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Re: Anime Expo 2013 AMV Competition - DEADLINE: MAY 4th

Post by drewaconclusion » Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:23 pm

xstylus wrote:
Castor Troy wrote:The 1966 Batman movie.
Dammit, Ryan! Now we need to go pick a different source...
Actually, wasn't it supposed to just be this .gif?
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Re: Anime Expo 2013 AMV Competition - DEADLINE: MAY 4th

Post by Rider4Z » Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:27 pm

no, this one.

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Re: Anime Expo 2013 AMV Competition - DEADLINE: MAY 4th

Post by drewaconclusion » Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:51 pm

Rider4Z wrote:no, this one.
That was done already.
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Re: Anime Expo 2013 AMV Competition - DEADLINE: MAY 4th

Post by Castor Troy » Wed Feb 27, 2013 9:04 pm

drewaconclusion wrote:
xstylus wrote:
Castor Troy wrote:The 1966 Batman movie.
Dammit, Ryan! Now we need to go pick a different source...
Actually, wasn't it supposed to just be this .gif?
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Re: Anime Expo 2013 AMV Competition - DEADLINE: MAY 4th

Post by Otohiko » Wed Feb 27, 2013 9:43 pm

So is pwolf vs. me a possibility for the iron chef matchup? I'm pretty sure that I can swing it :O
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Re: Anime Expo 2013 AMV Competition - DEADLINE: MAY 4th

Post by Iron Solari » Thu Feb 28, 2013 2:49 pm

My birthday is the deadline D:
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Re: Anime Expo 2013 AMV Competition - DEADLINE: MAY 4th

Post by XStylus » Fri Mar 01, 2013 3:55 am

Addition made to the FAQ:

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Will you accept 10-bit MP4s? They’re much better quality!
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While indeed it may be better quality, the software we use to process AMV submissions does not play nicely with them. Therefore, we reject 10-bit MP4s at this time. Normal 8-bit MP4s will continue to be accepted and preferred.
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Re: Anime Expo 2013 AMV Competition - DEADLINE: MAY 4th

Post by l33tmeatwad » Fri Mar 01, 2013 7:20 pm

xstylus wrote:Addition made to the FAQ:

Question:
Will you accept 10-bit MP4s? They’re much better quality!
Spoiler :
Answer:
While indeed it may be better quality, the software we use to process AMV submissions does not play nicely with them. Therefore, we reject 10-bit MP4s at this time. Normal 8-bit MP4s will continue to be accepted and preferred.
Due to that fact that no source AMV editors work with is actually 10bit...I don't see why anyone should even ask. I can understand for an upload to the org or something, as it allows you to save more space...but considering the source material is 8bit to begin with...they could just jack the bitrate up if you are concerned about quality.
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Re: Anime Expo 2013 AMV Competition - DEADLINE: MAY 4th

Post by XStylus » Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:52 pm

l33tmeatwad wrote:
xstylus wrote:Addition made to the FAQ:

Question:
Will you accept 10-bit MP4s? They’re much better quality!
Spoiler :
Answer:
While indeed it may be better quality, the software we use to process AMV submissions does not play nicely with them. Therefore, we reject 10-bit MP4s at this time. Normal 8-bit MP4s will continue to be accepted and preferred.
Due to that fact that no source AMV editors work with is actually 10bit...I don't see why anyone should even ask. I can understand for an upload to the org or something, as it allows you to save more space...but considering the source material is 8bit to begin with...they could just jack the bitrate up if you are concerned about quality.
I was researching some info regarding optimal settings for MP4 encoding for anime and I ran across a few conversations on a fansub forum. 10-bit encodes seem to be the fad among that community, and some were aggressively swearing by it as far superior even though the source is only 8-bit. Since a lot of encoding wisdom for fansubbing is directly relevant to AMVs, I figured that 10-bit encoding might become a thing here as well, which would suck. 10-bit files are a pain to work with and have a lot of negative tradeoffs (only plays in specific players, looks scrambled in CS6, no hardware acceleration support, no set-top box can play them). All for what is, to me, only a miniscule quality/space improvement.

If push came to shove, I could always just transcode a 10-bit submission to Ut or ProRes, but I figured I'd just save myself some trouble.
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Re: Anime Expo 2013 AMV Competition - DEADLINE: MAY 4th

Post by BasharOfTheAges » Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:04 pm

I thought you were using AMVPlayer for playback since they gave you some sort of crap about needing BRD license fees or something?
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