Forum:Zeldapedia YouTube Page

= Project Status =


 * The Legend of Zelda
 * Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
 * A Link to the Past
 * Link's Awakening
 * Ocarina of Time
 * Majora's Mask
 * Oracle of Seasons/Ages (In Progress)
 * Four Swords
 * The Wind Waker
 * Four Swords Adventures
 * The Minish Cap (In Progress)
 * Twilight Princess (In Progress)
 * Phantom Hourglass
 * Spirit Tracks
 * Skyward Sword (In Birdman's queue)

Last updated on 2/15/2011 - McGillivray  227  01:00, February 16, 2011 (UTC)

= Discussion =

I was wonder what people would think about having an official Zeldapedia Youtube page. On it videos of trailers that Nintendo has could be added. This way when these videos are embedded on the pages they wouldn't contain watermarks or openings from whatever press site they were taken from. I could upload the video files directly from Nintendo's press site, which would ensure they are the official versions in their original resolution. Anybody have any thoughts about this? --Birdman5589 (talk) 00:54, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

Well I've started it up for now. I have only replaced the trailer on the Skyward Sword page. --Birdman5589 (talk) 04:18, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure what could be done about all the boss videos. I'm open for any suggestions though. Should the admins also have access to the youtube page? --Birdman5589 (talk) 18:49, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

I think so. That way the admins could add or edit videos for when you are not around. Say if you don't mind when you have a chance could you go and replace the trailers for some of the older games as well such as Twilight Princess or Spirit Tracks? Oh and BTW I was wondering if we should add a message at the beginning or end of each video saying something like "brought to you by Zeldapedia, The Legend of Zelda wiki" and include a link to our site. That way we could possibly attract new users. Again its just a suggestion and one that I'm really not sure about myself.--ShutUpNavi (talk) 21:45, June 17, 2010 (UTC)

If somebody could make the intro I could start adding that in. Should we have it be the intro or at the end? Also how should I get the password to the admins? --Birdman5589 (talk) 01:33, June 18, 2010 (UTC)

I'm actually great with Youtube and know how to work pretty much everything on the site, if anyone wants my help. I visited the account and noticed you just have a playlist option and no separate thing for videos. That is really inconvienient, so you might want to change it.Hylianhero777 (talk) 15:08, June 18, 2010 (UTC)

I'll change the page so it also had individual videos instead of just playlists. That would be great if Mr Kmil and others would be willing to battle videos. Mr Kmil, do you want me to give you the login info so you can upload and manage videos? --Birdman5589 (talk) 03:07, June 19, 2010 (UTC)

Aggreed.--Hylianhero777 (talk) 11:58, June 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the heads up. I completely forgot about that little fact. I'll go and take care of that now. Birdman5589 (talk) 03:37, June 25, 2010 (UTC)


 * Here is what I went with, "The Legend of Zelda themes, characters, and games are the property of Nintendo. Zeldapedia does not claim ownership of The Legend of Zelda series." Birdman5589 (talk) 04:14, June 25, 2010 (UTC)


 * No problem. I noticed it and got it fixed pry while you were telling me to fix it. I think I got them all fixed now. Thanks though. Birdman5589 (talk) 04:20, June 25, 2010 (UTC)

I like the idea, but only if we won't drop the project two weeks afterwards or something.Mido did what?! (talk) 21:24, February 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * Well considering the channel has been live and adding more content for almost 8 months now, I don't think that is something we need to worry about. At currently 268 videos, I would say it has been growing quite nicely without a hint of being dropped. --Birdman5589 (talk) 23:08, February 15, 2011 (UTC)

Page Management
Assuming we can get more videos for this page (boss battles mainly), how should it be managed? As of now I have the commenting, rating, and video responses disabled for all the videos I have uploaded. I also have comments disabled on the actual page. I figured this would be best to prevent trolling. I also haven't been accepting friend requests or setting up any subscriptions on the account to keep it "clean". Also should we try to get a few more people that have access to the page? Maybe find a couple people that are reliable and already have Youtube accounts that would be willing to help out. (Oni for could be such a user for example). Also how should we get videos that people make but don't have access to the account uploaded? Should we have people use a service like YouSendIt and have it sent to a special e-mail? I did set up an e-mail account that is only tied to the Youtube account that could be used for this. --Birdman5589 (talk) 05:57, June 23, 2010 (UTC)

I cant get higher quality images :( Oni Dark Link 11:09, June 23, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah I noticed I said that by mistake afterward and was editing my comment to include more but then you said that which would of edit blocked me. Anyway I want to say that I too think people should be allowed comment on the videos and channel trolling isnt that big a problem. Also Ive already sent a friend request to the channel Oni Dark Link 11:20, June 23, 2010 (UTC)

I dont have access to any capturing or editing software. That's the reasons why all my videos are badly done with a video camera. I could buy software but I live in a rural area and would probably have to go to the capital before I could find a shop that would sell what we need. Oni Dark Link 11:31, June 23, 2010 (UTC)

Ill look into it. As long as it doesn't cost a bundle I'm on. It has been something I'd like to do for a while. Oni Dark Link 11:39, June 23, 2010 (UTC)

I have an account and would be glad to help, however like oni I can't do much with pics or vids.--Hylianhero777 (talk) 19:02, June 23, 2010 (UTC)

I have changed the commenting settings and have added both Oni and Hylianhero777 as friends. If anybody else wants to be added as a friend send a message with the friend request so I know who it is. I have also sent Oni the login information in a message in his Youtube account. Who else should I add to help out and how many people should we try to get on the account? Also does anybody have any ideas for a different channel background and icon? --Birdman5589 (talk) 02:15, June 24, 2010 (UTC)

Here is the new look. What do people think? --Birdman5589 (talk) 02:53, June 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * This seems to be working fine for now. Maybe we should add it to Zeldapedia's news or would it be a bit early for that? Oni Dark Link 10:48, June 24, 2010 (UTC)

<!---== A Link to the Past == I think I'm going to try to get some videos from A Link to the Past. I have done the opening to see how the quality is. Any feedback on the quality would be greatly appreciated. The video is on the The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Prologue page.

Looks good.--Hylianhero777 (talk) 15:53, June 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * Looks terrific, but can you try to get one without the title screen? The title screen really isn't part of the Prolgue, which is why I am asking.- McGillivray  227  21:09, June 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'll get the title screen cut off and then re-upload sometime tonight. If nobody complains about the quality, then I will start doing a play through of A Link to the Past to get boss videos. My computer can only handle up to SNES and GBA games while recording video, so footage from newer games is out of the question for me as of now. So if this trial with A Link to the Past works, I'll start doing the games I can one at a time. --Birdman5589 (talk) 01:45, June 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * So is there anybody who has the capabilities to record say OoT, MM, TWW, and TP videos? I may sound I bit crazy in saying this, but I think all videos that we have on this site, should be from our youtube page. It's just something novel, having cut-scenes, and boss videos, and whatnot, be our own.-- C  2  / C C  01:49, June 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * It's hard to come by working GameCube files that work and my emulators are actually my recording software, so those are may take a lot longer to get. If I can get a controller that works with my computer, I'd be more than happy to work on the Nintendo 64 titles. Like the new version of the Prologue, by the way, Birdman. - McGillivray  227  03:45, June 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * If you have an N64 controller you could get something like this if you are willing to pay a little. --Birdman5589 (talk) 03:58, June 26, 2010 (UTC)

I believe I am done with all the videos we need from A Link to the Past. I have all the boss videos (including the ones you fight again in Ganon's Tower), the opening, the ending (without the credits), and even a bonus of Chris Houlihan's Room. Can anybody think of anything more or is it safe to say that A Link to the Past is complete? --Birdman5589 (talk) 05:14, July 1, 2010 (UTC)--->

The Minish Cap
Errr, hey everyone, Minish here. Um, if it's alright, I was planning on covering The Minish Cap for the YT channel- I'm a n00b though, um, at YouTube, so I don't know if multiple people can upload to the same channel, though- I use a quality that has a large filesize so I can't email stuff... Err, here's an example of my recording. You can check it out here. Anyway, what are you guys' thoughts on this, can I cover TMC, and if so, can multiple users upload to the channel or whatever? Thanks :P -Minish  <font color="#003366">Link  19:07, June 27, 2010 (UTC)

How large is the file size and what type of file is it? Also how are you recording the video? (screen recorder, built in recorder in the emulator, ect.) --Birdman5589 (talk) 20:51, June 27, 2010 (UTC)
 * Filesizes have been under a gig so far, and I'm using the built-in recorder emulator. -<font color="#B0E0E6">Minish  <font color="#003366">Link  21:36, June 27, 2010 (UTC)

Not all of us have a youtube account i do but others dont  -- "I Bust The Windows Out Your Car"  23:26, July 11, 2010 (UTC)

YARR, I'll get to work on this in a while -<font color="#B0E0E6">Minish  <font color="#003366">Link  20:11, September 10, 2010 (UTC)

<!---== Quick question on videos. ==

Right now I'm almost done with A Link to the Past (was set back by having to do a clean install on my computer). I was wondering though, should I record the second times of fighting Armos Knights, Lanmolas, and Moldorm in Gannon's tower? If I do should I include them in the A Link to the Past playlist or should I just have the main boss battles in the playlist? Thanks for any feedback. --Birdman5589 (talk) 14:13, June 30, 2010 (UTC)

I don't think I can make a decision like that, but maybe, just a suggestion, they could be under Ganon's Tower (A Link to the Past). AmazingLink ( talk )

It'd be nice to have a video of the Dark Links only your using the SNES version arent you? <font color="#66FFFF">Oni <font color="#7F007F">Dark <font color="#007A00">Link 07:08, July 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * I did use the SNES version but I could get the GBA version and either play through or try to find a save online right before it. --Birdman5589 (talk) 13:51, July 1, 2010 (UTC)

If you can get videos for all the Palace of Four Swords bosses and info for the palace of Four Swords in general it'd be great. I'm still confused as to how you get to it and whether you need the whirlwind sword attack to get in or can only get it after beating the Palace of Four Swords. <font color="#66FFFF">Oni <font color="#7F007F">Dark <font color="#007A00">Link 13:58, July 1, 2010 (UTC)

You get ten Courage things in Four Swords on that same profile. If we could, at the moment, LLEEOO provided all POTFS bosses on VIE 2!! AmazingLink  ( talk )

I have an emulator and the ROM but I can't seem to find any save files to import that work, so I'm going to have to do another whole play through to get to the PotFS. I'll get to it eventually but don't know how quick I'll be. If anybody could find a save (.sav) file that works I would appreciate if you could post the link for it. --Birdman5589 (talk) 18:57, July 1, 2010 (UTC)

EDIT: I'm not sure I can get the Palace of the Four Swords videos done at all. You have to have done certain things in the Four Swords part and I can't do that on an emulator. While I have found some saves that has the Four Swords stuff done for you so you can enter the dungeon, I haven't been able to get them to work with my ROM or emulator. Here is the link to the save that should work. If anybody wants to check it out and can get it working I would greatly appreciate it. --Birdman5589 (talk) 04:43, July 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * I found a way to access the PotFS and will start doing it now. --Birdman5589 (talk) 03:28, July 3, 2010 (UTC)--->

Ocarina of Time
<!---Is anyone doing Ocarina of Time? Because, if not, I could. I just need to know what videos I need to get. --<font color=#E0115F>The <font color=#082567>Ultimate <font color=#50C878>Hokage <font color=#50C878>88 21:38, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * As of now nobody is doing it. You would need to get an entire play through with recording any type of in game Prologue, ending, all Mini-bosses, and all bosses. When recording the mini-bosses and bosses you need to make sure to include all aspects of the battle. So you will need to take damage in the various ways Link can get hurt, let the battle last long enough so the bosses different moves/stages can be fully seen, include going into the door right before the battle, and include all the way through what is received from winning the battle. You can look at some of the videos that are up for a reference . If at all possible you could try to record the AVI file using Microsoft 1 compression (at 100% on the quality), that way I can convert the file into an easier file to upload to youtube. When you get a video complete upload it to http://www.filedropper.com/ and then send a message to the youtube account with the download link. Please indicate what video the link is for also. Also when recording videos make sure to only use the strategy used on the corresponding Zeldapedia page. If you are up to the task just let me know. --Birdman5589 (talk) 21:56, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, I've got a few questions. 1. By "Prolouge," do you mean the Navi cutscene at the start of the game, the title screen, or both? 2. Do I record Link pulling out the Master Sword? 3. Do I record the Lizalfos battle in the Dodongo Cavern both times, or just once? 4. Do I record Link putting the Master Sword back? 5. Do I record the Iron Knuckle battle in the Spirit temple both times (Child and Adult), or just once (and if so, which one?) --<font color=#E0115F>The <font color=#082567>Ultimate <font color=#50C878>Hokage <font color=#50C878>88 [[Image:Arwing.png|link=User:TheUltimateHokage88/Cameo|30px|]]21:38, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Now that I think about it OoT really doesn't have an in game Prologue so don't worry about that. As for the Master Sword questions I'm not really sure. Maybe we should try to get feedback from others about that. With the Lizalfos you could record both times and I could edit them together similar to the Master Stalfos video. In the Spirit Temple only do the Nabooru Iron Knuckle battle as I think it is the only one that is considered a mini-boss. One thing I just thought of is when to do the Shadow and Spirit temples as I have been putting the videos up in chronological order. I'm a Spirit temple first guy but I know most people do the Shadow temple first. I didn't know if people would be go up in arms if the Spirit temple was done first? I guess it really doesn't matter what order to me besides my stubbornness wanting it the one way. --Birdman5589 (talk) 22:47, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * I've put up a list of videos that I plan to make on my userpage here and I would like to know if I missed any or added any that we don't need. --<font color=#E0115F>The <font color=#082567>Ultimate <font color=#50C878>Hokage <font color=#50C878>88 [[Image:Arwing.png|link=User:TheUltimateHokage88/Cameo|30px|]]21:38, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * The List looks good to me, so unless anybody else sees something that needs added, I would say go with it. --Birdman5589 (talk) 23:20, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * I also need a screen recorder. I thought that I had one, but I don't. So... An emulator that records video would be great too. --<font color=#E0115F>The <font color=#082567>Ultimate <font color=#50C878>Hokage <font color=#50C878>88 [[Image:Arwing.png|link=User:TheUltimateHokage88/Cameo|30px|]]21:38, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * I believe that Mupen64 supports recording but haven't tested. I'll do some testing and looking around and then let you know what I can find. --Birdman5589 (talk) 00:09, July 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * I am playing Ocarina of time. I am at the begining, yet have no Recording Equpment. A  m  a  z  i  n  g  L  i  n  k

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 * Well now I do have recording equipment, so I think I'll just go ahead and do Ocarina of Time. (BTW, Mupen64 can record video.) --<font color=#E0115F>The <font color=#082567>Ultimate <font color=#50C878>Hokage <font color=#50C878>88 [[Image:Arwing.png|link=User:TheUltimateHokage88/Cameo|30px|]]21:38, July 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Just out of curiosity, how are you going to be recording the videos? --Birdman5589 (talk) 02:40, July 12, 2010 (UTC)
 * Either through Mupen64 or ZDSoft. Whichever I get to work first.--<font color=#E0115F>The <font color=#082567>Ultimate <font color=#50C878>Hokage <font color=#50C878>88 [[Image:Arwing.png|link=User:TheUltimateHokage88/Cameo|30px|]]02:57, July 12, 2010 (UTC)--->

BassJapas has agreed to do the Ocarina of Time videos. Before I give her the green light to work on these I would like people to give some feedback on some test videos she did. The first one and the second one. I know the issue arose with people noticing frame drops when I had my first volunteer working on OoT. I just want feed back on the quality before she goes ahead with the videos as I would hate to have to later redo them again due to quality issues. Thanks for any feedback --Birdman5589 (talk) 17:55, November 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * If nobody has anything say about this in the next week I'm going to give her the go ahead to start working on the videos. Should we re-upload every video or just upload the ones that haven't been done yet? --Birdman5589 (talk) 00:34, November 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * They're not great. The frame rate makes them borderline unwatchable. But if the ones made by UltimateHokage were considered good enough, I don't see why these shouldn't... from a logical standpoint, I mean.--<font color="#3ba0c5">Auron  Kaizer <font color="#3ba0c5">!  00:38, November 21, 2010 (UTC)

I also agree with framerate issues.--Hylianhero777 (talk) 13:07, November 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * I did some test videos on my computer and realized how much of a frame rate drop she was getting. I can get a recording of 30 frames per second but am having issues with the sound so at the moment I'm also unable to work on them. I guess for now I'll just put them on hold until we can get some quality videos. --Birdman5589 (talk) 15:06, November 21, 2010 (UTC)

Yet another test video. My video converter has been updated and now includes a screen capture feature. I decided to test the quality it would give when trying to get videos from OoT. Here is the link to the latest test video. The game was running at full speed (besides a few hiccups due to multitasking) and there didn't seem to be any sound issues. My recording area wasn't quite 640x480 but that is just a minor thing to adjust before actually recording for upload. I also converted to file to a smaller file size than I normally do before an upload just so it wouldn't take so long as it is mainly a test for frame drops. OoT and MM aren't a top priority for me right now in this project but I would like to see if this is a good option if nobody comes forward with better means of doing the N64 games. If there is problems with the quality (frame drops, sound, etc.), I could eventually obtain the hardware to use my capture device to do these two games. --Birdman5589 (talk) 19:50, January 13, 2011 (UTC)

I would say wait until we get someone with a captue card. Nothing else seems to do OOT justice. also, WTH!!!!! Those boxes that are normally on the top of the edit screen (like ones that easily let oyu auto sign and such) were removed!--Hylianhero777 (talk) 20:38, January 13, 2011 (UTC)

Twilight Princess
I'm going to take a break for a while now that I have the Wind Waker done and pry will not get around to the Twilight Princess videos until after Skyward Sword has been done. However, I wanted to just make sure what version of the game I should use. I currently only on the Wii version but I assume that I should use the GameCube version when making the videos. If that is indeed the case, then I will need to obtain it beforehand. I just wanted to make sure I was on the same page as the community before I started anything. --Birdman5589 (talk) 15:26, January 10, 2011 (UTC)
 * I've decided to start working on the Twilight Princess videos here in the next week or so. Before I started I just check with the community on what version to do. If I do the GameCube version, thing will not be flipped and it will be the "official" version of the game. However, if I do the Wii version, the videos can take advantage of being displayed in a 16x9 format as the GameCube version only does 4x3. --Birdman5589 (talk) 19:41, January 28, 2011 (UTC)

I'd lean more towards the more offical version then the higher quality version <font color="#66FFFF">Oni <font color="#7F007F">Dark <font color="#007A00">Link 19:57, January 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hmm... Well, the higher quality would be best, seeing how everything is better with quality. But it's not the official version. So... it seems better to go for the official, even if it means losing quality. --<font color="#00BFF3">ϐαςς <font color="#35077D">ᴶαϟϟι Japas Artwork.png 20:04, January 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * I also think going Cube would be better. Not only is it more official, but on the Wii there is this really annoying fairy cursor that's all over the screen and does not lend itself well to videos. And the Wii's HUD is much more invasive compared to the smaller GCN one. Plus you can mess with the camera angle on the Cube (you might not necessarily do that though). And it often looks fidgety and awkward when you aim on the Wii. My guess is you'd rather play the GCN version anyway, but idk. I'm guessing that the 16x9 format comes from the disk (if it came from the system you could put the GCN disk in the Wii)?--<font color="Green">Fierce <font color="SaddleBrown">Deku 22:47, January 28, 2011 (UTC)

Not even a discussion. No reason, AT ALL, to use the Wii version. Not only does TPWii suck and all whatnot, but it'd conflict with our method of using the GameCube as the canonical version in articles. Why even bother asking the question, honestly? ...Err, I mean, obviously I know why, but still. It doesn't get much more obivious. --<font color="#3ba0c5">Auron  Kaizer <font color="#3ba0c5">!  22:54, January 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * That is the exact type of answer I was looking for (and expected). Every once I a while I need to ask an obvious question to ensure that I haven't lost my sanity. --Birdman5589 (talk) 23:43, January 28, 2011 (UTC)

Well I was going to get started on this, but I discovered that my GameCube version disk is messed up and encounters an error. As soon as I'm able to replace my disk I'll get started on this though. --Birdman5589 (talk) 22:36, February 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * I have obtained a new GameCube copy and have stared on these videos. --Birdman5589 (talk) 17:22, February 15, 2011 (UTC)

Four Swords
<!---I'm looking for people to help me out with videos for the GBA Four Swords. It requires linked GBAs to play but this can be accomplished over the internet using VBA Link (unofficial version of VisualBoy Advance). I would like to be able to have all four of the Link's being played by somebody. Just looking for volunteers right now and then we can try to work out times when it can be worked on. Any takers, just leave something below. --Birdman5589 (talk) 03:51, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ive been meaning to play Four Swords for a very long time. If it can be done I'm up for it. <font color="#66FFFF">Oni <font color="#7F007F">Dark <font color="#007A00">Link 11:19, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * I told you on the IRC that I'm up for it. One question though, do you beat this yet because if we don't have someone, then we'll need to use something, so we can figure out puzzles and such.
 * EDIT: Can you leave the link for the VBA Link? I can't find it anywhere... - McGillivray  227  15:36, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * http://www.vbalink.info/download-gba-emulator.htm I'm using version 1.8 (LAN/WiFi). They should all be the same version to work better I would think. I also think the roms need to be the same too but I'm not sure. The rom I got was at . --Birdman5589 (talk) 17:11, July 17, 2010 (UTC)

Ive downloaded both of them we can try a test link now <font color="#66FFFF">Oni <font color="#7F007F">Dark <font color="#007A00">Link 17:44, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * If you are still on we can try a test link. --Birdman5589 (talk) 18:29, July 17, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah I'm still here, how do we do it? <font color="#66FFFF">Oni <font color="#7F007F">Dark <font color="#007A00">Link 18:31, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Go into the IRC so we can talk easier. --Birdman5589 (talk) 18:32, July 17, 2010 (UTC)

Actualy I have to go now we'll try it again later <font color="#66FFFF">Oni <font color="#7F007F">Dark <font color="#007A00">Link 18:34, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem. --Birdman5589 (talk) 18:35, July 17, 2010 (UTC)

I tried a test link earlier with McGillivray227 but it didn't work. I think I have everything set up now so it can though. So we will have to try another test link to see if we can get it to work. --Birdman5589 (talk) 21:04, July 17, 2010 (UTC)

It might be a few weeks until I will be able to do it now. But if you two find two other people to do it, be my guest. I was thinking this and McGillivray227 also mentioned it to me, but on the videos I would like to try to see how it would look by doing all four Links in the videos. I was thinking about trying the main Link (green) at full size and have then have all four to the left and right, or try just having one Link in each corner. So if everybody how does this could record video that would be great. --Birdman5589 (talk) 18:41, July 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * I was thinking of one each in corner because a few of the bosses involve the cooperation of each Link, so the Green Link would sometimes be inactive while, say, the Red Link has to do his part. - McGillivray  227  18:52, July 18, 2010 (UTC)

UPDATE: I finally got it to work on a local network!!! I'm not going to be around often for at least a week still (only able to get on due to weather related reasons at the moment) but if I'm on I'll be in the IRC if anybody wants to see if going over the internet will work now. --Birdman5589 (talk) 03:52, August 2, 2010 (UTC)---> UPDATE: After many hours of trying to get this to work over the internet, we had determined it to be inplassible. However, it will work on a local network. If anybody has 3 friends that would be willing to set up a LAN and get videos for this let me know as I can help you with the details for setting up the game for LAN play. --Birdman5589 (talk) 00:24, August 16, 2010 (UTC)

<!---== Quick Update ==

I now have to ability to do all the Gamecube games and Skyward Sword in 480p. I have ordered a HD PVR that can record up to 1080i. I also have the component cables for my Gamecube and all the Zelda games support progressive scan. Once the PVR arrives I'll get some test videos up on my personal Youtube channel for quality test and then start working on the Gamecube games with FSA being first (since it is one of two I haven't beat). I will also get SS videos on my first play though of the game once it comes out. --Birdman5589 (talk) 20:28, September 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * I am currently getting some test videos put on my personal Youtube account. These first two videos are identical except one is encoded in HD while the other is encoded in the native 480p for the game. Encoding in HD might help prevent quality loss in the upload but at the same time it might not do anything since it is only a 480p signal to begin with. Please change the quality settings to the highest for each when they are viewed so you can give proper feedback. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. --Birdman5589 (talk) 21:03, September 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, so I am impressed like nobody's business here. But I can barely notice any changes between HD and 480, so there's really no point in that, I think. Well, at least for the GameCube games. Skyward Sword might be another story. Try a test video of another Wii game in both 480p and HD, and see if there's any difference. --<font color="#3ba0c5">Auron  Kaizer <font color="#3ba0c5">!  21:35, September 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * Here are some more test videos if anybody is interested. FSA, TWW Title Screen, and TWW. I will do some test footage from Wii games later tonight or tomorrow. --Birdman5589 (talk) 22:55, September 8, 2010 (UTC)

I have some test videos of Wii games up now. There are five games with clips under two minutes. I did the extra video of Other: M to see if a lower bitrate and thus lower file size would have a noticeable difference in quality. --Birdman5589 (talk) 14:45, September 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Metroid Other: M (480p, HD, lower bitrate 480p)
 * Little King's Story (480p, HD)
 * Mario Galaxy 2 (480p, HD)
 * Red Steel 2 (480p, HD)
 * Monster Hunter Tri (480p, HD)
 * I was able to discern some difference in Other M (480p and HD), but the others... not so much. --<font color="#3ba0c5">Auron  Kaizer <font color="#3ba0c5">!  17:11, September 9, 2010 (UTC)--->

Orcales Question
To whoever is working on the orcale games, I noticed that you made a "the true enemy appears" cutscene for orcale of ages. After you do ganon, I think you should make videos for the seasons version of the linked game "the true enemy appears"(the equivelent of that cutscene in seasons, upload the ganon battle at the end of both games, and upload the true end of both games (the linked ending of both games.) I don't know if these cutscenes are the same thing in both games or what because iv'e never played the orcales, but it's just a thought.--Hylianhero777 (talk) 22:43, November 28, 2010 (UTC)
 * McGillivray227 is working on the Oracle games and is planning on doing what you suggested. However it will take time as he will have to play through both of the games again. --Birdman5589 (talk) 22:47, November 28, 2010 (UTC)

Oh alright.--Hylianhero777 (talk) 23:22, November 28, 2010 (UTC)

I know of at least one difference in the cutscenes, they spell Onox's name wrong in Ages. <font color="#66FFFF">Oni <font color="#7F007F">Dark <font color="#007A00">Link 11:33, November 29, 2010 (UTC)

Widescreen Videos
In doing the Gamecube Zelda games, I'm using the Gamecube's component output since all the Zelda games are 480p capable. This however leads to the recording to be in widescreen even though the games only support a 4x3 aspect ratio even when in progressive scan mode. Using the default settings for embedding a Youtube video resulted in extra black bars on the top and bottom of the video. To get around the extra bars when embedding a widescreen video from Youtube, an extra bit of text needs to be added to size the embedded window correctly. Instead of  (video ID)  it needs to be  (video ID) . The height of 305 is the cutoff point for the extra black bars for the maximum/default width. This results in the displayed video being the same size but looking cleaner in the player. I am do this section as a reference for others so they know the reasoning behind the extra bit of text and for future reference. --Birdman5589 (talk) 06:12, December 4, 2010 (UTC)

Request
I've tried posting this as a comment on the channel's page but it didn't work for some reason. Anyway You fight a Gleeok with three and four heads in later dungeons of the original. Since there is a major difference between the fights we should probably get videos for them like the way we have for the bosses in Ganon's Tower and the Temple of Four Swords. If whoever recorded the original videos the first time has a save state close to their location (they appear in level 6 and 8) it'd be great to get a video of them. If not I could do it since I still have the equipment I used to record the Zelda II videos but it'll probably take me awhile to get that far in the game. <font color="#66FFFF">Oni <font color="#7F007F">Dark <font color="#007A00">Link 11:51, February 13, 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree this should happen. I've been save stating regularly throughout my 2nd quest playthrough, and I intend to get some video recording software in the near future, but unfortunately I really can't make any guarantees that I can do this at all soon. If somebody wants me to send them a JNES save state ( NOT through ZP but in e-mail or something) I can look up the closest one to a however-many-headed Gleeok battle.--<font color="Green">Fierce <font color="SaddleBrown">Deku 12:26, February 13, 2011 (UTC)
 * Mr kmil was the one that did the LoZ videos. I have no clue if he would still have the save states. As for getting another video, I feel that we would only need to get one more. If we get a video of when Gleeok has the most heads, I think it would suffice. The difference between the battles really just comes down to more heads flying around the room to make it harder. The problem with JNES is it doesn't have a built in video recording feature. If JNES would let you make a battery backup save file, it could be used to import a save to FCEUX. I believe that FCEUX will let you record a AVI file. An emulator will capture capabilities would work the best because screen capture software tends to result in a lot of frame drops if you computer isn't a beast. I would go get the video myself, but I just don't have the time. Oni, I think Youtube thinks your comments are spam since your name has some many oooooooooo's in it. I've had to mark a few of your comments as not spam before. --Birdman5589 (talk) 17:08, February 13, 2011 (UTC)

Me a spammer? That sucks. Anyway I have a week off the week after next so if it hasn't been sorted by then i'll get on it with my fceux <font color="#66FFFF">Oni <font color="#7F007F">Dark <font color="#007A00">Link 17:11, February 13, 2011 (UTC)
 * I've went a got that video (took a lot less time then I was expecting) and I'm uploading it to the channel now but I'm unsure what to call it. Gleeok Level 8 (The Legend of Zelda), Gleeok Four Heads (The Legend of Zzelda), I'm not sure neither sound right to me. what does everybody else think? <font color="#66FFFF">Oni <font color="#7F007F">Dark <font color="#007A00">Link 22:35, February 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * I believe the correct way to name it is "Gleeok: Level 8 (The Legend of Zelda)". On the video, it seems fine to me, but it should remain on the channel only in my opinion, much like the Shadow Link videos. - McGillivray  227  22:41, February 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * Well we have both of the A Link to the Past and The Wind Waker videos on the boss's pages <font color="#66FFFF">Oni <font color="#7F007F">Dark <font color="#007A00">Link 22:50, February 17, 2011 (UTC)

I went ahead and fixed the naming for each Gleeok battle. I went with Gleeok: Level 4 (The Legend of Zelda) and Gleeok: Level 8 (The Legend of Zelda). --Birdman5589 (talk) 23:31, February 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * What about adding the second video to the page, does anyone have anything else to say on that matter? <font color="#66FFFF">Oni <font color="#7F007F">Dark <font color="#007A00">Link 23:50, February 17, 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't see what other video you're talking about. What is the second video?--<font color="Green">Fierce <font color="SaddleBrown">Deku 00:35, February 18, 2011 (UTC)

Non-Canon
I was wondering if we should do videos for the non-canon games that are spinoffs. Specificly Link's Crossbow Training but could also include the Tingle games on the DS and CDi games. Sould we include these games, do nothing about them, or make a second channel specifially for non-canon content? --Birdman5589 (talk) 17:22, February 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * I say we should do them eventually and on the same channel but for now lets focus all our energy into completing the main series <font color="#66FFFF">Oni <font color="#7F007F">Dark <font color="#007A00">Link 18:49, February 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * Once the entire main series is done, yes.--Hylianhero777 (talk) 20:17, February 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * As everybody else said, sure, with cannon stuff being the priority. And I'd agree Link's Crossbow Training outweighs the Tingle games and the CDI games, if we even want to bother with those (mentioning both in one sentence is making me ill). Oh yeah, there's also BS Zelda no Densetsu (I don't know if this can even be emulated due to live satellite whatever-the-deal-was), and the Zelda LCD games, if anybody has them, not that you can really record the latter very well.--<font color="Green">Fierce <font color="SaddleBrown">Deku 20:42, February 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * BS Zelda games can be emulated. I'm guessing that over 90% of the people who have played the games have emulated them. On the note of the CDI games we usually do boss battle videos yet I don't think we have any pages for bosses in the CDI series so who ever does playthrough them will probably have to make quite a few pages <font color="#66FFFF">Oni <font color="#7F007F">Dark <font color="#007A00">Link 20:56, February 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yup, main series takes priority. As for the Zelda LCD games, it is clearly mentioned on the page that Game & Watch Gallery 4 contained a remake of it and as much as I know about the Game & Watch Gallery series, they are normally quite true to the originals and comparing images of the remake and the original seem to show that they are incredibly close (other than the clear one screen thing). Basically saying that the Game & Watch Gallery 4 version should be sufficient if Game & Watch emulation can't be done. That seems to leave just the Zelda Game Watch, which I doubt emulation would be possible. - McGillivray  227  21:03, February 15, 2011 (UTC)

One video per LCD game would probably suffice. From what I've seen it's basically just fighting normal enemies then fighting Aquamentus. Pretty straight forward. I don't think it should be left out though. We are trying to cover everything after all <font color="#66FFFF">Oni <font color="#7F007F">Dark <font color="#007A00">Link 21:09, February 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree to get the main series done first. However, I'm approaching the point where all the games I'm currently capable of doing are almost done. Once I finish Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword, I will be done with the games I'm currently able to get videos from (unless somebody sends me a N64 and some games). I would however like to have all of the main series completed (besides maybe Four Swords) before starting on any non-canon games. As for doing the BS games, I'm not really sure how to handle them. They can be emulated, but they have to be patched to be playable so they loose some of the aspects of the gameplay. --Birdman5589 (talk) 23:03, February 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * We don't really have any other option but emulation if we want to cover the BS Zelda games. Of course we should find a rom thats closest to the original but unless we blackmail nintendo into setting the satellite back up we can't play it in its original form <font color="#66FFFF">Oni <font color="#7F007F">Dark <font color="#007A00">Link 08:02, February 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * The thing with the BS games is that we really don't have any pages for dungeons or boss. At the same time I'm not sure if we need all that information when it comes to the BS games (which should pry be another discussion). --Birdman5589 (talk) 16:41, February 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * I can't imagine any reason why we shouldn't have pages covering those games. Noncanonis probably wouldn't be a problem since we have so many Tingle series pages. It is a lesser branch of Zelda knowledge for many people and we are a site that provides info so having them is almost vital in my opinion. But if people disagree it could get its own discussion <font color="#66FFFF">Oni <font color="#7F007F">Dark <font color="#007A00">Link 18:40, February 16, 2011 (UTC)