Arcade Fire live on YouTube

Unstaged is a YouTube series of live events sponsored by American Express
Arcade Fire live from Madison Square Garden
On August 5, 2010
The show started around 22:00 Eastern and ended at 23:50
(3 minutes after the end of the live show, they streamed the whole show (playback from tape) as if it was live.)

http://youtube.com/ArcadeFireVevo
Or shortened URL:
http://pub.vitrue.com/CeS

or

http://go.vevo.com/5LU

Sponsored by: American Express
In partnership with: Vevo and YouTube

shot in HD
16:9 aspect ratio
Interesting option in player for end users to pick from another program feed (alternate view)

The piece of info I'm curious about is what encoding gear they used. Did they encode on site and if so, what type of connection did they have?

encoded at 640x385 pixels in 4 different bitrates (automatically selected)

• 200 Kbps
• 500 Kbps
• 1000 Kbps
• 1500 Kbps

live RTMP video streams delivered by Akamai

Social networking "shoutbox" from Bonnaroo (running on Google's clouds)
Twitter and Facebook
http://bonnaroo-2010.appspot.com
Weird since Bonnaroo is not a web app developing shop. It's a concert.

AkamaiPlayerAnalyticsConfig
http://csma82240.analytics.edgesuite.net/config/beacon-421.xml

Link to buy Arcade Fire's latest album
http://www.arcadefireyoutube.com

Directed by Terry Gilliam

Twitter
http://twitter.com/AmericanExpress
Join the conversation by using hashtag #AmexArcadeFire