IAC DISCUSSION FORUMS

As a mod* of another video forum, I know just how frustrating this can be. We also have automatic registration but fortunately we do have not been subjected to an attack such as this (yet?). Anyway, let it be known that the work "behind the scenes" of admins and moderators, whilst rarely v...

My understanding is that the IAC site does not host any of the videos. It simply provides links (via embedded players) to the hosting sites (usually Vimeo or YouTube). I thought ipads now play YouTube vids, or am I mistaken? I can't really see film makers stopping uploading to Vimeo (for quality) or...

You don't say what operating system you are using, but I suspect that is irrelevant. I suspect that it is the firmware on your DVD drive which is corrupt and providing Windows with that erroneous name (and, of course, I'd be worried about other corruptions in the firmware). You can check this by goi...

That's excellent news. What a great line-up of films too (though I've not seen "Sparks" yet). I've loved "Jump" since I first saw it fail to win the Inter-Club Comp at Staines. In fact it didn't get a top three place (out of 11 films). On this occasion we had independent professi...

Surprisingly good, given the comparatively low resolution. As mentioned elsewhere the wispy hairs can cause a problem and the reflectiveness of "silver" hair causes others. I might have been tempted to have in in a hat to avoid this, but, of course that might not fit with the theme/charact...

Thanks again col.

I seem to recall Paul Strutt (Chairman at Norwich Movie Makers) found it was common that media players would not play avis. I'm not sure if he ever cracked it, but for SD, we're used to seeing them on DVD anyway so mpef2 would seem to be the way to go.

Thanks col, that's really useful info. We also use a BluRay Recorder for our HDMI signal - for similar reasonsto you - we use it for connecting up all our analogue devices (I say all, it's a JVC MiniDV/VHS player/recorder) You also mentioned the other device on our shopping list - a media player. Ou...

We're thinking of upgrading our audio at Staines. Whilst I'm reliably informed that despite their age and tatty appearance our speakers sound pretty good, we've had occasional comments from visiting clubs that it could be better. We currently run a Roland Mixer amp through a pair of old Soby's. It m...

col lamb wrote: Not as good as dedicated kit that Tom H reviewed in FVM but way, way cheaper

... if you ignore the cost of the tablet

(Good spot, Col)

Tim - the IAC webmaster has amended the copyright statement to indicate that it is not all clear-cut: Thanks Dave (and Jan). I know its pedantic (I'm quite good at that) but it's best to be clear. Most of my videos end up on YouTube - not because I'm after blowing my ego by getting lots of hits, bu...

Nice one. I realise it's only a bit of fun, John, but it's always worth commenting. You've created a great stylistic trailer here. toally overblown music. Great titles and I lived the credit screen at the end. I only hope you don't have a holiday cottage in Wales or I suspect it'll be burned to a ci...

Otherwise consider playing the disc in a stand-alone (set-top) DVD player and feeding its output into your editing system to make a "new" film which you can export in a more familiar file type for uploading. Or download a free trial of Sony Vegas (or Vegas Movie Studio), put the DVD into ...

I wrote a piece for FVM about all this last year. The gist of it was: Indeed, Dave and I read it - thanks for posting it here as a reminder and for the benefit of others. But not until now have I had a "test" case. I was going to suggest that the IAC should remove the claim I mentioned ab...

The following may interest readers. I posted a video on YouTube of my daughter's class at school dancing to "The Ugly Bug Ball" sung by Burl Ives (don't worry I'm not including a link here!). Within minutes it had been flagged (no surprise there). I disputed the claim citing, the IAC licen...

Hi Jim and welcome, Your post covers a lot of ground, so rather than attempt to answer it all I'll just give you my immediate opinions. Others here know far more about lighting than me and will no doubt have much to say, but I wouldn't get too bogged down with 3 point lighting. My understanding is i...