FFXIV: ARR One Year Anniversary Video Contest (NA) - Discussion Thread

Please feel free to use this thread to discuss the One Year Anniversary Video Contest and practice submitting your entries.

The full contest details and rules can be found here.

When you are ready to make your entry, please do so by posting in the entry thread.

For anyone unaware...

Pulled from the Materials Usage License page: http://support.na.square-enix.com/ru...la=1&tag=authc

Guidelines for Music and Sounds

You may only use music as it is incorporated in FFXIV;
When showing gameplay, you may not replace the FFXIV music with third party music;
You may not play FFXIV music alone (i.e., without accompanying gameplay footage), or with third party materials;
You may not use the song track entitled "Answers."

Is there a way to record video of FFXIV while playing on the PS3? I've heard of various HDMI/cable connections to a PC, but is that the only method? I've also seen that the data itself may be encoded, causing trouble with recording from PS3 to PC.

Is there a way to do it? I'd love to participate, but don't have access to the PC version.

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Originally Posted by Ryuko

You may not use the song track entitled "Answers."[/I]

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Thanks for pulling that out.
I'm confused though "You may only use music as it is incorporated in FFXIV"....
so if I'm taking a bunch of clips, I can't edit the music out of them??? That will sound like a weird cacophony lol...
Or say I have the game soundtrack, and I pick track 5 - can I then put that track over the whole video with various clips that may have had "other" bgms on them that I muted?

Seems kind of confusing.

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Originally Posted by MissBrunHilda

Is there a way to record video of FFXIV while playing on the PS3? I've heard of various HDMI/cable connections to a PC, but is that the only method? I've also seen that the data itself may be encoded, causing trouble with recording from PS3 to PC.

Is there a way to do it? I'd love to participate, but don't have access to the PC version.

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I think the ps3 still prevents capturing with hdmi, so you'll need a capture card that can record component/composite. I use a Happauge to capture footage, but you may find cheaper alternatives such as Dazzle.

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Originally Posted by Ryuko

For anyone unaware...

Pulled from the Materials Usage License page: http://support.na.square-enix.com/ru...la=1&tag=authc

Guidelines for Music and Sounds

You may only use music as it is incorporated in FFXIV;
When showing gameplay, you may not replace the FFXIV music with third party music;
You may not play FFXIV music alone (i.e., without accompanying gameplay footage), or with third party materials;
You may not use the song track entitled "Answers."

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Thanks for that -- couldn't find those lines on my phone. The "You may only use music as it is incorporated in <game>" rule screwed me for the FFXI FanFest2007 contest. :|

Sorry, I could only enter as much text as I was allowed, and I couldn't edit my previous post.

My interpretation of the rules I posted above are this: you can't replace the in-game audio at all, whether it is with FFXIV music or third party music. You must present the audio as-is, although you CAN add more sound to it... such as voiceovers (like you hear in tutorial/walkthrough videos), OR mute it completely. If I am wrong in what I'm saying, community reps please correct me. :) I'd hate to see people disqualified for not interpreting the rules correctly.

I was really hoping SE would amend these rules for this contest alone, but I guess not. Best of luck to the entrants -- be careful to follow the rules.

I've not done an FF Video since the FFXI days, but basically, as long as the music is music from the game, it should be fine. Looking at the videos submitted for previous contests confirm this, for me

Are we allowed to modify in-game footage like using After Effects or other video editing software (to add effects, color correction, time adjusting, etc.) or are we limited to what Windows Movie Maker can do?

If I'm interpreting it right, then no after effects or color correction.
So, it is just editing vanilla video and audio material, with the exception to players' voice-overs.

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General Guidelines

• You may not materially alter or modify the Materials, except:

  You may add your own voice-over, and you may edit, combine, mash-up, mix and match the Materials with other FFXIV Materials;

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Is non-flashy text allowed? It's technically not altering the material in anyway, aside from adding like text on the video, but I just want to be sure.

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Originally Posted by lackofwords

If I'm interpreting it right, then no after effects or color correction.
So, it is just editing vanilla video and audio material, with the exception to players' voice-overs.

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That sounds so restrictive it's hilarious. Well, I guess i'll try what I think fits and if it gets booted then so be it.

Could be worse; at least we don't have the restriction that EU submissions have

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Please do not display any non-free company members in your video.

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(Link to the quote because I can't quote the post, it's locked: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ntest-%28EU%29)

Will having the "www.fraps.com" watermark at the top of the video footage disqualify me from the contest?

Also, is my UI allowed to show during a period of the video?

So does that mean we can't slow motion a clip from the game? Because fade-in/fade-outs are also video effects....?? Can a mod please answer us here so we know please? Thank you.

I'm going to laugh super hard when they go through the videos and start banning people for ToS violations. They have done it before, so I don't see why they would stop now.

This is my first real try at this type of video that I entered into the contest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99vqJNemrCk

It's impossible to summarise 1 year in 2 minutes but was fun to try. :D

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Originally Posted by Niroken

That sounds so restrictive it's hilarious. Well, I guess i'll try what I think fits and if it gets booted then so be it.

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Yeah it seems nuts...
I think the most important thing though, aside from just enjoying the process of making it,
is to make sure you're not using copyrighted material that isn't part of FFXIV, and also not to the monetize your youtube video.

Aside from that, I'm sure they'll let some stuff slide, like floating shiny text... but who knows.

I don't need to have the copyright or stuff in the video itself, I put it in the description, right?

I think so. It says to put it in the description, which I assume is the video description box. Doesn't say it has to be encoded into the video it self.

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Originally Posted by Gildrein

2. Post your video on YouTube and be sure to include the following information:
b. Description including the following:...
iv. Include the following copyright text:...
v. If you use a trademark (such as "Final Fantasy" or any related logo), then you must include a notice saying that the mark is owned by Square Enix, such as the following:...

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Reading the rules it doesn't look like we do, I put it in mine just incase (I like your video BTW :D)

opp's meant to replay with quote :

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Originally Posted by Jacien

I don't need to have the copyright or stuff in the video itself, I put it in the description, right?

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Hello,

I have a question for a Community Manager (please kindly excuse me or help redirect me if this isn't the right place for this inquiry):

Our FC on Balmung was gratefully selected as a winner, and my char "Bubu Rimbu" was listed as a top 10 contributor (Thanks Della!). However, I noticed my character's name was accidentally misspelled in the original post here as "Bubu Rimbo":
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...25#post2354825

Since some fellow FC members have already started to receive their prizes, and I have not on Bubu Rimbu, I'm just kindly confirming that everything is in order.

Thanks.