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

#31

Maybe it's just me, but the site rick-rolled me on each concert I tried to check out.

Sorry about that. It only happens when the JS borks out completely (which is rare), when JS is turned off, or when you're using a really old browser (which i assume you're not).

If you're inclined (I completely understand if not) can you tell us the error that the console in Chrome or Firebug gives you?

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

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post #18

Reminds me of "Awesome, I Fuckin' Shot that", a Beastie Boys concert filmed by 50 audience volunteers and edited together: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awesome;_I_Fuckin_Shot_That !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awesome;_I_Fuckin%27_Shot_That! <- working URL

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

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post #3

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 rea…

Thanks!

- I'm no lawyer, but the advice we've received is that we're good on the legal side.

- You're on the money re: audio. It's miles better than it was 1 month ago, but we're still not 100% yet.

- There is a human curation step (~5% of the process), but that is mostly for removing really crappy videos. Searching/Synching/Sequencing is automatic.

- I dunno about next step(!), but i agree the idea is super interesting :)

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

#35

Maybe it's just me, but the site rick-rolled me on each concert I tried to check out.

Sorry about that. It only happens when the JS borks out completely (which is rare), when JS is turned off, or when you're using a really old browser (which i assume you're not). If you're inclined (I completely understand if not) can you tell us the error that the console in Chrome or Firebug gives you?

The error I'm receiving on Firefox Aurora 10.0a2 (2011-11-27) is:

VKLog is not defined http://switchcam.com/assets/js/utils/facebook.js?ver=2011112... Line 81

VKLog.dlog("checkSessionStatus()");

It does seem to work with Adblock disabled, so I'd guess a subscription is blocking something essential.

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

#37
Cool idea, but I was sad that it wasn't finally an implementation of an idea I've had for a long time. My idea is to actually use video and audio information from distinct sources to create a single video/audio stream that is of better quality and/or completeness than any of the constituent parts. Essentially, my idea would do to video what Photosynth does for photos.

http://photosynth.net/

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

#39
post #3

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 rea…

Courts ruling on fair use are supposed to take into account "the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole". Automated copyright detection schemes in YouTube may try to do some semblance of fair use by allowing snippets of copyrighted content under 30 seconds.

Honest question - does the copyright still cover a live work when the original recording was permitted in the first place?

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

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post #3

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 rea…

Thanks! - I'm no lawyer, but the advice we've received is that we're good on the legal side. - You're on the money re: audio. It's miles better than it was 1 month ago, but we're still not 100% yet. - There is a human curation step (~5% of the process), but that is mostly for removing really crappy videos. Searching/Synching/Sequencing is automatic. - I dunno about next step(!), but i agree the idea is super interest…

You may be on the legal side, but I'd argue so were Amazon and Google when it came to letting the users stream their own music from their own "cloud" accounts. That didn't seem to stop the music labels from "demanding" getting paid again for the streaming, too. So you should watch your back and don't give in to them, especially if you know you're on the legal side.
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