Show HN: Entire concerts algorithmically "reconstructed" from YouTube videos

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Post by brettwelch » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 2:08 AM UTC

Show HN: Entire concerts algorithmically "reconstructed" from YouTube videos
switchcam.com

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Post by phil » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 2:22 AM UTC

Seems to work. That is incredibly cool/terrifying.

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Post by angusgr » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 2:32 AM UTC

Wow. Many thoughts arose:

- Is this more, less, or equivalently legal (copyright-wise) to just posting the youtube videos on youtube in the first place? It seems like the act of compositing them in this way would be significant, but maybe not?

- The normalisation of audio could use some work. SwitchCam seems to do something (the youtube volume on each clip was different for me), but it didn't quite work.

- I'd be really interested to know how automated this is, and how much human curation is required to get it right.

- Presumably, the next step is stitching the multiple videos together to make 3d models, allowing you to pan to places between the various camera operators. :)

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Post by loboman » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 2:32 AM UTC

Amazing, thanks!!

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Post by gmatty » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 2:36 AM UTC

wow. super cool

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Post by hospadam » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 2:37 AM UTC

This. Is. So. Cool. Wow. I tried several concerts, several angles, and everything works pretty smoothly. Any critiques I might have are quite minor.

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Post by devinmrn » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 2:40 AM UTC

Great work, hope you can handle the traffic that is coming your way. I would be surprised if you didn't get bought by Google.

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Post by unreal37 » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 2:46 AM UTC

I want. Love the idea. Site is down so I can't tell if it works. But plus 1 for the idea alone.

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Post by cleverjake » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 2:49 AM UTC

Honestly one of the coolest things i've seen in a while. If they can get around the legality of it, im sure they'll be snatched up quickly.

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Post by ansonparker » Wed, Nov 30, 2011, 2:50 AM UTC

Site seems to be struggling under load.

I am excited about the concept - was thinking about this very idea while watching Coachella streaming live this year and then seeing all the cams people were uploading.