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

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Does anyone believe that this is done algorithmically? All the examples I checked seemed to be really poorly sync-ed, & as a DSP engineer I don't believe this task to be incredibly difficult... would also be cooler to have a seating chart to click around to make sense of perspectives

It's all algorithmic but the flash player only seeks to the nearest key frame (every 2s) so that's why it isn't flawless. This can be overcome ... but I'd prefer to work on the seating chart thing - thanks!

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

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This is one of the coolest things I have seen. While there are some little bits of feedback, I can admit that I spent the last 30 minutes watchings concerts, amazed at how great this felt. MPAA: More of this, less of SOPA. If you give us great ways to get content, we will pay for it.

I'd love to hear your feedback, Mitchell... And thanks for the kind words.

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

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post #16

Does anyone believe that this is done algorithmically? All the examples I checked seemed to be really poorly sync-ed, & as a DSP engineer I don't believe this task to be incredibly difficult... would also be cooler to have a seating chart to click around to make sense of perspectives

seating chart is a good idea, or at least direction of the camera.

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

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Pretty cool. Looks like they are a 500 startups project, formerly Veokami. Guess they used some of their funding to buy a better name! http://www.startupsmart.com.au/growth/veokami-among-500-star...

Yep, that's us. I miss Veokami sometimes, but my cofounder and I were two of about 4 people who could actually pronounce the name :p

Incidentally, Switchcam.com was only a little more than $1k, which was definitely worth it.

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