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Hey 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 lea

by makeee 6y ago

Hey 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 ago
Just wondering, what is the appeal of doing a video chat with no audio? Thanks.
- anguswithgusto 6y ago
  I 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 ago
    I'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 ago
      Yeah, 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 ago
    What do you mean nobody had audio but 30+ people could talk?
    - makeee 6y ago
      I'm guessing they mean everyone else could talk via text chat, which is the same with Chatparty.
- makeee 6y ago
  Potentially 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 ago
  I 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 ago
I'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 ago
Nice work! Also had a good experience with the Daily.co API. Thanks for sharing!

by makeee 6y ago

mwcampbell 6y ago

Just wondering, what is the appeal of doing a video chat with no audio? Thanks.

anguswithgusto 6y ago
I 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 ago
  I'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 ago
    Yeah, 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 ago
  What do you mean nobody had audio but 30+ people could talk?
  - makeee 6y ago
    I'm guessing they mean everyone else could talk via text chat, which is the same with Chatparty.
makeee 6y ago
Potentially 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 ago
I 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 ago

I'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 ago

Nice work! Also had a good experience with the Daily.co API. Thanks for sharing!