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Posted by: thestrangestick
In what way? How on earth can they get 'all over' Bungie for providing a service? They haven't infringed anybody's anything.
Anyway, having recently purchased a cheap and cheerful (but good quality) generic video cap card off eBay I was just thinking 'oh great!' as I saw this news item but reading it through has calmed my fears. A pay-per-cap video system is preposterous and not at all viable for somebody that wants to make a lengthy film project, have you ever heard of a montage made entirely using films purchased from eatHalo? In fact, seeming as that service is also pay-per-view, why doesn't everyone that cannot use the 'render' feaure 'til July just use that site instead? To anybody reading that was holding back for this system to enable themselves to make a machinima, just bite the bullet and get a capture card. It's also a lot more flexible, this feature from Bungie is more like the MLG GameRoom with Gamevee strapped on top, and considering the complications with lengths of film etc, multiple angle based productions become impossible.
I'm not entirely surprised though - think of the route Bungie (MS) took with the Mythic maps - tying their release to two different video games, although of course that is beyond their control, which makes me wonder if this feature is also controlled by higher powers...
To be fair though, it will be the best quality free-ish Halo 3 video service around, and you have to give Bungie credit for the concept, I can't think of any other company that panders to the movie editing community as much!
Why are you complaining already? Think of the time and effort this feature will cut for us? Before if I just had an amazing neverbeforeseen kill I'd have to buy a capture card, record the film, edit the film and then upload it to a video hosting site. Now all I have to do is put in my fileshare and BLAM! Its right there for viewing pleasure. I know it wont be ideal for machinimas or montages right now but I'm sure Bungie have taken that into consideration and are working on a way around that. Just be thankful for this sweet update and Love Bungie X