I'm glad to see the club embracing marketing and using the scoreboard amongst other things to engage fans...they've even gone and created a nice little intro video of some goals we've scored to get us in the mood...BUT I've got an issue with it. The ****ing commentary. Does anyone else find that the radio commentary just doesn't translate to the stadium speakers and actually hurts your ears? Similarly, I remember Paddy McCourt scoring that goal but it was a few years ago now...why not show us some of the screamers our current players have bagged? Am I just a whinging ******* now?
The videos are the originals from Barnsley Player and although the audio could do with cleaning up and enhancing there's not much that can be done without the original files. I'm sure there will be a compilation of recent goals coming in the not too distant future.
Didn't realise that Matt - I like listening to the commentary on Barnsley Player but I just can't listen to it on the stadium speakers. Just say it...moaning b*stard.
The intro video contains many goals from down the years. We've tried to include the obvious ones, but of course you can't please everyone. If I had my way, there'd be every Butterfield goal... The audio is difficult to lower, but I'm sure we can try our best. As for recent goals, we do show a video that has every Reds goal scored this season on it. But that's shown earlier of course and maybe some folk aren't in their seat at that point.
Is it not possible to isolate the audio to create a new video entirely? There's a number of programmes that I've used in the past that will record everything that goes through your sound card. Not sure what systems you guys are using. As you say though - change it and someone else will moan that it's too quiet.
I agree. Not knocking them for trying it but it just doesn't work for me. 1. It's too loud, you can't hear yourself think when it's on. 2. The board is really too small to show detailed videos like that 3. The sound to screen ratio is totally wrong 4. Showing years old goals by players long since gone doesn't work 5. It starts so completely randomly without warning. It's easy for me to say but I think a much better video would be one showing close ups of the players and fans celebrating various goals, lifting the two trophies etc accompanied by a rousing piece of music. What I will say though is that the board is still pretty new so things will be tried that don't work, it doesn't mean they're embarrassing (as said in another thread)
I like it apart from it really is too loud but mainly point 5: it starts so randomly! It makes me jump and wonder what the heck is happening every time.
Exactly. There's no warning at all is there, suddenly you hear hourihanes name (I think) screamed at full volume. If it was turned down and something was done about how it starts with perhaps another short video stuck straight in front of it) it would be much better