Lakewood Public Library Anime Festival AMV Contest

mexicanjunior · Post by **mexicanjunior** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 4:12 pm

Pyle wrote: But hey, a rule is a rule. It's gonna be twice the size it usually is though.

Usually cons will sacrfice high file sizes to assure the best possible quality of the videos being played. I would highly suggest making some nice MPEG2 encodes if you plan on entering a con.

akicafe · Post by **akicafe** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 7:55 am

you can send two versions if you want, it's just that WMV is an overly compressed format, which in the pro world ends up as "lossy", as in it loses quality when it is compressed. Every compression codec, picture, music, video, etc.. is lossy to some degree, only raw data files, that are uncompressed, can be of the highest quality.

an average $.15 CD-R has 650-750 mbs of space now, which can hold at least one uncompressed five minute music video.

I also recommend you encode in a nice mpeg-2, which is standard DVD quality, you should be able to fit a few videos onto a CD-R with that.

akicafe · Post by **akicafe** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 7:58 am

BTW, our final cut of the AMV contest, as outlined in the rules, will be cut to a DVD, so filesize of each individual video is not a problem, you can send in a 600 meg AMV if you want.

akicafe · Post by **akicafe** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 8:24 am

Thanks to Bryan and the crew at Outlaw Productions who has just sent in our first couple of submissions to the AMV contest.

(BTW Bryan, the mail came in about three minutes after you called me ^^;;;;)

Keep 'em coming peeps ^_^

akicafe · Post by **akicafe** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:08 am

Please don't abuse it, but you can now upload videos via FTP for the contest, thanks to the guys at akihabaracafe.com

here are the guidelines for the FTP:

FTP Instructions
We now accept entries via FTP (thanks to the Akihabara Cafe for hosting.)
FTP Address = ftp.akihabaracafe.com
FTP Login ID = musicvideo@akihabaracafe.com
Password = entry
-Please do not upload videos over 200 megabytes in size without emailing for permission first, please upload videos in a .zip or .sit format with an included text file of the information required for entry.
-FTP site will be moderated on a daily basis for entries, entries received will be posted in the contests forum at animemusicvideos.org under the lakewood library anime fest amv contest thread.
-If there is any abuse of this FTP site, the FTP option will be discontinued, and only mail or download submissions will be accepted.
-Email akicafe (at) akihabaracafe.com with any questions.

genestarwind21122 · Post by **genestarwind21122** » Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:50 am

Your welcome akicafe, I'm Bryan for those that don't know. That's my real first name. Anyway 2 vids are from Outlaw Productions the third one is from my original partner and I from Starwind/Hawking Productions. I hope everyone enjoys our amv's.

akicafe · Post by **akicafe** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 8:41 am

we received our second entry from ted wang (pulling teeth)

FYI, the first deadline is may 15th, in about 25 days, so please start sending in those entries. ^_^

thanks all!
Mike

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:16 am

Hmm... yea, I think I'll send one, or maybe two. My worry is the length of my better video, so I suppose I'll send it in and let you decide whether it would be worth the alotted time.

Suzuki_Akira · Post by **Suzuki_Akira** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 8:22 pm

I thought I already entered this competition!

akicafe · Post by **akicafe** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:53 am

length shouldn't be a problem, send in as much as you want ^_^

we received two more entries today, one from Erin M. H.
the other from Jennifer E.

thanks all!

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Lakewood Public Library Anime Festival AMV Contest

First Video Received!

FTP ACCESS NOW AVAILABLE