IAC DISCUSSION FORUMS

Hot topic at the moment! I do believe so, virtually everything apart from domestic lists of names and addresses of family, friends etc falls under the act. There are some changes in the pipeline that come into force from 25 May 2018 and Council are currently looking into those as well as the existin...

The whole idea of BIAFF judging is to watch all the films (potentially 200+) with rotating groups of judges, discuss the merits of them and arrive at at least a majority if not a unanimous decision as to the awards given, on 'identical' (though less than ideal) equipment under 'controlled' (though l...

John, you raise good points about BIAFF judges all working on the same playing field, and that this playing field could be improved by the acquisition of a set of decent sized TVs complete with sound bars. All the TVs will accept usb sticks so that films submitted online would have to be downloaded...

The problem with any grapevine Dave is that it often ends up being 'Chinese Whispers.' In the few years I have been on Council I can only recall the matter being brought up once, and IIRC that was from someone outside of the committee. I can say though that the issue of expenses was rejected by the ...

Hi Roy, I'm not entirely sure what it is you are doing here? As far as I am aware the image files of BD discs and DVDs are completely different, which might explain why a standard DVD player will not recognise the disc. I suspect you might have burnt your DVD to BD5 'standard', which is supposed to ...

I know of no way to force the creation of a traditional menu similar to that of a DVD menu system, maybe others who have more experience with media players might know otherwise. Our club media player presents each file as a small thumbnail with the file name underneath, it's just a case of navigatin...

Hi Arthur, I'm not sure exactly what the question is, but I'll add my comments and experiences below. Regarding presenting films for club presentations or competitions, either a standard definition DVD, high definition Blu-Ray (BD) disc or a USB memory stick should be ideal, depending on the filmmak...

Hi Tom, Maybe Nero thinks you are making an audio CD? I've never experienced an issue with Nero adding 2 seconds in between tracks, once I had turned that option off. I too have split long mp3's into smaller ones (I used to listen to a vast collection of The Goons) and all played as one long continu...

Glad you managed to get it sorted, Tom - unfortunately the British Gas engineer beat me to a reply! https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-make-chapters-in-audacity Doesn't Nero have the option of adding 2 seconds between audio tracks when burning a CD-R? It's an option I've always un-ticked so i...

Hi Pete, I was part way through a lengthy tome but got distracted, so Tim beat me too it! I would add that the mic socket on the front of your PC should supply 'plug-in power' in the same way as your camcorder/camera does, so any microphone combination that works on your camera will work on your PC....

Merry Christmas Tim, and of course to our fellow filmmakers one and all on the forum

John

PS: Seen the film already, Tim - love it

Hi Roy, I'm not an Adobe user and I'm unfamiliar with CS5, but I assume by 'log on' you mean 'launch the application' as opposed to logging on to the internet to allow use of the program from their Creative Cloud subscription service? I have a similar experience with Sony Movie Studio 12, and I cons...

Hi Peter, It's an automated system - it has to be due to the sheer number of videos being uploaded - and therefore it's a fallible system. I have been picked up for copyright infringement on my music videos, of me playing, in my band, playing our own original music , and when I questioned it twice I...

Thanks everyone

Tim: No problem at all! Always glad to help