Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Post by notThrowingAway » Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 5:23 PM UTC

This is just delightful. What would make it perfect is the white noise that you get while switching channels.

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Post by 0cf8612b2e1e » Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 5:23 PM UTC

A_Duck wrote: post #35

tantalor wrote: post #6

The best part of this is the channel doesn't pause when you flip away from it. It is always "running" and if you flip away you will miss it. That builds in a FOMO trade-off which causes user to automatically/subconciously decide on channel they most want to watch, because they can't watch everything.

Yep this works really nicely, and psychologically it's somehow way more relaxing than having to curate what you watch I predict this appears as real youtube feature soon. Since it will also allow them to do a Spotify-style payola approach to scheduling.

I have long wanted Netflix to offer this feature. Just give me a random episode of a low stakes sitcom. Seinfeld, SVU, whatever.

My other wishlist item was that Netflix would offer a “shuffle” this series option. For standalone episodic shows, ordering does not matter, and it is a bunch of overhead to pick something.

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Post by andyfosh11 » Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 5:24 PM UTC

this is the best thing ive seen in a long time! instant pmf

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Post by justanotherjoe » Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 5:24 PM UTC

This is brilliant. Great for my old TV where browsing youtube (or the internet) is a chore.

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Post by bni » Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 5:29 PM UTC

boomer.tube is not yet taken

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Post by quadrature » Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 5:29 PM UTC

I love this, it would be perfect for my parents. The algorithm tends to send them down weird rabbit holes and echo chambers.

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Post by seydor » Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 5:30 PM UTC

This is what will replace tiktok: Television. Having to scroll down or swipe is just so tiresome, it leaves marks on the screen and ... who cares if i have to wait for a crap video to end , maybe there s something good after that. We are going to come full circle

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Post by justanotherjoe » Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 5:31 PM UTC

OwseiWT wrote: post #93

theginger wrote: post #18

Is there an open source code repo for this?

By what I understood there's only front-end code. Ignoring the file server, of course.

Can't you just embed the youtube videos?

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Post by djeastm » Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 5:34 PM UTC

aroemers wrote: post #27

racefan76 wrote: post #9

This is neat! Feels just like old cable, the static transitions being a good touch.

Perhaps you like this nostalgic TV as well then: https://90s.myretrotvs.com . It also uses Youtube as a source and plays uninterrupted like an old-school channel.

This seems like it'd be great to have playing at an old folks home. I know my grandparents watch the Johnny Carson/Tonight Show channel for a taste of their old culture

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Post by lukas099 » Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 5:35 PM UTC

hadisafa wrote: post #133

lukas099 wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

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

Cool. Even if it never updates, I think it's awesome. Thanks for building and releasing it.