Project Lightening Download Code

Or heavy MG's (WWI definition of Heavies) although with so many Maxim variants it might be a little less exciting.

J.Walton

Bought it, was more than happy to pay $6. Great work as always. As per your request for future project ideas.....a similar test with common WWII light machine guns would be fascinating, and would let us see how far that technology progressed. A cheaper, less logistically challenging, and equally entertaining idea would be to cook up a battery of tests for the main rifles of WWI.

Paid for and got mine - great stuff - now, when's the next one?

Paid for and downloaded my copies but I'm still excited for the Youtube releases.

ThatManitobaGuy

Just a thought, given that this seems to be quite popular... what about a limited edition Blu-ray release? Had a quick look at a us-based duplication website, and the price seemed quite reasonable (between $5-$10 + tax for 300-1000 disc, in cases, printed, labelled, wrapped etc, the works). They also did an offer on (say) 50 t-shirts, 100 posters etc. Would be something I'd go for next time the big t-shirt/merch campaign comes round. Because we all know how internet videos tend to disappear, and how digital files get lost. I bet a special signed batch would sell like hot cakes.

Gavin Rea-Davies

Holy Moses, you weren't kidding when you said they are big files. Ep7 is almost the size of a dvd.

Markus B.

Yeah, i just downloaded on my phone. Very excited. Any tips on how to EASILY access on my smart tv? Specific app maybe?

Got it. Didn't bother using the discount just to kick in a few more bucks then asked.

Vityaz

Worth it for the outtakes alone which reveal a disturbing obsession with a particular part of Ian's anatomy.

John S Wren

At the end you guys say that you are looking for idea for next year. I want to see a test in the same way comparing all the third line, used to be black powder but now we need em for the war so lets convert them to a modern spitzer round even if its dangerous rifles.

Adam G.

I bought it to support you guys, but will the episodes appear on youtube as well? I much prefer to kick back on my couch and watch things on my TV than to sit at my desk and use my computer...

Agent Akin

Great series as always. When Ian put on Othias' glasses he looked like Trotsky with a pony-tail. Spending the huge whopping amount of $6 was well worth it. It did have the side effect of tying up my internet connection for much of a day. Frontier DSL is the next best thing to dial-up. Their idea of a high speed connection is anything faster than USPS mail. As for another similar comparison episode, how about a Brit style mad-minute exercise comparing the main long arms of WWI (not the rare rifles, but the one or two primary long rifles fielded by each of the major combatants).

Richard Anderson

I spent the money and got the whole project, worth every penny. What a great collaboration makes me glad I support both channels. I’m sure will hear about tests and things you should have done but don’t sweat that. Just getting all the light machine guns in one place was quite an accomplishment. As for your next effort a couple of things come to mind. You could do the same test with the light machine guns from WWII then compare and contrast the improvements and changes and how they improved on the older designs. It would give a wide range of light machine guns including Japan, Italy, the soviets etc. You could also do the main infantry weapons of WWI against each other as well. What bolt action rifle was the best of the war. Everybody has a favorite, keep to 7 or 8 and do the gamut, accuracy, reloading, ballistics, bayonets, mud test.

Ted Weldon

At $6 it's under valued imo. I increased my patreon level because I couldn't buy it 3 times. Thanks for the hard work.

Daniel Falch

Three bucks!? You cheap hussies! That's not enough! I'm paying full price and I'm getting a couple posters! I hope that teaches you a lesson!

Peter Starr

Download worked great, just finish the show, you rock. Thanks to Brownells as well.

Chris Cherry

This was the best, thank you Othias, Mae, & Ian for some great take away of these fine historical light machine guns of WWI.

Will the download count regenerate over time or is it final? As someone with good internet and bad USB drives redownloading stuff has become a habit of sorts.

I didn't need to log in, I don't even have an account.

Robert

Easier said than done dl-ing this. Somehow I seems to be inable to log into C&Rsenal.

Markus B.

The combined project logos needs to become a patch and t-shirt at the first opportunity! Vastly enjoying this series -- thanks folks.

DaveJD

Pop an email to info@candrsenal.com if you still have trouble. Martin has the server logs

C&Rsenal

We had a server issue that should be resolved now. Give it another download or email info@candrsenal.com if you still have trouble!

C&Rsenal

We had a server issue that should be resolved now. Give it another download or email info@candrsenal.com if you still have trouble!

C&Rsenal

We had a server issue that should be resolved now. Give it another download or email info@candrsenal.com if you still have trouble!

C&Rsenal

We had a server issue that should be resolved now. Give it another download or email info@candrsenal.com if you still have trouble!

C&Rsenal

We had a server issue that should be resolved now. Give it another download or email info@candrsenal.com if you still have trouble!

C&Rsenal

We had a server issue that should be resolved now. Give it another download or email info@candrsenal.com if you still have trouble!

C&Rsenal

We had a server issue that should be resolved now. Give it another download or email info@candrsenal.com if you still have trouble!

C&Rsenal

Sadly printing and shipping adds a HUGE logistics overhead

C&Rsenal

Just finished bingeing the series, all I will say for now aside from outstanding job is that someone with more talent than me needs to draw Othias the crab...(watch the outtakes)

I did the same thing got the whole series, have the Pay Pal receipt but can't download it..Was before I knew about the Download 3 code..Now what do I do. Only get partial downloads of 1 and 2 so far.

Out of curiosity, who is Michael Blackwell?

Tim The Enchanter

I bought the entire series, but all I got was a receipt from PayPal, how do I get back to the page to continue downloading the episodes at a later date? Shouldn't an email be sent out with a download link?

Arturo Ceron

Thanks to everyone invovled for putting together such a great series! Can't wait to dig into these this weekend, and honestly guys, you should have charged a bit more. $6 for early access is like half of what I would have been willing to pay.

Ryan Boyer

I think you get like 3 or 5 downloads. So fwd the email to two friends as a gift

C&Rsenal

ugh, I think you just named my dinner

C&Rsenal

I did once the work was done and the deadlines met

C&Rsenal

All good Down Under. I'd say more, but I'm busy binge watching :P

Minion

I can confirm the videos are working nice and proper now

I sent an email earlier letting you know that The videos I downloaded didn't work Othais, but I just tried again and they appear to be working now. Thanks for the consistently great content. If I was not seeking a full time job, I would certainly contribute more than the measly $1 a month I currently do, as you and your team's efforts are well deserving of it.

Sean Norton

And don't worry Othias & Ian, I will still have the videos playing on a repeating loop so that you get views to make up for watching the downloaded video (with my data plan its easier to do it that way)

Videos seem to be FIXED. It appears that the early people (myself included) who tried to download the Episodes this morning, received only PARTIAL video files. Most likely a server issue. But now I am down a few downloads, but its ok. For Example: This morning (5am) I downloaded Episode 1 - file was 26.2 MB. Very slow download. I just downloaded Episode 1 Now - File is 2GB. , Very fast download.

Drakin Kubala

Okay the downloads seem to be working properly now because chrome is displaying the total file size to be downloaded and its saying 1.3 gigs for the second episode, didn't say that before...

Im curious to know if other Mac users are ok. For me, it would not play past 30 sec mark (give or take) on every video. I even tried watching it on a android device, still exact issue. Media Player, Media Player Classic, Quicktime, all same issue. I would be willing to bet its a settings issue for the .mp4 running on devices other than Mac.

Drakin Kubala

Something I've really noticed on these videos and I'm not sure if people are commenting on or not - but the audio of the gunshots is fantastic. Great mics/recording.

Bennett

I'm currently 2 minutes into Episode 3. I'm playing it using Quicktime, which is the default player on my Mac. I've just downloaded it and no issues so far. *Edit - I can skip around episodes 2, 3, and 4 fine with no corruption. I haven't tested the others. Either issues are sorted or it's a player problem?

Bennett

Yeah I've got the same issue as everyone else...I thought it was because I was behind a VPN but I think now I'll just wait until the bearded one takes a look and not try on a different network yet, still worth it just to donate the 6 bucks so that Othias can eat...

Don't sweat the download issue, just get some proper rest. The first two episodes were awesome and already more than worth the 6 bucks, I'm sure we can all wait a bit more for the rest.

Same download issues here

Paul Crew

Give Beardy a couple of hours, and once he's back up, I'm sure he'll either effect a fix, and/or he'll let us know what's up.

Minion

Are you kidding? I just bought the whole thing, full price.

Bill Smithem

The same file corruption issue, but still worth the full price (so Othais can have another dozen Top Ramens - ha ha). I did waste some possible downloads, though (two of them on the Intro.)

JackStones

Partial files

Yeah its a bummer, Im sure he will fix it. When working with videos, the file sizes are stupendous. When setting them for download, a conversion is done to bring them to 20-60mb. Probably something went wrong when they were batch processing these videos.

Drakin Kubala

And thank you for the offer, but i will pay the FULL PRICE because you guys are WORTH IT! I got up early and everything to watch some episodes with my morning coffee. But only was able to catch the first 2 episodes on YT because the video DL issue.

Drakin Kubala

Unfortunately, I have to report the same file corruption issue. I've tried two computers and multiple media players, just to check, and can't get more than 30sec into any video. At least we're catching this right out the gate.

Brett

Same, I'll watch it on the youtube when they pop out, then just purchase the whole thing at the end.

Chairman

Hello I purchased your Project Lightning Videos, however there is a big issue. I regret to inform you that every single video downloaded is corrupt and only plays the first 15-30 sec, then crashes. I tried playing these .mp4 videos across, different platforms (Windows Media Player, Classic Media Player, Windows Quicktime, Android Device, ect. ) Every video is the same, it plays the first 15-30sec, then the video just quits. The video shows in the timeline that there is more, but when i scroll past the 30 sec mark, the video just does not play. Cheers

Drakin Kubala

Same here. I get to 0:27 in episode #3.

Minion

I watch YouTube on my Apple TV and don’t own a computer. Is there anyway to get this project downloaded onto a dvd?? I’d be happy to pay 10-15 bucks for it

Did anyone have issues with the downloads? I tried both on my phone and computer and the video files would run for about a minute and a half before crapping out. Tried to repair the files but no luck

I paid the whole $6 even though I only have my phone to download stuff and dont have space for the series..so more of a donation for the awesome series.

James G. Jones

This is more than what I expect from you all, so as far as I'm concerned, this is an extra. Add me to the chorus of paying the whole AU$8.76. That's less than the pair of beers and pizza I had for dinner, so I still think I'm ahead. Love your work, folks.

Minion

Man my downstream speed is worse that the CSRG 1918 spread...

Thanks for the offer Othias, but I'm paying full price, there's too much work into this not to...

I'd have to set it up to run on its own but I need to know how much it is so I can set a download rate that won't ping me

Anyone know the full size of the download?

thanks for the code, but I'm not going to use it as i want to support you better so paying the full $6

Get some sleep Othais.

Brett

GO TO SLEEP

DanGodofThunder