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Guy uploads, downloads, then re-uploads the same video to YouTube 1,000 times

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Re: Guy uploads, downloads, then re-uploads the same video to YouTube 1,000 times

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Post by dangrossman »

Was the aspect of using YouTube's servers so critical to the artistic quality of this project that he couldn't just substitute a shell script that encodes the video 1000 times over? Would've taken a heck of a lot less time than the year he spent.

Re: Guy uploads, downloads, then re-uploads the same video to YouTube 1,000 times

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Post by ghurlman »

dangrossman wrote: post #3

Was the aspect of using YouTube's servers so critical to the artistic quality of this project that he couldn't just substitute a shell script that encodes the video 1000 times over? Would've taken a heck of a lot less time than the year he spent.

The benefit is that all 1000 videos are available on YouTube - you can check out the quality at any step along the way.

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Post by maukdaddy »

dangrossman wrote: post #3

Was the aspect of using YouTube's servers so critical to the artistic quality of this project that he couldn't just substitute a shell script that encodes the video 1000 times over? Would've taken a heck of a lot less time than the year he spent.

Despite what you might think, the majority of the planet has no clue what a shell script is.

Re: Guy uploads, downloads, then re-uploads the same video to YouTube 1,000 times

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Post by jazzychad »

dangrossman wrote: post #3

Was the aspect of using YouTube's servers so critical to the artistic quality of this project that he couldn't just substitute a shell script that encodes the video 1000 times over? Would've taken a heck of a lot less time than the year he spent.

Perhaps, in addition to the artistic aspect of it, he wanted to educate people about what actually happens to video when it is sent to youtube. This is much more relatable than saying, "I wrote this shell script..." Also, having the log of all 1000 versions on youtube is interesting as well.

The other thing about art is that time is usually not a large motivating factor...

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Post by eli »

dangrossman wrote: post #3

Was the aspect of using YouTube's servers so critical to the artistic quality of this project that he couldn't just substitute a shell script that encodes the video 1000 times over? Would've taken a heck of a lot less time than the year he spent.

Sometimes the artistic process is just as important as the final product.

Re: Guy uploads, downloads, then re-uploads the same video to YouTube 1,000 times

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Post by alexyim »

dangrossman wrote: post #3

Was the aspect of using YouTube's servers so critical to the artistic quality of this project that he couldn't just substitute a shell script that encodes the video 1000 times over? Would've taken a heck of a lot less time than the year he spent.

Are you just making the blind assumption that he's a programmer?
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