currently running at a robust 640x480 and 16 colors. It’s awesome for playing Marathon, but that’s about it. The capture card we used for Season 4 is getting mothballed because we didn’t like some interlacing issues it had with the online version of the files. The videos look great on television sets, which was the main thing we tested it for when we installed it, but we’re hoping to find an even better solution for the new season.
The biggest upgrade is to our Xboxes. We finally decided to max out the credit card and move to all 360’s. The biggest obvious benefit is the higher resolution of Halo 2, but we’re really, really excited about the wireless controllers. Dealing with the cords got to be kind of a hassle. At the end of every recording session, we had this huge knot that took forever to unbraid. Also, the black controllers made it hard to customize for each character. We had to use these dumb office labels to help us show which character was which. Then we had to use a different sticker to show which monitor and quadrant of the screen they were on. The new white ones look much cooler, show the color customizations much more clearly and the quadrant indicator is built in. The real bonus is no cords, though.
Read the full interview here: Red vs. Blue Season 5 Preview (http://bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?link=rvbseason5)