Not sure if this is the best forum to go to since this is more on the technical-help side but I'm trying to submit two amvs to a jacon convention for the amv contest.
If anyone can help me ASAP, the deadline for this is tomorrow (30th). I've never submitted an amv to a convention contest and so I'm afraid to do something wrong.
The Jacon convention has this page for amvs--- http://jacon.org/amv.html. They say that the "videos may be in MPEG-1, MPEG-2, Huffy, DV or Uncompressed." They say they'll ultimately convert it to MPEG-2.
Does that mean I don't have to do all the regular compressing once I've exported it. I believe premiere exported my amvs at DV AVI--which I'm assuming is the same as just DV that they say they allow. So the file is like 1.2 GB, so is that okay to send?? Or do they expect a certain size? I e-mailed a few questions when requesting information for sending them through FTP, but I only received the FTP information and nothing in regards to my question.
I tried to log on to Jacon's FTP using Smart FTP (Which I believe I used for uploading to the org), but couldn't get it to successfully log on. It seemed to work though when I just put in their address in the address bar. So I went into the folder they said, and dragged my amv into the folder. It started for an hour or so (with probably less than ten percent done), and then I got some kind of error and it stopped.
I'm reluctant to try again without someone telling me if I'm doing this right or whether the amvs size is just too large for it. I'm going to be torn between working on my finals for school and trying to get this uploaded in time... advice anyone??
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