Something I just don't get...

[starrylizard]

Vid intros.

Some of them are up to 30 seconds, but that's a really huge extra download when the vid itself is only a couple of minutes long. I saw a 30 second vid with a 40 second intro the other day. WTF?

And they confuse me. There's this huge multifandom intro and I figure I've hit the wrong link - after all wasn't it meant to be a Supernatural vid? Why are Buffy and the Mighty Hulk in there?

Sure pop up a quick 2 second flash of your symbol or do something like Joss Whedon's "I made this", but these long intros (even 10 seconds is too long people) well they are annoying. It's wasted download space. Especially if you like a person's vids and every vid you download has the same damn intro. Just no. I've stopped downloading some people's vids because it just bugs me so. It's an annoying trend.

At least put the credits over it (song title etc.) and place it at the end of the vid. Then it would feel useful.

Yes, they can be done tastefully (I've seen a few I like even), but most of them (the ones I have seen anyway) are just way too long and very large in terms of extra mb download. *hands*

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Comments

[ageless-aislynn.livejournal.com]

I know that a lot of vidders did that when Youtube's first version of checking a vid for copyright violation involved checking the first 30 seconds. So hence a lot of 30 seconds of silent black space started appearing on vids, soon followed by silent "Sorry for the delay" messages. Then somebody figured, "Hey, I'll put something more interesting to look at here to fill the 30 seconds!" And then, as people are wont to do, they started competing with who could do the bigger, better, more sophisticated intro and it all sorta snowballed from there. [/end History Of Vidder Intros As Understood By Aislynn] ;)

However, the problem of course is that YT figured that out pretty quickly and now they seem to check the entire vid for the copyright violations so the "vidder intro as a means of outsmarting YT's copyright violation software" is now totally a moot thing. Yet they still persist. :S I've seen some stretch as long as a minute plus! o_O *twitch*

Personally, I don't mind a few seconds of "[Vidder's name] productions presents..." at the start of the vid (I did one of those myself for "Don't Blink" because I wanted it to look more like a theatrical trailer but it's only basic text and lasts for 3 seconds. ;) ) But when I end up confused and thinking I've got a vid for the wrong fandom or thinking, "Wait, the song said it was going to be [whatever] and this is [something else]!" And I even back up and check the original link to see what song and characters it was supposed to be for, then that's when it's become something that's more of a deterrent to me than something that enhances your vid. :(

*cracks open a freshly baked basket of cookies and passes it around* Cookies make everything better, it is trufax. *nods* ;)

[starrylizard.livejournal.com]

Personally, I don't mind a few seconds of "[Vidder's name] productions presents...

That wouldn't bother me at all. *hugs Ais and eats cookies* I'm honestly not trying to have a go at anyone, but it seems to me that these intros have only taken off in the last few months. Maybe it has only recently spread to my fandoms of choice. *shrugs*