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Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

#221
Thanks, I love it. When I open YouTube homepage, I often have decision paralysis, but jumping right in the middle of a video glues my ADHD brain in.

Also, this really highlights how better is modern YouTube than TV that I used to watch as a kid.

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

#222

Add an “upload video” link and YouTube suddenly has competition.

Maybe you realize this (or not), but each channel is comprised of YouTube videos streaming from Youtube. This website is a very well done, clever front-end. But it doesn't host or stream any video.

Copy the ID of any of the channels and you can bring up the source video on YouTube by adding it to the YouTube URL after the ?.

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Channel 1: Science and Technology Channel 2: Travel and Events Channel 3: Food Channel 4: Architecture Channel 5: Film and Animation Channel 6: Documentaries Channel 7: Comedy Channel 8: Music Channel 9: Autos and Vehicles Channel 10: News and Politics Channel 11: UFC Channel 12: Podcasts/Interviews/Talk Shows

Build that into the TV Guide!

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

#224

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 "bc1q4s2f6df2cqa8stenwp8y5tlmd5pywy8…

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 :)

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Channel 1: Science and Technology Channel 2: Travel and Events Channel 3: Food Channel 4: Architecture Channel 5: Film and Animation Channel 6: Documentaries Channel 7: Comedy Channel 8: Music Channel 9: Autos and Vehicles Channel 10: News and Politics Channel 11: UFC Channel 12: Podcasts/Interviews/Talk Shows

I need this as a Roku app ASAP ;-;

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

#230
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I really like how there are only 12 channels, and you don't get to choose what's on. The only way to make it even more like tv from a few decades ago would be if half of the channels were static.

For real accuracy of tv of a few decades ago they could add a 13th channel that takes content from Pornhub, but then adds a bunch of filters so you can barely see anything.

Even better: make not-porn videos with vegetables, but when it's obfuscated it would look like porn. Repetitive motions will help.
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