The "Tech that let me down" Special.

[@drewzero1]

I was a huge fan of Dankmus and Dankpods independent of each other for at least a year before I realized they were the same guy. It's really impressive how well the projects stand on their own.

[@harrytodhunter5078]

Same! Had no idea they were one and the same until a video on here showed his music setup with DANKMUS in big white letters over it.

[@drewzero1]

@@harrytodhunter5078 Might have been the same for me. Talkin' bout the Dank, the Dank! I'm glad to hear that channel's not dead. It's great music for listening to in the car..

[@spraybottlejim232]

I was thinking, "How could you listen to the same guy on both channels and not know it's him?" but then I checked out his drum channel and the realization dawned on me that the same thing happened to me.

[@drewzero1]

@@spraybottlejim232 He doesn't do any vocals on Dankmus, it's all Simpsons clips remixed with synth music.

[@spraybottlejim232]

@@drewzero1 He does have one video where he talks but yeah ur right he mostly doesn't talk

[@derringer153]

Sometimes i forget that the man who yelled about plum liqueur for roughly 5 minutes straight while smashing technology is actually super intelligent and has an absolutely solid setup to accomplish his ambitions

[@ileutur6863]

its like having the best kind of autism

[@yassinsmaamoun]

Do you have a link to that video?

[@Poltard]

I would like to see the Aussie who yelled about Plum liquor too.

[@derringer153]

@@yassinsmaamoun kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIOUdY2wnrN-i9k here you go, its in the final 3rd of the video

[@J4yy_]

@@Vitor-Cr great memory . man, I completely forgot about that.

[@QRP2004]

I love this guy. He just kills a plastic duck when he’s mad. He’s an inspiration to all!

[@Jomesteer]

Don’t show his parents

[@brickpuncher1429]

And then resurrects that same duck.

[@maliciousducks7890]

Honestly I find it rather frightening

[@brickpuncher1429]

@@maliciousducks7890 I am sorry if it traumatizes you, as you are many Ducks of Malicious intent.

[@F59PHI]

RAILFAN OMG

[@hags2k]

These videos are SO SO useful to all of us hobbyists who might consider any of these products. Reviews, overviews, unboxings... they're fine. But "what can go wrong" is SO SO much more useful for anyone who is considering actually using any of these products.

[@thirteen_candles9806]

Yes absolutely! I'm thinking about grabbing that mobile router

[@trajectoryunown]

Generally, reviews actually address things like this. Problem is that a lot of companies that pay for promotion will demand the "unboxing" and/or "initial impressions" be in separate video that's released before the actual review. In that way people who are only partly interested or not very knowledgeable will only see positive impressions unless they specifically search out negative reviews, which rarely occurs with the targeted individuals.

[@muufle]

@@trajectoryunown Reviews only covers common issues that often happen, because most reviewers never touch a product afterwords, you never get the really useful info of "what can go wrong" and other stuff like that. when people post videos about problems they have that aren't as common with these products when they actually use it, it's so useful for others who want to consider the worst and what to avoid just to be safe.

[@motherlode628]

In my experience. Most reviews of modern products are usually paid for by the company. So I always google the product and add reddit in the end. Usually am able to find loads of actual people giving their comments and critique of the products

[@kabobawsome]

I'm to a point where I do the exact same thing every time I buy any new tech: Find a weirdly hyperspecific enthusiast subreddit for the bit of tech I need, search for "budget option", pay the minimum $150 that is their "budget" solution, and then it will work flawless for the rest of time.

[@lostcolonyforge5792]

I did that to find a good mechanical pencil

[@gary4689]

This is what I do as well. A good way to get something functional.

[@dww7094]

This is a fantastic idea

[@xXx_Regulus_xXx]

​@@lostcolonyforge5792 was it the Japanese model that rotates the lead by chance?

[@maxymtaras2464]

@@xXx_Regulus_xXxOrenz nero

[@jacobpedersen8661]

I have been an IT guy for like 20 years now. Nothing sucks quite as much as getting "quality" gear and not having it work well, or work at all. So frustrating, I feel your pain mate!

[@carlangelo653]

I feel ya. It sucks extra hard when a supposed upgrade turns into an absolute nightmare of troubleshooting when they don't work right.

[@L44tsmasher735]

@@LiveType Because the whole consumer trend for the past 10 years has been "quiet" products, so everything started becoming a passive product. When high end equipment like routers, modems, TV's, switches or really anything expensive and electronic, generates a lot of heat. But for some reason, the quiet consumer market wants them to be quiet, so manufacturers just don't put fans on at all, or put really bad/slow fans. I bought a $600 router, and I swear that thing would melt itself if I didn't put a fan over it. I hate people who want quiet products now, i really do. They've ruined a lot of things. Even computer power supplies have started coming with "quiet" or "passive" fans on them, because of this shit.

[@Arakki]

Yea and with that experience, there's no quality in Logitech, Razer or Corsair (Elgato) gaming stuff. It's just expensive because they can pull it off with the brand. Same devices from random cheaper marketplaces can be had at 80% less because that's what they cost to make and ship in reality. The only HDMI capture devices I've not seen die from random stuff are currently from Atmos and Avid and that's starting at a grand and 3 grand each respectively.

[@schildmeneerpadman]

@@L44tsmasher735 you can make it passive cooled and have ok ish temperatures. if they put proper heatsinks on it

[@9PlatinumGamer9]

At least you're not connecting printers. They're the worst.

[@SliminBlue]

Reminder in the form of a truly iconic DankPods quote: "The biggest companies always make the worst crap."

[@eric_d]

Apple... Tesla... Microsoft... You know what? You're absolutely right! The biggest companies DO always make the worst crap! Well, technically everything they sell is either old, outdated, or stolen technology anyway. Apple takes tech from 4+ years ago, pays Samsung to make a screen for it, and says they have the newest and greatest thing ever. Tesla throws a bunch of Panasonic batteries in a car and puts it in a tunnel in Vegas. Microsoft steals ideas and code from Xerox and other companies and calls it their own. I guess being honest really doesn't pay afterall.

[@angrycapsicum6027]

@@eric_d I would have switched to linux when I built my new PC if I could be F'd with VMs. I was so sick of MS and being a gamer is pretty much the only thing that stopped me from using linux instead. Probably would have been worth to at least try it first before getting W11 because it's pretty freaking stinky.

[@eric_d]

@@angrycapsicum6027 I still have several computers running Windbloze 10 (although 1 less since I upgraded one to Linux the other day). I _REFUSE_ to even try Windows 11. Ever since the release of Windows 95 it's been a widely known fact that every OTHER (as in odds vs evens, if that makes more sense) version is just a completely horrible waste of everyones time and money. Windows ME, worst thing ever, XP wasn't horrible. Vista? second worst thing ever, Windows 7, usable. Windows 8? Why did they even bother trying? Windows 10, actually pretty decent. I know I skipped a few versions there, but you get the point. I've heard nothing but bad reviews on 11 since before it was even released, and I know better than to waste any time at all even trying it. Will Windoze 12 be any better? Based on the consistant pattern that's been going on for 28 years, it SHOULD be, but more and more people are switching over to Linux every day, and it may be too late by the time Winderz 12 comes out. I'm not actually much of a gamer myself, but I do know Linux gaming support has been growing very fast the last few years. It's definitely worth trying out. You CAN set it up in a VM if you want, or just get a bootable live distribution and boot it from a thumb drive to check it out.

[@neonhalos]

@@eric_d windows 7 was basically just windows vista under the hood, right down the the aesthetics. it was just fine tuned, which it desperately needed. only reason Vista "blew" performance-wise was because MS didn't make a lite version of it for all the cheapo pre-built machines (dell, hp, etc) that your granny bought. Vista ran fine if your machine could support it, same with ME. MS just didn't factor in that the average consumer wouldn't be buying a workstation to use MS word and solitaire lmao. LGR did a great vid on ME where he goes over that one particular flaw; people remember things as worse than they actually were

[@eric_d]

@@neonhalos A friend of mine was given a copy of Vista from his school when it came out. He had the best of the best of the best of everything you could buy in his system at the time. Custom water cooled before they even made kits to do it yourself. I was at his house the day he tried installing Vista. It bluescreened on him like 30 times (after more than a dozen attempts to install it) and he threw the disc in the trash where it belonged. Vista was crap in every way. If you had it working "properly" then you were one of the lucky few. It was never stable on any hardware I've seen it run on, regardless of the hardware quality. I never even mentioned performance, because I've never seen it run long enough without crashing to even run benchmarks on it!

[@heavyarms55]

I think not plugging your own channels all the time is the right choice. Some channels end up spending like 30 seconds to a minute every video plugging stuff. It gets old. But part of your style is, you jump into a video, you do the thing, you shoutout your supporters and we oggle Frank like stalkers. It's simple, effective and awesome! I never need to skip past all the same plugs that other content producers put in every, single, video.

[@mateuszweyna7309]

But also, from time to time it would be nice. I didn't know he did so many cool things until today

[@CainXVII]

I feel like you kinda recognise his content in the recommended anyways and go "ooh, is this the same guy?" Good branding.

[@_sandy_]

FRRR hands up for my man dankpods and his W content style!! 🙌🙌

[@FirdausF3]

CARS AND BIDS

[@codymccormick7317]

The range of entertainment we get from your channels is immense. I seriously don’t know how you juggle so many passions and still manage to deliver top tier content about it all. Seriously dude, thank you.

[@Tommmmmmmmmmmm]

Dude is rolling in cash from it all too. Man makes like $60k a month just from Patron

[@kooberrie]

@@Tommmmmmmmmmmm as he should

[@matiasaguilar2500]

@@kooberrie I like that we actually see what he does with the money, unlike other KZbinrs

[@supersillysammy272]

@@Tommmmmmmmmmmm so, about an average income in the US?

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

​@@supersillysammy272 That comment said he's making $60K a month, not in a year. I'm going to call that figure debatable, given some of Wade's woes regarding the cost for things like car parts. I'm sure he's doing well for himself now, but not $720K a year well 😅

[@AkosJaccik]

~ 2003: Webcams are garbage. ~2023: Webcams are garbage. And they say there is no stability in our world anymore.

[@kabelsalad8380]

11:57 As a technician in a TV studio, I feel this video in my soul. Far too much of the multiple-thousands-of-pounds 'professional' video gear I work with is about as reliable as this stuff is.

[@youtubehandol]

I've never had an issue with xioami....

[@cessposter]

@@youtubehandol xioami does not make 'professional' video gear

[@PapaHaynes]

It's called Blacktragic for a reason

[@cyberpunklain]

its spelled xiaomi 😭😭

[@RobertKochRobConsole]

At 9:22 the issue you're having with the still frame is caused by windows usb power saving options cutting the power to the usb from high power use usb things. That's a default windows feature but it can be turned off! Turn that off and all your problems should go away. Look up how to do it on google (how to turn off usb power saving modes) Love the videos! hope this helps because after I did that my Elgato capture cards have been amazing!

[@whiphore]

He really gotta see this

[@mstratforduk]

From the Patreon video: Stream is run by a current model Mac Pro on Mac OS. But possible there's something similar

[@RobertKochRobConsole]

@@mstratforduk dang yeah if it’s macOS then I’m not too sure might still be worth looking into but that’s a whole other beast! 😂

[@cyborgbob1017]

just dont use windows

[@saber2802]

@@cyborgbob1017 funfact: he doesn't use windows-

[@Raidr5]

The smell of that Bluetti power supply may be due to the type of plastic it was made with. For example, one of the fountain pens I own (I'm an nerd I know) has an odd smell near the ink reservior, almost like moldy cheese. Doing some research, I learned that vegetal-resin is likely the cause of that smell. That doesn't mean the plastic is cheap, it's just a problem with that type of plastic. Edit: Be sure of what plastic you're dealing with, and NEVER use alcohol on Vegetal resin, as it will literally fall apart.

[@rainbowbunchie8237]

Thanks for the info. And for my own contribution, a punctured skin on an otherwise undamaged lithium boi will continuously offgas. My phone smelled like burning battery for a month because of that.

[@LoneEagle270]

What kind of pen is it? As soon as I heard fountain pen and smell, my mind went to noodler pens haha

[@Raidr5]

@@LoneEagle270 Indeed it is! I use it for Pitman's shorthand.

[@ethanelliott1832]

My lamy pen smells fine, which pen of yours smells?

[@jurrenauta7831]

Good to know, wanted a power supply but this is kind of a dealbreaker. Need all my equipment alcohol proof, the liquor goes everywhere

[@Hotshot2414]

8:28 In terms of setting up cameras and lights, what you want for your foot-cam is to set up a brighter light further away so that your camera doesn’t have to battle exposure because of your foots close proximity to the light (Inverse Square Law). Any camera will likely do that, even much more expensive ones! Stick a light further away that’s brighter and that’ll solve the exposure inconsistencies immediately :)

[@CreamyCrumble]

neeeeeeerd

[@Yunooki]

​@@CreamyCrumbleweird way to say you don't understand anything

[@katethegoat7507]

Alternatively, set up a spotlight so that when the foot gets closer, it's not being lit by that light

[@HeyImRancover]

For the razer kiyo you need more light because low light = bad Edit: i think its also because its dark in the room and it tries to make it lighter by having lower shutter speed

[@brettley2480]

I truely love that "it's almost like the biggest companies make the worst products" is the running theme of this channel

[@brunky89890]

The moment when I realized that I've been subscribed to dankmus for years without knowing it was you was truly mind blowing. I found both channels completely separate from each other and loved both without knowing it was the same person 🤯

[@jekanyika]

That's the only one I'm not subscribed to. I'll have to give it a watch.

[@Bazzokapho]

@@jekanyika I hope you like simpsons memes

[@jekanyika]

@@Bazzokapho I just had a look and apparently I've already watched a couple of the videos.

[@brunky89890]

@@jekanyika That's why I was so surprised because I feel like dankmus videos get around a lot but I've never seen him use his platform to promote his other channels, that's incredibly respectable! If you haven't seen it yet though I have to suggest his video Unsexy Thoughts, it's easily one of my favorites!

[@ileutur6863]

@@brunky89890 My favorite thing about the dankpods multiverse is people on different channels having realizations that its all him. I legit thought he was just a random drum youtuber for MONTHS

[@caitlin4598]

I love watching vids like this because Dank gives the energy of a man who REALLY WANTS TO SWEAR but is holding it back for the content, and the rage comes out in more creative ways.

[@supra107]

If not for the algorithm that four letter word that starts with a C would probably get thrown a lot and it would be glorious.

[@Sean-Ax]

just aussie things. lol

[@kawawete]

For the Elgato capture thingys : plug them each into their own USB3 controller, this will make a huge difference in reliability

[@S41t4r4]

This plus checking the Firmware Version. Early firmwares have some weird kinks

[@Exponaut_R-01]

How early? I still get random “Yeah I don’t feel like outputting today” moments with my own HD60S

[@kbhasi]

Yep! I was going to suggest that he used the internal version rather than the external version, before realising that he uses an AIO and not a regular desktop PC with expansion slots.

[@4crafters597]

@@kbhasi that sucks, would have suggested a high tier usb 3 expansion with dedicated controller. There is the m.2 wifi slot, that can have usb 3, idk about the dedicated controller though

[@4crafters597]

Would depend on too much on the computer, no way totell from this video

[@nukeclears]

You need to disable exposure compensation to get 60fps on most webcams. You can adjust this under camera privacy settings on Windows 11 or usually with the included software.

[@CyrusBluebird]

He's running things on Macs, so GL there.

[@agenericaccount3935]

What's windows?

[@lc9245]

I learn pretty quickly that I should skip the entire webcam ecosystem and go for a solid second hand camera for video stuffs.

[@jordananderson2728]

"Or usually with the included software" He said in the video text that he won't touch that

[@thinsmcstash5352]

Who uses windows 11 tho idk a single person running it

[@mertyarbaoglu1558]

For your livestreams I definitely recommend a Blackmagic ATEM switcher. I ran a whole film festival for 5 weeks straight from one of those using 8 hdmi inputs and a line in for audio.

[@AndrewWardell]

^This. I’ve deployed ATEMs in professional installs and not had to touch them for literal years afterwards. They. Just. Go.

[@luvincste]

me too, we use elgato and blackmagic stuff at work

[@taxfrog]

Gotta love the magic smoke. One of the scariest things to see as a utility technician

[@nickwallette6201]

Ah, it's just a giant box made of petroleum products containing a KWH of lithium-ion batteries. What could go wrong??

[@yannisgk]

@@nickwallette6201 lol

[@waawee2149]

Love it when dankpods just casually pulls a duck apart and then apologises and puts it right back together

[@pikgears]

wait, _you're_ DANKMUS? You're even more talented than I thought. I regularly get at least one of those videos stuck in my head even though I haven't watched them in months.

[@andrewduong2740]

Wait till you know who Childish Gambino is

[@affalterbachamg2094]

Bro is late to the party, but welcome!

[@thekingoffailure9967]

THATS IT, BACK TO WINNIPEG!

[@Gollas4k]

and that drum guy too... I can´t believe I frequently watched 3 of this guy´s channels without my brain ever realizing that the voice is identical and that it´s in fact the same person

[@muufle]

Wait till you know who Joji is

[@FrancoisTHX]

I feel like ever customer service agent is required to say: "No one has ever had this issue before".

[@ambiguouspieces1793]

I know that you don't like making these types of videos, however, these are the types of videos I love watching. It's super helpful for people like myself who are also (ironically enough) interested in the practical experience and application of these technical items. It's easy to find positive reviews or negative reviews for an item but it's super hard to find practical information about these types of items.

[@punkrockllama]

This man terrifies tech. They've all heard what he's done to the nuggets and headphones.

[@sbecerra219]

When wade talks about how hard he works is like listening to one of your parents and realizing how hard they actually work to make things work 😂

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

I have some experience with capture cards. The DJI 4 port internal PCIe card is AWESOME. It works every time and never dies out. it's a much cleaner option than a bunch of dongles.

[@MrAkaidu]

I can vouch for PCIe capture cards - I've used DJI and El Gato with 0 issues over 7 years or so.

[@gohtwm]

Hi verified

[@PvtAnonymous]

too bad he has a Mac :(

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@PvtAnonymous Thunderbolt PCIe cage (edit anyway it turns out it’s the Mac Pro so it _does_ have PCIe anyway)

[@evgSyr]

Uh, this is so relatable. Did some video work around 10-15 years ago, constant issues with wireless microphones, PCM recorders, cameras, frame grabbers and stuff (and all that gear cost like thousands of dollars in total). Streaming is especially terrible, it always felt like a miracle that it works and was not freezing, blacking out, crashing, or de-syncing. My worst issue was with Olympus LS-11 PCM recorder, it sometimes started to insert half-a-second of noise every ~30 seconds on the recording, without any indication (so, no noise on the monitor headphones or the live levels), it was really insidious. So, yeah, the only thing that actually works is to do N+1 or even N+2 redundancy everywhere during recording and don't have any single point of failure for each of streams (video or audio).

[@progect3548]

1:50 the sudden appearance of Pingu suprised me

[@user-hq2fy5cs1k]

4:20 *here is a little life hack (my english is bad) , the reason it smell is becouse the power mosfet transistor in it get very hot from switching the power on and off to make it from DC to AC , When it gets got (when it works) the heat makes it smell even more , so just add a little fan to optimaze the cooling (but wont that make the smell worse , just spread it around) no , whit batter cooling it will heat up less and smell less , i am a electrican bay the way , just one that dosent speack much english*

[@youramagician]

With most webcams (including the Kiyo) the framerate is affected by the auto exposure. You can use OBS (or whatever) to adjust the settings and reduce the exposure which will make the motion smoother at the cost of looking darker. The Kiyo is absolutely capable of decent 720p60 under the right conditions.

[@RobertJBareIII]

absolutely this

[@polocatfan]

doubt

[@handlemonium]

Thanks for the FYI Good 2 know 👍

[@aidanfarley9566]

Or you could just use a larger sensor, iso and not have auto shutter speed which is what webcams should be doing! Idk what all these webcam manufacturers are doing but its so stupid cause they all stink for hundreds of dollars. I built my own out of a raspberry pi zero w and a raspberry pi hq camera module for like 75usd and it absolutely thrashes any other webcam that isn't a straight DSLR with a capture card. 1080p 30 but it's a constant 30 and it even works well in dim conditions.

[@Maho.]

You don't need OBS to do this, there's a button for it in Razer Synapse, but opening the Configure Video (or Windows Properties) for the device allows you to disable Low Light Compensation for any webcam that exposes it via a UVC config. This will drastically change how well something is captured, and for some low-spec cameras it was mandatory if you didn't want 18fps. I use a kiyo myself, I have provided test footage; kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqKzmqh_jbeXldU

[@roys2970]

The trick with the Kiyo is not only going down to 720p, but also turning auto exposure off and cranking it down in the "Configure Video" menu in OBS in the Device Properties. If the exposure is set above -10 (towards 0), it starts getting choppier and choppier.

[@gunso]

In theory that should do it, but I learned the hard way that the Mac version of OBS doesn't have the "Configure Video" menu, and I'm pretty sure Dank is using a Mac to run the streams.

[@sabersz]

You've just solved one of my big Kiyo problems. Cheers!

[@SeihlaArhamae]

No lie, the Kinect V2 has been the best webcam I have ever used lol. Really overkill when using it as just a webcam, but it does what you ask.

[@thunderouspasta]

The Xbox one Kinect?

[@GingerAttack666]

@@thunderouspasta Not the guy you're asking but yes its a fantastic webcam as well as 3d scanner. Younger brother uses one for all sorts of odd projects. Cloning stuff for his 3d printer, assisting vr body tracking, modeling stuff in cad, etc.

[@thunderouspasta]

@@GingerAttack666 huh, never thought of it that way

[@finley123321]

It never works as a webcam for me anymore :/

[@Jezee213]

Yess!!! "Gosh Dingus" I'm using that from now on!! Just wanted to say keep up the awesome work cause I've never seen a vid that didnt make me laugh or didn't keep my interest. You work hard on all your content and it shows. In reality, you could record on a dashcam nugget and I would still happily watch because it's you and your personality that people love. There have been a few times when I was not having a good day mentally or stuff was just not going well and watching one of your vids brought me joy so thanks for that.

[@ravindavinthescandinavian4998]

Glad to say my “1 Grit” and “Frank longboi” plushies arrived yesterday - love them! Tags even tell you how many have been produced - nice touch.

[@peters7117]

Regarding the cameras, I found that in obs opening the camera settings and turning off the auto night adjustment/auto dark adjustment instantly fixed the low frame rate on my webcam

[@N33k5]

Just needed to say the 1Grit and Frank plushies have come in and happiness is had.

[@Annatomova7]

As someone who knows next to nothing about tech, I always find this guy’s videos to be very interesting and hilarious. My brother is super into techy stuff so I should recommend him this channel too lol. I am really into sound quality when it comes to headphones though so I guess that makes me a bit of an audiophile.

[@comradejux]

0:21 GOSH DINGUS!!!

[@JUMP5C4R3GH1N1]

DRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAA-

[@L-73580]

0:33 definitely make this a yearly thing m8, it's good to vent every once in a while and it's still funny to watch tech failures c:

[@lnnx3725]

Seeing how far you’ve come is awesome Dank! I’ve been watching since 200k subs when you popped up on my home page, and have been enjoying you ever since, I’m so happy so many people have found you and annoy your videos!

[@JoshDeGering]

It's like the biggest companies make the worst crap! Keep up the good work m8

[@yeepsleep]

I read this in the inflection of "2020 Bootleg Bonanza", 2:38 into that video lol

[@SollowP]

I was actual totally surprised when one of you Drum Thing videos was recommended to me. "I don't watch stuff involving drums. But hey it has some decent views." Then I head your screaming and loved it.

[@shamelmasha1]

YOU ARE CAR GARAGE GUY , i have been obsessed with all your channels for so long now , and i just learned your the SAME GUY , you are my hero

[@lilpotato]

thank you for blessing us with your content

[@gohtwm]

@Don't Read Profile Picture ok

[@SirZNK]

Streaming is 90% faith that everything is going to work

[@GR8SALAD]

Somewhat comforting to see someone else who can be so excited about doing something, take care into trying to do it right, and the things just never do their thingy things correctly. I feel like nothing ever works right for me, I see people get the same stuff and do the same things with it and it works fine, but just.. nah, not for me. Everything's gotta be a trouble in some way

[@strayiggytv]

Something I've learned from taking apart and salvaging electronics is that sometimes people just straight up lie about the downsides of products. I'm not talking sponsored influencers lieing I'm talking just the people who buy the products pay so much for it that they cannot afford to try anything else so they lie about how good it is if anyone asks.

[@woodch]

I'm so glad to know you're still doing Dankmus-- I thought you'd retired, and while that's in your right (and you should be proud of the body of work you created there), I was still sad. Finding out recently that you're still doing them fills me with joy. Thanks!

[@adarshsly]

Love the effort and stuff you make for us, I recommend going with stuff that doesn't need batteries, and don't heat up over time, for capture cards for your camera getting a elgato camlink or a avermedia live cap would be good, remove the battery from the camera and use a ac adapter, usb webcams suck, especially new ones that get hot, heat kills everything overtime

[@belledfox5369]

Thursday is my favorite day of the week simply so I can enjoy this man's content.

[@thraxupset4214]

Wade, love you man. These past couple years with you have been great bud, you got me into headphones so much i picked up a btr5 and some dt770’s (80ohm) and a samson meteor mic from your cheap mics vid. Cant wait to see some new content int he future. 👍🏻

[@GHOST-bo2go]

There isn’t anyone I love more on KZbin I have watched every vid of yours, you’re what I watch in the background while I’m doing anything at all even sleeping haha, great work!

[@GoofyRC12]

I have a gopro hero 10 black myself and here’s a few tips: 1. If the rear screen glitches out take the bat-tree out and put it back in 2. Theres 2 ways you can turn the gopro on, holding the side mode/power button or pressing the top button with Quik capture enabled 3. If by “glitching out” you mean the screen just turning off when the camera is recording without touch input, that’s just the gopro saving power 4. Make sure you have a super fast micro sd card for optimal performance (I run a 256gb lexar 1066x no problem) + for more run time you can use an external power source or the gopro enduro battery I hope you see this as useful information for your gopro issues, if you have any more questions I can try to help you with them.

[@JoanSlugXAkaJerkyBogard]

The Cymbal toss parts with raviolli music was too funny. I cried on laughter. XD

[@anthonygillette]

You pulled out the Nighthawk and I was excited for the compliments. All their sizes are monsters and work incredibly well.

[@jnthepassenger347]

The M2 was a bit interesting, I had at least 7-8 come in with inflated batteries when I worked at Telstra over the span of a year and a bit. The rest were pretty damn solid units, and the M2 wasn’t bad either it just had issues with that battery.

[@TheVeyron623]

How do you feel now?

[@BurgundyBrundley]

tplink's deco line of routers and extenders are insane, the setup is incredibly easy too

[@oMy_9]

I have deco 6e and can confirm- you also can view a map and all connected clients in the app to see who’s sucking up all your WiFi- rare with these routers

[@ekyanso4253]

I get the feeling he'd see the app and give up instantly.

[@ColinXYZ]

@@ekyanso4253Man Screw router apps. I mostly use the web interface, and TP link has the best web interface.

[@aname4822]

It’s always a “GO! GO! IT’S A DANKPODS VIDEO!” moment when DankPods uploads

[@rohudatta]

i support

[@EpixAndroid]

Ditto!

[@rohudatta]

@@EpixAndroid like i just say that like 18 mins back and just went like GO GO GO ITS A NEW DANKPODS VIDEO YES I WAS SO BORED REWATCHING THE OLD ONES

[@CapeRides]

Yebo. Makes my day when I see that notification

[@rohudatta]

@@CapeRides Yup

[@Uncleharkinian]

4:41 oh no, oh no no, that’s a 66 punch block, I have only ever seen one before here in Canada, in a 80 year old buliding… everything is BIX now,

[@kcolemanhorn]

hey mate! i just got my first audiophile cans, some dt 770s. thanks for helping me on my journey, music never sounded so good

[@kadosmp4]

Wow. after watching this, Wade really deseres some luck to go his way. It seems that with these products, the worst case scenario happened. Big hugs from the other side of the country.

[@PrestonsGarage]

This video basically explains my experience with my last 3 phones. But honestly i hope you get good experiences with future equipment and even though the equipment can have some problems you still make every single one of us happy every thursday

[@toastNeko]

The ending is just your favorite quote working against you. "Big companies make the worst crap."

[@ArlenMoulton2]

When I first started making little KZbin videos, I used a PC with Windows XP and captured footage from a 2005 Labtec webcam directly into Windows Movie Maker. I find it utterly baffling that a brand new webcam bought today looks just as terrible as that did 10 years ago!

[@Local_Salad]

so happy you have more content - coming over from garage time

[@case2858]

I’d be hella down for a yearly “Stuff that failed” video😊

[@BigDoof12]

I as well

[@Jezee213]

Great idea!

[@krzysztofczarnecki8238]

Seeing your D-link's performance I'm glad I went with Asus when I was upgrading my whole Wifi network last month. It works great. I mainly chose it over D-link and TP-Link because the Asus "AI" mesh feature can work with just multiple routers and not dedicated access points, as opposed to the other two companies. Where I live dedicated access points cost almost as much as routers, but they have only one or zero LAN ports. And routers have four ports and have better or at least moveable antennas, so they are better even if you want them as access points only.

[@hornetf18]

The TP Link Decos have worked pretty well for our house for around two years now. The only issue I have is with the app sometimes and device recognition, but they work very seamlessly.

[@jfarre20]

I've never had good luck with usb capture cards. At work I manage IT for the 'TV studio' and we've basically tried thru every possible capture device. The PCIE based Magewell cards have been the most reliable capture device. Still, even with that we have the occasional issue with HDMI capture that needs a reset of the signal in the magewell driver panel(maybe once or twice a month), SDI works perfectly though, 400 days uptime with no issues. As for webcams, the Logitech Brio 4k has been our go-to for good quality.

[@Brainiac469]

as a South African that portable battery review was needed 😂😂

[@m.afirdaus4003]

Dankpods is the only guy who can complaining, yelling and whining so hard that could still make me eargasm just to hear only his voice for somehow. Sincerely, his voice and personality is contagious. And there are only one other guy that I swear I will not get bored to hear his voice. Abdullah Ibnu Basfar when reciting Quran. Bless both of you. ❤

[@notkalebvaughn]

you know its gonna be a good dankpods video when he references the "angery" meme less than 10 seconds into the vid

[@Lilly_the_Snek]

It's almost like the biggest companies make the worst stuff

[@gohtwm]

Frfr

[@zihechen3111]

My suggestion, always trust asus. This is the only brand u could trust that won’t fk u up

[@Anthik]

@@zihechen3111 my zenfone max plus disagrees

[@HappySlappyFace]

@@zihechen3111 my ZenFone 3 max disagrees, because I apparently got a very specific region model which is literally so fucking shit and all the ads for ZenFone 3 max have MUCH MUCH better hardware than the region model I got, literally incomparable. And one time I broke my Asus laptop while cleaning it because of a design flaw that made it unclear for the user how to reassemble it, But other than those 2 I've had a reliable Asus GPU and mobo

[@Fearagen]

@@zihechen3111 My motherboards that I have used over the years by ASUS can vouch, never had a problem with their computer components at least. Using one of their TUF Gaming boards right now and no issues.

[@xxangelscenexx247]

0:02 that noise 😂😂

[@Taxcollector1243]

i love these vids plz never stop uploading.

[@fastlane250]

I watched these in reverse order, so hearing him talk about things he's happy with knowing they fail later is uh... yeah.

[@bgeverything]

No matter what time of day it is or any mood I'm in, I am always excited for a dankpods video 10/10

[@RedneckSwede]

Technology is a wonderful thing, especially when it decides to work with us and not having a fit! Better treat our appliances well so we don't upset SkyNet!

[@g0nkdroid260]

About the camera thing- pretty much any modern Canon DSLR/Mirrorless can be plugged straight into a computer via whatever USB port it has and used as a webcam and outputs high quality video. I use an EOS 7D (14 year-old DSLR) as a webcam and it's literally just plug and play Would highly recommend

[@CASSXD03]

10:10 Kind of remembers me of mom's 93' S10, there was a problem with the ignition control module wiring so the truck went through 4 of them before mom realized the old ones she took out from the truck were magically working again, so every time one failed, she just opened the glove box to get out one that had failed and surprise surprise, the truck would turn on again, electronics are just interesting aren't they?

[@faxmuchine]

I have to say, that isn't smoke coming out of the Bluetti, it's steam! It steams some hams for you, be nice to it :/

[@_____________a_a]

I thought it did clams 🤨

[@PCIexplorer]

@ElbeeKnope Oh ho no, it said steamed HAMS, that's what it calls hamburgers

[@_____________a_a]

@@PCIexplorer it calls hamburgers “steamed hams”??

[@PCIexplorer]

@@_____________a_a Yes! It's a regional dialect

[@karenwest6350]

When it comes to WiFi mesh extenders, they really tend to be a big load of crap unless you set em up right. And generally if you have the ability to set em up right you probably have the skills to just set up somethin fancier and better. Glad the little block routers worked out for ya.

[@nilsekluund]

Not if you use a proper mesh kit. I have one from tp-link and it works flawlessly and I live in a brick house.

[@brenscott5416]

I feel you on all of this, things just break sometimes and it only hurts when it's expensive. My advice, just get something lightly used that had good reviews when it came out. I'm using a 20 year old tv that has some problems with the remote making the tv audio go nuts, but if I turn the remote away and keep it like that constantly it's the best tv I've ever used. Still using a 6 year old monitor for my computer and it's never failed me once, as you've said before when it comes to headphones, if it's good it stays good. Like I said, lightly used, good reviews on release, and you'll be grand Edit: figured I should amend this comment since it wasn't the remote, it was one of the 3 HDMI ports being a bit loose, bit of soldering and hot glue and now she's good as new

[@alecwhatshisname5170]

I’m a package handler. We get eco flows every day. They’re palletized with red cling, every box is a hazmat, and 40-75lbs. Wouldn’t be surprised if it was damaged in transit.

[@isaacrammell3732]

I just got my frank and 1 grit in the mail, I’m so hyped!!

[@SEHGAMINGOFFICIAL]

Love ya vids mate keep up the great work look forward to new vids and seeing Frank

[@totalphantasm]

I feel this so much. Things just break in my hands sometimes and people blame me for it. Some things just do that.

[@thinsmcstash5352]

Yep had a pair of headphones that died within 24 hrs of buying them took them back got another pair and they were doa lol just threw them away after that

[@jonathanhaag8634]

When KZbin and technology invent the idea for you to smell scents through video, I want to be there to get a whiff of that BLUETTI smell! 🤣

[@JSYBen]

I run an all Blackmagic setup for live streaming. It's pricey, but the cameras, the capture equipment, the atem mixer all run well together. You can get micro cameras. A lot of the issue with this kind of stuff is the webcams, the capture cards etc require the computer to do a lot of the processing. Blackmagic hardware takes away a lot of the load. Very reliable.

[@Vixeneye1]

WHOA! Dankmus is getting a video some time later? This is great news! I love so many songs there, especially we got B E A T S and the B L U R S T of times. I have enjoyed seeing all your channels grow from the very beginning.

[@sydneytomlinson]

Dank! Check out the SOny ZV-E10. It's cheap (relatively) and has native output support so you don't have to use a capture card - just plug it into the computer and it automatically shows up as a webcam

[@cromwellg60]

0:41 BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL. This now cannot be unseen

[@metalac8363]

Besto part of the week, watching a aussie man scream at bootleg landfill

[@JillLovesAlpacas]

My 1 grit finally arrived and I love it already! ♥️

[@DapperDanLovesYou]

I come here for one thing and one thing only: The shouty man shouts at tech. You never disappoint, DankPods! Please continue shouting at everything! Dirtybuds, Bad Tech, Good Tech, Drums, Cars… Shout at the _W_ _O_ _R_ _L_ _D_ .

[@andrewsanchez4988]

Linus has helped many of content creators...some that didn't deserve it and others that have...but this man could use it more than anyone. I would pay money to see that collab 🤣

[@DominationofProcrastination]

Waiting for my A&P class to start, and I’m already debating skipping it just to watch this video

[@Uncleharkinian]

Dude your my kinda guy, I’m into old media and wacky tech, I’m into goofy underwhelming cars that nobody knows about, and I’m a drummer! So yea all your stand alone projects interest me lol!

[@w_umbus]

WHAT YOU'RE DANKMUS?? I literally just found this channel last week, but I've been jamming out to DANKMUS for years

[@lorenamelo466]

i've been binge watching ue channel the last few days lol. You're good and interesting!! hope all your days are being good :)

[@hedgeearthridge6807]

It's always so hilarious to me when I pick up on AvE sayings that Dank has picked up, like the "Magic Smoke". Working in a factory, I end up repeating a lot of it too, or at least the stuff that doesn't make the paint peel off the walls or make HR wash my mouth out with soap.

[@Sean-Ax]

Aw, I didn't realize that was an AvE reference! I know he watches AvE too because I saw Dank comment on one ofthose vids. I've used "tappy tap tap" at work before, but not much else.

[@Mosblinker]

I always thought that "magic smoke" was just a common term used in the electronics industry.

[@joshstewart2131]

That term has been around since at least the 1960s 😂

[@kirstinmccarty8920]

@@Mosblinker It definitely is. I’ve never heard of AvE but I’m very familiar with the term