Finally, all 4 join in on a game of video game trivia. Who will win, who will lose, and who will stab who in the back to emerge victorious? Tune in to find out!
Ian also brings up Hullabaloo Steampunk animated film. This spurs the discussion, is 2D dead? Will we ever see studios bringing out traditionally animated films again? How much work is it for the average animator to make something as small as a 30 second commercial alone?
Finally, we wrap things up with some animation trivia. Who will emerge victorious this week? Tune in to find out!
On this week’s episode Ben and Ian discuss setting up a file server to share files with friends and family. But first, Ian brings us this week’s headlines.
Ben also shares a link about 3D Printed skeleton keys from Hacking the System.
The main topic this week is file servers. Ben and his brother Frank want to share their media libraries even though they’re not on the same network. There’s not currently a consensus on the best way to go about this, though Ben has tried many things. He’s considered setting up a personal cloud like ownCloud, telling his brother to look into Pogoplug, and even setting up a FTP server like PureFTP Manager. He’s looked at Easy File Sharing Web Server and similar applications but hasn’t found a clear winner yet.
Ian and Ben discuss a little bit of everything this week, from what you should expect out of colleges to gatekeepers and the future of creative content online. Then they play a rousing match of animation trivia. Who will emerge victorious? Tune in to find out!
This week Ben and Ian are joined once again by Doug of the CrushCast. They discuss the current situation in Ferguson, MO, the recent passing of Robin Williams, and other current events. But first, Ian brings us this week’s headlines.
There’s a lot to cover this week considering the violence and racial tension in Ferguson. There’s also the question of can you mourn somebody you never really knew?
Ian also brings in the topic of micropayments in video games.
Finally, our three hosts face off in a round of movie trivia. Who will win? Tune in to find out!
This week Ben and Ian revisit the issue of making money as an animator on YouTube with several more animators posting videos on the subject. But first, Ian brings us this week’s headlines.
Ben also brings us some news, sharing the story Studio Ghibli Is Not Dead Yet. Kotaku reports the beloved animation studio is currently in a phase of restructuring.
Animator Ross O’Donovan, AKA Rubber Ninja, has posted a video asking the question, Does Independent Animation Have a Future on YouTube?
This week Ben leaves his underground bunker to tell us of his latest obsession: Configuring a media center. But first, Ian brings us this week’s headlines.
Do you want to use your current system or a dedicated machine?
Your decisions should be based on how granular you want to be about the project
Home Theater PC (HTPC)
Prebuilt -More work is done for you but your options may be limited and you pay for ease of use/convenience
Custom -More options and you can price hunt for deals but requires more thought and setup time
Set top box – Easiest choice but also the most limiting
Local storage
There are many ways you can store your media. Here are some options
Drobo – Redundant storage where you buy the system that meets your needs and fill it with however any drives you want FreeNAS – Free and open source network-attached storage. Buy a system that runs it or build your own
Media Center Frontend
For our purposes we want to run XBMC XBMC – Open Source Home Theater Software, runs on plenty of hardware efficiently, is open source and easy to customize, has iOS remote control app
Perhaps the simplest rig to put together would be assembling a Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi – Very customizable and educational, literally build it out from the circuit board how you want it Running XBMC on Raspberry Pi
I went with an Ouya for my build Ouya – Android Gaming Console, $99 geared towards people who want to tinker with Android apps/games
A version of XBMC made specifically for the Ouya is available free in it’s app store and you can also install other versions Running XBMC on Ouya
My brother recently got one as well so he and I can swap notes on what works best
To Root or Not to Root
Rooting your Ouya gives you power to add and install things not available to normal users such as the Google Play Store however you could also screw things up with it so tread lightly Rooting the Ouya tutorial
Apps
I recommend installing a couple apps to make things easier 1Mobile Market – for downloading apps
Chrome – because the browser app is rather bare bones ES File Explorer – for copying/moving files around
This add-on for XBMC takes your local content, others from streaming sources, and live TV and puts it all into an Electronic Programming Guide. Based on another program, PseudoTV which dealt with local files.
You can build your own custom channels, complete with logo bugs and bumpers/commercials all based on what you want to see when you want to see it Milkman’s Guide to the Ultimate Media System – forum thread with files and links PDF of Milkman’s guide – A handy guide for setting up a system for your content to get scraped by XBMC and building channels in PSeudoTV Live
SMBUp – If you’re using a newer Mac and want to share your folders you can run into connection problems. This app deals with them nicely
Ian’s been doing some painting of his equipment lately so this week he and Ben discuss proper safety and be practices for spray painting. Then they have a rousing game of movie trivia. Who will win this week? Listen in to find out!
