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hadisafa commented on Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels ytch.xyz... · Posted by u/hadisafa

This is super fun, but I hope the content creators are being compensated. Content creators work hard to produce this content under the assumption they will be paid for it (in one of many different potential channels but the HOW is less relevant).

hadisafa · a year ago

This is built using the official youtube api.

https://developers.google.com/youtube/iframe_api_reference

hadisafa commented on Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels ytch.xyz... · Posted by u/hadisafa

nightpool · a year ago

This is really, really cool, but I'm a little disappointed that there's no credit for the channel / video you're watching when you click on the (i) icon—only a link to your own credit. I think if you're going to credit yourself, you have a moral obligation to credit the people who made the content you're highlighting as well.

hadisafa · a year ago

The video id is on the bottom right.

hadisafa commented on Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels ytch.xyz... · Posted by u/hadisafa

lagniappe · a year ago

How do I disable the static effect between channel changes?

hadisafa · a year ago

For now you can't, but i'll be adding more features soon.

hadisafa commented on Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels ytch.xyz... · Posted by u/hadisafa

emiliobumachar · a year ago

Very cool concept, congratulations!

I do have two bugs to report.

1) I only see static until I fiddle with the mute button, which makes the image work besides working as expected. As soon as I change channel, all static again until I hit mute. I'm on Chrome over Windows using a corporate network.

2) The info button shows a reasonable email address, and, under "Support", the string "bc1q4s2f6df2cqa8stenwp8y5tlmd5pywy8dwqqxvh". I have no idea what to do with that string.

hadisafa · a year ago

Thank you for the feedback.

1) The static shows when the video is buffering, maybe it's a slow network problem?

2) The string is a bitcoin address :)

hadisafa commented on Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels ytch.xyz... · Posted by u/hadisafa

jeffhuys · a year ago

Also works on localhost, run these commands:

`wget -r -np -k https://ytch.xyz` - downloads the website recursively

`wget https://ytch.xyz/list.json` - download the list of what every channel plays and will play (I'm not sure if this ever really changes. The real website adds ?t=<time since epoch in ms>)

Then for instance run `python3 -m http.server` and visit localhost:8000

hadisafa · a year ago

When a channel reaches the last video, list.json will be fetched to get an updated list of videos.

hadisafa commented on Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels ytch.xyz... · Posted by u/hadisafa

nashashmi · a year ago

It seems like random videos are being played from many years ago and/or getting live feeds of some stations. Does everyone get the same selection of channel feeds?

hadisafa · a year ago

Yes everyone is watching the same content at the same time just like an actual TV channel.

hadisafa commented on Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels ytch.xyz... · Posted by u/hadisafa

tumidpandora · a year ago

This is simply awesome, but apologies, I don't follow, what's the source for all the content?

hadisafa · a year ago

The content is hand picked, no algorithms :)

hadisafa commented on Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels ytch.xyz... · Posted by u/hadisafa

lukas099 · a year ago

I guess what I'm getting at is, we shouldn't expect this hand-picking to continue indefinitely, since this isn't a paid service. I'm guessing the playlists will start to loop before too long?

hadisafa · a year ago

This is still an experiment at the moment, we'll figure it out.

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timnetworks · a year ago

What a different experience than default UI. Are you making the source for this public, and/or is it based on an existing project?

hadisafa · a year ago

There is no backend, just plain html, css and js. The source is public.

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jprd · a year ago

Well done, bravo!

hadisafa · a year ago

Thank you.

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