====== Rage ======
{{:media:image:logo:rage_homepage-fixed.png?46px}} is an overnight, Australian, [[music video]] show that's been running since 1987. No annoying hosts, just interesting selections of videos. Always had a low-budget DIY feel. You could make a video, put it on a Betamax tape, and get it played some time Friday night.
The best part is the guest programmers; a band or artist of whatever comes in and play whatever videos they want for a few hours on Saturday nights. Then they schedule a bunch of their videos after. Used to love taping them as a teen, hoping the three-hour limit would catch everything good.
Great to watch after a night out. Would play a game where you say if none of the next three videos are any good you'd go to bed.
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===== Memories =====
* Seeing the video for //Loverman// with the vague [[memory]] that [[Nick Cave]] was Australian, and being surprised about it and how wild it was.
* A live version of a [[Bee Gees]] song that was sung so badly by Barry it had an amazing sweaty punk atmosphere. In my memory it was at a festival with a big screen behind, but I've found a 1976 TV special with the same white outfits I remember and sweaty, straining falsetto that is probably it. Might be conflating it with the [[yt>SxPb6KDS9K4|1988 Nelson Mandela concert]]. Might be [[yt>cAJIsAo9qJ4|this '99 one]] too---
* Seeing, and instantly falling in love with, //[[Like an Eagle]]// by [[Dennis Parker]] in 2012(?)
* Plus all those anti-memories: videos I saw once, was fascinated by, and never saw again.
===== DIY Rage =====
Always wanted to be a guest programmer on Rage when I was a teen, wanted to look through that big book of music videos.
Easiest way to grab videos is to use [[yt-dlp]] to download things from [[youtube]].
==== Credits ====
I created a subtitle file (.ass) that mimics the artist/titles credits Rage puts on videos:
[Script Info]
Title: Default Aegisub file
ScriptType: v4.00+
WrapStyle: 0
ScaledBorderAndShadow: yes
YCbCr Matrix: TV.601
; 1:1
PlayResX: 480
; 4:3
PlayResX: 640
; 3:2
PlayResX: 720
; 5:3
PlayResX: 800
; 5:4
PlayResX: 384
; 16:9 (853.33)
PlayResX: 853
PlayResY: 480
[V4+ Styles]
Format: Name, Fontname, Fontsize, PrimaryColour, SecondaryColour, OutlineColour, BackColour, Bold, Italic, Underline, StrikeOut, ScaleX, ScaleY, Spacing, Angle, BorderStyle, Outline, Shadow, Alignment, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Encoding
Style: Rage-artist,Eurostile,30,&H00FFFFFF,&H000000FF,&H00000000,&H00000000,-1,0,0,0,100,170,0,0,1,0.5,4,1,60,10,80,1
Style: Rage-title,Eurostile,30,&H00FFFFFF,&H000000FF,&H00000000,&H00000000,-1,0,0,0,100,130,0,0,1, 0.5,4,1,60,10,35,1
[Events]
Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.00,0:00:25.00,Rage-artist,,0,0,0,,ARTIST
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.00,0:00:25.00,Rage-title,,0,0,0,,Title
It's not perfect, but close enough for me. Wish I could get the line spacing closer :(\\ I was trying to avoid that dopey .ass file extension, but I needed to use it to mess with the font dimensions a bit. I should've used a better base resolution, but oh well.
==== At Home ====
You could make a big playlist in [[VLC]], I guess. But I've been slowly setting up [[kodi]] (which I already use for watching movies) as a music video jukebox kinda thing. This way you can add tags and genres and things.
See: [[kodi#music_video|kodi#music_video]]
With Kodi you'll need to install any fonts you want to use. In my case I had to put them in ''/usr/share/fonts''. And make sure you're not overriding ssa/ass subtitle fonts in Settings>Player Settings/Language/Override ASS / SSA subtitles fonts\\
In newer versions of Kodi you can put the fonts in the ''~/.kodi/media/Fonts'' directory, I believe. Current Kodi versions support other font types, but I had to use TTF.
==== Steaming ====
I haven't tried this (yet), just noting some useful software / methods.
Basic process is:
- Have a source of videos. Could be fixed, could change over time.
- Use something to send the output somewhere. Could be capturing the screen, could be sending a stream of files.
- Have somewhere to send it. Either host yourself, or use something like [[Twitch]], [[Peertube]], or [[OwnCast]].
* Make a playlist in something like VLC, use [[OBS]] to capture, send to
===== Trivia =====
* [[wp>Deni Gordon]] does the Rage scream: [[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-28/we-found-the-woman-who-did-the-rage-scream/8473388|Meet the woman who did the iconic Rage intro scream]]. She was also in //[[Heartbreak High]]//!
* The [[fonts|font]] use for the logo is maybe an edit of 'American Typewriter'?: [[https://old.reddit.com/r/identifythisfont/comments/m8to4z/anyone_know_this_font_it_is_from_rage_on_abc_in/|Anyone know this font? It is from Rage on ABC in Australia.]]. Info I got from the ABC is just that it's a custom font.
* I also asked about the font used for the captions, and was told that it's Eurostile. I've ended up using Eurostile round, bolded it, and narrowed it a little. The rounded versions adds a little softness that fits better with my analogue-tinged memories.actually in Kodi it's way too bold, so switch back to the not-round version. Regular Eurostile seems to be used in the credits though, without any condensing.
===== See Also =====
* [[https://www.abc.net.au/rage/|www.abc.net.au/rage/]]
* [[wp>Rage_(TV_program)|Rage]] on Wikipedia.
* [[wp>List of Rage guest programmers]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/c/rageabc1987|Rage]] on Youtube.
* //Real Wild Child: An Insider’s Tales From The Rage Couch// - Book by ex-producer Narelle Gee.
* [[https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/realthing/rage-til-you-puke-music-video-history/8377660|The Real Thing #11: Rage 'til you puke]] - Archive of radio programme covering Rage history.
* [[https://www.discogs.com/release/742435-Various-Rage-The-Songs-Most-Chosen-By-Rage-Guest-Programmers|Rage: The Songs Most Chosen By Rage Guest Programmers]] - Compilation CD.
{{tag>tv Australia music music-video nostalgia}}