Lost Video Island

Aislynn · Council Member Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 35782

Spinning Iris wrote:

Just having saving problems now.

Oh, I hope you've got that all worked out now!

I'm looking forward to seeing everybody's entries!

Blitzy · Advanced Vidder Joined: 29 Aug 2006 Posts: 14

I have my own site with like 800 kb/s download speed , but its down
atm

. I hope it is fixed tomorow otherwise i will try to put it on "your tube".

The movie is now like 80 mb. If you guys think that is to mutch i will try to reduce the heigh and weight of the movie.

Polarbear · Expert Vidder Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 13684

If you're using youtube it automatically converts it to a managable size. I think the limit is 100MB so it should be fine.
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Hobbes · Council Member Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 11211

Polarbear wrote:

If you're using youtube it automatically converts it to a managable size. I think the limit is 100MB so it should be fine.

It does?

holy.... wow that site really DOES rule.

Spinning Iris · Advanced Vidder Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 175

Well I am still having problems saving my video. I've tried saving to a disc, saving small, I've made two versions of the same thing, etcetera etcetera... I will keep trying, but Windows movie maker is really

me off. I will do my best, but I don't know...

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Hobbes · Council Member Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 11211

What's the exact problem with it SI? Does it render, but mess-up? Does it go to 99% then fail? Does it mute the sound?

You could try rendering it in two parts, then starting a new project and rendering those two parts together into one.

KajaM · Expert Vidder Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 10438

Hobbes wrote:

You could try rendering it in two parts, then starting a new project and rendering those two parts together into one.

That's what I had to do with my submission to last year's recap contest. It was before I had upgraded the RAM in my computer and WMM was really giving me a hard time. I rendered the vid in four parts and then put these four parts together to render them in one file. It worked fine.
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marcus · Expert Vidder Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 4541

I'd suggest doing that with all vids on WMM actually, it makes it freeze less.
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Blitzy · Advanced Vidder Joined: 29 Aug 2006 Posts: 14

Do i have to call the zip file "August 2006 contest submission" Or can i just include a .txt file with as name "August 2006 contest submission" ??

Btw, Movie is now 40 MB and my site is backup. I have make a "trailer look a like" page where u can dl the movie. I post the link tonight..

Aislynn · Council Member Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 35782

Heya Blitzy! It doesn't matter what you call the file itself (though that would certainly be a fine thing to call it

). The important thing is to just use "August 2006 contest submission" for the description when you submit it. If you've never submitted a vid to LVI before, you'll see what I'm talking about when you start through the process.

The main site has a link at the top for submissions or you can just go straight to it from here. You'll create a bio for yourself, then it'll take you to a page where you fill in all of the important info on your vid. That's where the description thing is and where you'll put "August 2006 contest submission."

Something you'll also need to have ready is an image that represents your video. It has to be 201x113 pixels, a jpeg file, and under 20KB. I thought I'd mention it here so you'd know to have it ready before you go and fill in all the other info!

You don't have to host it some place, you just upload it directly from your computer.

Good luck!

Hobbes · Council Member Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 11211

Alright, I guess this contest closes tonight then

. (though we will be starting the voting tomorrow lol)
Can't wait to see these entries!

xXAngelicEvilXx · Posted: Wed Sep 6, 2006 1:52 am

Out of sheer curiosity...how long does it usually take for you guys to watch all the entries? Do you watch a couple, then take a break? Or do you watch them straight on through so your decisions are fresh? Just interested to know how it's done.....or is it top-secret and you'll have to kill me if you tell me?

Spinning Iris · Advanced Vidder Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 175

YES!!!! It is saved!!!! Now I'm just waiting for Youtube to finish what it does and I will send it in right away.

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xXAngelicEvilXx · Posted: Wed Sep 6, 2006 2:07 am

Awesome Iris!

Aislynn · Council Member Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 35782

Spinning Iris wrote:

YES!!!! It is saved!!!! Now I'm just waiting for Youtube to finish what it does and I will send it in right away.

YAY!!!

ooangeliceviloo wrote:

Out of sheer curiosity...how long does it usually take for you guys to watch all the entries? Do you watch a couple, then take a break? Or do you watch them straight on through so your decisions are fresh? Just interested to know how it's done.....or is it top-secret and you'll have to kill me if you tell me?

This contest will take longer to judge than some, IMO, just because the entries can be up to 10 minutes long. Anyway, I don't have a certain "way" I watch the contest vids. I've done both: watch one right after the other (which is usually for the contests where we don't have very many entries) or I'll have to break it over a day or two (the Disney contest where we had 26 entries

)

I haven't found that it makes much of a difference to me, either way. Every vid gets its day in the sun on my computer screen...

And now that I've told you that, Erin, would you please look down here at the red light? Thank you...