AMV Pet Peeves

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 1:02 pm

OmniStrata wrote:I hate when people make an amv then say it's better than mine...

Are you kidding? Nobody has an ego in this community anymore.

At least not visible on the forums.

dj_ultima_the_great · Post by **dj_ultima_the_great** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:01 pm

I think I've come up with a pet peeve now - well, one that hasn't already been mentioned anyway.

People who use the words "clip" or "movie" in place of "music video."

Folks, if it were a clip, it would be awfully damn short. If it were a movie, the filesize would be through the roof. Either way, it's not allowed to be uploaded, so referring to an AMV or VGMV by either of those two terms reeks of idiocy.

Think about it.

Negating that, I'm pretty lenient about the other annoyances, mostly because I've committed those sins myself before. Still, I like to point people in the right direction if they do make a 'mistake'. "Do as I say, not as I do," you know?

- Jen

Maverick-Rubik · Post by **Maverick-Rubik** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:05 pm

well "clip" is what "video" is widely referred as in French, so you may get mixed responses on that.

SuperFusion · Post by **SuperFusion** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:06 pm

I think someone told me that the Russians call AMVs "clip" or w/e.. I dunno..

dj_ultima_the_great · Post by **dj_ultima_the_great** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:15 pm

I'm an ill-traveled, white mutt of an American, so I suppose that explains why I wouldn't know that. Thanks for letting me know, though. I hope no one flames me on that now. ~_~

- Jen

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:23 pm

SuperFusion wrote:I think someone told me that the Russians call AMVs "clip" or w/e.. I dunno..

Yep.

MomochiZabuza · Post by **MomochiZabuza** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 6:59 pm

Kitsuner wrote:Unimagintive titles are a little annoying. I'm tired of seeing titles like "Sasuke's Reason", "Goku's Just a Kid", and "Who Let Inuyasha Out?". A lot of the time, I don't even think about downloading a video with a boring title. The way I see it, if someone doesn't care enough to come up with an interesting title, they probably don't put much effort into their videos. Granted, there are some great videos with crappy titles, but there aren't enough of them to change my opinion.

Titles are hard...

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:51 am

The Wired Knight wrote:That and scenes that never seem to cut away, it really bugs me because then I stop paying attention to teh video's flow and keep thinking "When are they going to cut away?"

Heh, I've gotten into the habit of responding to such shots with "Aaaaaand... CUT!" and hoping I timed it right.

Fluxmeister · Post by **Fluxmeister** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:07 am

Scintilla wrote:
The Wired Knight wrote:That and scenes that never seem to cut away, it really bugs me because then I stop paying attention to teh video's flow and keep thinking "When are they going to cut away?"
Heh, I've gotten into the habit of responding to such shots with "Aaaaaand... CUT!" and hoping I timed it right.

I never run into the problem of a clip going too long because it's impossible to make a clip shorter than a single frame!

If only I could...

SpringBoy · Post by **SpringBoy** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:52 am

My only real peeves are the video quality and annoyances like subtitles or the DivX logo - I think plenty of people are like this

. I really hate it when I download 80MB MPEG1 files that look like crap, when, if they'd used a better codec they could have gotten great quality in less than half the size.

On that note, I'm upset by music videos that are great except for the quality.

Oh, and when I search for videos, find one that sounds great ... and it's not available for download.