Revennaras Mixes

Many of my great fans have been asking me about some of my older Revennaras Epic Mix videos. While I deleted the first few completely, I still have some available on my computer, and I decided to upload them to an alternate Youtube channel for those of you who want to see them again. I have also embedded them here for your convenience. My old Revennaras account actually made it all the way to 19 epic mixes before I decided to make the switch to Sindrannaras.

The main reason for deleting the older mixes was due to the new standard of quality I have dedicated myself to. I felt some of my beginning videos were not where I wanted them to be, so I began revising them. A full detailed explanation (for those of you that are interested) can be found here:

http://sindrannaras.blogspot.com/2011/09/from-revennaras-to-sindrannaras.html

Some of the songs in these older mixes have not yet been used in a Sindrannaras mix, but I plan on using the majority of them in future mixes eventually.

I hope you enjoy some of my older work, my friends. While not as good as my newer stuff, I think there is still some epicness to be found in them.

Revennaras Music Mix 10. I spent so much time on this mix that I couldn’t delete it. I think it still has some great epicness to it, though, and I have left it on my Revennaras channel.



Revennaras Music Mix 16. This mix was left on my Revennaras channel because I felt it turned out pretty good, and I don’t plan on remaking it again.



Revennaras Music Mix 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15. Some of these were all taken off of Youtube when I made the switch to Sindrannaras. A couple others I left on my old channel since I had no intention of re-mastering them.

Mix 14:


Mix 12:


Mix 11:


Mix 15:


Mix 13:


Revennaras Music Mix 6. X-Ray Dog gave me a strike on my Revennaras account for uploading a full version song, so I decided to not remake this mix on Sindrannaras. I respect their wishes, and currently do not have plans to upload their music in the future.



Lord Of The Rings Music Mix Of Legend. I may re-master this mix in the future someday. The LOTR music is still the best movie soundtrack of all time.



I want to thank all of my fans throughout the years. I have received so many wonderful compliments and good wishes. I look forward to creating more epic and majestic mixes in the future, and I hope you’ll be there to enjoy them with me for a long time to come.

Top 10 tips and tricks for making a high quality Youtube experience

Youtube is a juggernaut of epicness that is likely to last forever. Aside from being the largest video platform, it is the 3rd most visited website in the world, as well as the 2nd largest search engine. Youtube has over 3,000,000,000 views . . . every single day! Ever wonder how much video footage is uploaded every minute? A whopping 35 hours. Every minute, buddies! Does any of that footage belong to you? If not, you're missing out, my friends. Youtube is an awesome opportunity to show off your creativity. Anyone can do it, and I'm sure you would be surprised with how easy it can be. For those of you who are just starting out, here are some good recommendations, as well as interesting tips on how to make Youtube a better experience, for you and your future viewers.

1. When uploading your video to Youtube, make sure it is in HD.

I’m sure I’m not alone in this, but when I search for anything, I always include ", HD" after everything in the search string. That will only pull up videos in 720p or 1080p, and those are the only videos worth watching in my opinion. This goes for music, as well as video. Nothing is more irritating that finding a cool song to listen to on Youtube, only to hear it crackle, fizzle, and be ruined by low quality audio.

2. Adjust your settings to always play in high quality

Watching videos in high quality is the only way to go. Youtube allows you to set your playback settings to always play the highest quality setting available. You can make that change by logging into your account and going here:

http://www.youtube.com/account#playback/quality

Another great tip to know about is &hd=1. When you’re sharing a link to a video with a friend, family, neighbor, a dead relative, or anyone else, send them the link and add &hd=1 at the end of the link. This will automatically play the video in HD when they click on the link. I use this often, especially when I’m posting links to my videos in blogs or facebook.

3. Have the proper rendering settings.

I know through experience that getting this just right can sometimes be difficult. Once you have found a video editing software that works for you, I would recommend checking Youtube for tutorials on the best rendering settings, and then uploading test videos to a proxy channel to make it look the way you want. Also, find videos you like and politely ask that user for advice. I found that most people are willing to help in that regard.
Youtube has outlined what video formats they prefer for their videos:

• WebM files - Vp8 video codec and Vorbis Audio codecs
• .MPEG4, 3GPP and MOV files - Typically supporting h264, mpeg4 video codecs, and AAC audio codec
• .AVI - Many cameras output this format - typically the video codec is MJPEG and audio is PCM
• .MPEGPS - Typically supporting MPEG2 video codec and MP2 audio
• .WMV
• .FLV - Adobe-FLV1 video codec, MP3 audio

4. Crop the image to fit the screen.

Nothing sucks more than having a large T.V., then having to watch something that only fills up half of your uber-epic-awesome screen. Make sure the aspect ratio for your video is 16:9. The size you will want for HD is 1280 X 720. This will allow you to fill the screen and avoid any of the black bars. Depending on the video you’re editing, you may need to crop the image to fill the screen, as well.

5. Enable your player to watch a blocked video.

Copyright is a good thing. However, there are many great videos online, which harbor no ill will to the copyright holder, that have been blocked in certain countries. I have a video uploaded that is blocked in Germany because a certain small portion of the video contains music composed by Hans Zimmer. Here is a link to view the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsANNlRl4Ak&hd=1

And here is how to bypass the block if you can’t view it properly: Simply paste the video's URL into this proxy website:

http://proxy.maxproxy.net/

Another thing that may work is by using google translate. You can paste the video URL into the translate section and it can work, depending on your location.

6. Getting a video to auto-replay

When it comes to good music, sometimes it is nice to have it on auto-replay during a good gaming session, cleaning the house, or just sitting back and enjoying all the wonderful imaginations that come to your head while its playing. Something that nice should be available, right? Check out TubeReplay and let it help you out. It will even keep a running total of how many times it repeated the epicness for you.

http://www.tubereplay.com/

7. How to Download A Youtube Video

There are many ways to do this. A lot of people ask me where I get my cinematics from. The majority come from Youtube, buddies. I use a site called keepvid.

http://keepvid.com/

One thing I really like about this site is it makes it easy to see what quality you're downloading, as well as the format you want it in. I use MP4 for downloading, editing, and uploading. Keeping all of these things the same is crucial to making sure your video turns out great in the end.

8. Playlists

Playlists are a must-have for any Youtuber. It allows you to sort videos into a group, one which you can click play-all. If you use Youtube primarily for music like I do, having a good playlist can make it very easy to enjoys hours and hours of epicness during a good gaming session without having to tab out and reload a new song. I'm currently replaying through Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 to get ready for the new release of Mass Effect 3 (woot, woot). Having epic music constantly going in the background makes it much more enjoyable. I especially found this true when I used to play World of Warcraft. Creating a playlist is easy. Next to the "Like" button on any video, you will see a button that says "add to". Click on that and make your playlist. Easy as it gets. Here are links to view playlists for my music mixes:

Epic Music Mix Of Legend
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL553EB59EFBD7930B&feature=view_all

Epic Music Mix Of Majesty
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0D491920B696D127&feature=view_all

Epic Music Mix Of Sadness
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDF8706C22633ADFA&feature=view_all

Epic Music Mix Of Darkness
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD5A2787EC26BB68A&feature=view_all


9. When creating a video, make sure you yourself really enjoy it

This is a key ingredient to any successful video. Don't ever settle for something mediocre, especially when you know you could have done much better with the video. My first account, Revennaras, has some videos with decent moments, but as I learned more and more, got better at editing, and saw how to truly make a good video, I grew to despise some of my earlier videos I had created. I couldn't even enjoy the mixes I spent hours and hours creating. So, I decided to create my new channel Sindrannaras.

http://www.youtube.com/sindrannaras

I revised a lot of my older content with higher quality audio, video, and creativity. It will have taken me almost a year to revise everything I want to, but I'm very happy with what I've done. Another great example of not settling for mediocre is DragonstarDT. His new video Epic Music Mix XVII - Retribution has a cinematic beginning, which is amazing. The first draft he did was amazing compared to many other similar videos out there, but he didn't think it was as good as it could have been. Thus the end result is truly great, mainly because he didn't settle for anything less than DragonstarDT-worthy-awesomeness. I salute you, good buddy!

10. Practice Makes Perfect

Although I received good praise for m very first epic music mix, it was terrible. I'm very happy I kept at it, though. One great way to practice is to upload parts of your video to a private Youtube channel and watch it over and over, see what you do and don't like about it, then adjust accordingly. My videos nowadays go through several drafts before I upload them to my channel.

Youtube will only get better with time. The more users who decide to upload, the greater it will be.

Top 20 Chuck Norris Facts

Honestly, how cool would it be to have the internet fame of Chuck Norris? Nearly every Youtube video has a comment about him, and there are literally thousands of fun facts about his near divine abilities. Here are my top 20 favorites.

- Voldemort refers to Chuck Norris as "You Know Who"

- The reason newborn babies cry is because they know they have just entered a world with Chuck Norris.

- Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.

- When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.

- A blind man once stepped on Chuck Norris' shoe. Chuck replied, "Don't you know who I am? I'm Chuck Norris!" The mere mention of his name cured this man blindness. Sadly the first, last, and only thing this man ever saw, was a fatal roundhouse delivered by Chuck Norris.

- When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, he had three missed calls from Chuck Norris.

- Ghosts sit around the camp fire and tell Chuck Norris stories.

- Chuck Norris has a grizzly bear carpet in his room. The bear isn't dead, it is just too afraid to move.

- Chuck Norris can make a slinky go up the stairs.

- Chuck Norris doesn't age, he levels up.

- Chuck Norris will never have a heart attack. His heart would never be so foolish as to attack him.

- It only takes 20 minutes for Chuck Norris to watch 60 Minutes.

- Chuck Norris once visited the Virgin Islands. They are now The Islands.

- Chuck Norris puts "laughter" in "manslaughter."

- Superman owns of pair of Chuck Norris pajamas.

- Bill Gates lives in constant fear that the PC of Chuck Norris will crash.

- Chuck Norris once decided to test the theory that cats have 9 lives. In conclusion, one roundhouse kick has enough power to take 10 lives at once.

- Chuck Norris can kill your imaginary friends.

- Chuck Norris can eat McDonald's breakfast after 11:00 A.M.

- Chuck Norris won the Iron Chef competition by microwaving hot-pockets.