-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alex Beamish wrote:
> I don't know if you remember a Bell Canada commercial from the 80's > that featured four businessmen, each in different locations, > starting what looked like a teleconference. Ah, movie magic. There was another Bell commercial much more recently that had a number of buskers I knew from the TTC, also apparently engaged in performing a concert over Bell's internet connectivity. Sadly, that was a studio production, and didn't actually take place over the Internet. I think there may have been a lawsuit for false advertising over that one. - --Bob. On 2017-04-23 10:21 PM, Alex Beamish via talk wrote: > Bob, > > Thanks for this note -- always glad to have more discussion about > this. > > I don't know if you remember a Bell Canada commercial from the 80's > that featured four businessmen, each in different locations, > starting what looked like a teleconference. Ended up, they were > actually a barbershop quartet using teleconferencing to hold their > practise. You're right, that due to the latency, this really > wouldn't work. > > However, the plan is the chorus would be in Toronto, and the coach > would be in St. Louis, MO -- so the latency wouldn't be a > significant factor. I have multiple alternatives to Skype, and the > suggestion to use a Rogers Rocket Stick is a great one, so I may go > with that. > > I really appreciate all of the comments -- thanks again, all! > > On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Bob Jonkman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > If you're trying to synchronize singing between different > locations you'll probably find that even the fastest connections > have unacceptable latency. Imagine there's a .1 second lag between > you. When the conductor says "Go" the group in the same location > starts immediately, but the remote group hears "Go" at t=0.1 and by > the time the local group hears the remote group start it's t=0.2 > There's no way to synchronize two choirs in different locations > (although someone may be able to synch separate soundtracks in > post-production). > > But, you may want to try the Mumble client (or Plumble on an > Android device) using a Murmur server. Mumble allows you to record > each remote connection separately in its own sound file for > post-production processing. > > Mumble /Plumble / Murmur is an audio-only solution, no video. > There's a text chat channel, tho. > > --Bob. > > On 2017-04-19 12:08 AM, Alex Beamish via talk wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> My chorus is thinking about having a coach work with us over >>>> a Skype connection, with the catch that we rehearse at a >>>> church whose WiFi we're not allowed to use. (It's >>>> complicated.) >>>> >>>> It would be possible to use a cell phone as a hotspot, but >>>> I'm not sure if it would provide enough bandwidth for the >>>> call. The rehearsal would be about three hours, so at 128kbps >>>> (Google's answer for Video calling), that would burn through >>>> 135M, so about 1/7 of my monthly allotment. Then again, video >>>> isn't necessarily required, and that would cut down the >>>> required bandwidth to 30kbps. >>>> >>>> Are there any alternative products or services that anyone >>>> could suggest for this type of application? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] >>>> https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >>>> > >> > > > > > > --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > - -- Bob Jonkman <[email protected]> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 Comment: Ensure confidentiality, authenticity, non-repudiability iEYEARECAAYFAlj+b3gACgkQuRKJsNLM5erNEACffVBOZSh0KN3HilgOYtFP71TH Jf4AnR4Q8/ZAtgARSAQLv256M3pEGO9E =fnnS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
