iDOLM@STER L4U! Requests

[Logan]

Thank you so much Setsuna! I hope it's not obnoxious to post another request after that one just got filled. I tried adding camera, so please tell me if I did it wrong.

Song: Furu Furu Future
Performers: Miki, Mami, Haruka
Costume: 04-24
Accessories: Ar-45
Stage: 05-Yagai Stage
Lyrics:
~~~page 1
1- Miki (camera: long)
2- Mami (camera: mami - mid left)
3- Haruka (camera: haruka - mid right)
4- Miki (camera: miki - close above)
5- Miki (camera: long)
6- Miki (camera: long)
7- Miki (camera: miki - mid below)
8- Miki (camera: miki - mid below)
~~~page 2
1- Mami (camera: mami - close left)
2- Haruka (camera: haruka - close right)
3- Mami, Haruka (camera: haruka - mid right)
4- Miki, Mami (camera: long)
5- Miki, Haruka (camera: miki - close left)
6- Mami, Haruka (camera: mami - close right)
7- Miki (camera: long)
8- All (camera: long)
~~~page 3
1- All (camera: long)
2- Miki (camera: miki - mid below)
3- Miki (camera: miki - mid below)
4- Miki (camera: long)
5- All (camera: haruka - mid above)
6- All (camera: haruka - mid left)
7- Mami, Haruka (camera: mami - close right)
8- Miki (camera: long)
~~~page 4
1- Mami (camera: long)
2- Haruka (camera: long)
3- Miki (camera: miki - close below)
4- All (camera: mami - mid right)
5- All (camera: long)

[Setsuna]

Thank you so much Setsuna! I hope it's not obnoxious to post another request after that one just got filled. I tried adding camera, so please tell me if I did it wrong.

Song: Furu Furu Future
Performers: Miki, Mami, Haruka
Costume: 04-24
Accessories: Ar-45
Stage: 05-Yagai Stage
Lyrics:
~~~page 1
1- Miki (camera: long)
2- Mami (camera: mami - mid left)
3- Haruka (camera: haruka - mid right)
4- Miki (camera: miki - close above)
5- Miki (camera: long)
6- Miki (camera: long)
7- Miki (camera: miki - mid below)
8- Miki (camera: miki - mid below)
~~~page 2
1- Mami (camera: mami - close left)
2- Haruka (camera: haruka - close right)
3- Mami, Haruka (camera: haruka - mid right)
4- Miki, Mami (camera: long)
5- Miki, Haruka (camera: miki - close left)
6- Mami, Haruka (camera: mami - close right)
7- Miki (camera: long)
8- All (camera: long)
~~~page 3
1- All (camera: long)
2- Miki (camera: miki - mid below)
3- Miki (camera: miki - mid below)
4- Miki (camera: long)
5- All (camera: haruka - mid above)
6- All (camera: haruka - mid left)
7- Mami, Haruka (camera: mami - close right)
8- Miki (camera: long)
~~~page 4
1- Mami (camera: long)
2- Haruka (camera: long)
3- Miki (camera: miki - close below)
4- All (camera: mami - mid right)
5- All (camera: long)

I can attempt to do it, but I suspect that it'll take me a very long time, mostly because my manipulation isn't as good with L4U anymore. The timings will be awkward, and I hope I remember what order I have to press buttons to get a dual switch in time (It's a tricky thing, switching both the camera AND the idol at the same time without having an awkward moment)

[Logan]

Isn't there an option to set the camera before the performance?

[Setsuna]

Isn't there an option to set the camera before the performance?

Only partly. You can set a long, short or middle camera (with the ability to fade or not) but you can't pick who or more importantly the angle of the said shot.

It makes things doable but tricky (It'd be nice to have a fast forward/rewind option with a pause, but that's me griping) as you have to hope the shots align, and you get the idol selection timing right.

[Logan]

Then you can set that, I won't mind. As long as the long, short, and middle options remain, the angle the shot is at doesn't matter.

[satty]

Let's see here...my brother wants a request.

Song: 9:02 PM
Performers: Yayoi only
Costume: 2-21
Accessories: none
Stage: Arena

The camera work is up to you.

I hope I got it right...

[Elixir]

I could actually help since I have 80%+ of the DLC. Just need a recording device of some kind. Any recommendations?

[Setsuna]

Probably - The real question you should be asking is 'How much are you willing to spend?'

There's a variety of solutions, depending on a) how much time and b) how much computing power you have (or are willing to invest) you have ahead of you.

If you happen to have the d-sub connector for the X360, you can actually split that signal and input that into some cheap capture devices designed for PC only stuff.

If you don't, there's capture cards that work on component and do HD. How much you want to spend depends, but for decent HD, about 200-250 US will net you about any decent 720p recording solution.

Some will transmit via USB2 (The Happuage and the Avermedia are two examples of this), so consequently quality goes down, but on the plus side, it also means you don't need a specialised setup to record, and it's fine if you're gunning for youtube quality (or so) video.

If you want the whole nine yards, you'll want something that can send to the Hard drive at its native pixels (About 140-190MB/s consistent. Your HDs aren't doing that sustained, short of SAS a RAID0 with 3 or 4 drives or some SSDs). Two examples would include the Blackmagic Intensity Pro, and the AJA Kona series.

You CAN tell the latter cards to compress on the fly, but how much success you have with that is dependent on how good the hardware the cards are stuck in. You'd need at least a good quad core CPU of some kind (so that'd mean quad core, i5s and i7s of most kinds) to keep up it reliably.

If you DON'T (and can keep up with the data) you'll need to reencode it a significant bit, since the file sizes are in the vicinity of 13GB + for a 2:15 im@s reel. It's the best way to do it (since the CPU can do what it needs to do without being rushed) but depending on your computing power, you could be there for hours.

With the USB2 solutions (Haven't seen a good USB3 one yet that compresses), generally, the compression is handled well enough on the device.

I could go on for quite a while, but that's the basics. There's quite a bit of fun involved in recording stuff, but I try not to get people to just rush out and buy an item without them understanding what they're in for.

[Elixir]

I have an i5 2500k, 8GB of ram, so I don't think it will be too much of an issue.

Hauppauge HD PVRs seem popular, I can get them for around $260 NZD locally. Might just go with that.

[AIDOLU]

Let's see...

Massugu
Haruka
Costume: 04-18
Accessories: Hd-74, Bd-57, Lg-42
Stage: 01

Thanks

[Setsuna]

Thank you so much Setsuna! I hope it's not obnoxious to post another request after that one just got filled. I tried adding camera, so please tell me if I did it wrong.

Song: Furu Furu Future
Performers: Miki, Mami, Haruka
Costume: 04-24
Accessories: Ar-45
Stage: 05-Yagai Stage
Lyrics:
~~~page 1
1- Miki (camera: long)
2- Mami (camera: mami - mid left)
3- Haruka (camera: haruka - mid right)
4- Miki (camera: miki - close above)
5- Miki (camera: long)
6- Miki (camera: long)
7- Miki (camera: miki - mid below)
8- Miki (camera: miki - mid below)
~~~page 2
1- Mami (camera: mami - close left)
2- Haruka (camera: haruka - close right)
3- Mami, Haruka (camera: haruka - mid right)
4- Miki, Mami (camera: long)
5- Miki, Haruka (camera: miki - close left)
6- Mami, Haruka (camera: mami - close right)
7- Miki (camera: long)
8- All (camera: long)
~~~page 3
1- All (camera: long)
2- Miki (camera: miki - mid below)
3- Miki (camera: miki - mid below)
4- Miki (camera: long)
5- All (camera: haruka - mid above)
6- All (camera: haruka - mid left)
7- Mami, Haruka (camera: mami - close right)
8- Miki (camera: long)
~~~page 4
1- Mami (camera: long)
2- Haruka (camera: long)
3- Miki (camera: miki - close below)
4- All (camera: mami - mid right)
5- All (camera: long)

I'll take two missed shots (basically, it skipped Mami twice I think) considering every OTHER time I tried to do it, the shots went all over the place. For an automatic, that's the best you're going to get for a very, very long time.

It'll be uploaded in the queue since I just finished shooting it. Yours is 5th (this is what happens when work piles up) in the queue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0psjX6tIa0

[Setsuna]

Let's see here...my brother wants a request.

Song: 9:02 PM
Performers: Yayoi only
Costume: 2-21
Accessories: none
Stage: Arena

The camera work is up to you.

I hope I got it right...

Looks about right. One of these days I'm going to make a online compendium of im@s L4U (Yeah, my list of potential projects is incredibly long) although it would probably be more likely to happen with help).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1sHax5yMSU

[Setsuna]

Let's see...

Massugu
Haruka
Costume: 04-18
Accessories: Hd-74, Bd-57, Lg-42
Stage: 01

Thanks

In queue and will be behind all the others (but before any im@s 2 videos I'll do today). It'll show up somewhere in the vicinity of 7 hours from now.

For most part, I like the setup for Haruka there. Very well thought out.

[Vampirekissux23]

It's my first time when I've heard about this game...
however, there are songs that I never heard about of them or they never appear on im@s2 so... I really want to heard this one:

Song name: Positive
Miki Normal, Makoto, Mami
Costume: Extend - 02
Accessories: Hd - 04, Bd - 13, Ar - 06, Lg - 08
Stage: 05
Additional Notes:
Page 1 - Line 1: Miki
Line 2: Makoto
Line 3: Mami
Line 4: Makoto, Mami
Line 5: Miki
Line 6: Mami
Line 7: Makoto
Line 8: All
Page 2 - Line 1: Makoto, Miki
Line 2: Miki,Mami
Line 3: Mami, Makoto
Line 4: All
Line 5: All
Line 6: Mami
Line 7: Makoto
Line 8: Miki
Page 3 - Line 1: All
Line 2: All
Line 3: Mami, Makoto
Line 4: Mami, Miki
Line 5: Makoto
Line 6: Mami
Line 7: Miki
Line 8: All

The camera works?? I've never heard about this game before so... I'm a bit confused why there are 2 Mikis, what's with the lyrics thing and about the position of the idols. It is up to you to set it. xD

I hope's all right! >.<
My first time maiking an request like this. ^^

[Setsuna]

It's my first time when I've heard about this game...
however, there are songs that I never heard about of them or they never appear on im@s2 so... I really want to heard this one:

Song name: Positive
Miki Normal, Makoto, Mami
Costume: Extend - 02
Accessories: Hd - 04, Bd - 13, Ar - 06, Lg - 08
Stage: 05
Additional Notes:
Page 1 - Line 1: Miki
Line 2: Makoto
Line 3: Mami
Line 4: Makoto, Mami
Line 5: Miki
Line 6: Mami
Line 7: Makoto
Line 8: All
Page 2 - Line 1: Makoto, Miki
Line 2: Miki,Mami
Line 3: Mami, Makoto
Line 4: All
Line 5: All
Line 6: Mami
Line 7: Makoto
Line 8: Miki
Page 3 - Line 1: All
Line 2: All
Line 3: Mami, Makoto
Line 4: Mami, Miki
Line 5: Makoto
Line 6: Mami
Line 7: Miki
Line 8: All

The camera works?? I've never heard about this game before so... I'm a bit confused why there are 2 Mikis, what's with the lyrics thing and about the position of the idols. It is up to you to set it. xD

I hope's all right! >.<
My first time maiking an request like this. ^^

I'll take the request as is (although somewhat later, my net connection wants to plead for mercy, and it's 3am) but I'll explain some things, considering that you don't have a background in im@s pre im@s2.

In the idolm@ster on the Xbox 360, there's two Miki models. One's what you deem normal Miki, you know, lazy, self centred and her normal self.

The other Miki form is when she stops dying her hair (She's not a natural blonde) and cuts it back. She's known as awakened Miki, and if you've watched the anime (or played the game) you'd have an idea how she behaves if you watched the second half - She called the producer Honey among other things and essentially acts like a stalker.

The camera in fact DOES work, but it's tricky to manipulate. It's usually used in MAD reels, but we don't get much of that these days. Sometimes we get lucky, and sometimes, well, you get the idea. im@s L4U's camera is nortorious for being picky, and although a couple of years ago I had it down, the coordination to get the right shots is something I've lost.

Idol position in Live for you is always the following:

Leader, Member on Left, Member on right.

This puts the first person listed as always in the middle.

The lyrics is mostly self explanitory - if you want an idol to sing that particular block, you tell them to sing. If not, you tell them not to, and they will keep their mouth shut during the sections you tell them to.

It is amusing to see them get up on stage and not sing a word - they'll still dance, but the subtitles will go off... with no voice to accompany it.