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Endorphine gives channel operator status to tocia
<lingfala> Ah Elanor
<lingfala> Yeah I'm here
<Enqi> sinecure
<Enqi> are you here?
<Enqi> just hang around for abit, let me call sam
<Enqi> anyway I will be going through your interview, basically I will introduce you to the basics of doa
<lingfala> Ok sure
<Enqi> so I'm elanor
<Enqi> there's a few other group members in here, such as tocia, who does eng subs
<Enqi> sinecure and dana, both are encoders.
<Enqi> I assume you understand what doa is about
<Enqi> ?
<lingfala> More or less yeah
<Enqi> Just to cover the basics, we are a tv show group with different divisions focusing on tv content in different regions of asia.
<Enqi> we are not a 0day group, for us, quality matters, as opposed to quantity
<Enqi> do you have any prior encoding experience?
<Enqi> basic stuff like handbrake, virtualdubmod, stuff like this
<lingfala> Some of the basics yeah. Encoding from profiles out of tutorials in handbrake though
<Enqi> so in general, video encoding is a time consuming, and tedious process
<Enqi> it's not as automated as it seems, because for various sources, you need to write a different script in order to handle the various types of deinterlacing that you will face
<Enqi> of course, as a newbie, you will be assigned a teacher upon entrance into the group, and this teacher will coach you accordingly, by starting you off with the basic training course that members have to go through
<Enqi> you will learn various techniques from these members in the process, and it may be a time consuming/tedious task
<Enqi> so I need to know that you are willing to put in the time and effort to learn
<lingfala> admittedly that could be difficult
<lingfala> with timezones and availability etc
<Enqi> you will be coached for sure
<Enqi> where do you live?
<Enqi> region wise
<lingfala> Australia
<Enqi> do you speak any language other than english?
<lingfala> basic Japanese
<Enqi> chinese?
<lingfala> No chinese
<Enqi> that might be hard, but I'm sure that we can possibly find a teacher to teach you still
<Enqi> I will need to speak to the leader
<lingfala> Okay
<lingfala> If that kind of depth is required
<Enqi> basically, no need to worry about sources
<lingfala> I think I may be wasting your time
<Enqi> :O
<lingfala> or rather
<lingfala> I don't think I'm going to be able to pickup chinese at any reasonable pace lol
<Enqi> oh
<Enqi> you dont need to learn chinese
<Enqi> it's jsut that majority of the encoders speak chinese
<Enqi> since they're from china
<Enqi> I can ask if you can be taught by one of the avaliable ones who speak english
<Enqi> sinecure is an american
<Enqi> and rong is a canadian
<lingfala> How would the teaching normally be conducted?
<Enqi> there's a manual
<Enqi> :D
<Enqi> but basically, they will pass you different type of sources
<Enqi> ask you to give it a shot
<Enqi> then correct you if needed
<lingfala> Ahh okay
<Enqi> for tv source, you do not need to worry
<Enqi> we have dedicated capping teams in korea to take care of that stuff
<Enqi> you probably will be assigned one or two projects per week
<Enqi> you can decline projects
<Enqi> if you're not free
<Enqi> we will provide you with an invitation to the site that we release on
<Enqi> it is one of the biggest chinese trackers, and invites are no longer avaliable, unless you join an internal encoding team.
<lingfala> Okay
<lingfala> So the projects are for learning but also as a trial of sorts?
<Enqi> projects refer to a show
<Enqi> you might not be assigned to a show that quickly
<Enqi> but towards the end of your training
<Enqi> you may be assigned to a series
<Enqi> to give you some first hand experience