AMV Telephone Project (completed)

Kitsuner · Post by **Kitsuner** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:11 pm

Otohiko wrote:Zaphod Beeblebrox has disappeared off the face of the .org and has not responded to messages since early october.

Hire a detective lol.

godix · Post by **godix** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:21 pm

Otohiko wrote:My current plan for the final release is still the same. I've been thinking about compression options, but unless people are strongly (and vocally in favour) of a fancy h264 release - I plan a conventional, 640x480 24fps XviD for the final.

I say it all depends on size. If the xvid is say 100 meg and the h264 is 80 meg well, who really cares? If the xvid is 200 meg and the h264 is 150 meg then we're starting to talk where it makes sense to do h264. Given the length of the project I suspect we're getting into the area where the size savings actually make a difference. OTOH h264 is, currently at least, harder to play back for most people. Ideal would be to have both although that'd require external hosting.

Now, there was ONE nasty problem (there always is one, huh): Zaphod Beeblebrox has disappeared off the face of the .org and has not responded to messages since early october. I do not have his final track, and his beta was not even complete - forget quality concerns. The current plan for that is "oto to the rescue!", where I plan to take the same anime he used and pull a similar idea. I think that would be more than fair.

Be honest. Use what you have and just pop up a short 'We could not get a final copy from this user. Here is the beta that was used to generate lines for the segment after it'. You might want to openly mock him for abandoning things as well but that's up to you.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:29 pm

Or we could take the other route and blatantly fake it, which would require slightly tweaking the title that comes before it and pretend the segment wasn't there at all

To be honest, I wanted to try another track myself and this is a good excuse; if that fails, then we'll take one of the other routes.

jasper-isis · Post by **jasper-isis** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:55 pm

I think it'd be okay to blatantly author a replacement track and then admit that we did. In a long project like this, I think we're allowed just one fudge.

kitsuner wrote:Hire a detective lol.

Hmm, deja vu. >__>

madbunny · Post by **madbunny** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:18 am

jasper-isis wrote:I think it'd be okay to blatantly author a replacement track and then admit that we did. In a long project like this, I think we're allowed just one fudge.

There is always room for fudge.

Kitsuner · Post by **Kitsuner** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:25 am

madbunny wrote:
jasper-isis wrote:I think it'd be okay to blatantly author a replacement track and then admit that we did. In a long project like this, I think we're allowed just one fudge.
There is always room for fudge.

Especially during the holidays...

supersayian313 · Post by **supersayian313** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 1:43 pm

a january release would be a great way to start the new year.

Zaphod_Beeblebrox · Post by **Zaphod_Beeblebrox** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:19 pm

Sorry guys, I've been really bogged down with real life lately, if you've already got to compiling this thing then i won't be able to get anything done, and i'll be honest, my vid was shite anyway, if you want it i think i've still got the Huffy somewhere but if not: do what you will, i have no right to object.

Sorry again.

Bakadeshi · Post by **Bakadeshi** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:40 am

Update >> Track done. Will pass it by a beta tester first to make sure I didn't miss any mistakes, and upload to FTP.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:32 pm

Zaphod_Beeblebrox wrote:Sorry guys, I've been really bogged down with real life lately, if you've already got to compiling this thing then i won't be able to get anything done, and i'll be honest, my vid was shite anyway, if you want it i think i've still got the Huffy somewhere but if not: do what you will, i have no right to object.

Sorry again.

Dude, you're alive!

Actually, I have a problem. I don't think I have Hellsing footage

If you have a Huffy that you'd like to send - that'd be great. Otherwise I will try to poke a couple of other people (madbunny?), and if that doesn't work - Plan B - we bluff