1st amv alert - Run while you can!

[Quycksylver]

Hi *shy wave* I just finished my first amv and was hoping to get some feedback from some of you more experienced types. The title of the vid is "Descent"; the footage I used is from the anime s.CRY.ed, and the music is Three Doors Down; "Superman/Kryptonite". It's a fairly large file size (117MB), and there are shounen-ai implications in the vid - subtle ones, but they're in there.

I've shown the vid to a few friends and got a pretty positive response, but they're...well, friends, and they've all seen the series. I'm interested in how people who haven't seen the series (and who don't have to worry about being nice to me ) might respond to it - if it comes across as a sort of stream-of-consciousness type thing (which was what I intended it to be) or if I've just made an incomprehensible mess, lol. Of course, any and all comments would be welcome - but try to couch the technical stuff in words a five-year-old could understand - I'm pretty stupid when it comes to all this computer stuff, lol.

Anyway, if any of you are interested in taking a look, you can find it at either of these two links:

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... hp?v=52060

http://www.quycksylver.net/descent.avi

I'd really like to know what you guys think.

[Wong]

It's a fairly large file size (117MB)

HOLY CRAP.....117MB?!?!? How long is this vid?

I'd really like to know what you guys think.

HOLY CRAP..... 117MB?!?!? I think you need a new codec to compress your files is what i think.

[Quycksylver]

Well...I followed the how-to guide's suggestions for codecs as well as the instructions for compression to the best of my ability - and I tried compressing it three different times, and it still never came out any smaller. I'm the first to admit that I probably made a mistake somewhere in the process, but I checked and rechecked the settings several times, and I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong.

[LCY84]

HOLY CRAP..... 117MB?!?!? I think you need a new codec to compress your files is what i think.

Not really, he s using XviD .

However, the hosting is very slow

[Quycksylver]

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Not really, he s using XviD .

*eyes the eye rolling* Is that wrong?

However, the hosting is very slow

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Um...sorry...

[Wong]

Not really, he s using XviD

Hmmm.....117MB XviD file....or 20-40MB MPEG1 file.....hmmm....decisions...

[LCY84]

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Not really, he s using XviD .

*eyes the eye rolling* Is that wrong?

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NO, simply change the bitrate when you encode your vid.

Hmmm.....117MB XviD file....or 20-40MB MPEG1 file.....hmmm....decisions...

Sure, but xvid is more flexible so he simply has to change his parameters in order to avoid having a 117mb file.

[Quycksylver]

NO, simply change the bitrate when you encode your vid.

Ahh.. okay. I'll try that next time...if I can figure out what to change it to (yep, I'm an idiot - I think I've mentioned that). Thanks for the suggestion!

Btw... I'm a she...

[LCY84]

you can use the guides which are on org or the new [url=http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... index.html]ad & ermac's guide[/quote] to help you

[LCY84]

ad & ermac's guide

oups, correct link here, where is the edit button ?