Do the local downloads on here support resume?

[The Winster]

My question is what it says in the title, 'Do the local downloads on here (animemusicvieos.org) support resume?'.

One more thing - ppl here should try & provide 56KBPs or 28.8 kbps previews of their music videos. This will save a-m-v.org a lot of bandwidth; and people will download only those full size mpgs that they like.

E.g.; I just started a dl of my immortal but when almost 4 mb were donwloaded, I saw that the actual video was just 20 seconds! Well, if it were 56kbps previews instead of 1150kbps VCD ready mpgs; I could have decided whther the vieo is good or not....

Admins, please take note of the suggestion about previews. It'll save the site a lot of bandwidth. Apart from that, it'll also help people like us who have 56k connections

[Otohiko]

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/phpBB/v ... hp?t=34102

Check out that thread for more info.

[The Winster]

Thanks for the info. I am using Opera, and the reason why I was unable to resume is that I had logged out.

can you pass on the suggestion to someone phade?

[Otohiko]

Well, the only real problem with previews is space... although seeing how we had a temporary run-out with it recently, I can see why the admins might be reluctant to add another drain on it.

I guess for better or worse, the .org should have broadband access listed as a "recommended specification" for its full enjoyment - not to say the dial-up people can't get any good out of it. I know a few people with a lot of patience who live off 56k and still get a lot of AMVs

[The Winster]

Yes, thats true. I can do that. But that is only if some user/volunteer who has a lot of amvs on with him can trade those amvs with me for anything he likes.

This will ensure my efficiency for uploading the files without spending a lot of time. I can put these previews permanently on my webspace without any bandwidth problems.

So, ermmm, any volunteer?

[derobert]

My question is what it says in the title, 'Do the local downloads on here (animemusicvieos.org) support resume?'.

On Nago, as long as you have .org cookies in whatever is trying to resume. On Kero, yes, in any program, for two days (plan is to extend to seven).

56KBPs or 28.8 kbps previews of their music videos.[/b]

Doing 56kbps or (ack!) 28.8kbps previews that don't look like utter junk is hard... However, doing a smaller preview version automatically could be a good idea. I'll have to play around with it.

[The Winster]

I have personally tried this; so no worries there...

Use TMPGenc to export a given movie @ 5 fps in gif format at the size of 100 X 75. Import them in flash as different frames. Embed a 16 kbps version of the audio, and there you go... The best advantage here is that you can always remove the black bends at the top & bottom of the screen

Alternatively, you can do something similar with mpegs. I have done this too, and its a lot easier. Just change the fps of the mpg movie to 5fps, the size to something bt. 150 (to 200) x 100 (150 in size) & remove all the bands. Now, set the bitrate to 56kbps or 96 kbps. The reason is that, mpg will allow you to view the vid in fullscreen at a reasonably high quality for a preview, and a no-junk 5 fps is enough to have a no-nag preview.

You may increase the fps value, but (as far as my experience goes), it will decrease the quality of an individual frame.

Play around with it. You'll soon find something good & standard. Also, TMPGenc is a freeware software and more powerful then most of the encoding softwares I've used till now.

56kbps WMVs are not that ba though...

[The Winster]

I have personally tried this; so no worries there...

Use TMPGenc to export a given movie @ 5 fps in gif format at the size of 100 X 75. Import them in flash as different frames. Embed a 16 kbps version of the audio, and there you go... The best advantage here is that you can always remove the black bends at the top & bottom of the screen

Alternatively, you can do something similar with mpegs. I have done this too, and its a lot easier. Just change the fps of the mpg movie to 5fps, the size to something bt. 150 (to 200) x 100 (150 in size) & remove all the bands. Now, set the bitrate to 56kbps or 96 kbps. The reason is that, mpg will allow you to view the vid in fullscreen at a reasonably high quality for a preview, and a no-junk 5 fps is enough to have a no-nag preview.

You may increase the fps value, but (as far as my experience goes), it will decrease the quality of an individual frame.

Play around with it. You'll soon find something good & standard. Also, TMPGenc is a freeware software and more powerful then most of the encoding softwares I've used till now.

56kbps WMVs are not that ba though...

[trythil]

Alternatively, you can do something similar with mpegs. I have done this too, and its a lot easier. Just change the fps of the mpg movie to 5fps, the size to something bt. 150 (to 200) x 100 (150 in size) & remove all the bands. Now, set the bitrate to 56kbps or 96 kbps. The reason is that, mpg will allow you to view the vid in fullscreen at a reasonably high quality for a preview, and a no-junk 5 fps is enough to have a no-nag preview.

You seem to have a different definition of "utter junk"...
Simply changing framerates will cause audio desynchronization. There's only a few cases where that's not true, and {29.97, 23.976, 60} fps -> 5 fps isn't one of them.

Play around with it. You'll soon find something good & standard. Also, TMPGenc is a freeware software and more powerful then most of the encoding softwares I've used till now.

http://www.xvid.org

56kbps WMVs are not that ba though...

Try playing them on anything that isn't a sanctioned Microsoft system.

[The Winster]

Alternatively, you can do something similar with mpegs. I have done this too, and its a lot easier. Just change the fps of the mpg movie to 5fps, the size to something bt. 150 (to 200) x 100 (150 in size) & remove all the bands. Now, set the bitrate to 56kbps or 96 kbps. The reason is that, mpg will allow you to view the vid in fullscreen at a reasonably high quality for a preview, and a no-junk 5 fps is enough to have a no-nag preview.

You seem to have a different definition of "utter junk"...
Simply changing framerates will cause audio desynchronization. There's only a few cases where that's not true, and {29.97, 23.976, 60} fps -> 5 fps isn't one of them.

No, nope, never; not with TMPGenc. Its an intelligent enough software to keep synchronization. Give it a try man, you won't regret downloading it.

Play around with it. You'll soon find something good & standard. Also, TMPGenc is a freeware software and more powerful then most of the encoding softwares I've used till now.

http://www.xvid.org

I visited that site. From the looks of it, xvid seems to be some type of software equivalent to the photoshop of video encoding. In that case, TMPGenc is the Paint Shop Pro of video encoding - easier to use.

56kbps WMVs are not that ba though...

Try playing them on anything that isn't a sanctioned Microsoft system.

Never thought of that.

Anyways, now onto the main topic of the thread. How about the members themselves uploading the previews on their own webspace? This will ensure that all of the vids have previews, and futhermore, there would no storage problems for the server. On the contrary, it will reduce th bandwidth usage of the server.