VividCon Vid Delivery Instructions
We will begin accepting submissions for Vividcon 2012 on April 1.
By submitting your premiering vid(s), you are giving permission to have them included on the con DVD collection. If you do not want your vid to be on the DVD (subject to available room), it should not be submitted as a premiere to any vidshow.
Deadlines: (all times US Eastern)
All Club Vivid vids must be received
by 11:59 pm, Tuesday, May 1.
All themed show and Nearly New vids must be received by 11:59 pm Friday, June 1.
All Premieres, non-attending Premieres, Auction, and Challenge vids must be
received by 11:59 pm, Friday, June 29.
Please fill out the submission form before uploading your vid!
Delivery Instructions:
Preparing Vids for Upload
Methods for Uploading Vids
MPEG-2 Instructions
We ask that all Windows vidders please use the Llamaenc program we provide for encoding your video. We have found that we have far fewer problems with vids encoded this way,
and it's easier both for us and for you!
Preparing Vids for Upload
- Please do not include extra black space at the beginning or end of your vid. Llamaenc will put this in for you. Trim the vid as close to the beginning and end as you can.
- Accepted formats:
- MPEG-2 video file plus a separate audio file - we strongly prefer this format. In fact, we prefer this format so much that we made a windows program called LlamaEnc for encoding your video into this format, and we ask that all Windows users encode their vids using this program. You can read about LlamaEnc here. For more instructions on how to encode your files in this format, please see the MPEG2 Encoding Tips page.
- At a stretch we can accept DIVX files. We no longer accept Quicktime .mov files. If this is a problem, please contact vvctech@gmail.com.
- Specs for accepted formats:
- MPEG-2 video file: MPEG-2 video, 720x480 resolution, NTSC format, encoded at 5500-6500 kpbs bitrate*, with an "m2v" suffix. *IMPORTANT: Do NOT encode your vid at a higher bitrate. If you do, you increase the filesize without noticably improving video quality and increase the likelihood of jerky playback. Vids at higher bitrates may be left off the con DVD if space is an issue. We withhold the right to re-encode your video if size or format is a problem.
- Audio file: WAV or AIFF format (48 kHz). Please do NOT use AC-3 or mp3.
- DIVX file: 29.97 frames per second, 720x480 resolution, high bitrate.
- Naming your files
For all files, please use the submitting vidder's name, NOT the name of the vidding group or collaboration.
- For the attending members Premieres show, please name the files as follows:
vidpriority_yourname_vidtitle.{wav,m2v} (Delete any spaces, apostrophes, special characters, etc.)
Example: the video track for the first-priority vid submitted by vidder Super-Amazing Vidder!! to the song I'm A Little Teapot would be named:
1_superamazingvidder_imalittleteapot.m2v
- For the Non-attending Premieres show, name the files as follows:
nap_vidpriority_yourname_vidtitle.{wav,m2v} (Delete any spaces, apostrophes, special characters, etc.)
Example: nap_1_superamazingvidder_luckbealady.m2v
- For the Nearly New show, name the files as follows:
nn_vidpriority_yourname_vidtitle.{wav,m2v} (Delete any spaces, apostrophes, special characters, etc.)
Example: nn_1_superamazingvidder_luckbealady.m2v
- For the Auction show, name the files as follows:
auction_yourname_vidtitle.{wav,m2v} (Delete any spaces, apostrophes, special characters, etc.)
Example: auction_superamazingvidder_route66.m2v
- For the Challenge show, omit your name, and name the files as follows:
challenge_vidtitle.{wav,m2v} (Delete any spaces, apostrophes, special characters, etc.)
Example: challenge_route66.m2v
- For all other vidshows, including Club Vivid: please include an abbreviation that indicates which show the vid is being submitted to, and name the files as follows:
vidshow_yourname_vidtitle.{wav,m2v} (Delete any spaces, apostrophes, special characters, etc.)
Example: vidhist_superamazingvidder_edmundfitzgerald.m2v
When your files are ready, fill out the vid submission form for each file.
- To upload files via http, go to this page:
http://vividcon.com/uber/html/ubr_file_upload.php
- You can queue several files for uploading. When they are all complete you will be given a log of the uploaded file size and an md5 hash of the file.
- By finding the md5 checksum of your local file you can confirm that the file you uploaded is identical to yours (the md5 reported by the uploader will match the md5 of the file on your computer). There are a number of programs that can tell you the md5 checksum of your files:
- Windows only: HashCheck - a shell extension that shows a list of various checksums for a file as a tab when you right click a file and choose Properties.
- Mac: You can check the md5 checksum of a file using Terminal. For instructions, see here.
- The Web Uploader will automatically email vvctech@gmail.com that your file(s) have been uploaded, so you need not do so yourself.
If you have any questions or problems with this method, please contact vvctech@gmail.com.
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