Who made the Homebrew Channel music?

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ค. 2024
  • So, I got this tune stuck in my head.
    And I wanted to know more about it.
    This is a video about just that. Kind of.
    Chapters
    0:00 Intro
    1:55 Who made this music?
    3:26 Hardware Hacking
    6:25 CCC
    8:43 Starlet
    12:09 Team Twiizers moment
    13:40 The Twilight Hack
    15:20 CHANNELS!
    16:08 The HBC is born
    17:15 The Contests
    19:01 How do we use this data?
    22:00 Finding this guy
    24:58 Interview
    31:08 Ending and Special Thanks
    drmr's twitter profile: / _drmr_
    ----
    Intro music: Pegasus Mix - Dark Archon (arhn.eu)
    Outro: Bee Line (YM2151 Cover) - John Tay
    Twitch: / f4micom
    Twitter: / f4micom
    Discord: / discord
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  • @Minty_Meeo
    @Minty_Meeo ปีที่แล้ว +3015

    You made a good effort to explain the tweezers story, but I want to make a few corrections.
    The GCN had the PowerPC Gekko CPU. The GCN motherboard also included 24MiB of RAM (SPLASH) and 16MiB of auxillary RAM (ARAM). The former was physically addressable, while the latter was only accessible via the Audio Interface.
    The Wii had the PowerPC Broadway CPU, which operated PowerPC code virtually identically to the Gekko. Its main differences were a higher clock speed, plus embedding the 24MiB of SPLASH (renamed to MEM1) and the Starlet coprocessor inside its die. As for the motherboard, ARAM was removed, while 64MiB of physically addressable RAM (named MEM2) was added. When in GameCube mode (MIOS), MEM2 was made inaccessible to the CPU by Starlet, and the legacy Audio Interface would use the lowest 16MiB of MEM2 to simulate ARAM for GCN games.
    Team Twiizers used GameCube homebrew to peek into MEM2 to extract private keys, 16MiB at a time. And yes, this was made possible by using the tweezers to bridge data lines.
    I hope I did not get anything too terribly wrong in my correction. :P

    • @f4micom
      @f4micom  ปีที่แล้ว +297

      Pinning this! Thank you!!!

    • @Minty_Meeo
      @Minty_Meeo ปีที่แล้ว +151

      @@f4micom Oh no, I wanted to make a quick edit but now it's too late. I accidentally said Starlet was embedded in the Broadway when it was embedded in the Hollywood.

    • @kelownatechkid
      @kelownatechkid ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@Minty_Meeo It's not too late - you can edit youtube comments!

    • @Minty_Meeo
      @Minty_Meeo ปีที่แล้ว +64

      @@kelownatechkid Not pinned ones. At least, not without losing the pin.

    • @kelownatechkid
      @kelownatechkid ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@Minty_Meeo Exactly, she can just pin it again :D

  • @Atr0
    @Atr0 ปีที่แล้ว +2204

    -Great sense of humor ✅
    -Amazing editing ✅
    -Solid soundtrack ✅
    -Compelling/informative story ✅
    -Comprehensive guide to stalking people on the internet ✅
    man i love this channel (props for the aspect ratio, too!!)

    • @toadmushead8177
      @toadmushead8177 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@slyceth if thats true, give us the og link

    • @Atr0
      @Atr0 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@slyceth Two videos/creators can discuss the same topic. I very seriously doubt someone created this entire video, editing, interviews, collaborators and all and got it reuploaded by f4mi
      If you have proof, feel free to share

    • @Jamesking_250
      @Jamesking_250 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      -ddlc reference

    • @mischiefthedegenerateratto7464
      @mischiefthedegenerateratto7464 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@slyceth proof?

    • @ketas
      @ketas ปีที่แล้ว

      girls can stalk guys, that's not weird at all

  • @Lolyeet
    @Lolyeet 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +103

    "can i commit treason on my wii?"
    i was NOT expecting "hacking my wii" to be said like that lol

    • @nucular_sr
      @nucular_sr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      fami has esl swag

  • @NinJoshkko
    @NinJoshkko ปีที่แล้ว +364

    I do absolutely love the fact you made the entire video natively in 4:3, kinda adds to the nostalgia factor i feel like you mightve been going for.

    • @capn_l
      @capn_l ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Ouu im glad youre not the only one who noticed thatt

    • @iamsosillythatyoutubewillbanme
      @iamsosillythatyoutubewillbanme 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      what is 4:3

    • @NinJoshkko
      @NinJoshkko 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      ​​​@@iamsosillythatyoutubewillbanme4:3 is a video aspect ratio that was primarily used for television sets back before the 16:9 "widescreen" aspect ratio became the new standard aspect ratio for the majority of current modern displays.
      When we made the jump to make HD video resolution the new standard resolution, that was when 16:9 became the standard and replaced 4:3.

    • @Squiddoboii
      @Squiddoboii หลายเดือนก่อน

      I thought my ipad was using the 'fill to screen' thing when I saw it in the moment 😭

  • @lirithrope9696
    @lirithrope9696 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    Hey! I just wanna say that I really appreciate the subtitles esp as someone who has terrible hearing and whose first language isn't english. It must take a good amount of time to transcribe everything so I just wanna say thanks for all of the effort you put into the video :D

    • @4ur3o
      @4ur3o 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      NO REPLIES: I~LL FIX THAT. ALSO 54:23 IS MY FAVORITE MOMENT

    • @Persvicx
      @Persvicx 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      BOT.@@4ur3o

  • @cavifax
    @cavifax ปีที่แล้ว +615

    Last time i found a channel this underrated it became the thing called "Scott the Woz", let's see what happens with this one.

    • @barretthoven
      @barretthoven ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Last time for me it was Wendigoon

    • @Noredlac_
      @Noredlac_ ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@barretthoven same

    • @cygak1440
      @cygak1440 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      same here with scott and a lil guy named ant dude so lets see

    • @MatthewT394
      @MatthewT394 ปีที่แล้ว

      for me it was a youtuber called "Rogurt"

    • @DreamcastSoup
      @DreamcastSoup ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I’ve been watching Nathaniel Bandy since 2014 so like around 40 tho subs

  • @WilliamHungVEVO
    @WilliamHungVEVO ปีที่แล้ว +208

    The Homebrew Channel music brings me an unimaginable amount of nostalgia

    • @DogeFrom2014
      @DogeFrom2014 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The comment I was looking for

    • @carl_player3539
      @carl_player3539 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "Brew Like a pro!" The creators are LITERALLY Pros.

  • @batmanuk1810
    @batmanuk1810 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Man, I feel like I'm watching the second coming of Nick Robinson paying homage to obscure internet topics through a very well edited video. It's just another way to say I love your videos!

  • @MrMario2011
    @MrMario2011 ปีที่แล้ว +2007

    I'd say "AWESOME VIDEO" but I think it's more fitting here to say "awesome video" 😁

    • @tomusgaming6701
      @tomusgaming6701 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Thanks, you helped me mod my PS Vita :D

    • @essayharper
      @essayharper ปีที่แล้ว +5

      2nd reply

    • @Nostal101
      @Nostal101 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's awesome baby

    • @mvcs3385
      @mvcs3385 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      How about *_awesome video_* instead?

    • @ClassicBentobox
      @ClassicBentobox ปีที่แล้ว +16

      0 would also be an acceptable way to verify your compliment

  • @thepenguin9
    @thepenguin9 ปีที่แล้ว +632

    So far my main takeaway from this is lowercase passwords are secure and the security in the wii is actually ddlc

    • @YoudonknowwhoIam
      @YoudonknowwhoIam ปีที่แล้ว +38

      ddlc
      doki
      doki
      literature
      club

    • @kittensgalore6945
      @kittensgalore6945 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@YoudonknowwhoIam horse horse literature club

    • @YoudonknowwhoIam
      @YoudonknowwhoIam ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@kittensgalore6945 please stop existing in this multiverse

    • @kittensgalore6945
      @kittensgalore6945 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@YoudonknowwhoIam why

    • @YoudonknowwhoIam
      @YoudonknowwhoIam ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@kittensgalore6945 you said “horse horse literature club”

  • @edu_a_s4562
    @edu_a_s4562 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    he should actually do a homebrew music concept album

    • @SumeaBizarro
      @SumeaBizarro 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      It would, already does have fans.

  • @pandapan5797
    @pandapan5797 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Not many times I find myself completely immersed in a youtube documentary, enough to put on fullscreen mode and enjoy. Don't get me wrong I love yt documentaries, but I always watch them while scrolling amazon or drawing. Your dialogue is engaging and your script was very fun, the editing kept me entertained thoroughly and i learned more about a topic I barely knew about !
    Subscribed + bell, honestly very happy to see this content on youtube

  • @BlinksAwakening
    @BlinksAwakening ปีที่แล้ว +245

    He says he jokes about it, but I would eat up a concept album based on the homebrew channel music.

    • @HL09
      @HL09 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Id listen non stop for years till I die

    • @GamerTowerDX
      @GamerTowerDX ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Deadass i want that

    • @pauljs75
      @pauljs75 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You could probably get very close in terms of style/theme by having a track mix from "Local on the 8's" and "Boards of Canada".

    • @PhoticsTV
      @PhoticsTV ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It does seem like a strong candidate for Kickstarter. 😄

  • @EngineerKappa
    @EngineerKappa ปีที่แล้ว +189

    I love how this video feels like a love letter to that very specific era of gaming history so many people grew up with. It's surreal to think of how accessible and influential these mods were, and this lil' tune is probably one of those reasons. Thank you for making another great video.
    (Also at 24:52 I felt immediately called out when you said this, you got me right as I was alt tabbing)

  • @Jackaloathe
    @Jackaloathe ปีที่แล้ว +16

    You're just one of those hidden gems on youtube that I fell in love with. Keep up the great work and effort on these videos. They're super good and helpful as background noise for drawing!

  • @DLan8
    @DLan8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This music is super nostalgic and now I've got this video about it to thank for getting me into the rabbit hole of the rest of your videos. Super well made!

  • @BM30
    @BM30 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    I watched this video three times already because of how interesting it is and just realised the entire video is edited in 4:3 XD. I love the aesthetics in your editing style it's so good!

    • @PhoticsTV
      @PhoticsTV ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What's funny is that I didn't even notice it was 4:3 until I read the comments. 😄

  • @therealmarioplumber7440
    @therealmarioplumber7440 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    I'm so happy someone finally made a video discussing the homebrew channel music. Its kinda hard to describe but every since I jailbroke my wii I've always been fascinated with custom wii banners and their music, especially ones from the early wii hacking days. Idk there's just something about them that can't be replicated. Really good video as always f4mi, I look forward to more soon!

  • @RabbitEarsCh
    @RabbitEarsCh ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is really well edited and written. Your passion shines through.
    I'm excited to see where you go from here!

  • @valacejo
    @valacejo ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is probably one of my favorite videos of all time. the style, the humor and how you managed to explain the entire situation very well! I wasn't born early enough to know about the homebrew channel yet I still got invested in it!

  • @MvsG18
    @MvsG18 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    This video is amazing, it's literally what I've dreamt of when thinking about making content for my own channel, beautiful graphics that give personality to the content, large extension of the content spread in structured segments and with breaks for humour and breaths of fresh air before going to the most technical parts of the content, tremendous narration and genius way to tell the history, man I'm even loving the title, simple question, but that stucks in your brain, how can a jingle song from a hack Wii channel be so interesting to give substance to a 30 minute video about the theme, the aspect ratio, never, never in my life team have i enjoyed more watching content at 4:3 aspect ratio, though at times I thought it was 3:2, along with the graphics, edits and animation and all the dynamisms of the art in the video it simply made it amazing for making the content simply pop-up and stand out from the average TH-cam content.
    Honestly love this video, everything about it is simply great, it's inspiring for somebody that has been thinking quite a lot about making content, this is really the way I'd like people to feel and think about my content if I've ever make it.
    Super mega hella subscribed, excited for your next content, that said sorry for this comment, it might give you some pressure but fuck that, if this is anything your channel has to offer, we are for a hell of a ride, because it is simply put amazing!!!

  • @dextar7
    @dextar7 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    I love that people appreciate things as small as a 5 second tune. i used to listen to the music from the wii store icon too and it's great to see that i'm not the only one who appreciates it

  • @TheBreadPirate
    @TheBreadPirate ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This video is absolutely amazing!
    The editing was creative, the jokes were perfectly timed, and the story was 👌.
    I'm glad this has blown up!

  • @SpartaYoshi
    @SpartaYoshi ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love this video style. This is so fun to watch hahaaaa can't wait for more c:

  • @evelyn...
    @evelyn... ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "i booked a flight to drmr's twitter dms in search of answers"

  • @VexAcer
    @VexAcer ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Honestly I can always appreciate the effort that was put to make the Homebrew Channel banner as good as it is. It really does feel like something that could be official.

    • @BrainSlugs83
      @BrainSlugs83 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, it blows my mind -- like when all that stuff was new, I had assumed they just replaced a built-in channel that wasn't "enabled" or something and just changed the text. --- I never realized until now that they made the music and graphics themselves! 🤯

  • @jemo7520
    @jemo7520 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This one has been on my recommended for awhile, and I gotta say this was one entertaining journey of a question I've never considered. I really love your unique editing style, nice job !

  • @cinnamon6452
    @cinnamon6452 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I love the fact that you not only painstakingly recreate the edit from Petscop (1:05) with your own text but also the making the listed url actually work you actual madlad.

    • @WOLFLEPASVRAI
      @WOLFLEPASVRAI 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      this is incredible right ?

  • @jeremiii6523
    @jeremiii6523 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Woah, what a gem to come across on. Such a high quality video, I'm sure you'll grow more and more if you keep pumping these videos out. I'm definitely gonna watch your future videos. I really enjoyed watching

    • @TRUARKGAMINGYT
      @TRUARKGAMINGYT ปีที่แล้ว

      it is already my third video,,,

  • @nandinmaster
    @nandinmaster ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Gonna share some more love! I love how this doubled as a brief history of the Homebrew Channel simultaneously as a hunt, and it didn’t feel forced at all, which is something many editors (myself included) have struggled with! This is such an interesting topic and you handled it phenomenally!

  • @salguero51
    @salguero51 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just discovered you. And I feel obligated to say that... I REALLY LIKE YOUR STYLE.
    It's like the right amount of everything with great quality. Educational, entertaining, well documented, very fun to watch. I love the visual jokes and references.
    This video is just perfect. Great work!

  • @ptzzz
    @ptzzz ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video was a random recommendation to me by TH-cam while I was trying to find one last video to watch for the night and when I saw the title I thought "good question, Imma watch this" and I enjoyed it. I think the Wii Homebrew Channel music still holds up with its rhythm and vibe that it gives.
    The backstory on how theWii got hacked in the first placeand the creation of the Homebrew Channel (the events that took place, the people involved, the other drmr, etc) was nice as it gave the context necessary to piece all the details together.
    Really solid video altogether and I'll have to check your other videos as this is the first time I've encountered your channel.

  • @TheGameDisplay
    @TheGameDisplay ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thank you so much for making videos that touch on incredibly obscure yet super interesting topics! Your channel is amazing and I can't wait to see what you do next!

  • @theSoundCarddatabase
    @theSoundCarddatabase ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This was an immensely well-done video. Love the great research, the humour, and the progression of the storytelling. I'm also impressed with your editing, must have taken you a lot of time. Cheers!

  • @bigcheese6855
    @bigcheese6855 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    just found your channel yesterday. your videos are so well made. i'd pay for a subscription service for quality like this. absolutely great work.

  • @francescocastaldo7469
    @francescocastaldo7469 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So glad to the TH-cam algorithm for letting me discover this channel by recommending me this video today, watched 1+ hours of videos like it was nothing in those few 24 hours of free time that I have every week, and I'm not disappointed at all of it because of the great narration and subtle sarcasm, and the question itself was soooo legitimately interesting too. Your voice and accent are funny in a way but kinda cute and calming to listen to too!
    Will definitely watch some of the other videos, great job f4mi (I guess that the decapitalization adds to the _aesthetic_ so I'll keep it like that)

  • @EZOnTheEyes
    @EZOnTheEyes ปีที่แล้ว +38

    This is legitimately the best dev interview ive heard in years
    I could make jokes about this or that, but im just left in aw by the dedication it took :)

  • @Cleide3326
    @Cleide3326 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Awesome jokes, nice timing, perfect execution, gave away lots of Scott the Woz vibes, tbh.
    The humor is awesome, the narration is awesome, the content is very original and is a very well made research.
    You should really consider dedicating more time to this, because this is really high quality content, and you could really blow up if content output became consistent. I'd love to see more videos like this!
    Congratulations on the awesome work!

    • @4ur3o
      @4ur3o 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      BRUH R U BRAZILIAn:::::::: 54:23 IS MY FAVORITE MOMENT

  • @hmminnit
    @hmminnit ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This video is so well made. I get chills when I hear that Homebrew Jingle, its one of those things I thought no one else ever thought about. Simply amazing!

  • @ForgottenModders
    @ForgottenModders ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The quality of this video is top-notch! I always had an interest in the Homebrew of Wii, but never dived down the rabbit hole for say. Thanks for taking the time to make a well sourced video with good info! :) Keep up the great work!
    As someone else has pointed out before, this channel truly is a diamond in the rough.
    You just popped up in my recommended one day and I gave you a go, and I can say I am thoroughly satisfied with the content you make! Quite entertaining whilst holding an informative format.

  • @thepenguin9
    @thepenguin9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "Can I commit treason on the Wii?"
    Asking the real questions

  • @mjdxp5688
    @mjdxp5688 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I can't believe how underrated this channel is despite the amazing video quality, keep it up!

  • @DarkSwordsman
    @DarkSwordsman ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just wanted to say that I love your editing, presentation, and mix of games, anime, pop culture references, and tech. It's a perfect mix and I am interested in all of those things.

  • @carfreakUSA
    @carfreakUSA ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just want to say I absolutely LOVE your presentation style!
    It's really captivating and your humor is on point.
    You've earned another subscriber :)

  • @SeanCMonahan
    @SeanCMonahan ปีที่แล้ว +10

    this video is amazing! it had me literally laughing out loud a few times. the 4:3 aspect ratio by itself transported me back to 2000s. fantastic video as always, f4mi

  • @TheOscarGamer_
    @TheOscarGamer_ ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you so much for this... The homebrew music thing is the kind of questions that I ask myself when I'm bored af, but apart from giving us the answer (which is what we wanted at first), you have done it with *style* (very good editing) and *determination* (spent enough time to tell everything about the answer instead of just naming the guy who made the music).
    We need more people like you on the Internet, I'm definitely subscribing. Keep up the good work!

  • @Zobgo
    @Zobgo ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Your channel is seriously underrated f4mi, I've binge watched it all and it's a real nice mix of somewhat obscure stuff and awesome humor, I'm glad youtube recommended me this
    also comment so the algorithm can do its unga bunga and recommend it to more people

  • @donovangreene2348
    @donovangreene2348 ปีที่แล้ว

    I only found your channel today, and I really appreciate this kind of content, very informative, but staying humorous throughout. Subscribed and the bell is rung. I look forward to whatever you make a video on next!

  • @chrxsfn
    @chrxsfn ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i literally love your personality during this video, you go into great detail about stuff and make it goofy and still make sense and i absolutely love the fuck out of that

  • @DaGlitchMaster
    @DaGlitchMaster ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Your channel is criminally underrated given your level of research/editing.
    So I'm leaving a comment as an offering to the algorithm.
    Keep it up!

  • @superangyo01
    @superangyo01 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was an amazing video! The sense of humor was perfect, not too much but just the right amount to keep me laughing yet focused throughout! It was incredibly informational which is what I wanted so I am very happy. Excellent work!

  • @ignis2401
    @ignis2401 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for making this amazing and well made video!! I've had the same question in the back of my mind as well, and you answered it perfectly! You really went the extra mile. Great editing, too

  • @mlucianoeze
    @mlucianoeze ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I didn't know you before but this video is just awesome and all the effort put in research was definitely worth skipping work to watch it closely. Btw, amazing editing, I enjoyed it a lot and I feel it goes along really well with all the story. Congrats and thanks for this high quality content!

  • @MelodyDaivia
    @MelodyDaivia ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This video was a rollercoaster and it was so good. Also the nontechnical explanation of how they broke the wii was spot on

  • @wiz_7130
    @wiz_7130 ปีที่แล้ว

    First video Ive ever seen of yours and it was really good!! I love being able to learn about random stuff like this and it was very well put together :)

  • @mesalytic
    @mesalytic ปีที่แล้ว

    TH-cam recommended this to me, and I absolutely do not regret it. The editing is amazing, it's easy to follow, and was very informative !
    Definitely waiting for your next video

  • @MatteokiAtGamerestorers
    @MatteokiAtGamerestorers ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This was amazing! You managed to make a talk about a chip interesting, you fulfilled the question in the best way possible! Impressive.
    You even interviewed the man itself!
    The production quality is worth a sub

  • @ZeNico13
    @ZeNico13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excellent documentary! Very funny, very well explained, with beautiful visuals, excellent researches, and amazing storytelling, that's great!
    I just discovered the channel, and I can't wait to see the rest. Keep up the good work! 👍

  • @henrikbakk1
    @henrikbakk1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome digging and very interesting story. Thanks so much for sharing! (Came here after just getting the kick of the awesome channel music by drmr!

  • @MrGeekman9999
    @MrGeekman9999 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm so glad I stumbled upon your channel! Really cool video you have here. The first one I saw was the Super Mario backport video, also a great video!

  • @MelodicaDude
    @MelodicaDude ปีที่แล้ว +14

    unreasonably interesting and high quality as always, f4mi

  • @FemboyTails
    @FemboyTails ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks.
    For years I've wanted to know who this person was, and not only have you achieved that, but you've done a complete summary of the history of the Wii hack and interviewed him. You've done what I needed in the form of a very complete video and I really appreciate that. It's one of the best TH-cam videos I've ever seen.

  • @Abn3zer
    @Abn3zer ปีที่แล้ว

    I only came across your videos recently but im in LOVE with your channel. Your sense of humor, your videos are really engaging and entertaining, well edited, its a shame you only have 26k subs. I REALLY hope your channel grows because these videos are legitmately so good

  • @Geravicast
    @Geravicast ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, one of the most interesting documentaries I’ve ever seen, I was asking myself “what could say about homebrew channel music for 30 min?” And I’m absolutely amazed. I remember when i was a kid achieving installing homebrew but not getting further, so I only opened the channel to hear the music, and omg I enjoyed so much. THANK YOU for this video.

  • @squabbledMC
    @squabbledMC ปีที่แล้ว +45

    i love how this goes out 2 days after i bought a hat in time, found the homebrew channel easter egg, loved it, then yesterday thought about it again, looked it up, and started to fall into the rabbit hole and saw that video by the other drmr. what a coincidence, and happened to be uploaded by one of my favorite youtubers

  • @quartzofcourse
    @quartzofcourse ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Wow, this vid was a trip. Never heard about twiisers. Fantastic from start to finish, only criticism I could give is doing a bit over volume normalization so the audio doesn’t get quieter and louder throughout the video

  • @elhugo13
    @elhugo13 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Came here with the expectation of a 30 min interview. But got so much much than that.
    Amazing video, gonna check your other works.

  • @cayiika
    @cayiika ปีที่แล้ว

    your humor and editing are great, really glad I found this channel. lots of respect for the amount of research too!

  • @octohenry4057
    @octohenry4057 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Solid video. I grew up with the wii and always had an interest in modding (but I never could as I was super young and didn’t have a computer or the slightest idea of how to make anything work.) some time has passed and now I have a computer and I’ve learned a bit more about modding but I don’t have a functional wii anymore. I’ve been considering getting one so I could finally see what I missed for so many years.

  • @daniel.909
    @daniel.909 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Damn, this might be the most underrated TH-cam channel I've found. Love the Portal music also

  • @diegoestrada1552
    @diegoestrada1552 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is the first video I am watching of your YT channel, and in the very first 15 minutes I am pretty amazed by everything you made for the video, the information, the edtiing, the humor, amazing!

  • @MarcoPeredo
    @MarcoPeredo ปีที่แล้ว

    One month ago I remembered out of nowhere about the catchy music of the Homebrew Channel.
    I immediately looked up who made the track and luckily came across your video. Thanks for your work 🙏, it made me remember the good old times with my Wii.

  • @innxir
    @innxir ปีที่แล้ว +3

    well that was cool. not often does youtube throw something this good into my feed. you've managed to tell a really nerdy story about, literally, a random thing in such a way to keep my adhd ass engaged for the whole 30 minutes. the jokes, the story, and a really cool aesthetic, all the ingredients of a quality video. love the 4:3 btw.

  • @OriyaImada
    @OriyaImada ปีที่แล้ว +3

    you deserve more subscribers fr your editing and explanation are so good

  • @sysosus
    @sysosus ปีที่แล้ว +1

    rewatching this for the fourth time. actual quality content, always a pleasure to watch

  • @fuuka69420
    @fuuka69420 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is really really reaaaallly interesting! I love it :D
    hope this gain more recognition and your channel as well
    more of these please!

  • @kyurei4478
    @kyurei4478 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I just wanted to say thank you because that could sound silly but I consider this type of work important for history. Having the opportunity to know more about the person who created this 15 sec loop I've been obsessed with for years is incredible. That just shows how music can left a mark on us and sometimes we simply create masterpieces that will be defining.
    I really became a fan of this video format where people search for answers to something enigmatic in the video game world where people are usually anonymous. I remember this video where a guy searched for what the background image of a test stage which is only accessible in Smash Melee's code was. The answer was very interesting. And all of this is possible thanks to the Internet. Crazy world we live in. Time to go back to listen to a 10 hour loop of the Homebrew Channel music now.

  • @NebulaHatesWatchdog
    @NebulaHatesWatchdog ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I *loved* this video, the aesthetic was awesome + I am a big fan of 4:3. You have earned a new subscriber!

  • @jakeswartz1567
    @jakeswartz1567 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a great channel and you deserve more recognition, keep up the good work and everyone tell your friends about the awesome content they make!

  • @xByt3z
    @xByt3z ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing video! I love the style/editing. I love how technical it was yet explained in a form easy to understand and very entertaining! Didn't make me zoomerbrain this into the background and 30 minutes flew by ;) Subscribed and gonna check out more of your videos! Keep it up!

  • @_DanielPrieto
    @_DanielPrieto ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Este vídeo estuvo muy bueno. Muy buena edición. Parece un documental de Netflix. Eres genial. Ya me suscribí

  • @ozziegerff
    @ozziegerff ปีที่แล้ว +159

    You should make a Patreon account. I would love to support this channel!

    • @kip258
      @kip258 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Seconded!!

    • @f4micom
      @f4micom  ปีที่แล้ว +82

      I greatly appreciate your willingness to donate with Patreon, but before doing anything like that (a regular monthly thing) I really REALLY want to be sure to be able to post regularly or at least semi-regularly here, so I'd rather wait for a bit/see if the channel grows further before doing anything like that!
      BUT I might open a ko-fi soon for single-time donations if you want to support the channel :)

    • @bhume7535
      @bhume7535 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@f4micom Keep dropping bangers like this and your channel will pick up steam in no time.

  • @Racecar564
    @Racecar564 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting and fun video! I happened to see it in my recommendations and just a few minutes in, I knew I had to watch the whole thing. I'm glad I did!

  • @doublesided1013
    @doublesided1013 ปีที่แล้ว

    such fucking good editing and its so fun to watch, the 100 gecs bit with the horse gave me whiplash and so many other little game and media references.. made me so happy

  • @RIMP20
    @RIMP20 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I never felt so called out as I did by the "doing 3 other things" awesome video loved it to have as a background while I play Stellaris lol

    • @PhoticsTV
      @PhoticsTV ปีที่แล้ว

      She nearly nailed the stereotype, but I saw 3D pinball in there. Do Zoomers play that game? 😄

    • @generallyunimportant
      @generallyunimportant ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PhoticsTV it's a fun pinball game, it's free, AND it's made by maxis(i think?).
      don't see why zoomers wouldn't play it.

  • @leothepeo
    @leothepeo ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love the 4:3 format used in this video, I wish more videos on TH-cam experimented with non-widescreen aspect ratios. It makes the video inherently compelling & it looks great, considering it fits with the Wii screen recordings.

    • @lucymorrison
      @lucymorrison ปีที่แล้ว

      4:3 and 16:10 >> 16:9. On standard displays, horizontal real estate is far more important than vertical

  • @Spaced-Station
    @Spaced-Station ปีที่แล้ว

    More interviews?! :)
    Quality content! Subscribed!
    The super Mario world 5k video was great too!!

  • @alanthenorthernace
    @alanthenorthernace ปีที่แล้ว

    absolute gem of a video, i finally had time to watch this and it did not disappoint. 30 mins at 1am well spent, great work.

  • @prochazkaml
    @prochazkaml ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It seems like you have been blessed by The Algorithm(TM) lately! :D
    But seriously, this was, as always, outstanding work, especially for such a short (albeit very catchy) tune.
    In fact, you've inspired me to do a bit of my own investigation over another short piece of music that has been stuck inside my head lately: your actual outro music. Incredibly catchy tune, I just _needed_ to know where it came from.
    TL;DR: It's the "Star" (or sometimes called "Shooting Star") ringtone from early 2000's LG phones.
    I began looking for the "Bee Line" cover as you state in the video's description. Its author is so generous, they even shared the DefleMask project file where they made the tune as well as the exported .VGM file! (I'm just waiting for someone to play this cover on actual arcade hardware, as the YM2151 wasn't all that uncommon, and the drum samples could be ported to any PCM sampler hardware, or they could even be synthesized on the YM2151 itself with some work.) The VGM is a bit broken though, as VGMplay complains that there are some issues with loops or whatever, and after reaching the end of the file, it just crashes instead of looping the tune forever. A bit annoying, but I'm sure a bit of hex-editor magic later could fix it.
    Anyway, I started looking up what this "Bee Line" was and what it had to do with the tune. I landed on a video (RAhd888iyTU) which plays the ringtone directly from the phone (no cover, this is the original). However, the video's author pointed out that "Bee Line" has nothing to do with the actual song, it was apparently just a name of a Russian GSM provider which people have associated with the song, and that the song (as they have said) is called "LG Sound / LG Tune". (that might be true in an alternate universe, but it has a different name here - I did not know this when I was still searching though.)
    However, I would not be satisfied until I got the raw original file which the phone used to play the ringtone (I suspected at that time that it was just MIDI, and I was actually partly right, you'll see later). I kept searching (with that partly-false "LG Sound / LG Tune" name), and I was unable to find the original file (of course, with such a generic name), but I managed to stumble upon another video (W6Gbx2kezec) playing the exact same tune, but on several other LG phones, which means that this was quite a common tune for LG phones back then.
    Fun fact: now, after listening to the original recordings from those old LG phones, you might think that it sounds a lot like something that would come straight out of a Sega Mega Drive/Genesis or something, and you'd be very much correct. These old LG phones use sound chips from Yamaha that contain an FM synthesizer inside (the acronym is weird, as the chips actually use phase modulation and _not_ frequency modulation, but whatever, it's the standard now to call this FM instead of PM), which is the exact same underlying technology for generating sound that was also used in the old Mega Drive (as well as the YM2151, the chip which was used for the cover that inspired this entire hunt for the original). So if the original recordings' instruments sound somewhat familiar, now you know.
    However, now that I have the exact phone model numbers where this same tune was used, I began searching again. I stroke luck when I looked up "LG G3100 ringtone". The first search result was a video (jbkFdARyYa4) where this exact tune (among all others from that phone) was being synthesized on a computer! I looked at the comments, and lo and behold, they have shared with us the original files (if you're looking for the file, it's 03_ShootingStar.mmf - that's where I learnt the ringtone's actual name)! Hallelujah!
    Well... sort of. These files were in some strange format with the extension .MMF, which I had not heard of up until that point. According to Wikipedia, it is the Synthetic music mobile application format, or SMAF for short (one of the "M"s apparently went on a holiday or whatever). It is, in essence, an upgraded version of MIDI (so I wasn't that wrong with my previous assumption after all) with enhanced support for custom-defined FM instruments, PCM samples and even graphics data (???). What was worse, I couldn't find any software (for Linux) that could play this weird, obscure and very much obsolete format. FFplay just tells me "MIDI like format found, unsupported" and that it is "Not yet implemented in FFmpeg, patches welcome", and my MIDI players refused to even open it. Great.
    The author of that video used a piece of software called MidRadio from Yamaha themselves, so I wanted to give that a go. I found some MidRadio 7.2 from the Internet Archive, so I grabbed that, installed it on my Linux system through Wine, loaded the .MMF song, and... no audio output from the program. What a letdown.
    I then installed the same version of MidRadio onto my Windows 7 virtual machine, and that (even though the UI is all messed up, as the software is only in Japanese) seems to finally work and play the file fine! Hooray!
    Aaaand that's it for now. I just need to find some sort of a way to convert that 5 kB .MMF file into something more intelligent that my other audio players could handle (perhaps some sample-based tracker format, like .XM?) so that I can play this song on loop for hours on end, while I do some other work (as I do not want to have that VM running all the time, it is making my laptop so loud that I am almost getting afraid that it might just fly away). Or maybe I could just convert it into MIDI to make the cycle complete! :D
    Oh, and the composer is stated as "Unknown". Maybe contacting LG could reveal some further details?

    • @prochazkaml
      @prochazkaml ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ***UPDATE***: I managed (through a program called PSMPlayer and a bit of hex-tweaking, as the original .MMF file is copy-"protected" - it literally only needed to change one byte to 00 in order to work) to convert the original .MMF file into MIDI!
      To save you the trouble, you can grab the converted MIDI file at the following URL for your own pleasure: prochazka (dot) ml (forwardslash) shootingstar (dot) mid
      (replace the (dot) and (forwardslash) with their respective symbols, obviously)
      It sounds especially nice with the Fluid R3 soundfont, as it provides a nice clean square wave. Of course, the default Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth that comes with Windows since the 90s, sounds like a Fisher-Price toy, as it always does.

    • @mnivvy
      @mnivvy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn, that's some dedication you got. Good job my dude.

    • @prochazkaml
      @prochazkaml ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mnivvy Thank you! :D

  • @AwesTube
    @AwesTube ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I used to be really into Wii hacking and homebrew when I was a kid so it was really cool to find a channel that makes video essays on the history of that stuff!

  • @SilverICG
    @SilverICG ปีที่แล้ว

    Finalmente !!! Hace tanto buscaba este dato. Thanks your video was just amazing, good editing and graphic style I definitely suscribe 😁😁😁

  • @acronmd
    @acronmd ปีที่แล้ว

    I found this channel at around 4k subs, seeing your sub count skyrocket to 30k+ is amazing!! its so well deserved

  • @angel404
    @angel404 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    this is a cute video

    • @vx8ocho
      @vx8ocho 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      can you make scary 3: scariest and the electric screamer

  • @steinful
    @steinful ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Absolutely STUNNING. i enjoyed this literally all throughout. and i cant wait what you make in the future. The 4:3 was really cool and added to the "homey" (pun not intended) feel of the video.
    Amazing job

  • @thethevenizer
    @thethevenizer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i love how digestible and dynamic your content is. def one of my favourite console-related topic youtubers !!

  • @tecofox2023
    @tecofox2023 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What an exceptional piece of art! I never knew that I wanted to know the story, but now that I randomly watched the video I really appreciate your work and the funny and cute way youre doing it. Sometimes youtube really surprises me ;-) Have fun and all my best wishes to you!!

  • @Shrillpace
    @Shrillpace ปีที่แล้ว +4

    one of the coolest things in this video is that it feels like 2006 youtube videos

  • @somelucifrostguy9208
    @somelucifrostguy9208 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was flabbergasted at you only having 7k subscribers. This production value and style feel 100k+

    • @f4micom
      @f4micom  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hope I can reach that number someday :’

    • @DoomKid
      @DoomKid ปีที่แล้ว

      Based on what I’ve seen that’s not too far off

    • @stasprze1685
      @stasprze1685 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@f4micom certainly. Wouldn’t be surprised if you reach it by next month to be honest

    • @PhoticsTV
      @PhoticsTV ปีที่แล้ว

      @@f4micom Heh, three weeks later, you're almost halfway there. You might want to start planning a special video to celebrate 100,000 subscribers. 😄

  • @6-1-6
    @6-1-6 ปีที่แล้ว

    love your editing style ! excited to see more from this channel in the future

  • @ayane_m
    @ayane_m ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing video; subscribed!
    The Wii was my first console ever, and I got it when I was 11. I was enamored by the Wii Homebrew Channel and was at the age where I wanted to be a cool hacker, and it was a gateway for me to learn so much - including low-level programming and learning the C and C++ languages, which are skills I still use to this day working with Linux.
    It's always gratifying to see this kind of content, especially the application of investigative journalism for software/computer engineering topics, as well as documenting history in video form. Thank you for this video!