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Re: Show HN: I made this simple YouTube playlist maker. What do you think?

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Post by vishaldpatel »

bchanx wrote: post #37
vishaldpatel wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your's is pretty slick too. Are you going to keep working on it? Why did you create your particular player?

I give it some love whenever I have some spare time! Mostly built it so I could generate playlists purely with songs that I enjoy, and be able to easily access that from anywhere and on any computer. I figure you're coming from a similar angle? :)

Yup! Same idea. Easily create playlists and share them. I decided to go with updating the address-bar instead of storing playlists server-side. That has it's limitations but saves me from storing anything on the server, for now.

Yours looks like you're going with accounts creation instead, which might end up being something I'll have to do.

Re: Show HN: I made this simple YouTube playlist maker. What do you think?

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Post by Fando »

Amadou wrote: post #27
astalwick wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Audio only Youtube player is against the Youtube terms of service. You have to display the video at a certain minimum size. A friend of mine made something similar to this, but audio only, and - if I remember correctly - got a cease and desist. (Or, at least, he got some kind of "you're in breach of terms of service, cut it out" message, which freaked him out and prompted him to take the project offline).

I'm just speculating out loud here... They can mandate a minimum playback size, but do they mandate a minimum playback fps? If you played the video back at a rate of 1/60fps (dropping all intermediate frames) would that satisfy their requirements and still save battery life or whatever for the people who would prefer not to see any video at all?

Just make it simple. Give users the ability to toggle the video display. That shouldn't violate any agreements.

Re: Show HN: I made this simple YouTube playlist maker. What do you think?

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Post by Fando »

vishaldpatel wrote: post #39
Fando wrote: post #32

I love it. finally! Things I love: 1. Search while you watch 2. minimalist interface design 3. dark color scheme 4. drag and drop sortable playlist Things to add: 1. Mobile compatibility (doesn't work on my Galaxy Nexus) 2. Mobile compatible UI (bigger buttons, search bar, etc) 3. Ability to log in to save playlists, user settings 4. Ability to hide video, but leave audio ;) Excellent job!

Oh man.. mobile compatibility. I have a nexus 4 coming in soon, so I might just give it a go. Making the video go away would make a few people happy for sure.

Give the user the ability to toggle video display. This does not violate Google policy. Everyone is happy ;)

Re: Show HN: I made this simple YouTube playlist maker. What do you think?

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Post by Fando »

vishaldpatel wrote: post #39
Fando wrote: post #32

I love it. finally! Things I love: 1. Search while you watch 2. minimalist interface design 3. dark color scheme 4. drag and drop sortable playlist Things to add: 1. Mobile compatibility (doesn't work on my Galaxy Nexus) 2. Mobile compatible UI (bigger buttons, search bar, etc) 3. Ability to log in to save playlists, user settings 4. Ability to hide video, but leave audio ;) Excellent job!

Oh man.. mobile compatibility. I have a nexus 4 coming in soon, so I might just give it a go. Making the video go away would make a few people happy for sure.

PS. This project seems perfectly suited for AngularJS. Also, check out Foundation framework for making both the desktop and mobile versions of the site ;) good luck. I will surely check back soon. This is a great project.

Re: Show HN: I made this simple YouTube playlist maker. What do you think?

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Post by stevenkovar »

I seem to have maxed out the number of songs you can keep track of in one URL. See: http://bit.ly/10kZyKg which loads 130 songs, but my playlist is 156 songs long (until I close the tab I presume).

I'd love to see:

1. Way to save a playlist as a shortened URL for sharing purposes.

2. Previous/Next buttons

3. Max-width for the playlist that keeps each song on one line

4. A means to save several playlists in one place

5. More obvious shuffle/repeat buttons

Overall, I really like the simplicity of the interface. I hardly comment on HN these days, but I wanted to provide some constructive feedback for you.

Best,

Re: Show HN: I made this simple YouTube playlist maker. What do you think?

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Post by vishaldpatel »

stevenkovar wrote: post #47

I seem to have maxed out the number of songs you can keep track of in one URL. See: http://bit.ly/10kZyKg which loads 130 songs, but my playlist is 156 songs long (until I close the tab I presume). I'd love to see: 1. Way to save a playlist as a shortened URL for sharing purposes. 2. Previous/Next buttons 3. Max-width for the playlist that keeps each song on one line 4. A means to save several playlists in one place…

Thanks!! Yes, I'll make all of these happen in upcoming updates. =)

Re: Show HN: I made this simple YouTube playlist maker. What do you think?

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Post by stevenkovar »

vishaldpatel wrote: post #49
stevenkovar wrote: post #47

I seem to have maxed out the number of songs you can keep track of in one URL. See: http://bit.ly/10kZyKg which loads 130 songs, but my playlist is 156 songs long (until I close the tab I presume). I'd love to see: 1. Way to save a playlist as a shortened URL for sharing purposes. 2. Previous/Next buttons 3. Max-width for the playlist that keeps each song on one line 4. A means to save several playlists in one place…

Thanks!! Yes, I'll make all of these happen in upcoming updates. =)

Great! Is it possible you could let me know when the features go live?
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