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  •   11 months ago

3 minute limit - how sharp is it?

The rules actually stated the video must be "around 3 minutes". "Around" is not "Exactly" or "Max" - Mine is 3:11, i.e. 11 seconds too long (and that's because I added a sentence in the beginning about that this was built with bolt.new for the devpost hackathon to advertise for you).

Now in the mail i read: "Remember that any content over three minutes will not be viewed by judges."

Will judges just turn off after 3:00 skipping the last 11 seconds, or will they completely throw my project into the garbage bin when they see that my video is longer than 3 minutes - OR does the original "**around** 3 Minutes" apply and I can chill?

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  •   •   11 months ago

    You know what, I'll just render a 2:59 edition of it to be sure, and link the old version too in the text

    I fine tuned english sub titles in the original video and i don't have time to do this again now. So judges can either watch the official 2:59 version or if they need subs to undertsand me they can use the original 3:11 version ^.^

  • Manager   •   11 months ago

    Hi Florian, Thank you for reaching out! I would error on the side of a higher quality video instead of speeding it up to be under 3 minutes if the video is 3:11. The judges are not required to view over 3 minutes so just be sure your project's key features and pitch are within the first 3 minutes. We will not be disqualifying projects if their videos are over 3 minutes.
    Best of luck!

  •   •   11 months ago

    Ah thanks for clarification - i was panicking a bit.
    Then I'll leave the 3:11 and hope the judges will be so absorbed by my breathtaking submission video, they won't even notice the additional 11 seconds ;)

  • Manager   •   11 months ago

    Perfect!

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