shork @noiob@awoo.space

we're having wasabi issues again. they keep telling me they fixed it permanently this time but they clearly don't

oh nice, I managed to make a lil sample video of all videogirl text cards and some transitions

oh yeah, I upgraded my VM's style a bit

I should install one of those hacked theming apis and get a pink theme as well

props for having the project files in a self-documenting format I guess

but hey, I guess "magic movie maker" leaves you with a fully editable timeline so if you want you can try and fix the mess it made

the UI is pretty alright, all things considered, it's simple but it kinda has to be considering it's for children

I'm not sure how the "magic movie maker" feature that just mashes short bits of the clips, sound effects and transitions is supposed to create anything but an absolute fever dream but maybe kids enjoy that

hm nope, it's barely using 300 MB, I think the software is just bad

I think I need to give the VM more RAM

sweet success

drivers installed!

oh shit it works

it needed 3.5 SP1

lol I finally found a stackoverflow comment that explained why my .NET wasn't installing

aaaaand it crashes on launch

I kinda wanna figure out running the software before I do a proper writeup on cohost, I know there's a way to use her like a webcam, and considering there's just a generic usb webcam inside I think there's a chance you can just switch her to mjpeg webcam mode

In general I'm pretty impressed with this toy, the camera isn't great but she takes two standard AAAs (they're in the legs lol) and the controls are dead simple. Sturdy build too, obviously still a wild concept for a video camera but not too bad to shoot with in practice (would be nicer if she could stand up on her own but I don't think that's a feature Barbies have). I like the outfit, the oversized hood to hide the monitor while you play is fun

okay, uninstalling the device and rebooting Windows 10 made her mount again

she still mounts fine on my Steamdeck, idk what Windows's problem is

god, it needs .NET 3.5 but for some reason even the "full package" installer tries to download something that doesn't exist

getting somewhere

hm nope, even if I tell Defender to leave Windows still refuses to run it 🤷 "an admin blocked execution of this program" buddy I'm the admin