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I'd be interested to see the result of iterating on an image using these tools. Like go from high res to pixel art, back to high res etc.

alanfalcon 9y ago
Like translating a phrase into a foreign language and back repeatedly, I inagine you’d end up with something fun and impressionistic. I’d like to see it too.
- Franciscouzo 9y ago
  Like this? http://www.translationparty.com/ http://www.translationparty.com/
  - warent 9y ago
    I've never heard of this before but just wasted 20 minutes on it. Very interesting concept with hilarious results
    - setzer22 9y ago
      Most things I tried were slightly changed from english to japanese just once, then converged. Maybe it's just my lack of imagination!
      - reificator 9y ago
        Most of what I tried gathered somewhat from English to Japanese. Perhaps it is my lack of imagination!
      - TuringTest 9y ago
        The best examples, those with more divergent results, are those with a lot of subordinate clauses, which get mixed-up and moved from different parts of the sentence. You can select complex sentences from the list below.
  - alexmorenodev 9y ago
    If you're out of imagination you can copy and paste some comments from here and watch the results. http://www.translationparty.com/bizarrely-the-pixelated-stuff-in-the-images-you-linked-13133715 http://www.translationparty.com/bizarrely-the-pixelated-stuf...
    - andruby 9y ago
      From > Bizarrely, the pixelated stuff in the images you linked look way better. To > But then I remembered I look way better in the morning light. In one step. Lovely! This sounds like poetry.
- 19870213 9y ago
  For songs there is this: https://www.youtube.com/user/malineka146/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/malineka146/videos
- 6502nerdface 9y ago
  > Like translating a phrase into a foreign language and back repeatedly, I inagine you’d end up with something fun and impressionistic. This exact game features in the plot of Philip K. Dick’s 1969 novel, Galactic Pot-Healer.
esotericsean 9y ago
I remember back in like 2010, someone uploaded and ripped a YouTube video 1000 times and then edited the natural degradation of the compression. Went from perfectly watchable video to horrible static-y mess. Here it is! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icruGcSsPp0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icruGcSsPp0
- citrusui 9y ago
  Thanks for the link! This may sound crazy, but I wonder if there's a way to "automate" this deconstruction with ffmpeg...
  - citrusui 9y ago
    Update: here's a one-liner that will do exactly that ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -strict -2 -crf 51 output.mp4 && rm input.mp4 && mv output.mp4 input.mp4 For better results, run the above command ten times: for ((n=0;n<10;n++)); do ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -strict -2 -crf 51 output.mp4 && rm input.mp4 && mv output.mp4 input.mp4; done
- rothron 9y ago
  Theoretically, it should be possible to recompress the video back into the compressed file with no loss, provided the same codec is used, but it would be far more expensive computationally.
  - pbhjpbhj 9y ago
    Aren't most image/video compression algorithms lossy? There would surely be more than one possible "decompression".
- bringtheaction 9y ago
  Here’s another one up the same alley that is interesting to watch: VHS generation loss. > What happens if you make a copy of a copy of a copy (and so on) of a VHS tape? This experiment shows how the quality degrades with every generation. > The copying was done using two PAL VCRs in SP mode. > (The video is Fading like a flower by Roxette) https://youtu.be/mES3CHEnVyI https://youtu.be/mES3CHEnVyI

alanfalcon 9y ago

Like translating a phrase into a foreign language and back repeatedly, I inagine you’d end up with something fun and impressionistic. I’d like to see it too.

Franciscouzo 9y ago
Like this? http://www.translationparty.com/ http://www.translationparty.com/
- warent 9y ago
  I've never heard of this before but just wasted 20 minutes on it. Very interesting concept with hilarious results
  - setzer22 9y ago
    Most things I tried were slightly changed from english to japanese just once, then converged. Maybe it's just my lack of imagination!
    - reificator 9y ago
      Most of what I tried gathered somewhat from English to Japanese. Perhaps it is my lack of imagination!
    - TuringTest 9y ago
      The best examples, those with more divergent results, are those with a lot of subordinate clauses, which get mixed-up and moved from different parts of the sentence. You can select complex sentences from the list below.
- alexmorenodev 9y ago
  If you're out of imagination you can copy and paste some comments from here and watch the results. http://www.translationparty.com/bizarrely-the-pixelated-stuff-in-the-images-you-linked-13133715 http://www.translationparty.com/bizarrely-the-pixelated-stuf...
  - andruby 9y ago
    From > Bizarrely, the pixelated stuff in the images you linked look way better. To > But then I remembered I look way better in the morning light. In one step. Lovely! This sounds like poetry.
19870213 9y ago
For songs there is this: https://www.youtube.com/user/malineka146/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/malineka146/videos
6502nerdface 9y ago
> Like translating a phrase into a foreign language and back repeatedly, I inagine you’d end up with something fun and impressionistic. This exact game features in the plot of Philip K. Dick’s 1969 novel, Galactic Pot-Healer.

esotericsean 9y ago

I remember back in like 2010, someone uploaded and ripped a YouTube video 1000 times and then edited the natural degradation of the compression. Went from perfectly watchable video to horrible static-y mess. Here it is! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icruGcSsPp0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icruGcSsPp0

citrusui 9y ago
Thanks for the link! This may sound crazy, but I wonder if there's a way to "automate" this deconstruction with ffmpeg...
- citrusui 9y ago
  Update: here's a one-liner that will do exactly that ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -strict -2 -crf 51 output.mp4 && rm input.mp4 && mv output.mp4 input.mp4 For better results, run the above command ten times: for ((n=0;n<10;n++)); do ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -strict -2 -crf 51 output.mp4 && rm input.mp4 && mv output.mp4 input.mp4; done
rothron 9y ago
Theoretically, it should be possible to recompress the video back into the compressed file with no loss, provided the same codec is used, but it would be far more expensive computationally.
- pbhjpbhj 9y ago
  Aren't most image/video compression algorithms lossy? There would surely be more than one possible "decompression".
bringtheaction 9y ago
Here’s another one up the same alley that is interesting to watch: VHS generation loss. > What happens if you make a copy of a copy of a copy (and so on) of a VHS tape? This experiment shows how the quality degrades with every generation. > The copying was done using two PAL VCRs in SP mode. > (The video is Fading like a flower by Roxette) https://youtu.be/mES3CHEnVyI https://youtu.be/mES3CHEnVyI