Sakura-Con 2008 AMV Contest (1 Month Warning)

Pwolf · Post by **Pwolf** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:21 pm

mpeg2 it -_- i don't understand why people would want to send a huffyuv.

Pwolf

NightHawk · Post by **NightHawk** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:09 pm

As far I knew, that was the best way (quality-wise) of sending an AMV to a con.

Org Profile · Post by **Vlad G Pohnert** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:36 pm

NightlHlawk wrote:As far I knew, that was the best way (quality-wise) of sending an AMV to a con.

That depends.. Considering almost all cons present the videos in the contest in mpeg2 best is to encode it yourself into mpeg2... I've myself run 2 contests for the past 5 years and there has been very little quality issues with mpeg2 encodings. Just make sure to use a decent bit rate and setting..

Vlad

NightHawk · Post by **NightHawk** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:37 am

Vlad G Pohnert wrote:That depends.. Considering almost all cons present the videos in the contest in mpeg2 best is to encode it yourself into mpeg2... I've myself run 2 contests for the past 5 years and there has been very little quality issues with mpeg2 encodings. Just make sure to use a decent bit rate and setting..

Vlad

I'll do that from now on...just need to learn how. haha

I honestly didn't know mpeg2 was better for cons, thanks. =]

Erudito · Post by **Erudito** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:32 pm

quick formatting question,

One of my videos is set at a 16:9, 720x480, I wanted to know if it is better to keep it at this size for convention entry or should i add my own borders and turn it into a 4:3, 720 file? I usually use 4:3, but the DVDs i used on two of my videos are formatted at 16:9 and I usually try to keep the original size when I finish my videos. I never entered a contest with 16:9 footage, so I'd like to know if i should add borders or just send it as is. Thank you.

Seijin_Dinger · Post by **Seijin_Dinger** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:30 pm

could you put it into 4:3? just letterbox it down so it stays in widescreen format

Erudito · Post by **Erudito** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:11 pm

Seijin_Dinger wrote:could you put it into 4:3? just letterbox it down so it stays in widescreen format

Will do

Heavensclone · Post by **Heavensclone** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:24 am

Alright! Time for the sequel to Gundam Rangers! XD

Erudito · Post by **Erudito** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 7:58 pm

Just posted my first, yay!

There was one minor glitch tho, IE did not let me rename my folder, so my vid is in "New folder 2", hope that isn't a problem

Seijin_Dinger · Post by **Seijin_Dinger** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:45 pm

Not a problem at all, the FTP Server is a directory on my E: Drive so its easy to rename folders