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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby Sephiroth » Fri May 04, 2012 5:01 am

Far as codecs go, I do think that's why its suggested to submit early that way you can fix whatever is wrong with your video. As Troy said i was able to keep one of my vids out of DQ cause i submitted it early. He e-mailed me and we worked things out from there.

Likewise he's using VLC so get that look at your video in it with the DE-interlacing turned off. If it looks good enough to you chances it'll look good enough to the judges.
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby Ryvannis » Fri May 04, 2012 10:43 am

Melichan923 wrote:
Ryvannis wrote:@melichan MPEG-4 compression for me required my video to at least be over 300mb to avoid visual artifacts at 720p. 1080p and under 200mb is almost impossible to achieve if you do not have a short video.


Yes, my video is over 4 minutes long so it would probably be impossible. Did you send through mail or a file sharing site?


I'm at 5 minutes, but I'm assuming its higher because I had to drop the resolution for some of my sources since not all of them were at a full 1080p.
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby Castor Troy » Fri May 04, 2012 10:48 am

ONE MORE DAY!

Watch this, it's a classic. |:>
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby XStylus » Fri May 04, 2012 10:57 am

Melichan923 wrote:Lots of stress tonight. [insert lots of talk about compression workflow here.]

If I send it in the mail I can probably manage to fit a Lagarith on there if I downscale it. I do not have DL disks, just SL.


My hard drive is whimpering in fear over what you intend to send, Melichan. :P

If your AMV won't fit on a single layer DVD, there's something very wrong. I'm all about pristine video quality, but that sounds like an OCD level of effort there.
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby irriadin » Fri May 04, 2012 10:59 am

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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby Radical_Yue » Fri May 04, 2012 11:17 am

Dropped my form in the mail this morning before I left for the airport (Yay for Koopiskeva WeddingCon! :D) so hopefully they'll get there in time. :P

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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby Chiikaboom » Fri May 04, 2012 12:44 pm

I will send in my videos as soon as I get home from work!! Just.. 6 hours, 15 minutes to go.. >>;;
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby Melichan923 » Fri May 04, 2012 12:55 pm

xstylus wrote:
Melichan923 wrote:Lots of stress tonight. [insert lots of talk about compression workflow here.]

If I send it in the mail I can probably manage to fit a Lagarith on there if I downscale it. I do not have DL disks, just SL.


My hard drive is whimpering in fear over what you intend to send, Melichan. :P

If your AMV won't fit on a single layer DVD, there's something very wrong. I'm all about pristine video quality, but that sounds like an OCD level of effort there.


Well your Hard drive might feel better knowing when I downscale, the lagarith fits on a SL disk with plenty of space left over. :D The sync and quality look great to send along! My new problem? It plays perfect in every media player except VLC. *facepalm* With certain effects VLC totally skips them and just proceeds to the scene in front of the effect or gets laggy.

I don't think it's worth the risk either, unless I make note to only use the uncompressed for the contest if it gets in and put another MPEG or something on there along with it for the viewing but that seems sort of un-needed to do. I'm about to forfeit this quality battle, because you are right and I must get better from my AMV-converting OCD. :lol: I've been told in the past that I've been marked down for quality when I've used DVDs and tried my hardest to filter, so I'm trying extra hard to make sure things look good. But I guess my computer doesn't want to let me. It's paying me back for all the 8GB AMV renders I've been making. :P

Chiikaboom wrote:I will send in my videos as soon as I get home from work!! Just.. 6 hours, 15 minutes to go.. >>;;


Also, congrats on finishing Chiikaboom! |:> I have work in a while too and being there while I know I need to get this done will be killing me.
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby BasharOfTheAges » Fri May 04, 2012 1:26 pm

Melichan923 wrote:
xstylus wrote:
Melichan923 wrote:Lots of stress tonight. [insert lots of talk about compression workflow here.]

If I send it in the mail I can probably manage to fit a Lagarith on there if I downscale it. I do not have DL disks, just SL.


My hard drive is whimpering in fear over what you intend to send, Melichan. :P

If your AMV won't fit on a single layer DVD, there's something very wrong. I'm all about pristine video quality, but that sounds like an OCD level of effort there.


Well your Hard drive might feel better knowing when I downscale, the lagarith fits on a SL disk with plenty of space left over. :D The sync and quality look great to send along! My new problem? It plays perfect in every media player except VLC. *facepalm* With certain effects VLC totally skips them and just proceeds to the scene in front of the effect or gets laggy.

That's because VLC is kinda shitty. It's meant to play everything, not play everything well. Definitely not something that should even be considered to be used in a serious playback environment.
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby XStylus » Fri May 04, 2012 1:42 pm

BasharOfTheAges wrote:That's because VLC is kinda shitty. It's meant to play everything, not play everything well. Definitely not something that should even be considered to be used in a serious playback environment.


I will welcome suggestions. I'm starting to become unimpressed with VLC as well. Apparently VLC relies on internal codecs rather than what codecs are installed on the machine, which is a recipe for problems. I'm about to tinker with KMPlayer.
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby l33tmeatwad » Fri May 04, 2012 3:16 pm

xstylus wrote:
BasharOfTheAges wrote:That's because VLC is kinda shitty. It's meant to play everything, not play everything well. Definitely not something that should even be considered to be used in a serious playback environment.


I will welcome suggestions. I'm starting to become unimpressed with VLC as well. Apparently VLC relies on internal codecs rather than what codecs are installed on the machine, which is a recipe for problems. I'm about to tinker with KMPlayer.

Heh, you need to avoid all those "trendy players" and just stick with Media Player Classic, it'll use the direct show filters and gives you better options.
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby BasharOfTheAges » Fri May 04, 2012 3:19 pm

MPC Home Cinema - honestly the best i've been able to find for home playback. I've used Quu's player in AMV rooms as well, and I'm quite fond of it.
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby blaku92 » Fri May 04, 2012 3:28 pm

BAM! Mine's in the mail. Thank goodness that's done. Decided to provide a few good quality SD options since everything will be screened from a playable DVD anyway right? This time, things are going to be PERFECT! :twisted:
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby JD_Lord1 » Fri May 04, 2012 3:31 pm

I went through this codec/compression struggle about a week ago so I could send mine in early and avoid some anxiety. I put it in the mail last Friday and it still hasn't been received. Anxiety is starting to kick in...
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Re: Anime Expo 2012 AMV Contest - (EZ Rules) DEADLINE: MAY 5

Postby XStylus » Fri May 04, 2012 4:12 pm

JD_Lord1 wrote:I went through this codec/compression struggle about a week ago so I could send mine in early and avoid some anxiety. I put it in the mail last Friday and it still hasn't been received. Anxiety is starting to kick in...


OH NOES! Gosh, I hope it arrives soon! :awesome:

So says me as I pop Josh's CD into my drive... :twisted:

I'm processing submissions right now. I'll be sending formal confirmation letters tonight after I'm done watching the vids and checking for issues. :)
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