by VegettoEX » Mon Aug 12, 2002 9:01 am
We've got the VCD made, and we've passed out at least a hundred copies at cons, I think (I really don't know... Scott and Jon were the ones with the actual VCDs). It looks decent. I mean, it's a VCD. It's pretty stuck at its limitations, but it looks good enough at those. The big thing was that the original source files looked great to begin with :D
When I get back to school, I'm probably going to pass around the VCD on our Direct Connect server as a zipped BIN/CUE file (it's pretty much the standard... we'd rather pass them around as the burnable files than have to set it all up ourselves... SOOO damn lazy :P). At least there you'd have to really go through some effort of burning the CD, ripping off the MPEG, doing some cropping, etc. to actually get content OUT of it.
This means that at some point next semester, I'm sure you'll see the ZIP of "Otakudom" floating around on WinMX and KaZaa, and it'll at least be the version that WE actually set up to be distributed. That's a good thing, as the VCD includes an "Extras" folder with things like the script, guide to in-jokes, making of, etc.
One of the issues with "re-encoding" is something Scott, myself, and many other AMV creators are aware of... we don't like having our stuff re-encoded by someone we don't know and having them distribute it. There's no kind of "quality control" in that. The VCD went through a bunch of revisions and proof readings before it got where it is :P.
And that's another neat thing with the VCD as opposed to a movie-only file, like DivX... we can include that "Extras" folder.
I don't think Scott or anything else involved with "Otakudom" has a problem with people making copies of the VCD. They'd all be direct digital copies, so it's not like we're passing the VHS through twenty analogue generations to get someone a copy. I'm sure someone you know somewhere is going to end up with it, and you (this "you" being a very general "you" referring to anyone) will be able to get a copy.
Of course, you can all always just spam Scott's mail box asking for copies... ^_~
*runs away and hides his CD burner*
Heh... I'll make a few copies for AXNY so if anyone finds me they can grab a copy. Only gonna bring a few of our AMV CD-Rs, but we'll do a dual-pack thing where you can get both. Or something.