If I ever get some asshole sending me a DVD movie of their video when I’m authoring another compilation DVD of video art I am going to KILL THEM. That’s right. I’ve been sent DivX files, Xvid files, tiny compressed Quicktimes and even Flash files in my time but the biggest pain of all time is the stupid pre-authored DVD. Usually embedded with some crap generic Menu and Title set, this is the worst waste of all time. Let me tell you, I am the dumb sucker who has to sit around, finding and downloading the right freeware or pirated software to decode the thing because I am not going to spend my money for someone else’s ignorance. Then I have to decode it and resize it, sometimes get the audio and video off separately. On some occasions I have to update my software to get the damned thing working. Don’t even get me started on screen ratios. The standard screen ration, on most projectors is going to be 5:4. So unless people want some messed-up skinny vision of their artfully shot widescreen creations, why don’t they make them as such?
I am still sick, the infection has gone to my ears and generally pissed off this evening.