Hello Flo, playing this right here is what we call the scrum. So this is one kind of before we know exactly what we're doing for a video
We just have a little meeting and a conversation to figure out what the scope is going to be
What maybe like the beats of the video are going to be or in this case just kind of is it possible?
What the heck even is this van? We are looking at Emily's van. This thing right here is a
It's really sick in a way that I wasn't expecting Most people just bring trash here, and this is actually like kind of nice
It's going to be a gamer van, but that entails I have actually no idea
What's the current power situation
There are two batteries in there
But they're very small and they don't run very well I think off of we went camping and off of battery. It was draining off of the fridge for like a day
How many are those I feel like 400
Oh Yeah, that says
Wait 200 amp hours per 20 hours
Either way is lead acid batteries, so they're not gonna be great
We might need DJI to send a couple more of those because even though the battery capacity is way higher than these
We're gonna want more I think for sticking PCs in here. We have a Starling dish. It's in Rome. It's on the
It's in Rome configuration, so we have like the stand for it
But I don't know we're looking for a better way to mount it because it was on the roof before
But then we pulled up to a site and there were trees and then we had to take it off the roof
So I don't know maybe a better way to figure that out and then also a better way to route the networking
Because right now it's just an Ethernet cable that comes to the roof
And plugs into the router So yeah, so I guess it probably would be best if that's just a
Stand yeah a nice stand so you can just like park it under a tree something easy to convert
Yeah, like so it's not a huge setup every single time Then maybe like a
True hole or something somewhere so you can just be like all right. Here's our Ethernet port boom. Yeah
Yeah, 100% should we go up to the front? Yeah
And I found some Android auto kits that fit in this van
Oh, that would actually be pretty sick. I know I don't know how fast they can get here
But there's definitely kits available like 10 inch screens and stuff
So yeah, my first thought is that we already have stuff here for Ploof's car
Part three and we could just tell Ploof to go
Kick dirt. Yeah, that's a nicer way of putting it
Okay, that's not a bad idea though because then we if we decide to do Ploof's later
We can just get parts for that again so that way we're not waiting for parts for this
Yeah, and I feel kind of weird being like hey pioneer
I know you just sent us stuff, but can you send us more stuff for a different video?
Yeah, and then we can probably just get them to send like a head unit. Oh sure an adapter and maybe it'll work out really well
Yeah, yeah, because this has been added in but it's just
Yeah thing and then there's like two of these for like
Not great. Yeah, something would be nice. And so sound up here is easy. That's just normal. Yeah, our sound upgrade crap
We do have a soundbar too So there's a soundbar over here. Soundbar gross. It's just bungee'd in
Yeah, so instead of like radio it's like that's your aux is coming from the soundbar
Huh, and so I guess we'd want two zones. So we have up there. That's
Easy enough. Those look like some kind of small speakers which might be a thing of s***
So maybe we would need to get pioneer to just send this whole new stuff. Yeah, the storage up here
It's all the window covers Okay, first of all, where where would you have like a speaker or not a speaker where like a monitor would go
Oh for the gaming set. Yeah, like if you're gaming So this is all back here. So the idea is
All right, do you really get the bed move days up and then we can fit a desk
On that side near that window and then the other desk would be this thing changed out into a desk
Okay, because they had talked about when we met earlier this bed either being just narrower
And like up against the wall or whatever or it's some sort of like convert a bed
I think our plan is to straight up just turn it in a different orientation shove it to the back
And it can either stay there or we want it to convert in the end, but for the video just something temporary
All right It comes out really easy
But doing some other solutions it would just need to be some sort of support for it in the back
And that should be it if there's a way to keep it that would be sick and just work with the cabinets, but who knows
So then you'd want this much up to stay. Yeah
But if not, we'll just rip it out and put the desk in or something
I don't know. It's just a cool feature because then if you have like electronics You want like laptops and stuff you can lock them in there and then no one can
Wonderful we need to hire someone for this. That's what I'm thinking because I do not do cabinetry
Yeah I mean depends on how this is bolted down
I wonder if Not in mine. I was gonna say this could almost move all the way
As far back and then we add another it's got all the pumping and stuff in it. Yeah, I don't want to
Yeah, this is pretty much fine the way it is once we move the bed we can just add stuff
It's not the worst. I mean, we also don't need to convert that to dust
We could just put a set up on it and then we can deal with that at a later date
Do you know any pretty cool? Yeah If in the little area that's down here
We had the computer like yeah, like a real it's pretty cool. It's very thin in there. What's that like fractal node
I think has like a really thin case. Yeah, you could probably put in there. Actually, that's not a bad idea
I want to see if the key in here and then we could have the wire just like come out here
And you just have like a little monitor that What's this?
I don't know. Yeah, it's just my yeah some sort
Like what's behind it? I'm not totally sure. Oh, yeah
But having just like a portable monitor here or something pretty sure this is all just like it's like what's on the door here
It's just wood with screws and then insulation behind it
Because we've ripped out that door before so it's all right. So I guess for sound we'd want to have two zones
Uh Front and back depending on that stuff there
So I'm thinking we could just Soundbar Gonzo
Yeah, and then it's pretty easy to put just like two speakers right here
We'd have to make little sealed cabinets for them, but that's not difficult
And then we could even just put a subwoofer right in the center
Wouldn't be an alex video if he wasn't like a subwoofer This guy's been asking for like four years to build the subwoofer pc and every time it gets brought up lines
He's like no, I refuse I just need to sneak it into something else
Actually, we could also like what's getting stored in here. This is the fridge and freezer. Oh, that's pretty crucial
So ideally we want that put back on rails. It was taken off rails when we got the van
Um, so on rails so that it can actually pull out instead of what we do right now
Which is with lift this up I get in there and I see something about a projector set up
That's optional if we can find the space for it It would be super cool just like something interior for like
You know if we're just like in bed watching the movie or something Um, if there happens to be a good wall to do that on or somewhere to put a screen
But if it's too complicated, we don't need it
My thinking was kind of like We could get rid of the soundbar and in its place have a little screen that comes down right here
Yeah, so then you can be sitting back there. I guess that's kind of far pretty far
Maybe a stream can go like I was gonna say here here comes down
Be a little bit awkward if the speakers are there, but that's like fine. It's center channel. Yeah
I'm curious if anybody on Floatplane has done like van life
If you have you should give us some suggestions Just what you've done maybe because you guys are gonna get this video actually like before
We're gonna work on it really and before it's even going to go out to youtube
So we could potentially use some of your suggestions if you have something cool
But I need to script that wow Yeah
Oh security cameras. We have two we have
The arlo boys this one and there's one on the outside, but they kind of suck
So something else would be good the magnets on these are just awful
And then uh, they're really hard to connect. So if there's something a better solution
Something with better battery life and uh easier to connect
Unify baby if we just go full ubiquity
PoE switch All right
Cloud key five keys are actually really low It was all the networking. Yeah. Yeah, you'd have to run wiring to both of those places, but
Call the ubiquity fairy All right
Jake's in freaking LA right now. Yeah, so
He's got tingles right now. Yeah, it's like someone summoning me
How long do you think this project is going to be alex?
I'm concerned. I'm really concerned the project scope game too big
Uh, it's not even so much The project scope it's the I don't know how to do anything on bands a bit of it
And I think we already have
A release date that the sponsor wants. Yeah, I am quite concerned about that now
For our poor editing case June 11th, okay. You're gonna be like, yeah, we have to get this video guys. We have to
Yeah, here's a massive vlog for uh one uh get it out in a week
I kind of think where can we put a bunch of RGB fans?
Well, I mean cooling's the other issue is if we have like two machines in here RGB wheel. Yeah
They have them. I've definitely seen people rolling around with RGB rims and the wheels the wheel
Oh the drive the steering wheel. Oh god
It'd be like a claymore when a bear bag goes off and the light bulb shoot in any case
I
Sammy can you cut that can you cut that from the video? I don't want it in the video
Trying to find the video but soda balka has a
absolutely incredible
Gaming van this lady is the absolute go
So this is kind of like what's been done before although her van is much junkier than this
Oh, we're doing that. Oh, I thought that was like texture paint. I was like that's sick
So we definitely need RGB strips and a bunch of fans. Yeah
Wow, that's so many fans. Oh my god. It's actually insane
Oh, that's just like the separation between the cabin and the oh god
Those are good driving hazards But you might die on this car actually though, but I think that we need to like
This is the current what a gaming van is like. This is the bar. Oh my god. This is the bar
Oh, we well, I mean we can definitely do like at least RGB strips as like
Underglow on the cabinet, right? That's got to be an easy one. Yeah, we can head up Gobi. We can definitely do like
Just around the whole freaking top. Yeah
Oh, I wonder if the projector could go on the doors
When the doors are closed Oh, yeah, that's not a bad idea, right? You could have the projector like
Almost back here or even just like one of those like portable ones that you can like just maybe twist in to go for it like
Yeah, that wouldn't be too hard and we could have like a little
Like one of those super projectors. We can just make a little mount for it. Yeah easy
Yeah, I think that's an easy one and then it'll be easier to run like cables too because you could just have them like
Go across here to the back or back up through But I don't wonder how we structurally could put that
I just pushed a tiny bit. I didn't push that hard. I mean, this has got to be a stud because these are screws, right?
So it's got to be like, do you know what this is like at all under this wood? No idea
great Makes no fun, right? I just recently noticed that it was a choice that it's all bendy like that
And I was like, I don't I hate it now
But oh, maybe there's not a stud there. Oh because the studs probably run this way. Yeah
I'm looking at a stud It's a Floatplane
For the pure gaming Here I almost attempted to put two computers in here. Yeah, I was going to suggest here as the other one
Well, but if the other one's going back there, which side do you think that would be?
What
So you said that there might be another desk back here. Yes
Orientation is that? So assuming the bed goes horizontally and as far back to the doors as possible. It would be like
Like an extension of this counter almost Okay, so let me could put one here. Yeah, because then if they add the extension later
Oh, does this one do that? No, it doesn't just that just that one. Yeah
Um, but yeah, I would just go right beside this and then
Yeah Oh, all the cables like oh my god coming down the back
It's pretty funny But like you want to be able to cook food here
Yeah, the counter space is nice. So then wall mounted
Wireless keyboard mouse. Oh, but if this goes further over that way, then that's just where the gaming stuff is. Oh, I see. Yeah
Yeah, because since we don't have a stove we have a portable one that usually would go here. Yeah
as well what about those um
Just those like really thin portable monitors that like usually people would use for like a laptop or something
Yeah, that's what I was thinking right because then that way when they do add they can
I don't know magnet mount it over like like something small like that, right? Yeah. Is that just live wire?
What? Oh, I don't know. I wouldn't be surprised. Oh, maybe
Should I touch it? Yeah, find out
It's only 12 volts. You can just lick it. Yeah, I was just going that's
What if Hear me out. The monitor is here and it's like a swivel up
But the desk is over there. Yeah, but when they add the desk, they'll just leave a gap
Swivel up. Why? Then it works on both sides
Big brain You want to take it out man. What's that?
Okay All right, I need to find out how to go a bag DJI has and see if we can hire people
Yeah, and how much we're going to spend on it. Yeah, I think that's going to be
One of the deciding factors of how much we do. Yeah as well for sure if we can spend like 10 grand
Sure, we'll get someone out here to do a lot more of the professional work if it's a lot less than we're like
You're getting all the tech
Here's a computer
Oh and some batteries
All right, and all seriousness though these cool projects that get done
Are because of the sponsors have like the bag so like if you guys like these style videos where we go over the top
Like buying out the tech shop the ridge, right? So Sponsors are great. Sponsors are great. Oh, yeah. No, that wasn't at all this thing. It's because oh my god. Andrew will die
Okay, so what is this project exactly? That's kind of what we're talking about. Okay main gaming station is going to be right here
Okay These shelves right here are going to be eliminated
That apparently down here. Oh, okay. No more drawers. Are you sure you guys want to do that?
It's an option. It's an option. We're open to what you guys
How big is like a Screen are you expecting nothing crazy and those are all upgradeable in the
I don't know just whatever would fit whatever makes sense like a projector screen
They're like monitors. I was looking like monitors. Yeah, that's a portable monitor. Yeah, okay. All right
Um Maybe this one could have a slightly larger one, but probably 60 new portables
And who's doing the actual work on this because I I don't think we're modifying
No, the construction can be done by our
Oh I depends what's doable for the video. I like if we need to rip the bed out we can do that ourselves
Yeah, this doesn't really rotate
But also it removes from the stand so you have to take the whole table out
Oh So they swap
No, no, it's fine. I'm over it. Um, yeah Okay, so
There's a spot for a computer
So that's something there's power there. Uh, there's power underneath this thing here
Underneath the left or you're there's no outlet, but there's power man underneath this thing
I see and you guys want two gaming stations ideally two stacks computers
Um, okay. It can also fit under here. Let's counter open
Yes, where would my head be if I was sleeping in that bed probably that side in in the new orientation
Yes in the new orientation right now. It's out of the doors, but right now when we change it. It'll be head on the
Uh, right side and then all the way at the back
Uh, okay, so head on the right side. Is this wide enough to do that? Should be yeah
We'd rather have the space yeah
It's to me know exactly how much space we're getting here
Because that's way easier if instead of modifying something we're just putting something in there. Yeah, that was the original plan
So, I mean my idea was to just have us do that at home and just do like a vlog record that we can do
And then the video for the video it's just the
desk and plan for the payoff is
basically Both the y'all able to game in here at the same time. Yeah, yes
And maybe stream stream
Good lord don't ask too much
Um, uh, is this like where meals are eaten now? Yeah, okay
This chair rotates around and this becomes a part of the looking room
God If we were somehow able to integrate
The gaming system and cabling or something into this so it could be folded down flat and still be a table
is that It could this be one of the desks. Yeah
Okay, because I'm trying to
I'm trying to I'm I'm I'm I think I'm picking up what alex is throwing down here and I'm trying to not
Remove that. Yeah, I think that's No offense a terrible idea
As for the second It's a racy
Could you have a display come out of there?
Is there any reason that this couldn't be longer? Oh, yeah, because we have to clear this
Um, oh, but it can go higher. Oh, yeah, I guess it could yeah
I could go up the first It also in this instead of flipping up if this was just higher so it's swiveled and clear of this
Well, then it could be this long
I think height adjust on that is just to require that but I think what you're getting in
Is we just have both of them in the captain's seat or so you build a desk that's like this thick
And have it go all the way across and then they're side by side. Yeah
Because that way we're not crossing So so what I'm kind of imagining here is um, something along the lines of laptops
Embedded in the desk All right, and then almost like um, like like something
um And I don't know how we do this like reverse mold of the of the top of the clamshell
Or something like that But basically like uh, like an almost seamless piece that we put on the back of the laptop
So that when you like close it into the desk it basically like still has wood grain or something
Like you kind of get what I mean
That's where D brand comes Or we could just have a piece of wood that goes over top of them close the laptops piece of wood goes down
I mean, yeah And then basically we just like cut ventilation into the bottom and then essentially
Yeah, you've just got or they don't don't even have to be laptops
Right because we could just we could wire up systems that are down here. Yeah, and then we could just have
Have portable, you know what? You know what we could do is instead of having it be super permanent is we could have like portable monitors with like
Magnetic mounts that are here all the time So that you can basically just you could tuck them away or you could stand here and have multiple mounted stations
So you can do it to like a wash a TV bench and big click it on over there
Click it in here click it in for that ceiling It's a small enough space that's something like wireless hgmi or wireless usb may actually work with a degree of consistency
But we have to worry about the metal
We'll just have to worry about it being
Um Anyway, so yeah, sorry, uh, so this one turns around too, right? Yes, it does. I don't think that one does
No, you turned it when you I was going to add that but I don't actually have the hardware
I could check I might be wrong. I don't believe it does
Would you guys object to it just being
I mean, you would never be driving and gaming at the same time. I would hope so is
What do you think of having this desk just become or this table become longer?
And if we can find a clever way to integrate it into here so that it's still very usable as a
Table what would you guys think of that? I'm not against it. I just know when we're on trips
This gets filled up with a lot of like camping stuff. It's true. It's very cramped up here. This is like our extra storage
Out about the idea put your storage in there, which you'll still have now the stuff in there. Yeah
Um, yeah, I mean, it's not a bad idea. I'd like that idea
Very very doable because then you don't have to have bringing a chair
Yeah, the chairs were something we were worried about. Yeah storing like using that space for a chair like I'm dying
um fair enough I'm I'm just I'm trying to think. Yeah, I'm trying to think
Pragmatically here, right to be fair the bed is going to be moved for guard lists. Yeah, so there is going to be a lot of space
So can you put whatever you were going to store there there? Yeah, that's always the plan is like we're going to be building out storage
Whatever's under the bed is holding the bed up. It's going to be the storage I also do really like the idea of having it so that
Whatever is there can also go there Which should be really easy. Yeah, that would be nice
Uh, so we could do that. I mean, there's multiple ways. We could do that with fiber optic cables
We could do it with wireless. We could um, oh, I was thinking we have the entire thing just self contained in a desk
Whole desk boom There's a mount over here. Oh and tv tray style. Yeah
So you can just like sit in bed and use your gaming It probably would work way better just have the gaming computers there
longer there And then you steam live
Yeah, and as long as there's enough space on the floor You retracted the previous statement
It would be cool, but also Yeah, yeah with the swivel of those chairs. Is that ergonomic for that surface there?
Like the angle and stuff it would need to be longer because yeah, it needs to be longer
Um, which is fine because we're probably going to need more space to like embed crap in it anyway
Yeah, I don't think you should put the display on it I think you should put the display up there
We have to like screw into this though. This is nice No, I would want this to be non-destructive and and like honestly what we could do though James is we could put
mounts under here With like arms that come up so you're not giving up this precious space like you're when you're gaming you're gaming
You are there. You're not over here. Yeah, so if you can't walk between here, whatever who cares, right?
You so you could so that way you can get some actual distance for your monitor as well, which is kind of nice
However, it closes up though If the intention is that you know all the electronics are there and you close it
And then you still have a counter that you can prep food on or whatever
You can't have any risk of liquids going in there. I don't think this is a counter. This is a table not a counter
This is a counter. Yeah Okay, I mean any surface is anything depends on how you use it. Yeah, you're right. The most we use that table for is writing
Yeah, cutting something on this
Yeah, it would just to be eating in general. Plan for the payoff, right? We um
We build really compact computers that are still and that are really power efficient, but still game. Okay
Right, like that's our goal. We're not trying to build top-of-the-line systems I don't think that's realistic if we want to be able to run off the battery for some kind of there's also solar panels, right?
Yeah, but still yeah, like we want to
We're not using that at night So, you know if we want to actually game at night in the dark then we need something reasonable in terms of power efficiency
So we go whatever like the bottom level x3d chip is like something that's really fast
But really really efficient and then like a 40 60 ti
16 gig or something like that. It's overpriced sure fine. I don't feel like arguing with people about it. It's really efficient
Um, we make them like stackable essentially because there's a really nice spot
Right here. Is there still a nice spot right there when the chair swivels? I think so. Well, look how far this one comes out
Oh, that's true A lot is hinging on the swiveling of these chairs and how they line up with this
They line up in a way that makes sense And a height that makes sense
Well, we can adjust the height of this Are we sure we don't want to do laptops?
I know it's kind of a cheat, but also And it really is lame
Kind of lame plus last time we put laptops in a van sucked
Yeah
It's a worse solution that's better for a video all we gotta figure out. Yeah is ventilation
So we just there any reason we can't just have a little RGB fans right here
You really want that? I think you should put a radiator against that
Is that a vent fan? Yeah, I just think it'd be funny. Oh, yeah, we could water cool them
Well, here's a water tank. There were temperature concerns with that as well
If we were in a cold or hot environment very quickly if the van was left
Could you could you heat like because like there's no hot water on board
Could you technically like water cool or heat our water with the pc so we have hot water?
That would be a good idea
Or heat the van with the pc exhaust
We have like, uh, I think it'd be pretty cool if we had like a a duct. Oh
Yeah, it does. There's a window right here. There's a small window right there that opens by itself
And then in the winter we need a way to exhaust
So we should almost have like a switch or something here so that we can decide
I was thinking just a 3d printed duck That just goes boop
Well have some little indicating stuff and then we don't want it, right? We'll just take it out. Yeah. Okay. All right. Fine. Fine, Alex
So then do we even need chassis or would we just go like?
Like that like desk piece style. I was thinking desk piece style
Yeah, yeah um
And then yeah, we just have so we basically just replace this front plate
With RGB fans. Sure. I mean if we want to lean into that heavy game revive, that's not an issue
She likes RGB anyways. Yeah, you just need grill so you don't zip your butt on them. Yeah
Are we pretty aligned right now then
so we put Efficient computers in here that's you know goal number one is we get efficient computers in here
Goal number two is we figure out a peripheral setup that doesn't compromise on the dining room table
Um, so whether it folds flat Whether it swaps out whether it flips over, you know, whatever whatever that kind of fun kitschy solution is
to having um to having monitors
I think I think honestly if they like slid in
And then could just slide out and come up that would be kind of like ideal if they just kind of tucked under it
But with this hardware under here being already kind of
We probably aren't going to have a ton of space. I just want to just once again
Catch you said you don't want to like go into this wood But if you look at this piece of water, there's literally this one piece of one is just a piece of trim
If you were undoing this later, I wanted to replace that and get it back
It's literally one piece of wood. I didn't screw it right into the metal already. So I think you should just go into that
um Flip down thing. I think I'd rather be at a
Desktop and you can get really nice like 16 inch portable monitors these days because they're just the same panels that you use in laptops
And it'll be like 165 240 hertz
Um 1080p or even 1440p like that's that's what I would use. Would you stay here?
They give me a move. It's just there to make it privacy when you park down. Well, no
That's fine. Anyway, because you would you could just shove them out of the way. Yeah, you can tuck them pretty well
I gotta go. Okay, so clever system for that. Yeah, uh somewhere cute to kind of stuff the peripherals
But we just go with like super compact
Peripherals and then maybe we custom cut a northern lights pad or something like that
So you can game on the northern lights while you enjoy the northern
Um, and then the battery the whole battery thing
So we we try to optimize, you know, how many hours a day you can run on battery
And you know, we talk about that when we're Sizing our batteries and also, you know talking about the power consumption of the systems and put in some
Okay, does that seem like enough meat? Yeah, but a reasonable enough skill. Yeah, this goes pretty good now. Okay. Yeah, all right
It seems doable in the video. Okay All right. So, uh, yeah, the only thing we really need from you guys then it
Is any thoughts on Um
Of this replacement. Okay. Um, that'll be collaborative though because we might have some requirements in terms of thickness or whatever else
And then um, this hardware. Yeah needs to be obtained that chairs
Um, okay All right, well sounds like dji is uh, your new best friend. Let's go
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