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Phil and Ricky talk this week about video encoding, voiceover recording tips, the mind-blowing film “Escape from City 17,” and more. Then Ricky closes the show with some impromptu beat-boxing.

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This Week’s Itinerary:

• Music Credits for this show:
  • Opening music is by Nine Inch Nails, from the album The Slip, the track title is “Demon Seed.”
  • This musical selection is used under the Creative Commons license graciously chosen by the artist. Please consider supporting them with a music purchase if you enjoy what you hear.
• Standalone encoding programs: Autodesk Cleaner, Adobe Premiere Pro’s “Media Encoder”
• VirtualDub
• Quicktime Pro
• DivX Pro
• Windows Media Encoder
• Topic: Voiceover Recording Techniques
• Picture of Ricky’s New Studio
  
• M-Audio MicroTrack II portable recording device
• Sisch’s “Saving Grace”
• RODE NT1-A
• FILM: Escape from City 17, Part One
• Purchase Brothers (makers of that film)
• Valve article on “games as entertainment services”
• Gabe Newell (Valve): Entertainment is a Service
• Chantal Harvey’s “MaMachinima Festival” in Amsterdam / Second Life
• Chantal Harvey on Vimeo
• Blog: The Art of the Title Sequence
• Machiniplex3: “Saving Grace: An Excellent Premiere”
• The Emily Project
• Image Metrics
• Renderosity.com