Feel a little like a zombie
Dec. 31st, 2021 03:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tanithryudoHaha, yeah, I ended up not sleeping last night in order to watch the multiple year-end galas in China where Zhou Shen was performing. I did try to get some sleep in between 10 PM and 3 AM, but couldn't really fall asleep, so ended up just getting up again.
Then it was the frantic rush to flip between screens/channels to catch the performances, several of which ended up overlapping with each other due to the scheduling (and the fact that the evening news went overtime and pushed back the start of the gala for Jiangsu TV and Beijing TV). And a couple I missed sections of due to technical issues (some sites/features being flaky or just not serviced for overseas apparently) and having to hunt and watch recaps.
After that it was flipping through weibo and bookmarking the fan recordings for Jiangsu TV (the only one that was live performed of the 4 channels in question).
And then after that... I'm working on call today. Heh. So painfully waiting for the work shift to end at 5.
*sigh* Not gonna repeat this tonight for the CCTV new years gala (it's just one channel/performance after all =P).
Anyway, I want to give props for CCTV and Beijing TV for livestreaming the gala on youtube as well (although BTV was delayed compared to China, so I ended up watch it on the BTV site).
Bilibili's pros and cons cancel each other out. Its livestream kept throwing errors at me. But it was very fast in putting out each show segment immediately after the performance was done rather than waiting for the end of the entire show. However watching these means I miss seeing the commentary (弹幕) during the broadcast, and that's half the point of Bilibili.
Jiangsu TV... ugh, for a gala that it very obviously spent the most money on among the major regional TV stations, for building a spectacular stage, employing some bleeding edge tech, and inviting all the best singers in the industry... you could spend a little more on the distribution part, yeah? Your website is a mess and I had to go to Tencent to watch your livecast, and your youtube channel seems to be for show. So it really doesn't feel like you're "livecasted globally"? =_=
Not many of the performance recordings have been transferred to youtube yet, so no video links this post.
Then it was the frantic rush to flip between screens/channels to catch the performances, several of which ended up overlapping with each other due to the scheduling (and the fact that the evening news went overtime and pushed back the start of the gala for Jiangsu TV and Beijing TV). And a couple I missed sections of due to technical issues (some sites/features being flaky or just not serviced for overseas apparently) and having to hunt and watch recaps.
After that it was flipping through weibo and bookmarking the fan recordings for Jiangsu TV (the only one that was live performed of the 4 channels in question).
And then after that... I'm working on call today. Heh. So painfully waiting for the work shift to end at 5.
*sigh* Not gonna repeat this tonight for the CCTV new years gala (it's just one channel/performance after all =P).
Anyway, I want to give props for CCTV and Beijing TV for livestreaming the gala on youtube as well (although BTV was delayed compared to China, so I ended up watch it on the BTV site).
Bilibili's pros and cons cancel each other out. Its livestream kept throwing errors at me. But it was very fast in putting out each show segment immediately after the performance was done rather than waiting for the end of the entire show. However watching these means I miss seeing the commentary (弹幕) during the broadcast, and that's half the point of Bilibili.
Jiangsu TV... ugh, for a gala that it very obviously spent the most money on among the major regional TV stations, for building a spectacular stage, employing some bleeding edge tech, and inviting all the best singers in the industry... you could spend a little more on the distribution part, yeah? Your website is a mess and I had to go to Tencent to watch your livecast, and your youtube channel seems to be for show. So it really doesn't feel like you're "livecasted globally"? =_=
Not many of the performance recordings have been transferred to youtube yet, so no video links this post.
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Date: 2022-01-01 12:39 am (UTC)Dude, get some sleep. Well, when you can, I guess. Do you at least get New Year's Day off?
Anyhoo, you're very dedicated to watch the broadcasts live. I can't be bothered if the time is too shitty. Even for events I care about. Sleep is priority for me, no matter what else happens. Kudos, but seriously, health comes first.
At least you got some of the issues down?
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Date: 2022-01-01 12:56 am (UTC)New Years is Saturday and I'm not working on call, so technically yeah I get it off. =P I also have the coming Monday off as well.
I normally don't stay up late or get up extra early to watch the broadcasts live either. It's only when there's multiple performances happening, because it's a pain to sort those out while backtracking through 4-6 hours of weibo supergroup history.
Though, it's also not as bad if I'm able to get some sleep between 10 PM - 3 AM and then later take a nap during the day. It's just that this time I wasn't able to fall asleep before, and I happen to have work scheduled for today.
I did miss the part of his first performance on Jiangsu while trying to find a platform that worked. I also missed the broadcast performance on Bilibili because the livestream feature wasn't working for me, and the fact it completely overlapped his second performance on Jiangsu. So I watched the Jiangsu performance on Tencent (where the video is a bity grainy but the audio was fine and that's the more important part), and then went back and watched the Bilibili recording (at least they're fast about putting that out).
CCTV and BTV didn't have issues.
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Date: 2022-01-01 02:30 am (UTC)Glad you got to preserve your weekend. I ask because last time you were on call over the weekend, too, so... 🤷♀️
Not surprised that BTV was more reliable than JiangsuTV, since capital and all. At least you caught most of it. 👍 And Bilibili is always the MVP when it comes to re-upping stuff.