Hunting the 10,000 Pm SSTV signal

[Rutabaga22]

Yes, after it didn't work I put Danny Gonzales back on

Edited October 1, 2022 by Rutabaga22
Greg Nation

[Kerb24]

I downloaded the file; it has no audio at all it seems.

[Bej Kerman]

35 minutes ago, Nazalassa said:

Eight years after @Holo and @DMSP. I found it. On KSP 1.7.3.

Wow. Wow wow wow.

The file is a .mp4 -- I haven't separated the audio from the video yet.

Ah yes I se, the download link didn't work as expected.

You can go there: https://github.com/Nazalassa/Files/blob/main/KSP/Challenges/SecondSSTVsignal/SSTV_raw.mp4

Maybe the direct download link works -- but not sure.

https://github.com/Nazalassa/Files/raw/main/KSP/Challenges/SecondSSTVsignal/SSTV_raw.mp4

Can I ask two questions?

A. When does the signal sound in the video? It's nearly half an hour long 

B. Do you have the audio and gameplay footage combined, just to see how far out you are?

[Rutabaga22]

Just now, Bej Kerman said:

A. When does the signal sound in the video? It's nearly half an hour long 

 

They say it happens around 20:40

[Nazalassa]

I'm currently editing the video to get rid of all the visual stuff and the non-necessary parts.

Note, again, that the beep-bloops are nearly impossible to hear due to the music.

I'm currently checking one last thing before I can say that I have found it.

Also I only heard the signal for like ten seconds, and it was probably the end, due to the loud music.

[Bej Kerman]

1 minute ago, Nazalassa said:

Note, again, that the beep-bloops are nearly impossible to hear due to the music.

The only bloops I'm hearing are the sfx from the music.

2 minutes ago, Nazalassa said:

I'm currently editing the video to get rid of all the visual stuff and the non-necessary parts.

How come you're actively avoiding showing us the probe in flight?

[Nazalassa]

3 minutes ago, Bej Kerman said:

How come you're actively avoiding showing us the probe in flight?

Well, I only wanted to record the audio, not the video, so I set the video size to the bare minimum the app accepted.

Download mp3 file here: https://github.com/Nazalassa/Files/blob/main/KSP/Challenges/SecondSSTVsignal/SSTV_10000Pm.mp3

Also one more time, please note that the beep-boops are VERY FAINT and IN THE BACKGROUND. You'll probably have to listen to it several times before spotting them.

The ~ 15 seconds file I uploaded is the only part where the beep-bloops are not covered by the music.

Just checked the original music of KSP...
Ah yes, um, it appears that the majority of the beep-bloops are from the background music. My apologies.

However I'm SURE that that big "BIP" I heard just before (or after, can't remember) ISN'T in the musc. It just can't be.

Now the bad part of it is, I can't remember when it was :|

I'm going to retry the thing, and, this time, record the ship too!

Maybe retrying in KSP 1.0.5 wil be better -- IDK.

[Bej Kerman]

3 minutes ago, Nazalassa said:

Well, I only wanted to record the audio, not the video, so I set the video size to the bare minimum the app accepted.

How come you didn't want to record any video?

4 minutes ago, Nazalassa said:

Also one more time, please note that the beep-boops are VERY FAINT and IN THE BACKGROUND.

I've listened to this several times over, each time more concentrated than the last, and alas I'm unable to pick anything up. The only SFX coming into my ears are from the music track.

[Rutabaga22]

I here these three pairs of beeps and I think that might be it, but I'm skeptical. Also, shouldn't the SSTV signal be in the files somewhere?

[Nazalassa]

(Disclamer: these aren't fake news, only me hearing a SSTV signal in all the beep-bloops I hear, my apologies again if it's false, but I hope it's real, because I think I also heard something that wasn't the music.)

You know, the data of Kerbin isn't in the files, and I don't think the data for any SSTV signal has ever been in the files. I think it's rather hard-coded.

2 minutes ago, Bej Kerman said:

How come you didn't want to record any video?

Only wanted the SSTV, didn't plan to make a whole video about it

Edited October 1, 2022 by Nazalassa

[Rutabaga22]

So... how do we decode it? You said it's obscured by the music, so how do we fix that?

[Nazalassa]

We  try to  record it again.

This time I'm recording the whole screen

[Rutabaga22]

Probably would've been a good idea to do it with the music at 0

[Nazalassa]

That's what I did

I'm around the limit

Cross your fingers

[Rutabaga22]

Fingers crossed, hope engaged. All hype systems are go!

[Nazalassa]

Sound at maximum

Damn that mammoth engine is loud

Only 30 km left, but I think it'll be a bit more difficult than you may think.

Altimeter shaking nominal at 1.00002

[DAL59]

Wow I never thought someone would remember my post 5 years later, thanks for investigating!

[Nazalassa]

I'm at like exactly 10,000 Pm

Velocity killed

Nothing happens

Spoiler

**** **** **** **** **** ****

 

except for the probe core overheat

[Rutabaga22]

I think they were right, it only happens one per install

[Nazalassa]

Nothing

Nothing

Nothing

Going to reinstall the whole thing

[Bej Kerman]

2 minutes ago, Rutabaga22 said:

I think they were right, it only happens one per install

I don't think it happened at all. The music in the background had a lot of electronic sounds in it, so I don't think it's out of the question these were mistaken for the 10,000Pm noises.

[Rutabaga22]

Just now, Bej Kerman said:

I don't think it happened at all. The music in the background had a lot of electronic sounds in it, so I don't think it's out of the question these were mistaken for the 10,000Pm noises.

100% agreed, that's why on one of my posts I said 
 

 

23 minutes ago, Rutabaga22 said:

I here these three pairs of beeps and I think that might be it, but I'm skeptical.

 

[Nazalassa]

Or maybe it only works on *old* versions?

[Bej Kerman]

1 minute ago, Nazalassa said:

Or maybe it only works on *old* versions?

Maybe. The sound is supposed to be a distinctive SSTV signal as opposed to being a quiet generic bloop noise - if we didn't hear that, then we didn't find it.

[Nazalassa]

Maybe the hunt for that SSTV signal will take days, or even weeks

(because remember, it's "Hunting the 10000 Pm SSTV signal")