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Show HN: Chatparty – host videochat parties with no audio
- makeee 6y agoHey HN, one of the creators here! This was for a hackathon project where we wanted to play around with a unique twist on video chat. It was also a chance to learn how to build video chat with the daily.co API (surprisingly easy). AMA.
- mwcampbell 6y agoJust wondering, what is the appeal of doing a video chat with no audio? Thanks.
- anguswithgusto 6y agoI did a mystery murder on Zoom yesterday where only the organizer/host had audio. It had the feelings of an IRC chatroom but with video. More people could actively talk (30+) than on a regular Zoom call, which are rife with interruptions in even very small groups.
- Cilvic 6y agoI'm really interested in this, as we are building something to enable more people talking in different groups: joinvoiceplace.com Would you be available for a couple of questions: - Are you planning to repeat it? - Did you use one or many rooms? - Do you know about break-out rooms in Zoom? - Have you thought about how giving attention/directing speech would work in "IRC + Video" ?
- anguswithgusto 6y agoYeah, gonna repeat it next weekend! Everyone had a lot of fun. TO answer your question: we did indeed use multiple (break-out) rooms. As for speech/voice... I spent a lot of time on Omegle as a teenager, so video + no audio is natural to me but may not be for some people. Feel free to ask me more questions via email: cbswishes at gmail.
- ghostpepper 6y agoWhat do you mean nobody had audio but 30+ people could talk?
- makeee 6y agoI'm guessing they mean everyone else could talk via text chat, which is the same with Chatparty.
- makeee 6y agoPotentially allows for more people to be in a video chat at once. Beyond that though.. no idea. Thought it would be interesting to put it out there and see what happens :)
- maps7 6y agoI think some business meetings could be run really well with visuals but no audio. I think Jeff Bezos does a silent meeting thing where everyone reads the brief. Something like that.
- sjapps 6y agoI'm looking to add video to something i'm working on and I'm trying to understand daily.co's API cost and I'm coming up with some crazy numbers. Their formula for participant-minutes = N * minutes. Cost = $0.004 Say you have 200 calls with an average of 5 people for 24 hours. numberOfMinutesInDay = (24 * 60) Cost = $0.004 ((200 * 5) * numberOfMinutesInDay) * cost = 5,760 $5,760 daily cost for 1000 users sitting for 24 hours???
- futhey 6y agoNice work! Also had a good experience with the Daily.co API. Thanks for sharing!
- IBCNU 6y agoI think it's a cool idea, but why do we need to know your ages? It comes across as ageist.
- Igelau 6y agoNo, it doesn't. You're being hypersensitive.
- IBCNU 6y agohaha, fair enough
- gkoberger 6y agoI don't know for sure, but I feel like this app probably was born out of Indie Hackers and for whatever reason Indie Hackers puts a huge emphasis on age (it's the first thing listed in everyone's bio, before location or what they do). I think their goal is to be inclusive (anyone, of any age or gender or race, can be a maker!), but I can see how it feels odd out of context.
- makeee 6y agoHonestly, I was just super tired and filling out my bio was one of the last things I did. I think a lot of people mention age because it's something to say when they can't think of anything else. Didn't mean to come off as ageist.
- IBCNU 6y agoI know, thanks for your response. I'm 42 so paranoid my tech skills are becoming irrelevant. What a pathetic thing to worry about during a pandemic. Anyway, I think you're really onto something because as a musician I always want to video chat but have everyone be responsible for tuning into a 3rd party, like for group jamming for instance. Keep up the good work!
- IBCNU 6y agoAh, didn't know that. I feel like Covid has me, personally, thinking a lot about how age never mattered more, so that's why it stood out, or seemed off to have 'missed' or whatever. (Futurist world of micro-cities of only young people, old people in rural areas in sterilized cubes and what not)
- cachestash 6y agoI had to check if it was the 1st of April reading this.