Re: BEMF4 and Virutal Performers in Audio-Video

[Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com>]

Awesome plan, this. Have you tried out Skype, the Net telephony app? 
I've never tried music over it - it's definitely better audio quality 
than a regular phone call, though I imagine it's optimized for voice - 
but the video chat function seems to work well. And it's free for 
computer-to-computer calls. It could be used in conjunction with Ninjam 
or a Shoutcast server, if the audio quality was lacking.

Will there be any streaming audio or video from this year's fest?

Daryl Shawn
www.swanwelder.com
www.chinapaintingmusic.com

> This year's festival hasn't even begun, and I'm already thinking about 
> next year.  Next year I would like to expand my horizons. I figure 
> that if I can't bring all the people I want from other countries to 
> the festival, I'm going to bring them their virtually.  Next year, I 
> am thinking of having a fair amount of virtual performers at the 
> festival...not like Ninjam, etc, but featured performers on the main 
> schedule and projected on a giant video screen on the stage with audio 
> video.
>  
> Anyone out there know much about the technology required to do this?  
> I am not too much concerned about latency, but more interesting in 
> audio/video quality.  I've done some experimenting with just the video 
> functionality of various instant messengers, and some aren't too bad 
> if you have a decent web cam.
>  
> Thoughts? Ideas? I really want to do this, and if I can pull this off 
> with decent quality, next year I will feature 50% of the performers as 
> virtual, and may even blend that with the local performers.
>  
> Kris
>  
> Krispen Hartung
> Boise Experimental Music Festival
> Event Coordinator and Artistic Director
> http://www.boisemusicians.com/BEMF-3/
> info@krispenhartung.com <mailto:info@krispenhartung.com>
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