Servers for what? I'm sure it just takes a regular video production crew at the site to record/encode the video/audio. The video gets relayed to a production facility offsite via the internet, and that's where the servers and massive amounts of bandwith come into play.

If you have a set of fixed cameras in place, and maybe one roaming camera (if you want to go through that), you need maybe three people.

1 to operate the camera
1 to operate the switcher
1 to just make sure audio levels are good and otherwise be an ultimate tech person to make sure everythign is good and resolve any issues. Basically, the person who is prob overseeing everything.

Setup and testing would be the bitch, but if you work with a venue who knows their stuff today setting up webcasts is easier than ever. Once that was done, you'd be good.

And you'd just need a switcher with a video capture card. You don't need anything special. If you want CG (overlays), then that's just another piece of equipment.

You could rent all this for relatively cheap. Free reign would be Sony Anycast w/ HD-SDI connects, just some prosumer HDV cameras with HD-SDI out, and just a good audio feed, and then a mic hooked up for an interview area. Then just a half-decent machine to do video encoding. If they want HD streaming, then a good quad-core or i5 or i7 computer would suffice, with using viewcast capture card in any rather recent system (powerful duo-core, but any quad-core/i5/i7 system would be fine)

The trick is, yes, which provider they go through. You only need to send a single upload stream. Provider recommend a backup stream, too, but I've never encountered anyone who actually does it .

If Armin does anything out here, I could train a couple people on what to do the switcher/camera and take care of everything else myself. And I'd just ask for cost of travel, hotel, equip rental, they deal with cost of bandwidth, and if I take off time from work just make sure whatever pay I lose is covered (whether I have vacation time or not doesn't matter). I would not look to make profit. Being passionate sucks sometimes. Adn it pisses me off when I see people use full on companies with big, unnecessary teams and still do a suck-ass job.

Last edited by DaveT on Apr-17-2010 at 04:38

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Originally posted by element-y Would work best in LA imo.

i was just thinking about that during the 450 celebration too. if there is an upcoming asot celebration in the west coast, i think armin would use the LA sports arena like he did for armin only.

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Cow Palace wouldnt be a bad idea, GUARANTEE that will even sell out Warfeild seems much too small

the cow palace isn't a bad idea but if you noticed, most of the asot celebrations goes on until 6am in the morning. ending the show at 2am in daly city would be such a waste imo

The Colliseum in LA? Can stay open till 4am. Would be perfect. One massive stage, 5 or 6 artists, good production. Would be great if the season is fine for it.

Eh, I wouldn't want a HUGE event like that. For an ASOT anniversary, I'd want at least some type of intimate setting. I think only a club or a closed in venue would be proper. Even if it was like The Shrine or anything. There's no need for 3,000 or 4,000 people to be in a venue. That shouldn't be the point of ASOT500.

That said, I still expect WMC to be the center-stone of it. The timing of it next year should line up just about perfect for ASOT500.

And if Armin wanted to do an ultimate insane type of ASOT500 party, I am sure he could fill up any large venue in Miami. Even an Arena. People would travel from all over for it...and be the incentive for so many people out there to finally make it to WMC. That would ultimately be the best thing for him to do PR wise.