Guides and AMVapp Public Alpha/Beta Test

AbsoluteDestiny · Post by **AbsoluteDestiny** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:46 am

1) AVI isn't good. Never has been, still isn't.

2) That page is about the history of codecs. The stuff about containers and what codecs you should actually USE comes later.

3) There is going to be a page on video in windows... if you look on the menu it hasn't been written yet.

As for the order of the theory guides... I'm not convinced that people NEED to learn about colourspaces more than they need to learn about telecine.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 5:32 am

Why is colorspace so special it should have it's own section. Shouldn't it be included with basic video theory? Isn't it closely related to television standards? Maybe it's an either/or, they're both important. But one is taking up more space on the page than the other and could be grouped elsewhere ;D?

AVI may not be "good" in your POV, but it is the dominant standard. It is easy to work with. What's the point of explaining the same information twice? What's the point of giving someone half the story and then twenty-five pages later you give them the other half. It just leads to confusion.

I was blind and didn't see that sexy WIP section for stuff about
V&A in windows.

Hey and what's with the horizontal listing of links for video, but then the vertical listing for audio. Also there are links, that are just anchors to different locations on the same page. Is there any reason for this? Do people actually use those links, since it all goes to the same page anyways ;D? I guess it could come in handy since the pages are so huge and daunting ;p!

The work being done here though is dashing good, dashing good indeed. Makes me want to give you a box of biscuits and crisps. I don't know everything. I find it hard trying to figure out how to best lay out the massive quantity of information required for all this. So I don't think I'll be writting any guides anytime soon <_< >_>.

Tab. · Post by **Tab.** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:43 pm

As far as I'm concerned, that page doesn't exist, cause I didn't write it :p
The rest is coming.

Akai Rurouni · Post by **Akai Rurouni** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 5:18 pm

I want to be helpful, and I think I can be very much since I'm actually a newbie myself and am learning (mostly) everything in the guides for the first time. So I've posted a few things here (and in the thread on General Video), but I'm not sure I'm being optimally helpful.

So I have a few questions that I hope will help me (and others) help you better:

1) What kind of feedback are you looking for primarily? Simple editing (typos, grammar, broken links)? Technical content (when something is wrong or incomplete)? Logical content (if we think something needs to be explained better or more thouroughly)? Flow (how the sections interrelate, work together, and are ordered)? Etc.

2) Who is your intended primary audience? Are you focusing more on newbies trying to make their first video, or veterans to need a reference document? Is it meants to be read straight through, or skipping around reading just the parts you need? Is it supposed to be a thourough guide on everything about everything, or just the parts you really need to know to make an AMV?

3) What is the difference between this thread, and the thread about The Guide in the General Video section? I just want to make sure I post the right thing in the right place.

I didn't see these already answered elsewhere, but if they are then just bonk me on the head and give me a nice sturdy shove in the right direction.

Thanks!

AbsoluteDestiny · Post by **AbsoluteDestiny** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 5:25 pm

The guide should be able to help anyone provided they are willing to learn to a high level of understanding.

Any feedback is useful.

DaNuKa_SAN · Post by **DaNuKa_SAN** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 6:01 pm

Arent we missing fractal compression on there?^^

Tab. · Post by **Tab.** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:54 pm

No, because real fractal compression takes several days per image on supercomputers and the guy that came up with it is a raging idiot.

Akai Rurouni · Post by **Akai Rurouni** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 11:09 am

AbsoluteDestiny wrote:The guide should be able to help anyone provided they are willing to learn to a high level of understanding.

Any feedback is useful.

Okie dokie. I'll scour the guides and see what I can find.

WilLoW :--) · Post by **WilLoW :--)** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 6:57 am

in
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... etb2a.html

However, as the image being sampled is changes this causes the field being sampled to blend into the next image

Is this a mistake ?

AbsoluteDestiny · Post by **AbsoluteDestiny** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 7:00 am

Yes it should read "is changing"

I have a bunch of changes to make to the guides right now butI@m a little busy - I might work on them a little tonight.