TimeFest Downloading/Viewing issues: POST HERE

Jason, I am having trouble logging in, what should I do? Just kidding. :grin:

I am still having issues with the Zips. The first time the connection timed out, but that could have been on my end. But the second try I got to about 90% downloaded and it just disappeared, went to do it again hoping it would catch where it left off but it didn't. I may just start going individual, but I'll give the zips another go tomorrow.

One thing is for sure, I love the new voting system. Top notch, Larry, and great job everyone!
 
look all over this thread and other threads for your temporary solution... You guys need to read, man :)

On that note, Larry has isolated the issue and is working as fast as he can to get it fixed for you all. Even though he has to get up at 4am... so give him a nice big hug when you see him.

Later,
Jason
 
Ok, I've found the issue ... but don't have a ready solution. The problem has something to do with the host where the code resides. I know this because when I move the "authentication" code over to my personal server it works flawlessly.

I'm not sure if it's a timeout issue, or perhaps some additional security measures that may have been implemented on the current host or what.

I'll continue to work on getting past this issue, but in the meantime just continue to PM me if you can't login and I'll modify your login record so you can get in.

Sorry for the inconvenience, but that's the best I can offer at the moment.

It's midnight now, and I have to be up in 4 hours to make my 2 hour commute to work and have a lot of work to catch up on since I was working on this all day today.
 
Just a suggestion for future voting (if you keep the voting like this again), but it would be helpful for me if there was a picture related to all the films in the voting list. I'm going through them, but I'm well aware I'm going to end up judging slightly differently on different days. And I'm not likely going to remember which film is which just on title alone, so having small posters (even two versions of the page) would be very helpful in making sure that after I've seen all the film they're all ranked comparatively overall (i.e. if I rank 2 films a 10, but watched them on different days, having a poster of which film is which would help jog my memory if one was significantly better than the other. In which case I would probably re-adjust my scale a bit to reflect that)

Not sure if that's even possible, but it's an idea to consider.
 
The zip files do not contain RPDM unless I missed it somehow! It should have been right after PUSH in zip 4.
 
THanks for the heads up ... the zips may be missing up to 4 films total. Just download them from the individual download links, it won't be fixed in the zip for a while.
 
I found the mirror with the incomplete files. I've taken it out of the rotation until I can finish re-updating it. Please try again and these films should download correctly.

Sorry for the inconvenience.
 
Hey Larry,

First of all, amazing job with the new interface for downloading/voting! Beautiful!

Also, how do I get a direct link to my movie download to send to family/friends?

The film is "The Small Multiple".

Thanks!

Daniel
 
I didn't think that this was worthy of an entire thread so I thought I would ask here. What happens to movies that are not voted for at all? For instance, what if I don't vote for my movie? Does this just mean that it has one less rating?

Or... what if someone watches a couple of movies and votes for them but not the rest?
Just curious as to how this is working.

Also... for large crews.... it says that only one filmmaker can vote for their production. Not the entire crew. How is that monitored? For instance, I used some of Justin's music for my movie. It wasn't made specifically for my movie though. Can he rate my movie?

Just curious as to how this is all working out in the grand scheme of things.

Thanks,

Mike
 
The way the voting system is setup, we've basically increased the number of votes without increasing the number of voters b/c now you aren't just rating three films, you are rating them all (hopefully).

If you don't vote for your own film... more power to you.... the impact on your overall rating would be so negligible it's ridiculous... less than .01 impact even with just 100 votes on your overall rating based on the way the voting is tabulated.

20 people who voted for their film for the maximum rating would really only impact their film by about .3 of a point for the average. Again, the impact is negligible compared to what it could have been in the past. Without going too much into detail, we're working more with averages rather than total point values here, and the averages are formed from a much larger sample based on the changes and point values with the voting system.

Beyond that, we have all the data at our disposal and can and will be reacting accordingly to any kind of shadiness .
You are encouraged to rate every film. If you wish to abstain from rating your own film, I will applaud you :) and, you can be safe in knowing that by not voting for your own film the impact is going to be so negligible that the chances of it effecting the outcome are next to none.

There's lots of stuff we will be monitoring behind the scenes as well, but just the rating system on it's surface will help curtail a lot of potential issues.

I think what you were talking about with only the submitting filmmaker being allowed to vote only applies to folks with less than 50 posts.

Later,
Jason
 
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Cool! I'm not so worried about shadiness, just how it works to not vote for a film. My own in particular. Seems like it won't matter much. Looks like you're taking an average of just the votes received. That should work.

Although it would be funny if a movie only received one vote but it was 10 stars.

I'm assuming that a movie with 40 votes and an average rating of 7 would beat it out? :D

I won't vote for my own. Thanks for the explanation.

Cheers!

Mike
 
Mike, I had some of the same questions. I really think overall this is a kick-ass new voting system, and I love the ratings. I watch a film and bam! No having to remember anything, etc...

EDIT: Also, still wondering how long we have to view/vote...?
 
Look up a few posts and click that link. Use it to be able to view the films. Larry will fix your login when he has a chance.

Nick: Keep in mind there will be two rounds of voting this time around. The first round will probably last a week or so. There is no hard date, b/c we want to make sure everyone has ample time to watch and vote and we log as many votes as possible, so we're kinda playing it by ear. The 2nd round though, will probably have a hard stop time.

Total viewing and voting period for both rounds will probably run a couple of weeks or so... We'll just have to see.

We've gotten quite a good number of votes already and we're just on day two, so we'll see.

Later,
Jason
 
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