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How to Make a TNT

The production team runs through what it takes to make a live show! Live!

Jan. 18 2013

Cast: Vinny

Posted by: Drew

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This was really cool to see. Thanks Drew and Vinny.

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Thnks.. :D

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DMXbox

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That was awesome!

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Was this ever actually live in the end? Did it eventually get streamed?

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Have fun with this one

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I knew you guys were tinkering with some encoding settings recently. You went from your file names ending in "_3500" to them now ending with "_4000" (to denote kbps of video bitrate quality). I tried to talk to Jeff and Vinny and Drew about it, but no one answered.

Cancelling sub.

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A E3 edition would be cool!

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awesome behind the scenes look. would love to see more of these vids.

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@iamtheconsensus said:

@Nmckee503 said:

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I learned so much!

Every time something goes wrong during a live stream from now on I will imagine Vinny in that room making that face as he tries to figure it all out. It all looks really straight forward once you know and can memorize what everything is meant for, but just thinking about the nightmare of cables and testing that would have had to been done to set it up from nothing gives me chills.

Any who, props for all the work you guys do. Never really realized how much work goes into something like a QL let alone a live stream.

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no two men should have all this power

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All those wires! Awesome feature :)

Lets go in to the TV!
Lets go in to the TV!
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Edited By 2xtreme

Thank you so much for this Vinny and Drew! I always wanted to know what it looked like behind the scenes.

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Thank you. So much.

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Awee no did they somehow edit out the whole part with the music overpowering all the audio?

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This was really interesting. I would love to see more videos.

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I was excited to watch this, then I remember none of the current players actually work for me. :(

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@ScorpioNicus said:

Awee no did they somehow edit out the whole part with the music overpowering all the audio?

Nothing was cut out, there's even more footage than on the live stream. Audio is fixed in that part.
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Really enjoyed this; please do more!

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God, I wish I could work there.

I'd route cables for them all day err day.

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Very interesting stuff.

I would have too much fun with those transitions.

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i would very much love to play with those sound toys

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This is pretty rad. I would feel so guilty if I tripped over one of those cables during a live stream.

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Damn that was great! Used to work in the broadcast industry many years ago it's fun to see how things have changed.

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as a dude who does production stuff, I have always been curious as to what their setup is.

super thankful they're finally giving us the scoop

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I knew the chat was lying!

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Very SMART! PRIME LENSES!

Very smart!

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@joelalfaro said:

Very SMART! PRIME LENSES!

You meant a lower dof though, vinnie :)

Very smart!

No he didn't, he was talking about how everything looks much brighter with the lenses, depth of field has nothing to do with how bright stuff is.

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interesting vid , thanks !

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Edited By Darthozzan

@crusader8463: Yeah, operating a studio or working on sound as I have done a bit is fun but setting it up and troubleshooting is a real nightmare T_T But can also be fun :D

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I'm overly happy that Vinny and I have the same watch.

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Interesting but its what they get paid for.

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Thanks guys that was really interesting and I hope you make more videos about this stuff.

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RYAN DAVIS DON'T CARE

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Fantastic effort each week. wow!

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Edited By winsord

Really loved this, hopeful that you guys will do some more stuff in this same vein. Curious though, does anyone know what headsets they're using? They look like studio monitor headphones, but couldn't get a good enough look at them to figure out brand/model.

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Great idea!!!!!

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Study this, kids. It's about a year's worth of college in one hour.

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I was wondering what was up with low video volume.

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This was fascinating.

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Edited By a_beluga_whale

This was cool. Though I could have guessed having spent some time with mixing boards myself, it's interesting to have Vinny confirm that he has to adjust the gain for quiet guys like Drew and Dave and for "super-loud" people like Ryan!

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This was awesome, great job guys.

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Thanks for taking the time to do this. It was cool to see the equipment used to create these videos.

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We need more of this in the future.

EDIT: Nice addition with the picture in picture stuff of things we didn't see during the stream.

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So to summarise: Magic.

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This was a really great video to watch, thanks a lot for putting it together!

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Loved this, a great behind the scenes "Quick Look".

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Edited By Hizang

This shit looks complicated.

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This whole video game me a semester of ONE basic VIdeo Class.

Jesus, Wish I would of saw this first.