AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

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AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby ReligionX » Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:01 pm

Hello folks,

I will be running the AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest. The AnimeNEXT website, for some reason, is on the fritz, and hasn't been up at times. And with it, the forum goes out too. The rules have officially been posted on the official website.

AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest Rules

If you have any questions, feel free to post here, PM me on this forum, on the AnimeNEXT forum, or feel free to send me an e-mail.

-Tommy Callahan
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby Scintilla » Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:41 pm

ReligionX wrote:The AnimeNEXT website, for some reason, is on the fritz, and won't stay up for more than a day at a time. And with it, the forum goes out too.

Welcome to the entire past month or two.

ReligionX wrote:File sizes should not exceed 500 KB.

Please tell me you meant 500 MB. :lol:

ReligionX wrote:Audio: Sample-rate should not exceed 48000 Hz. Bit-rate should not exceed 320 kb/s.

Does this mean we can't submit uncompressed (PCM) audio?

ReligionX wrote:We are able to accept a wide variety of file formats, file sizes, resolutions, frame-rates, aspect ratios, sample-rates, and bit-rates.

That line right there takes most of the fun out of this nitpicking process. :P

I do have two specific questions about that, though:
1) Can you handle MPEG-2 files encoded at 23.976fps progressive with the "3:2 pulldown upon playback" flag set?
2) If we have a widescreen AMV, can we encode it as an anamorphic 16:9 MPEG-2/MPEG-4/Matroska file, or should we just send it as square pixels, or should we letterbox it to 4:3?

For that matter, if we have a 4:3 MPEG-2 at 720x480, will it show up correctly? I only ask because I know some software MPEG-2 decoders don't do the proper resizing unless you blow it up to fullscreen mode.
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby -Corsair- » Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:27 pm

We are able to accept a wide variety of file formats, file sizes, resolutions, frame-rates, aspect ratios, sample-rates, and bit-rates.


i would like to also make a comment about that:
will u accept 59.97 FPS .mp4 files? i like quality :D
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby ReligionX » Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:56 pm

Scintilla wrote:Please tell me you meant 500 MB. :lol:
I am one of those silly Americans who doesn't use the metric system frequently enough. I did indeed mean Megabytes.

Scintilla wrote:Does this mean we can't submit uncompressed (PCM) audio?
I don't foresee any problem with this. If you can direct me to an AMV with the same specifications as the AMV you intend to submit, I can tell you 100% yes or no if that will work.

Scintilla wrote:1) Can you handle MPEG-2 files encoded at 23.976fps progressive with the "3:2 pulldown upon playback" flag set?
Yes, that will work. That's standard convention formatting.

Scintilla wrote:2) If we have a widescreen AMV, can we encode it as an anamorphic 16:9 MPEG-2/MPEG-4/Matroska file, or should we just send it as square pixels, or should we letterbox it to 4:3? For that matter, if we have a 4:3 MPEG-2 at 720x480, will it show up correctly? I only ask because I know some software MPEG-2 decoders don't do the proper resizing unless you blow it up to fullscreen mode.
You can send it however you like. The videos will be played back with the media player in a digital full-screen 4:3 format. The media player automatically keeps the video in the correct aspect ratio. It will be the same size on the screen however you do it.

-Corsair- wrote:i would like to also make a comment about that: will u accept 59.97 FPS .mp4 files? i like quality :D
You most certainly can. If the resolution is high (1280x720), I am telling you up front that there will most likely be dozens of frames lost during playback, and potential audio de-synchronization. If it's a low resolution (720x480), high frame rate video, you most likely be okay. I will watch all of the AMVs and inform all editors whether or not their videos will play back properly. If there is sufficient time before the deadline, you may re-submit a corrected video.
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby ReligionX » Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:06 am

This is a notification of 2 months until the deadline.

I will post another notification at 1 month, and then again at 2 weeks.
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby Scintilla » Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:42 pm

Oh yeah, one more thing: can you add this contest to the contests list so we can add it to our videos' profiles?
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby ReligionX » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:05 pm

I have added the contest to the contest list. I wasn't aware that this existed. Thank you for pointing this out to me. I am still waiting for the rules to be officially posted on the AnimeNEXT website. As soon as this is done, I will re-link to the official site.

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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby Scintilla » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:08 am

They have been already; it's the second news post on the front page. And thanks!
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby guardiansoulblade » Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:59 am

You may only submit an AMV of your own creation. The AMV must have been completed AFTER June 1, 2008.

Yet the deadline is May 22, I'm confused.
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby ReligionX » Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:17 pm

guardiansoulblade wrote:
You may only submit an AMV of your own creation. The AMV must have been completed AFTER June 1, 2008.

Yet the deadline is May 22, I'm confused.

Welcome to 2009, my friend.

The cut for date of creation was meant to be June 12th 2008, exactly 1 year from the the first day of AnimeNEXT 2009. In any event, June 1st allows for more submissions.

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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby guardiansoulblade » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:19 pm

Okay, I'll probably throw something together once I get enough clips split.
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby ReligionX » Sun Apr 26, 2009 10:46 am

You folks have a little under 30 days to get in your submissions. With the expected rush of AMVs in the last week, I'll do my best to make responses in a timely manner. Don't expect to be able to re-submit in time during the last week though.
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby ReligionX » Tue May 19, 2009 6:00 pm

Folks still have 4 more days to get in AMVs.
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby Ijexis » Tue May 19, 2009 9:04 pm

I think I'd like to enter again =) I haven't gotten the chance to check the rules but can we FTP it or do we need to send it in a disc format like last year?
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Re: AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

Postby drewaconclusion » Tue May 19, 2009 9:45 pm

ReligionX wrote:Folks still have 4 more days to get in AMVs.


I just finished my new video this morning. I'll try and upload it somewhere tonight.
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