News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on “Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from shop back to factory. Parent comment

Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by logisticsfilm on Saturday August 13, 2022 @02:30PM (#32452460)
Right now only at the library at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. We had the full film up on Vimeo for a year but it was too expensive too keep it there. Its hard to find a good cheap place to host a movie of this length.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by chrismiller on Saturday August 13, 2022 @02:38PM (#32452545)
Would love to help you get this back online if you are interested! Happy to host it or point you in the right direction if you'd like to do it yourself.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by logisticsfilm on Saturday August 13, 2022 @02:54PM (#32452676)
Sounds great! Our email is in our profile.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by radihuq on Saturday August 13, 2022 @02:49PM (#32452634)
out of curiosity, how big is the file?

EDIT: never mind, I see you answered this in another comment:

> The original film is around 10TB of mpeg2 1080p 25mbit/sec 25 frames per second.

> We later transcoded to h264, it now clocks in at about 2TB.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by buck4roo on Saturday August 13, 2022 @04:37PM (#32453560)
Have you considered archive.org?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by gregsadetsky on Saturday August 13, 2022 @05:23PM (#32453918)
Really great suggestion -- @logisticsfilm you should consider it!

Also https://ubu.com/ might be interested to host/distribute it and it's a great fit as well.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by metadat on Saturday August 13, 2022 @02:41PM (#32452563)
Are you open to distributing via torrent?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by logisticsfilm on Saturday August 13, 2022 @02:49PM (#32452652)
So far we have chosen not to because we consider the core of the work to be the continuous length of the film. A torrent would enable timelapses and short versions. But we will think about it.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by djbusby on Saturday August 13, 2022 @03:09PM (#32452815)
That can/will happen regardless of distribution via Vimeo or torrent or YT or whatever.

Torrent doesn't enable that any more than any other distribution channel.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by robswc on Sunday August 14, 2022 @12:50AM (#32456442)
Yea, a bit confused about that as well.

Maybe they mean providers could offer the download in chunks? But yea, there's nothing stopping someone getting the full file and just ffwding that.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by yunohn on Saturday August 13, 2022 @03:50PM (#32453150)
What’s wrong with a timelapse? Seems like the perfect opportunity.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by t6jvcereio on Saturday August 13, 2022 @04:49PM (#32453654)
This is weird. No normal person is going to watch 857 hours. The only person to watch that long are movie industry people, so they can write about it.

Separate question, how do you monetize this?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by jamiek88 on Saturday August 13, 2022 @07:22PM (#32454730)
It’s art.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by djbusby on Saturday August 13, 2022 @03:10PM (#32452825)
Is this a case for PeerTube?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by corny on Saturday August 13, 2022 @04:17PM (#32453389)
The Polygon Gallery (North Vancouver, BC) hosted The Clock a few years ago. But staying open for a 24 hour long film must be much easier than for a month long film.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by moralestapia on Sunday August 14, 2022 @06:17PM (#32463553)
Sounds like a good fit for Cloudflare's R2 (and see if they keep their word).
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by kevinmchugh on Saturday August 13, 2022 @04:29PM (#32453487)
Could you continuously stream it on twitch or YouTube or the like?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by logisticsfilm on Saturday August 13, 2022 @05:09PM (#32453816)
Great idea, thanks!

Since several of you have asked how to watch the movie, we spontaneously decided to stream the first 21 hours of Logistics on Twitch. Since it will soon be night here in Sweden, we will not be able to keep track of the stream. We're keeping our fingers crossed that it works. Unfortunately we will not be able to stream the entire film this time, but hope to do so later.

The stream is live now at https://www.twitch.tv/logisticsartproject

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by logisticsfilm on Saturday August 13, 2022 @04:38PM (#32453567)
Youtube has commercials which we would like to avoid, but we had not considered twitch. Perhaps that's a good idea. We have livestreamed it before, but it's quite a commitment to keep a stream running 24/7 for 37 days.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by junon on Saturday August 13, 2022 @05:05PM (#32453790)
Torrents?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by madmod on Saturday August 13, 2022 @02:36PM (#32452520)
Can I please buy a copy?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by logisticsfilm on Saturday August 13, 2022 @02:42PM (#32452579)
unfortunately its not for sale, but we are actively looking for a place to host it as a VOD again. Send us an email if you want to be notified if and when its available again. (email in profile)
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:“Logistics”, an 857-hour movie, tracks a pedometer from s... by epolanski on Saturday August 13, 2022 @05:49PM (#32454110)
Split it in different pieces and upload it on YouTube?
[ Parent | on HN ]