BVC's DVD Project...sort of...
Assalamualaikum....1st of all, I believe it's not too late to say Gong Xi Fa Chai to all Chinese...may this year brings even more prosperity to all of you (and us too :D)...goodbye monkey, welcome rooster...i hope my back neighbours' 'Jalak' (I dunno his name...belasah jelah..) can make sure I'll wake up in the morning for my morning prayers....If not i'll capture & slaughter him!! HAHAHA (just kidding..)...2nd, how about my blog layout? This template is called 'Thisaway Blue' by Dan Rubin. Not to say it is the most beautiful available, but I just need to refresh a bit my blogsite...Looks like Gen also use this template but since he's very lazy to write anything, maybe I 'take over' from him...hehehe...and 3rd, which I think the main story for today, is my progress of the DVD Video Project of the Class of BVC...I believe only just a few of my classmates knew about this, so maybe I'll clear some bits up...My intention is to compile most of our class activity video into a DVD...not just one, but TWO DVD's!!...I think most of you all know that I have a passion to become ala Videographer...It started when I have a video camera 3 years ago...and I would love to take shots of all of you so that I have something to remember when you and I leave our beloved Colleague...hehehe...Originally, I only wanted to keep it for myself but I think it is not fair as without you all, there would be no videos of you (obviously!!)...so I decided to compile it into two DVDs...and if you like it, I'll give (READ : SELL) it to you...if I assume that this is for class, then I hope all of you would buy it, then I'm gonna make it even more seriously, maybe with stickers on DVD and plastic cover...but if just 'nak beli, boleh beli...taknak beli, sudah...', then I'll buat 'cincai-cincai', just like that, for maybe 5-6 person only...Why not free? 'dalam dunia ni mane ade bende free, masuk tandas kene bayar gak, dik...' as what you always heard...I'm not going to make profits out of this, I'll make sure it is as near as it's cost prize, which is include the DVD-Rs, plastic cover, stickers, papers, printer's ink, and most importantly...the TIME, IDEA and all my SWEAT (yeah, right...) on making videos...Some of you think that it is easy...Well, it isn't...1st, you have to transfer it to the HDD in real-time...DV files are HUGE! and I don't always have big spaces on my HDD...and when transferring, it puts CONSTRAIN on my PC as it take MORE recourses than usual...then I have to EDIT it to make it interesting, and delete useless stuffs...you wouldn't want a boring presentation, right?...then the hardest part is ENCODE..that is changing format from DV to another format like DIVX, WMV, MPEG-1/2 and such...(DVD requires MPEG-2)...this may take minutes, to hours, to days...There are once on my experience, I have to convert a video to WMV for 35 HOURS NON-STOP!!...of course, I have a slow ala snail PC...Imagine what will happen if there is a power failure or PC crash in the middle of the process...(Believe me, a big pain in the arse)...then, to burn a full 4x DVD-R would take about 15 minutes...if there is 65 of you, then...do the math...And, for the fact that we all busy with labs, assignments, tests, PSM I/II, and my LAZINESS amplifies it, things doesn't look good for me currently...But I'll try to finish it as soon as possible...Oh yeah, I heard that one of us (Nazrul, I believe) will do a CD containing Flash of our biodata, like what Mr.Yusmady done during his time...If Nazrul proceeds, then it'll be a great idea only if you just need that...I've already included this and a picture gallery within the DVD...but I didn't have the latest information and pictures of you...maybe I'll ask Shahul & Chee Meng on this...My current progress is....huhuhuh..pathetic 10%...(the rest of the content is video...)...Alright, I've upload some of the menu pictures here..feel free to give some comments and ideas on how to improve this, or what do you expect in the DVDs...till then, Wassalam...
PS - if you are thinking of making pirated copies, then I'm not going to stop you...feel free to do it...After all, even I use downloaded softwares when creating this DVDs...I always think that 'What goes around, comes around'...it's your choice...hmmmm...
PS - if you are thinking of making pirated copies, then I'm not going to stop you...feel free to do it...After all, even I use downloaded softwares when creating this DVDs...I always think that 'What goes around, comes around'...it's your choice...hmmmm...
