AWA 2005 Pro Contest Discussion Thread

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:21 pm

doughboy wrote:
Scintilla wrote:Suggestion: if you're watching the DVDs on a standalone and not on your computer, use analog audio and not digital -- I kept having to change the digital audio mode at the beginning of every video for the audio to come across right, until I finally thought to switch it to analog, and after that it was completely fine.
Cool, I'll have to try that, cause my video sounds like complete ass on my TV. Theres no subtle elements coming through and that's crap cause I used a lot of those for synch points.

My video survived.... a tiny bit blockier than my master huffy/mpeg2 but that's understandable due to the compression to fit all the videos.

Tsunami Jones · Post by **Tsunami Jones** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 10:05 pm

aoi_neko wrote:First, I wanna say that judging these isn't as damned easy as I thought it would be.

I agree. This is the first time I'm entering this contest, and really wasn't sure what to expect.

Beowulf wrote:Watch the videos over and over

I think that's some pretty good advice

MCWagner · Post by **MCWagner** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 11:16 pm

Brakus wrote:
anneke wrote: Only 56 videos this year? Wasn't there like 75 last year or something?
Last year it was 57. (I still have the discs.)

Really? Well, I stand corrected. Wayne told me that it was 48 last year, and my memory's fuzzy enough I couldn't contradict him.

ngsilver · Post by **ngsilver** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:04 am

aoi_neko wrote:First, I wanna say that judging these isn't as damned easy as I thought it would be.

I've have to agree here as well. It's my first time to have a video I could live with submitting done in time for the contest to enter. I was expecting the contest to be a good one with lots of good videos, but I was also expecting more ones I could easily not vote on.

Thanks everyone for making my first judging experience a really tought one ^^ I enjoy the chalenge ^^

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 6:31 pm

I'm finished with all the discs. Excellent stuff and I can't wait to see who did which video.

Lord Rae · Post by **Lord Rae** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 9:27 pm

I don't know if its just my set but the second disk keeps skipping videos in my dvd player... like it will go from 13-18 or 12-17 ect... Its never the same thing so when your making your notes make sure that you aren't missing any of the videos.

Some pretty stiff competition this year... I've been through everything once and have started going back and rewatching those that need it...

MCWagner · Post by **MCWagner** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 9:29 pm

Lord Rae wrote:I don't know if its just my set but the second disk keeps skipping videos in my dvd player... like it will go from 13-18 or 12-17 ect... Its never the same thing so when your making your notes make sure that you aren't missing any of the videos.

Some pretty stiff competition this year... I've been through everything once and have started going back and rewatching those that need it...

Hmm... sounds a little like scratched media, or your player's going out of allignment. So long as you can see all the vids, just contact us after the con and we'll see about getting a replacement set for you.

doughboy · Post by **doughboy** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 9:49 pm

Lord Rae wrote:I don't know if its just my set but the second disk keeps skipping videos in my dvd player... like it will go from 13-18 or 12-17 ect... Its never the same thing so when your making your notes make sure that you aren't missing any of the videos.

It's not just you, but to specify it's not a playback issue, it's a chapter skip issue. As in you push skip and it jumps around to chapters out of the expected Entry order.

On disc 2 it will go from Entry 13 to 18, then it behaves for a while, but I think it skips another somewhere down the road. In order to watch 14-17, you can select them from the main menu and they will go in order. But then when 17 is over, it skips to 13 and the previously stated skip cycle continues.

anneke · Post by **anneke** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:28 am

On the voting site they should make a warning about the skipping on the disks, just to make sure people don't miss some vidoes. I haven't even looked at the disks yet, but I would hate to be a video that was in the skipping problem area.

How long does it take to watch all the disks?

I heard there was a 26 min video, is that true? If so, what number is it? If it's that long, I want to know ahead of time, so I don't start watching it and have to pause in the middle to use the restroom or something.

-Anneke

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:42 am

The 26 minute video is video #5.