thecleric007 wrote:1. Videos must be either .avi or .wmv files. If you are unable to submit in this file type, please get in touch with the contest director at thecleric007@hotmail.com
thecleric007 wrote:HEY! My videos are all .wmv files!
Those files are just the ones my computer runs best. Though I probably should have put .mpg on the list...forgot about that type.
thecleric007 wrote:As I am the contest director, the video files need to be playable on MY computer. It is there that they will be judged.
I appreciate the insight of someone who has more experience in AMV contests than me, but I will be running the contest in MY own way. People can either abide by that, or choose not to enter.
The Cleric 007
thecleric007 wrote:1. Videos must be either .avi or .wmv files. If you are unable to submit in this file type, please get in touch with the contest director at thecleric007@hotmail.com
2. Video entries must be mailed to the contest director at: this address: *snip*
6. Entries will be judged in the following categories: choice of song, choice of clips, quality of clips and sound, unity and originality. Extra marks may be awarded for use of effects and lip syncing.
Even if your planning to play then using media player, you can download various codex that will play back mpg and even DivX files.
First off, I agree with Dan and Vlad- MPEG is a very, very common standard and realistically if your computer can play back most AVI files, it can handle an MPEG1. Personally, I like mastering files out to MPEG2 like Vlad (and a number of other people) since you can get quality as high as the original source DVDs were (as MPEG2 is the format DVDs use). If you're going to be running contests or just playing videos back on something other than the computer monitor, I'd highly recommend picking up something like the Netstream 2000 MPEG/DVD decoder card- it's what some of the most high-profile contests are played back from and they can usually be gotten for under $50US on eBay.
You don't anywhere specify what mediums you will accept for sending in the videos.
You might want to let people know just who will be doing the judging- listing out the exact people isn't necessary if it's not being done as an audience vote, but people like to know these kind of things in general...
Running a contest isn't an easy thing, even at a smaller convention, and the more planning and knowledge you have the smoother it should run. We just want to give you the benefit of our previous experiences with contests to try and make sure yours goes off as good as possible...
thecleric007 wrote:Even if your planning to play then using media player, you can download various codex that will play back mpg and even DivX files.
The reason I listed specific video types is because I WILL NOT be downloading codecs just to watch one entry. I did though say that people can contact me if they want to use a format other than .avi or .wmv
thecleric007 wrote:I have never had any difficulting opening any file that ended in .avi
I am not a big computer person, so I really cannot say about all the other codecs I have on my computer. All I know is that I have never had problems with files marked "avi" at the end of them.
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