HD Recording Service: So Close!

[HaLo2FrEeEk]

I had this big long post written up, but in my haste to grab the URL to link to it I accidentally closed the tab with the post page...so it's gone.

I suppose I'll just say I added a bunch of features, fixed a bunch of things, and I'm at the point where I should stop procrastinating and start working on the actual submission for the darned thing!

I've set up a public test for people to mess with, test, break, find things I need to fix...etc. Please check it out here:

http://infectionist.com/misc/capture/pu...apture.php

I think it's pretty cool. Nice little fade effects when you don't fill in a required field, and fade out when you fill it in. It uses my getFileShare class (which you can find a thread about in this forum). Basically it's a custom php Class that I wrote that'll let you retrieve the fileshare items of any gamertag supplied, it makes it REALLY easy. I cut down 15-20 lines of code using it, and that's pretty considerable. As far as I know, validation is working, but that's what I want people to test the most completely. The following fields are required:

Gamertag, Film, Email Address, Accept the price, and Accept the ToS.

Those fields must be filled in/checked for a submission to take place. If anyone manages to get it to submit without filling in one of those fields, please let me know.

Also, probably my favorite new feature is the little notification you get when the price changes (when you switch between 720p and 480p). Try it, I won't ruin the surprise, but I love it. Just select a film and change between 720p and 480p, back and forth. I've tested it as much as I can in IE7 and Firefox, but since I know how it's supposed to work, I can't find things that don't work how they're supposed to do, that's why the public test!

Anyway, try it out, lemme know what you think. Submission doesn't actually submit anything, it just takes you to a page with the information you entered on it, but by all means, click the button, you'll need to to test it properly.

Here's the link again:

http://infectionist.com/misc/capture/pu...apture.php
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[HaLo2FrEeEk]

I had this big long post written up, but in my haste to grab the URL to link to it I accidentally closed the tab with the post page...so it's gone.

I suppose I'll just say I added a bunch of features, fixed a bunch of things, and I'm at the point where I should stop procrastinating and start working on the actual submission for the darned thing!

I've set up a public test for people to mess with, test, break, find things I need to fix...etc. Please check it out here:

http://infectionist.com/misc/capture/pu...apture.php

I think it's pretty cool. Nice little fade effects when you don't fill in a required field, and fade out when you fill it in. It uses my getFileShare class (which you can find a thread about in this forum). Basically it's a custom php Class that I wrote that'll let you retrieve the fileshare items of any gamertag supplied, it makes it REALLY easy. I cut down 15-20 lines of code using it, and that's pretty considerable. As far as I know, validation is working, but that's what I want people to test the most completely. The following fields are required:

Gamertag, Film, Email Address, Accept the price, and Accept the ToS.

Those fields must be filled in/checked for a submission to take place. If anyone manages to get it to submit without filling in one of those fields, please let me know.

Also, probably my favorite new feature is the little notification you get when the price changes (when you switch between 720p and 480p). Try it, I won't ruin the surprise, but I love it. Just select a film and change between 720p and 480p, back and forth. I've tested it as much as I can in IE7 and Firefox, but since I know how it's supposed to work, I can't find things that don't work how they're supposed to do, that's why the public test!

Anyway, try it out, lemme know what you think. Submission doesn't actually submit anything, it just takes you to a page with the information you entered on it, but by all means, click the button, you'll need to to test it properly.

Here's the link again:

http://infectionist.com/misc/capture/pu...apture.php
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[Poisonblood]

Thats smexy, and the effect your talkign abotu is nice.

When I filled the ifno and hit accept it gave me this:
Array ( [gamertag] => Poisonblood [film] => 80644620|No Scope|00|00|14 [fileid] => 80644620 [title] => No Scope [duration] => 14 [res] => 480 [format] => wmv [comment] => Remove Hud. Does it work? [email] => xPosionlboodxx@yahoo.com [agreeprice] => true [agreetos] => true )

Im geussing because you didnt make the next part? Also, shouldnt there be a credit card slot?
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[Poisonblood]

Thats smexy, and the effect your talkign abotu is nice.

When I filled the ifno and hit accept it gave me this:
Array ( [gamertag] => Poisonblood [film] => 80644620|No Scope|00|00|14 [fileid] => 80644620 [title] => No Scope [duration] => 14 [res] => 480 [format] => wmv [comment] => Remove Hud. Does it work? [email] => xPosionlboodxx@yahoo.com [agreeprice] => true [agreetos] => true )

Im geussing because you didnt make the next part? Also, shouldnt there be a credit card slot?
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[Pivot]

How about films within 1 minute are free? :D And at the side of Comments you should have a combos box with different combinations in it so that people can explain it easier. So if you just put in Gameplay, you'd know that it's simply Yes reticule no timeline because it'll say in the combo box.
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[HaLo2FrEeEk]

@poisonblood: Thank you. That's the result you're supposed to get. I send all the data to the server in a POST array, the submit page is just printing out that POST array for debugging purposes. Eventually the submit page will actually clen up the information and submit it to the database, then send me an email letting me know there's a request waiting. I don't need a credit card field because for one, I don't have the ability to charge a credit card, I'd have to pay for that, and I'll be using the site's Paypal donation feature for people to pay, keep it simple and secure.

@Pivot: I can't do any free films, it takes up my time and space and bandwidth and if I offer films for free then everyonewill try to cheat the system by uploading films that are less the 1 minute. I will probably do promotions occasionally, like half off your purchase or free 1 minute films, but it'll only last a short time. That'll just be to get the word out, you know?

And I like your idea abou the boxes...instead of leaving a comment they'll just select the boxes:

No HUD
No Timeline
No Reticule

What other comments would they need to give?

Thanks, both of you for the replies!
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[HaLo2FrEeEk]

@poisonblood: Thank you. That's the result you're supposed to get. I send all the data to the server in a POST array, the submit page is just printing out that POST array for debugging purposes. Eventually the submit page will actually clen up the information and submit it to the database, then send me an email letting me know there's a request waiting. I don't need a credit card field because for one, I don't have the ability to charge a credit card, I'd have to pay for that, and I'll be using the site's Paypal donation feature for people to pay, keep it simple and secure.

@Pivot: I can't do any free films, it takes up my time and space and bandwidth and if I offer films for free then everyonewill try to cheat the system by uploading films that are less the 1 minute. I will probably do promotions occasionally, like half off your purchase or free 1 minute films, but it'll only last a short time. That'll just be to get the word out, you know?

And I like your idea abou the boxes...instead of leaving a comment they'll just select the boxes:

No HUD
No Timeline
No Reticule

What other comments would they need to give?

Thanks, both of you for the replies!
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[Pivot]

Like some people may have Free camera. For example, if it's an awesome stick, they may have recorded it to follow the plasma grenade theirselves.
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[HaLo2FrEeEk]

In which case the film clip would be saved with no hud or reticule, just the timeline. They would check all of them though, to be safe.
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In which case the film clip would be saved with no hud or reticule, just the timeline. They would check all of them though, to be safe.
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[HaLo2FrEeEk]

Someone at HBO noticed a bug with lengths. When a clip containing 08 or 09 as the hours, minutes, or seconds duration is selected, the script reads it as 0. The reasoning for this is because Javascript and the parseInt function reads 08 and 09 as a base8 input, even though it isn't, and so returns 0. I've fixed it by changing parseInt() to parseInt(parseFloat()), works fine now.

This was a pretty big issue because it meant that someone could submit a clip anywhere from 8:00 to 9:59 in length and it'd be only a dollar charge, since the script would read it as 0 seconds or 59 seconds.

I also made a change to the script so that when you change the resolution you're having your clip recorded in, the Accept Price checkbox will automatically uncheck (if it's checked). This forces the user to have to reselect the accept checkbox, verifying that they noted the change.
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[HaLo2FrEeEk]

Someone at HBO noticed a bug with lengths. When a clip containing 08 or 09 as the hours, minutes, or seconds duration is selected, the script reads it as 0. The reasoning for this is because Javascript and the parseInt function reads 08 and 09 as a base8 input, even though it isn't, and so returns 0. I've fixed it by changing parseInt() to parseInt(parseFloat()), works fine now.

This was a pretty big issue because it meant that someone could submit a clip anywhere from 8:00 to 9:59 in length and it'd be only a dollar charge, since the script would read it as 0 seconds or 59 seconds.

I also made a change to the script so that when you change the resolution you're having your clip recorded in, the Accept Price checkbox will automatically uncheck (if it's checked). This forces the user to have to reselect the accept checkbox, verifying that they noted the change.
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[KJdog23]

On the home page before entering gt I got this:

Warning: include(./functions.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/halo2freeek/infectionist.com/misc/capture/public_test/capture.php on line 5

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening './functions.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/halo2freeek/infectionist.com/misc/capture/public_test/capture.php on line 5
This service will allow you to submit your Halo 3 Saved Films to be captured in HD. You can also choose to have your clip recorded in Standard Definition for a lower price, if you want. Before using this service, please read the Terms of Service. You must agree to the ToS before you can submit your request.

The steps are simple. Start by entering your gamertag and clicking the button:

and then the spot to enter the gt




Not sure if thats correct, but yeah. Then the other parts seemed to work very well, but instead of having the checkboxes be No's make them be Yes's, so "Reticle, HUD, and then doubt anyone wants timeline..." and then maybe have people be able to say in comments "Other" such as after the triple, hold the back button to show its only a 2 v 2 or something.
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[HaLo2FrEeEk]

I'm stupid. I fixed the issue you mentioned, it had to do with the functions.php file not being where it was supposed to be. Last night I made some changes and fixed some things with the code and moved the new versions into the public test directory, but I forgot to move functions.php. I moved it and it works now.

As for the second part, I think having a box to include the hud/reticule would be better, then a person can put in the comments if they want the timeline (some people might, you never know) and like you said about the triple kill or whatever. I like it.
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[HaLo2FrEeEk]

I'm stupid. I fixed the issue you mentioned, it had to do with the functions.php file not being where it was supposed to be. Last night I made some changes and fixed some things with the code and moved the new versions into the public test directory, but I forgot to move functions.php. I moved it and it works now.

As for the second part, I think having a box to include the hud/reticule would be better, then a person can put in the comments if they want the timeline (some people might, you never know) and like you said about the triple kill or whatever. I like it.
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[HaLo2FrEeEk]

I'm working on adding a few new features, volume discounting and discount codes.

Initially I planned to have it set up so that the first 10 minutes of recording in HD is $1/minute and every minute after that is $0.50, then there would be no discount for SD recordings. I rethought that plan a bit and I think what I'll try to do is just have it so that after $10 of recording (in a single transaction, no stacking), every minute is 50% off. So that would mean that every minute after 10 minutes of HD recording would be $0.50 and every minute after 20 minutes of SD recording will be $0.25/minute. This way everyone wins, no one's left out.

I also plan to have an option to let people save their email address in the database to recieve occasional emails about promotions and contests and stuff. I think that'll be a great idea, it'll be an opt-in feature, so if they don't want it they don't have to do it, but they can if they want and they've got nothing to lose. Of course if I do this I'll need to work in a promotion system. They'll fill out all their information on the first page and I'll put a little * next to the price that says before promo or something, then on the next page, where they'll confirm the request, they can enter a promo code that will discount the price however much is needed. I'll probably do this through ajax, have a page be called up when they apply the promo code that'll check against the database of acceptable promo codes, if it's valid, it'll tell the javascript to calculate the cost then apply the discount and resend it to the page. This way the person won't have to reload the page. I like it!

I think best like this, when I'm typing it out or talking about it. I just can't get this stuff in my head.

What do you guys think...I need suggestions.
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[HaLo2FrEeEk]

I'm working on adding a few new features, volume discounting and discount codes.

Initially I planned to have it set up so that the first 10 minutes of recording in HD is $1/minute and every minute after that is $0.50, then there would be no discount for SD recordings. I rethought that plan a bit and I think what I'll try to do is just have it so that after $10 of recording (in a single transaction, no stacking), every minute is 50% off. So that would mean that every minute after 10 minutes of HD recording would be $0.50 and every minute after 20 minutes of SD recording will be $0.25/minute. This way everyone wins, no one's left out.

I also plan to have an option to let people save their email address in the database to recieve occasional emails about promotions and contests and stuff. I think that'll be a great idea, it'll be an opt-in feature, so if they don't want it they don't have to do it, but they can if they want and they've got nothing to lose. Of course if I do this I'll need to work in a promotion system. They'll fill out all their information on the first page and I'll put a little * next to the price that says before promo or something, then on the next page, where they'll confirm the request, they can enter a promo code that will discount the price however much is needed. I'll probably do this through ajax, have a page be called up when they apply the promo code that'll check against the database of acceptable promo codes, if it's valid, it'll tell the javascript to calculate the cost then apply the discount and resend it to the page. This way the person won't have to reload the page. I like it!

I think best like this, when I'm typing it out or talking about it. I just can't get this stuff in my head.

What do you guys think...I need suggestions.
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