Faster than Sh*t off a Shovel!

Zero1 · Post by **Zero1** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 5:18 pm

Well as those of you who frequent the IRC chat may know, I've had hell with my computer and getting it stable. I can confirm it's all up and running now. (Although I had to sacrifice 512MB RAM in order to make it bootable).
So I'll be reinstalling Windows, which is a lengthy process when you've got as much stuff as me, I'll need something to keep my interest, and test out my new system

I was also part way through a new Ah my Goddess video (I think it's been a total of 2 months with all the problems and delays). Rathisponge and Tseng808 seemed to like the beta so far, I think it's going to turn out well now I can edit without being limited by hardware

What am I looking for?
1:1 Opinions with each participating member.

What do you think you're doing?!
I'll be (hopefully) watching your AMV, and reviewing it in-depth based on editor's competence, overall quality, theme (if applicable) and scope of the video (if I can see that the editor got the video the way he/she wanted it)

What you need to be able to do
Download 55.9MB worth of video (56k'ers might want to reconsider)
Play 640x480 XviD encodes (AVI), preferably without stuttering, since the video can get a bit CPU intense at some scenes (probably not too bad though). This requires a minimum of either DivX 5.2, XviD 1.00 or the current version of FFDShow

If you experience playback problems or just need to optimise settings to squeeze the little extra power out, you can read a playback guide I wrote, which can be found by clicking this link

It's all about the files baby
If you have multiple quality videos, link to the best version.
Videos should ideally be AVI, WMV, RM or MOV (In that order of preference). There are other containers I am willing to accept, but as a rule of thumb, no OGG or MKV. (I doubt people use these for AMV's anyway)

Here's the catch-type-thing
I will Op your video once I have received my opinion (had an opinion go AWOL in a previous exchange, which isn't very nice

Where's it At? & What do you expect us to do?!
Watch my Kenshin AMV and leave a fair, unbiased opinion (Ie, not marking me down because the lead singer of the band killed your cat) which you can find by clicking this, or my banner below

As a little bonus
Just a bit of fun, but if anyone's video manages to make my processor usage hit 35% or more, they get a pretend cookie

Zero1 · Post by **Zero1** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 5:27 pm

It's all about the files baby - Part 2!
Also accepting MPEG system files. How could I forget to mention MPEG 1 and 2?

Something I forgot to mention for video n00bs
DivX 5.2 is shareware, but the link I provided allows you to download a free version. In the setup make sure you select the free version and not the 6 month trial of DivX Pro, also pay attention, it will give you an option if you want to install the google toolbar. It's optional. XviD and FFDShow are totally free.

Somthing else I should have mentioned regarding accepted videos
Comedies, trailers and such are also accepted, but AMV's will usually give me a better chance to give a nice write up.

That's it for now, don't think I've forgotten anything already

Suzuki_Akira · Post by **Suzuki_Akira** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 7:17 pm

Me first! The one in my sig!

xTrunkZx · Post by **xTrunkZx** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 9:33 am

Review any of the ones in my profile (preferably open your heart since you said the one with the best quality)

Suzuki_Akira · Post by **Suzuki_Akira** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 1:51 pm

The video doesn't work...my media players crash when I try to run it.

Zero1 · Post by **Zero1** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 3:02 pm

It does work, trust me. Other people have seen it

Make sure you have DivX 5.2 or XviD 1.00 or the current version of FFDshow installed. You can use any of these, but these are the minimum versions required. Older ones will simply crash media player.

If you have one of those codec and still have a problem, please read the guide here > http://www.geocities.com/ss_zero1/codec.htm

Links to the above codecs are in the first post.

I'll be opping shortly, just going to reinstall Windows, and when I put my soundcard in and install the drivers, I'll write the ops so far

odian0 · Post by **odian0** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 3:07 pm

i'll trade ops with ya. just op the last video in my sig (irrelevant (things go unnoticed)). i'm downloading yours to op now ^_^

shinji13 · Post by **shinji13** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 3:57 pm

i'll check it out...

DrngdKreationz · Post by **DrngdKreationz** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 4:16 pm

Here if you want check out my vid, Its called Olin. the link is on my sig. Ill be checking your vid out soon

Zero1 · Post by **Zero1** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 4:42 pm

Awesome stuff guys, I've got a nice little bunch to review.

I'll be forced to reinstall Windows though, I'm for some reason unable to download anything that presents the save to disk box, transfers through FTP, MSN and such are fine.

Just compressing my documents, splitting it and burning it over a few DVDs. (Not wanting to have to rip the Ah My Goddess movie again, I've lipsynced with photoshop, so I don't want the frame count to screw up or anything) So I'm needing to make way for 62GB.

Hopefully, this should free up enough space to move the Huffyuv file.
I'm going to reconfigure my RAID array, and write it with zeros to make sure everything is clean (apparently some programs that require online registration write to sector zero)

I'm guessing 3 or 4 hours if I get cracking, its 12PM here now. Hopefully I'll be able to stay awake.

Look forward to the videos guys, keep them coming! 8)