AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest

[ReligionX]

Hello folks,

I will be running the AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest. The AnimeNEXT website, for some reason, is on the fritz, and hasn't been up at times. And with it, the forum goes out too. The rules have officially been posted on the official website.

AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest Rules

If you have any questions, feel free to post here, PM me on this forum, on the AnimeNEXT forum, or feel free to send me an e-mail.

-Tommy Callahan
AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest Coordinator

[Scintilla]

The AnimeNEXT website, for some reason, is on the fritz, and won't stay up for more than a day at a time. And with it, the forum goes out too.

Welcome to the entire past month or two.

File sizes should not exceed 500 KB.

Please tell me you meant 500 MB.

Audio: Sample-rate should not exceed 48000 Hz. Bit-rate should not exceed 320 kb/s.

Does this mean we can't submit uncompressed (PCM) audio?

We are able to accept a wide variety of file formats, file sizes, resolutions, frame-rates, aspect ratios, sample-rates, and bit-rates.

That line right there takes most of the fun out of this nitpicking process.

I do have two specific questions about that, though:
1) Can you handle MPEG-2 files encoded at 23.976fps progressive with the "3:2 pulldown upon playback" flag set?
2) If we have a widescreen AMV, can we encode it as an anamorphic 16:9 MPEG-2/MPEG-4/Matroska file, or should we just send it as square pixels, or should we letterbox it to 4:3?

For that matter, if we have a 4:3 MPEG-2 at 720x480, will it show up correctly? I only ask because I know some software MPEG-2 decoders don't do the proper resizing unless you blow it up to fullscreen mode.

[-Corsair-]

We are able to accept a wide variety of file formats, file sizes, resolutions, frame-rates, aspect ratios, sample-rates, and bit-rates.

i would like to also make a comment about that:
will u accept 59.97 FPS .mp4 files? i like quality

[ReligionX]

Please tell me you meant 500 MB.

I am one of those silly Americans who doesn't use the metric system frequently enough. I did indeed mean Megabytes.

Does this mean we can't submit uncompressed (PCM) audio?

I don't foresee any problem with this. If you can direct me to an AMV with the same specifications as the AMV you intend to submit, I can tell you 100% yes or no if that will work.

1) Can you handle MPEG-2 files encoded at 23.976fps progressive with the "3:2 pulldown upon playback" flag set?

Yes, that will work. That's standard convention formatting.

2) If we have a widescreen AMV, can we encode it as an anamorphic 16:9 MPEG-2/MPEG-4/Matroska file, or should we just send it as square pixels, or should we letterbox it to 4:3? For that matter, if we have a 4:3 MPEG-2 at 720x480, will it show up correctly? I only ask because I know some software MPEG-2 decoders don't do the proper resizing unless you blow it up to fullscreen mode.

You can send it however you like. The videos will be played back with the media player in a digital full-screen 4:3 format. The media player automatically keeps the video in the correct aspect ratio. It will be the same size on the screen however you do it.

i would like to also make a comment about that: will u accept 59.97 FPS .mp4 files? i like quality

You most certainly can. If the resolution is high (1280x720), I am telling you up front that there will most likely be dozens of frames lost during playback, and potential audio de-synchronization. If it's a low resolution (720x480), high frame rate video, you most likely be okay. I will watch all of the AMVs and inform all editors whether or not their videos will play back properly. If there is sufficient time before the deadline, you may re-submit a corrected video.

[ReligionX]

This is a notification of 2 months until the deadline.

I will post another notification at 1 month, and then again at 2 weeks.

[Scintilla]

Oh yeah, one more thing: can you add this contest to the contests list so we can add it to our videos' profiles?

[ReligionX]

I have added the contest to the contest list. I wasn't aware that this existed. Thank you for pointing this out to me. I am still waiting for the rules to be officially posted on the AnimeNEXT website. As soon as this is done, I will re-link to the official site.

-Tommy Callahan
AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest Coordinator

[Scintilla]

They have been already; it's the second news post on the front page. And thanks!

[guardiansoulblade]

You may only submit an AMV of your own creation. The AMV must have been completed AFTER June 1, 2008.

Yet the deadline is May 22, I'm confused.

[ReligionX]

You may only submit an AMV of your own creation. The AMV must have been completed AFTER June 1, 2008.

Yet the deadline is May 22, I'm confused.

Welcome to 2009, my friend.

The cut for date of creation was meant to be June 12th 2008, exactly 1 year from the the first day of AnimeNEXT 2009. In any event, June 1st allows for more submissions.

-Tommy Callahan
AnimeNEXT 2009 AMV Contest Coordinator