There was a guy a couple of weeks ago in the VSL help area having big problems, we narrowed it down to his files, and they came from there.

As that is the only time I've come across them, I'd be dubious about how well encoded their videos are.

Also, that is 100% an illegal site.

Bear that in mind before you send them money.

They sell loaded hard drives FFS. No label in the WORLD is gonna deal with a company that does that.

And also, there are so many typos on that site it's actually quite amusing.

The WORST! I was that guy phatbob is referring to. All of their video's were randomly encoded, and the sound was YouTube halite at best, in fact in some cases it was worse! I filed a charge back on them since it was such a blatant scam! They are a glorified napster! I took the suggestion of a forum member and subscribed to Smashvidz! Worth every penny! No headaches, files are constantly encoded, sound is equal if not better than a 320 mp3! My new yeas set went flawlessly!

Not to mention I ditched video sl and picked up mixemergency! What a night and dyexperience. One slight hiccup for my gig, but keep in mind, I was running ssl, mixemergency, madmapper and rekordbox simultaneously all night so I could easily jump from my rekordbox collection to serato, and madmapper for surface mapping!

Good to hear that worked out mate!

Your poor computer must have been getting a good thrashing with all that running!

Not at all. Used syphon to connect to madmapper, scaled ME back to 640x480 and it handled it like a champ. The only time I experienced slowing was upon my initial launch of ME & madmapper. The quality slider was set extremely high so I was getting a syphon fed of 1080p. Moved spacer to about the middle and everything was fine.

I cannot stress to anyone in a noob state like me to use smashvidz if your looking for a promo service. I have not had 1 video I was upset with! As for exclusive grooves, the irony is tha theclaim to be ophiliated with stacks, a SoCal record store that specialize in vinyl and underground hip hop. They also claim to be recommended by PSSL which is the place I get all my gear from, so you canbet I will be talking to them about this. I felt like somebody pulled a fast one on me, but like I said all is right now!

How do you find madmapper? Been experimenting with projection mapping recently, haven't tried that software yet though.

Madmapper is so awesome. It really is so simple that it allowed me to quickly map out some pretty cool projections. I just got my Optoma GT750e which is short throw so it has allowed me to do some really cool stuff. Small spaces, like my room, I have been able to easily map onto 2 walls and the ceiling! I want to learn some of the more complex mapping, so I think eventually I will try and pickup some aftereffects instead of relying on Motion, as well as modul8. I don't want to become a strictly video dj. I want videos to enhance my sets, along with visuals to ad more dynamics than just my current moving head setup.

Check out my link for a quick video of my first madmapper test

Watchwww.youtube.com

If you dj where they have a projector and tvs is madmapper pointless? (don't want it to display on both tv's and projector)

The only application for madmapper is surface mapping, an maybe some video morphing. I would definitely not run it if I was using fixed resolution screens, unless you wanted to feed like a mosaic of a bunch of videos or something like that. It is handy for quickly laying video into a fixed location, especially since I am using a short throw projector that has no zoom. This means I can open madmapper, select my output from me, create a new quad and map it to where I need my projection. Pretty quick and painless. I am looking forward to using this for more complex projections in the future

@DjFeliciano, what are the specs of the Mac your running if you dont mind? Thanks for the info....

Mid 2010 core i7 2.6 ghz, 8gb ram, 512 NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, weakest link is the 5400 rpm 500GB HD. Contemplating a hybrid drive if a refresh on the MBP's don't happen soon! Video running at 640x360

Nice! Ok thanks for the info bro.

Keep in mind I am still a complete noob to all of this. I still use rekordbox for straight mixing without visual component. Personally I don't want people thinking I am wave riding! Been djing for to long to be lumped in that category! Kind of been why I have tried to steer clear of Serato, but their is a lot of neat stuff that I can't do with my CDJ 2000's alone, infant the bridge is probably a huge feature I could see using down the road. Technology seems to keep me on my toes!

Why the hell are yall talking about third shit. Move third to another thread. You in the wrong one

My bad! Sorry for answering valid questions! To answe yous, again exclusive grooves sucks, much like your attitude!

Think the original topic has been pretty much nailed down, as the guy from that site has been banned and all his posts deleted.

Don't think there is much wrong with us carrying on a discussion, in this discussion forum.

yeah the site probably sucks anyway.
Shoot first ask questions later.

Exclusive Grooves IS AFFILIATED with stacks.

Did you mean to say BPMSupreme?

what does that mean?

i had EG and ended up not caring for them.

They are affiliated with stacks yet are providing such a crap service? Maybe their audio section is acceptable, but I was disappointed with the video and cancelled due to feeling ripped off! The quality was YouTube rips at best! Can't imagine any label supporting a promo service by giving them YouTube quality video.

wtheck does "affiliated with stacks" mean?!?
is that some new dang fangled hiphop rap term the kids are using these day?

"Yo, I am affiliated with stacks. Grab your egg-and-fours and let's get the bacon delivered, bizatch!"

It's a record store that was in Cerritos that catered mainly to underground hip hop when they first opened. Not sure what they are ip to now since it has been years since I went in and they have since opened multiple stores if I read correctly.

weird...wonder why Fill commented on the subject after almost 3 years of no posts.

yeah i was talking about bpm supreme.

I tried bpm supreme and I liked their remix vids, but again a little crappy in quality. Not to mention labeled wrong like no other. Labeling remixes as dada life when I is cazzette. They definitely look like it is a scam job. Maybe their should be some sort of proof these services provide that they are in fact officially label approved. The only site that does this that I know of is zipdj, I'm sure promo only does as well, just have 0 experience with them.

They can't prove they're label approved because no one has "full" label approval.

It's very gray area.

Yeah I guess that opens up the doors for shady behavior like exclussive & bpmsupreme! Smashvidz ftw!

sv has ALWAYS been ftw....

I wish I had poked around here a bit more before wasting my money with those other sites. Wouldve saved me a whole hell of a lot of headache!

I can't comment on the video quality, but I do use EG for MP3's. I commented cause someone linked me to this discussion in a chat.

FIXED!!!!!!!!!!!!
And I'm sure Exclusive Grooves does suck... But who asked about them.?.

I got the two confused since I was using both initially. Sorry do creating any unnecessary confusion! Comparatively speaking, bpmsupreme is a tad better, but have fun with all the mislabelings.

Shall we just say that neither BPM Supreme or Exclusive Grooves are recommended by anyone for video and just call this thread closed? ;-)

I use SV And XTendamix for my sources, I but never heard of them and was trying to get some feed back that all guys

at this time, i would not use either.

I think it's a little too late in the game for any pool to start up and try to get into the video game.
I'm even a little weary about audio sites that are going to go video like DMS and DJcity, but at least dms has the screenwerks backing them, not sure what djcity has, but we'll see.

Yup cant wait for this ish.....

i signed up for BPM Supreme a couple months ago and canceled my djcity a couple weeks ago... i think im going to call djcity back and sign up with them again... the vids are pretty shitty, also do other services do this, put in there name in the video? about half way though the vid it would have a little bpm supreme pop up on the screen. not cool... and there file names are driving me crazy... eff it im sending djcity an email right now...

No one but PO has little chyrons that pop up in the middle of a video.
Most pools/sites put a chryon on the first verse and that's it.

thanks, i just emailed djcity to get me back on with them, its not worth the 10 dollar savings to deal with crap quality, and since im not spinning vids yet, just starting the collection. I'm not that desperate for crap quality. I did get a email from the cable company telling me that i went over my bandwith allotment last month, apparently im limited to 200 gigs with my package...

does djcity even have videos yet?

no, but they just sent out a tweet about adding them soon, I'm in no rush to fill up on vids, but the file names with BPM are just pissing me off to much i would rather have no vids then crappy mp3s i have to go in and rename

I signed up with BPM about 4 Months ago for music . I think there mp3 section is really on point but i haven't checked out there videos .It's worth the subscription for the music section i think . #justsayin

Watchvimeo.com

check out this promo clip i found