[quote who="TheMasterBaron" reply="24" id="1963946"] Ouch, I like to think I still have a chance to break my 2nd place curse (I came in second on the Alienware contest also). [/quote] HAH! What I meant was it'll certainly be down to the two of you again, although the order may certainly change.
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That's very cool, thanks so much Baron!!
Recount! [e digicons]:grin:[/e] Kidding, of course. Congrats, again, to the winners! It's a run-away, and there's no reason to assume the Best Overall will be any different. Oh, and Zoomba - could I at least get my handle spelled correctly in the runner-up mention? Not a big deal but I'd hate to brag about coming in fourth and having someone dispute this claim. [e digicons];P[/e]
Congrats, guys! It was hard divvying up the points in that category. Enjoy your prizes! [e digicons]5*[/e] [e digicons]\o/[/e]
You can view a 2.2mb 6 second preview of my entry, Brahmand, at the following address: http://www.hillegass.net/files/preview.avi Please note, the small size prevents you from seeing all the fine details, including the starfield in the background. And it doesn't loop properly since it's only 10% of the animation sequence, but it'll give you an idea. [e digicons]^_^[/e]
Bad form to reply to oneself, I know, but the dream was finally accepted! Hooray! Now if only it would get some downloads. [e digicons]B)[/e]
Well, despite the upload form allowing a .mpeg file, it was rejected. I was afraid that might happen since the rules specify .dream format. (Why anything else is offered in the upload window is puzzling, though). So I will try uploading a .dream one last time. I've reencoded the source with a lower bitrate so hopefully that'll resolve the issue. Carguy1 - I appreciate the offer although I don't see how it'd help. Even if it works for you, whoever is tes
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, that's what I'm doing already. I use a slightly different resolution but that shouldn't matter. It's an MPEG-2 file encoded by TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress using MP@HL . In fact, I downloaded the file myself to see if the .dream was corrupt since I can see the entry in my own failed submissions. The downloaded file plays perfectly on my machine. I really don't see how I can troubleshoot the issue.
I received notice that my Dream was not accepted because the file contained no playable video. I'm not sure how to resolve the issue since the file plays perfectly for me. I used standard mpeg-2 settings and the file is under 135mb. Any suggestions from the community? The raw .mpg file plays on all the machines I have access to so I'm at a loss. -Brian
Actually, there were a couple items that seem to have disappeared. As you say, TC, perhaps they're offline while they are being updated. I saw a nice looking water dream the other day which is now gone.
I decided to try Icon Packager and installed the shareware version (2.50e). Immediately I noticed that the text for my menu bar looks odd in some windows. There's an outline around the words on the menu bar that wasn't there before. I've included a screenshot of the issue. This really wasn't an issue until I installed Icon Developer. I can't see some of the text within the window (which is also in the screenshot). I've played with
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