What kind of videos do you like?

[Billy_boy_2010]

I have a very short attention span. Anything to keep me engaged.

Take off and landing is always nice. Sets the scene so to speak.

Narration is good for the slower flights. Live narration is best.

Lots of variation in the scenes. If you flew 4 flights- cut it down to a few mins of interesting stuff.

Fly in more places and fly lower/faster etc

Music helps. Especially if it's in line with the tone of the flight.

[FPVSteve]

There were a few videos I liked of BMSWeb (I think) flight texting the Bixler, FPVRaptor and FX-79 a while ago - the FX-79 one I enjoyed because he was flying low and slow around the villages nearby, and obviously being in Australia, the lighting was lovely. He was narrating at the time as well which sealed the deal for me.

[FPVSteve]

Flyboysee did some outstanding narrations a while back, especially the one where e got lost in the clouds and the one where you guys got him to 10km and in both cases he was obviously clenching. The audio added a whole new dimension to the flights.

[Coyote]

Flyboysee did some outstanding narrations a while back, especially the one where e got lost in the clouds and the one where you guys got him to 10km and in both cases he was obviously clenching. The audio added a whole new dimension to the flights.

If you ever fly with Rich you will find every flight is like this, drama all the way whether it be 500m out or 5k :)

[Brucey]

Yup!

[iwan_canobi]

I like to see a bit of scene being set, like having ground footage of the launch and maybe some flybys etc. I usually just mute the videos to be honest and I'm getting fed up trying to find royalty free music. But http://freemusicarchive.org/ is pretty good for that and normally just requires you to put a credit in the video somewhere for what you have chosen.

Overviews are nice, but they have to be well done and planned. Too much faffing and err's and umm's puts me off. As do lengthy descriptions of things that don't really matter. Just get the detail across.

I say all this but I rarely spend the time to properly set up a camera on the ground, or plan out an overview or anything. It's something I'd love to do but I rarely get enough time so just fly instead.

I also am sick to the back teeth of miniquad videos set to screaming dubstep soundtracks. They were interesting for about a minute to see what these things are capable of, but 6 minute long videos of rapid changes of directions and flips/rolls? No thanks.

[AdamG]

I feel like I have uploaded a mixture of videos, and by a very long way, my most popular video is my Long range narrated Skywalker video with over 20,000 views and over 500 likes in just 4 months.

Personally, I like picture in picture, love seeing the nice footage but also analysing what quality of signal the pilot had and how the plane is performing etc (I think this is reflected in my vids as I have a few picture in picture). I also like to see a few different in flight camera angles if possible.

Like someone already mentioned, I also like to see a picture of the aircraft so I know how it looks, where components are placed, and also I like the description to include the entire setup spec.

Final Cut X is also my editing software, after watching a few tutorials on Youtube its all good! If anyone would like a copy of this for Mac let me know  ;) ;)

[FPVSteve]

Agree on the miniquads. I've unsubscribed a bunch of people who I used to enjoy watching, but now it's all the same stuff over and over again and my brain can't keep up tbh lol

[AdamG]

Agree on the miniquads. I've unsubscribed a bunch of people who I used to enjoy watching, but now it's all the same stuff over and over again and my brain can't keep up tbh lol

:yeahthat:

[Ratty]

Youre not the only ones, I love mini quads and racing, but even I am bored of the same videos over and over.

Freestyle is mind numbing as its just flip flip flip. Speeding up and down a field is just as boring. Watching an actual close race is fun for a few laps.

I am equally bored of watching long range HD plane footage tho, unless its in some beautiful place with amazing scenery, it is all the same. (dive bombing ladies aside   :P )

Their needs to be something new and innovative for me to watch a long flight video. I find informative, reviews and tech videos more interesting atm.

[AdamG]

Ratty I agree that flying those 250's = Great fun!

Also, I really like:
-low flying videos
-Edited videos where it changes scene every few seconds rather than the same clip for 1 minute at a time (This doesn't always apply though)

[Loopdreams]

I enjoy most videos even if I rarely watch all of them.  Personally I just make videos for me and if someone else wants to watch them then that's cool but I'm really not fussed either way.  I just like to have a record of my flying set to some music that I happen to like, totally self-indulgent.

[elmattbo]

It looks like the content is key, regardless of what airframe. I know what you mean about 250 videos but what makes the difference with the good ones is that they are interesting while still demonstrating skill. Some of charpu's latest vids are actually a bit dull wheras skitzo is on another level for me (this was bloody brilliant https://youtu.be/lzBEA2UFzR8 ).
For fixed wing, low flying and interesting 3D environments, even if it's just a river or following a track. I find long range a bit dull though. 10k might feel a long way for an rc plane but because of the height needed it just looks like a slow, boring full size flight to me - sorry if that's your bag but it's just my opinion. It's also a bit illegal 🤐😇!

I suppose it all depends what sparks your interest in fpv in the first place. Ironically, I have no interest in rc modelling (as in scale etc) and I'm not looking for the feeling of flight as I get that in my day job. It's all about the interplay between sky and ground for me, so ultimately that's what I like to see in a good vid.

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[Lola]

I like videos I can watch over here, you know, the ones GEMA accepts....whoever she is  :+

[Gundummy]

P0rn ones.

I'm glad someone saved me the trouble lol....