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Live streaming video
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The half in chip would be wonderful. I’ve got a Redrock 35mm lense adapter, and once you shoot with real 35mm depth of field it’s hard to shoot anything else. But, I don’t think folks will notice the difference on a quarter screen image. I just uploaded a commercial I shot with the Redrock and, although it’s nice, consumers aren’t going to know the difference.
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[Danny Dodge] “After reading your profile I realize I’m talking to the king of compression. “
More like a prince. But I do watch the kings closely. Streaming ads a ‘nother layer to the workflow and given the growth and anticipated growth in the streaming market, the smart compressionists are looking in that direction.
[Danny Dodge] “My one concern is heat, and the banging around of the laptop. At $3,500 it’s not something I can easily replace. Oh the dilemma. “
You’re not going to want to run the laptop from inside a bag. Certainly the northern climates aren’t going to be as harsh as deserts. Keep in well ventilated and don’t cook it in direct sunlight.
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[Danny Dodge] “But, I don’t think folks will notice the difference on a quarter screen image.”
You can go larger than 320×240 but that depends on bandwidth. Certainly some will notice shallow depth of field. In some cases it can make the compression easier given the lack of detail in the background.
[Danny Dodge] “I just uploaded a commercial I shot with the Redrock and, although it’s nice, consumers aren’t going to know the difference. “
Sure they will. They may not be able to say why but actually Personally (subjectively) I think control of DOF is more important to “film look” than 24fos frame rate.
The question is do you want to deal with all this gear and setup in the woods. You’re also going to have to deal with power issues. There are solar chargers as well as hydrogen “batteries” if you’re away from power for any length of time.
If you’re “day tripping” it’s one thing but if you’re going to be away from “civilization” for a week that’s a different set of circumstances.
You have to decide whether your approach is Travel Channel or Survivor Man keeping in mind you really want to be live as much as possible to develop a regular following.
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In Alaska I’ll be shooting a lot of footage with suspended cable rigs, both vertical and horizontal… very similar to Planet Earth. But, the stuff we want to stream won’t be the set-up shots.
I have to say, you are on the top of the food chain when it comes to both post and shooting. Thanks for all your help. I enjoyed talking to someone with real experience.
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Hey Danny,
Caught the tail end here but I read them all. I’m afraid as of this moment, there is no solution for uploading with a card. I have been trying this to no end and can’t get any sustained upload speeds sufficient to get a good signal. What carriers do to mislead EVERYONE is keep preaching about the biggest and baddest 3g networks. That’s for voice. Yeah, some are better than others for surfing but that’s not what you want to do. You want to send a continuous stream up and my experience, you’ll be lucky to get a 28K modem speed. Sorry – for now.
Jeff
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Thanks Jeff! When you say “card”, do you mean a wireless card to use cel service?
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Yes,
To get sustainable upload speeds, you really need DSL for any serious footage, streaming let alone ftp.
Jeff
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So, let’s step into the world of “wish I could”. T1 lines, from what I understand, are simply multiple phone lines used to increase the bandwidth. So what if we used multiple cards? Probably the dumbest question I’ve ever ask, but someone will probably expand on this with something that just might work.
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Of course there are many factors including location but AT&T 3G claim upload speeds of between 500kbps and 1.2mbps.
https://www.wireless.att.com/learn/why/technology/3g-umts.jsp
You need to go to a location and test with
https://www.speedtest.net/One person’s speed in one location may not be indicative of the speed in another location.
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Once again, you amaze me with your bag of tricks. I feel like I should be paying a hefty consult fee.
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