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

#41

I love it. Any chance you would expand to more general "news" applications? The audio wouldn't be as good for syncing against, but I've always wanted an interface like this for watching protest videos.

I would love this, too. Fortunately, it has a name that can become more general, too. But first focus on promoting your service as it is, to this "niche", and later you can try growing into more general stuff.

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

#42

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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.

Thank you! I think you must be right about the adblock thing. We once had a similar thing with a Chrome plugin that borked things. We'll look into it; thanks again.

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

#43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Interesting, thanks for poking around! I don't think we use anything dodgy (except maybe Facebook libraries) but I'll see if I can set up that configuration and debug it. Really appreciate you taking the time to write this up. Cheers, Chris

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

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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/

It's a cool idea, but I have a feeling that making that video would probably not be in polynomial time...

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

#48
Absolutely one of the better ideas I've seen lately! An original idea with a lot of wiggle room for future growth.

I think it could be pretty cool if users had the ability to reference a higher quality audio source (when available - something on Archive.org or uploaded mp3s).

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