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Re: Show HN: Blynde – A new way to listen music on Youtube (user:demo, pwd:123456)

#41

Post by scrapcode » Sat, Jun 22, 2013, 5:39 PM UTC

cwp wrote: post #38

Nice work! The UI is simple and focussed on the music, feels fast and responsive. One thing I can't easily tell, though, it why you built it. It was obviously a lot of effort; what feature was YouTube missing that made the effort worthwhile?

I really enjoy the creativity and the insight that goes behind applications such as this where you can't immediately tell "why?"- Might not sound like it makes any sense, but at first sight I really couldn't tell you "why" I have had this running in a tab since I saw this link.

It's beautiful. It grabs exactly what I want. It works, and it works quickly, with minimal effort. I wouldn't say that it fixes any one problem that I have had, rather it makes one of my life's conveniences a little better. That is cool, and I think this industry could make large impacts thinking the same way.

Re: Show HN: Blynde – A new way to listen music on Youtube (user:demo, pwd:123456)

#42

Post by dvt » Sat, Jun 22, 2013, 5:44 PM UTC

Reminds me of http://8tracks.com/ -- you should definitely add SoundCloud support. Also you should let people make their own playlists/vote on playlists/etc.

Cool idea. I'm not sure how you could monetize it, though.

Re: Show HN: Blynde – A new way to listen music on Youtube (user:demo, pwd:123456)

#43

Post by hemmer » Sat, Jun 22, 2013, 5:53 PM UTC

Awesome, very nice interface! One thing I've been looking for for a while is last.fm support (while watching youtube videos). Any chance that could be possible?

Re: Show HN: Blynde – A new way to listen music on Youtube (user:demo, pwd:123456)

#44

Post by jeremylevy » Sat, Jun 22, 2013, 6:02 PM UTC

hemmer wrote: post #43

Awesome, very nice interface! One thing I've been looking for for a while is last.fm support (while watching youtube videos). Any chance that could be possible?

Thanks ! I use last.fm for biography, and artist image. What features would you like to see ?

Re: Show HN: Blynde – A new way to listen music on Youtube (user:demo, pwd:123456)

#45

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jun 22, 2013, 6:03 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Blynde – A new way to listen music on Youtube (user:demo, pwd:123456)

#46

Post by jeremylevy » Sat, Jun 22, 2013, 6:11 PM UTC

dvt wrote: post #42

Reminds me of http://8tracks.com/ -- you should definitely add SoundCloud support. Also you should let people make their own playlists/vote on playlists/etc. Cool idea. I'm not sure how you could monetize it, though.

Thanks ! For SoundCloud and playlist support, why not. Money was definitely not my goal when I build this. I build this, firstly for me, because I love listen songs on YouTube and I wanted to improve my experience. :)

Re: Show HN: Blynde – A new way to listen music on Youtube (user:demo, pwd:123456)

#47

Post by hemmer » Sat, Jun 22, 2013, 6:12 PM UTC

jeremylevy wrote: post #44

hemmer wrote: post #43

Awesome, very nice interface! One thing I've been looking for for a while is last.fm support (while watching youtube videos). Any chance that could be possible?

Thanks ! I use last.fm for biography, and artist image. What features would you like to see ?

Really only to be able to scrobble the tracks you listen too. For example other music services (Grooveshark / Hypem) let you connect your account and keep track of everything you listen to.

Re: Show HN: Blynde – A new way to listen music on Youtube (user:demo, pwd:123456)

#48

Post by lowboy » Sat, Jun 22, 2013, 6:31 PM UTC

jeremylevy wrote: post #10

phy6 wrote: post #8

Just a black screen with a black cloud for me.. Am I supposed to click something?

Sorry ! :( You are not supposed to click something. Can you tell me your OS / Browser version ?

Same here, and like fragmede I've got click-to-play enabled as well. I'm on Chrome stable, Win 7x64

Re: Show HN: Blynde – A new way to listen music on Youtube (user:demo, pwd:123456)

#49

Post by lowboy » Sat, Jun 22, 2013, 6:35 PM UTC

hemmer wrote: post #47

jeremylevy wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks ! I use last.fm for biography, and artist image. What features would you like to see ?

Really only to be able to scrobble the tracks you listen too. For example other music services (Grooveshark / Hypem) let you connect your account and keep track of everything you listen to.

+1 for scrobbling.

http://www.last.fm/api/scrobbling

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lastfm-scrobbler/h...

Re: Show HN: Blynde – A new way to listen music on Youtube (user:demo, pwd:123456)

#50

Post by chacham15 » Sat, Jun 22, 2013, 6:44 PM UTC

jeremylevy wrote: post #40

fragmede wrote: post #35

I looked into doing a similar project, but just FYI you might want to take a read through youtube's TOS: http://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms Particularly section 4, General Use of the Service—Permissions and Restrictions. What you've got is way cool though.

Thanks. I use the Youtube API. I read Youtube's TOS, YouTube API's TOS : https://developers.google.com/youtube/terms and Branding Guidelines https://developers.google.com/youtube/branding . Please, tell me if you think I didn't comply with any of this .

I think hes talking about 4D in his link. You appear to have no way to monetize such a thing due to that clause. Its really beautiful though, good job!