BasharOfTheAges wrote:This thread isn't really supposed to be about actively complaining about what contests do, but rather, the things they do that make you just walk away and not take them seriously enough to participate in the first place.
HalOfBorg wrote:My only problem with specific requirements is the time in general. Having to re-set things, re-render blah blah blah. Upload it again. And sometimes having to watch it again - by this point I have seen it so many times the thought of watching it again - and HEARING it again - makes me dizzy.


Ileia wrote:(Note: At no point should you EVER call your entrants "stupid".)
Pwolf wrote:Rider4Z wrote: but requiring specific amounts of black before and/or after the video is pushing it.
That's actually not entirely unreasonable if you know the technical reasons why someone would want you to do that. Not to mention it's not that difficult to take your master copy and add 2 seconds of black to the beginning and end. i actually try to do this every time I edit so I don't have to do it afterwards. If you have to re-encode the video for the con, its only a minute or two amount of extra work (if that) so it's really not that bad.
Castor Troy wrote:Ileia wrote:(Note: At no point should you EVER call your entrants "stupid".)
Which con was this?!
Rider4Z wrote:i'll enter anything if:
1.) i'm not required to attend. i would love to attend any and all conventions in north america but i work and need money to pay for my mortgage and car. i enter contests not to win but to give my videos exposure. whether i make the finals / win is up to the judges and/or audience.
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Rider4Z wrote:Pwolf wrote:Rider4Z wrote: but requiring specific amounts of black before and/or after the video is pushing it.
That's actually not entirely unreasonable if you know the technical reasons why someone would want you to do that. Not to mention it's not that difficult to take your master copy and add 2 seconds of black to the beginning and end. i actually try to do this every time I edit so I don't have to do it afterwards. If you have to re-encode the video for the con, its only a minute or two amount of extra work (if that) so it's really not that bad.
i don't know what software you have that makes it so fast for you
video = avisource("mastercopyofvideo.avi")
padding = blackness(video, color=$000000, length=48)
return padding ++ video ++ padding
That's pretty nifty actually. I'll have to hang onto that.Pwolf wrote:Rider4Z wrote:Pwolf wrote:That's actually not entirely unreasonable if you know the technical reasons why someone would want you to do that. Not to mention it's not that difficult to take your master copy and add 2 seconds of black to the beginning and end. i actually try to do this every time I edit so I don't have to do it afterwards. If you have to re-encode the video for the con, its only a minute or two amount of extra work (if that) so it's really not that bad.
i don't know what software you have that makes it so fast for you
Avisynth:
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video = avisource("mastercopyofvideo.avi")
padding = blackness(video, color=$000000, length=48)
return padding ++ video ++ padding
open in quenc/tmpeg/zarxgui/vdub and then encode. easy.
Pwolf wrote:Avisynth:
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video = avisource("mastercopyofvideo.avi")
padding = blackness(video, color=$000000, length=48)
return padding ++ video ++ padding
open in quenc/tmpeg/zarxgui/vdub and then encode. easy.
Rider4Z wrote:Pwolf wrote:Avisynth:
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video = avisource("mastercopyofvideo.avi")
padding = blackness(video, color=$000000, length=48)
return padding ++ video ++ padding
open in quenc/tmpeg/zarxgui/vdub and then encode. easy.
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Pwolf wrote:Rider4Z wrote:Pwolf wrote:That's actually not entirely unreasonable if you know the technical reasons why someone would want you to do that. Not to mention it's not that difficult to take your master copy and add 2 seconds of black to the beginning and end. i actually try to do this every time I edit so I don't have to do it afterwards. If you have to re-encode the video for the con, its only a minute or two amount of extra work (if that) so it's really not that bad.
i don't know what software you have that makes it so fast for you
Avisynth:
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video = avisource("mastercopyofvideo.avi")
padding = blackness(video, color=$000000, length=48)
return padding ++ video ++ padding
open in quenc/tmpeg/zarxgui/vdub and then encode. easy.
Nya-chan Production wrote:Considering most of the contests play from PC (might not be true, correct me in that case) - how hard would it be to make ONE pad and then prepare a short playlist "pad + video + pad" that plays continuously for each video?
I suppose a lot shorter than actual total rendering and encoding time of all the editors who have to do it.
Nya-chan Production wrote:Not even mentioning stuff like "I don't keep renders because my HDD is small" or "I kept my renders on a HDD that died on me and now I can't send an older video in, because I'd have to recreate it or render from copy I uploaded to Org"
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