distrobution format dillema

CHAMELEON_D_H · Post by **CHAMELEON_D_H** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 5:41 am

hello there non hebrew speaking AMV fans of the world.... there's something i want to ask u.... if an AMV's song is in hebrew, whould u rather have the subs as part of the file (.ogm / .mkv ) or as an external file (.sub / .srt ect) zipped together w/ the avi?

i need to decide how to release this AMV so if u have time and want to see an AMV in hebrew ( BTW i prommis its a great one ) post "zipped" or "part of the file"

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:20 am

I'm personally for mkv with subs. Having recently released my last amv in mkv though, I can tell you that most people are too lazy or too stupid to install the matroska playback pack.

AbsoluteDestiny · Post by **AbsoluteDestiny** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 6:20 am

I've tried distributing a separate .sub file in the past and nobody actually bothered to use it.

Of course, if you use mkv or ogm you will get complaints from people who do not know how to use these formats.

It is possible to mux subtitle streams into avi using avimux gui but I've never really experiemented with this.

badmartialarts · Post by **badmartialarts** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 7:53 am

Could always make it a hard subbed song, and keep a seperate non-subbed version for Hebrew-speaking people.

CHAMELEON_D_H · Post by **CHAMELEON_D_H** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 9:10 am

badmartialarts wrote:Could always make it a hard subbed song, and keep a seperate non-subbed version for Hebrew-speaking people.

yeh but i can only put 1 file... if i could have 2 i whould have u/l 2 files.......

pen-pen2002 · Post by **pen-pen2002** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 10:16 am

Does it need subtitles? A lot of people edit videos to songs in japanese when they have no idea what the words mean, so you don't nessicarily need the lyrics. That being said, if they are essential to understanding the video I think you should go with Matroska. I'd get it, to see a AMV in hebrew.

Good luck.

JCD · Post by **JCD** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 2:41 pm

AbsoluteDestiny wrote:I've tried distributing a separate .sub file in the past and nobody actually bothered to use it.

I did!

Didn't acutally matter much, the video was more like moodsynch to me

But yeah, what penpen said. I did 2 videos to japanese music as well and even synched the lyrics, but as they are both flashy dance and action I didn't want subs to bother the viewer.
However I'm considering to make subs if I make a video with german music which focuses on lyricsynch, I would make a .sub or .srt file seperated.
If you want to ensure that the viewer reads the subs hardsubbing is the best way

As for .ogm and .mkv, I wouldn't use them since a) they haven't much advantages for AMVs compared to an avi with .srt-file and b) they are much more complicant to set up for the viewer.

CHAMELEON_D_H · Post by **CHAMELEON_D_H** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 4:24 pm

w00t found a solution!!! since the AMV is only 15 MB ill get all files in a zip and upload that

Maverick-Rubik · Post by **Maverick-Rubik** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 4:57 pm

You aren't allowed to upload zip's locally.

CHAMELEON_D_H · Post by **CHAMELEON_D_H** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 5:32 pm

XD i just did....