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Sometimes it hurts
2005-11-02 10:11:15
I received a Quick Comment today!
My surprise quickly became disappointment when the QC turned out to be a complaint because the person couldn't download my vid.
I received a similiar QC a month ago, immediately confirmed the problem, and sent in a request to re-upload the AMV. In fact, I sent requests for each of my AMVs because they all were showing the same downloading problem (including one that I had done a year ago which never had shown this problem before).
It's been a month and I haven't heard back for my request to re-upload. And as anyone who has ever tried to re-upload thier vids know, you have to wait until the request is approved before you can do a thing. The mechanics of the site won't allow you otherwise.
A person can still download my vids, but there's a second step that has to be made in order to do so. After receiving today's QC, I posted that information on my profile, which I hope future downloaders will see. I'm really quite helpless to fix the current problem until the org gets back to me.
I appreciate it when someone points out problems. I'd have never known about the downloading difficulty if the first QC hadn't come.
But today's QC: "It's a text document! What a rip! Please re-upload!"
Yeah, that kinda hurts. -
PoT AMV musings
2005-11-01 18:02:19
I think it was early October when I started on the new AMV project, and I'm still waiting to be struck with some enlightening bit of inspiration...or something. My problem is that the concept and idea for the vid is not mine; that brain child belongs to my Canadian friend. The two times I was fortunate enough to see her this past year, she happily chirped about this AMV idea which, alas, she didn't have the tools or the ability to do herself. She didn't directly ask for me to do the video for her, but she gave good hints by sending me the music and avidly discussing her concept after viewing one of my AMVs. So...I finally decided to give it a shot.
Not only am I less than happy with my AMV creating skills, I'm also a bit worried that I'll not be able to create the concept she invisioned. I'm sure she'd be quite happy that her idea was given a chance to "live", but I want the resulting AMV to be worthy of everyone's enjoyment.
Oi, oi, oi. Which, suffice to say, has me sitting on this project more than working on it. That's not entirely a bad thing. It's good to walk away from it and get a fresh perspective when I decide to work on it again. It allows me to fuss over what I feel isn't working (which is quite a bit of it. *sigh*).
This video is definitely of the "lyrical" kind. The lyrics are a primary focus, but I don't want that to become repetitious. I've tried to build the frustration and arrogance of the main character with the repeated chorus, but.... ARGH! I haven't yet found a good start to the slight build-up, and how can you advance if you haven't got a sound beginning? Tch, I drive myself crazy.
What's currently bothering me about the project is the flow. Trying to fit an idea into certain lines of the song's lyrics is making for a more rapid flow of clips, and I'm not entirely sure that visual pace is right for the song's folksy mood. Do I really need that many clips to get the point across? Would longer, less transitioning clips take away from the comic element? I haven't played with transitions or effects yet. Maybe I'll be more happy with the flow of the vid once I clean up the edges. Hmm...maybe. -
Quick Comments: not as quick as was thought
2005-10-30 20:24:12
I can understand a lack of opinions. That takes time and more effort than a simple "Hey, I liked/didn't like it!" But, viola, Quick Comments was born and commentors and creators could rejoice at a simpler way to give and receive feedback. Yippee!
However.
It seems quick comments are not that simple nor less stressful on a person's time and effort. Otherwise I can't quite understand the vast difference in the number of downloads and the number of QCs that I've seen.
Dear sweet downloaders who are brave enough to click on my vids, please, I beseech you, take a moment, one small moment, to write a Quick Comment. Even one word would do, whether it's "Sucks!", "Okay", or "So-so". I'd appreciate it very much. From the bottom of my QC-less heart, I thank you. -
My "Way of the Ninja"
2005-10-12 12:17:47
It's really quite discouraging to find a high star count on AMVs riddled with subtitles. This is depressing on many levels.
Subtitles distract. They are so very distracting. I find an AMV with a song I like and an anime I like, and it has a high star count....but after I dowload and open it...BAM! The subtitles slap me in the face. I cringe. I cry. I delete the video without watching more. And this is so very sad because I was really looking forward to that video.
I can understand subtitles in an AMV if the anime hasn't been released in the US and the AMV creator couldn't figure out how to crop off the words. Despite the fact that there is a guide on this site to help a person cut subtitles from their AMV and the fact that the creator could've worked to use anime clips that didn't have subtitles, I can still understand that some people just didn't know what else to do.
Heck, I'm going to start working on an AMV that a friend requested which uses the anime "Prince of Tennis". This anime hasn't been released in the US, nor have I found plans for it's liscensing. This really irks me, because I'd not prefer to use my downloaded copies and have to riffle through the anime for clips that don't have subtitles. I know I can find clips to use without subtitles--I've done this before. It takes time. Taking more time requires patience. Patience is a needed virtue that takes work. Work takes time. And we're back to square one.
Are the people who made subtitled AMVs doing so because of impatience? Are they throwing out any other options because they've received high star counts and feel it doesn't matter if their videos have subtitles or not because of this high rating?
Oh, believe you me, I've been sorely tempted to take the easy way out, stop trying to improve, and stomp all over this unattainable thing called "perfection".
But then I look at the videos I love, most of which are on the "Top Videos" list, and I'm reminded of how much I want to make something that good. I've got a long way to go, but I'm going to keep trying, even if the high-rated subtitled videos make me cry every time.
- Oh?! 2005-10-04 21:53:50 I tried to download my videos again to see if the HTML.doc showed up again, and it did. But then something made me curious to see what would happen if I clicked the download again at the point where it was supposed to already start the download. Would a web page come up or an error message? Lo and behold, another download page appeared and the video was showing up as a movie and not an HTML.doc. 'Doh! I wonder why it's doing that. Usually you hit the local button and the download should begin, not give you a fake "it's downloading" page without a word that you had to click the download button again to get it going. I wonder if anyone else is having this problem? I wonder how I stop a "delete video" request? Though....it might be best to re-upload these vids so they can be downloaded normally. I may be the only one who knows to click the download twice to get it going. *sigh*
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