Submitting Animation
 

I put the animation together in WMV, how do I get that into an ISO?

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You'll need to use a DVD authoring program that will let you burn to an ISO instead of a physical disc.

[They want an encoded video DVD, and not simply the WMV file dropped into an ISO]

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If you guys need help, feel free to drop by CHS sometime! Good luck :D

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So I should just put it onto a DVD? I thought I was supposed to submit online... So confused!

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Instead of burning to a physical DVD, you're "burning" to an ISO disc image, then uploading that through STIMS.

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So, how would I do that? Just click Burn DVD? and then go through that?

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What program are you using to author the DVD? Does it have an option to create a disc image instead of a physical disc?

[A round-about way of doing this would be to burn a standard DVD and then use ImgBurn to create an ISO from that, but you should be able to do it in one step.

Re: Submitting Animation
 

I'm using Windows Movie Maker.

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What version? I didn't think Windows Movie maker had DVD authoring functionality.

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It can publish DVD's, I think the 2003 version is better actually. I think I'm using newest though.

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Okay, well here are two options:

• Burn a regular DVD with Movie Maker, then "rip" an ISO with ImgBurn.
• Use a different DVD authoring program like DVDStyler to take your WMV file and create an ISO of a video DVD

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Thanks, I'll see if I can get that to work!

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So, it should be like a dvd, with selectable menu and everything?

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We created ours sans-menu - it's just a single 40 second clip, after all, there aren't multiple chapters or content pieces to choose from. However, since the rules don't dictate whether a menu should be present or not, I suspect it does not matter.

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ok well i'm using Aimersoft DVD creator and when i burn it to iso, is it supposed to be one (iso) file?

EDIT: Nvm, i figured it out. Thank you!

EDIT 2: Now when I click on the link to submit in STIMs, i get a message saying the page is unavailable...

Re: Submitting Animation
 

Just to clarify, an ISO image is just exactly the same as what is burned to a DVD but saved on your hard disk as a file. You have to create it like that, you can't just copy the data off of the DVD. Most programs that can burn a DVD can also make an ISO file.

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I hope I made this clear above :)

We use Encore (linked project from Premiere) which allows straight-to-ISO.

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Using Encore as well. It seems they wanted specifically a Region 1, so make sure you select that in the build options in encore. Boy, what a pain to find a program with that option (No way were missing out on a region code error)

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Just got word from our moderator and when they went to upload it gave them the option to use a .avi file instead of an iso.

Well, I guess I wont get that hour of my life back...

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If I understand it right, the leader of the team must appoint me to be a submitter on STIMS for me to access the submission page?

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Yes, that is correct. They'll see a checkbox next to your name on the roster. After checking the box, you'll receive an email informing you that you have the ability to submit awards (and you'll see those fields in STIMS).

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Hey after all this trouble of .ISO did anyone see a message on STIMS saying

Upload .ISO or AVI?

It said something like that and I was laughing to myself when I saw how much hard work my guys went through to get an .ISO only to find it giving an option of AVI.