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Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Post by throwing_away »

lovich wrote: post #368
opan wrote: post #344

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you have mpv+yt-dlp set up you can fix this with an audio filter to mix to mono. mpv --audio-channels=mono 'urlhere' Somewhat related, I've used --vf=lavfi="hflip" to fix videos which are annoyingly mirrored to avoid copyright. You could also bind these options to keys in mpv to use on the fly. Some videos will only mirror some parts of their footage. Another fun one I bind in input.conf ctrl+shift+r cycle_values…

What are these tools? That sounds super useful for the most annoying YouTube flaws I run into

* https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv

* https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

* https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink

* https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlock

* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/twitch_5/

* https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe

Did I miss any, chat?

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Post by usefulcat »

butlike wrote: post #116
lucasoshiro wrote: post #32

This is something I always wonder... Something that I really miss from TV on internet content (YouTube, movie streamings and so on) is turn it on and watching what's being transmitted without thinking about what I wanna see. Three reasons: 1. Picking something to watch takes time. Sometimes I only want to see something in the 15 minutes that I'm dining alone. My meal gets cold before I start the video 2. Choosing som…

WHY is there not an "I'm feeling lucky" button for streaming services. Akin to "give me anything," though, I suspect the answer is the more time spent scrolling, the less data has to be streamed over the wire, so it's cheaper.

> the more time spent scrolling, the less data has to be streamed over the wire, so it's cheaper.

Google doesn't make money by avoiding sending streaming data; they make money by showing ads, which (mostly) aren't shown while you're scrolling.

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Post by rr808 »

slazaro wrote: post #72

I'd echo the sentiment that this is amazing, and that a TV guide would be awesome. I'd also suggest maybe adding the channel names (like the comment you posted here) to the app itself (although i think it's cool when it's unnamed and you get the old-school feeling of channels just being numbers). Also, I'd love to have permalinks for the channels. Not for the individual videos themselves, but just a link that when sh…

I had youtube TV for a while and the most annoying thing is that there were no channel numbers.

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Post by randomdata »

janalsncm wrote: post #363
randomdata wrote: post #260

Earlier quoted context omitted.

More likely it is the inverse: Selecting a random video at scale is the costly problem. You can certainly fake it as a workaround. For example, you'll notice that "I'm feeling lucky" on Google simply follows the first search result. Streaming services could take what is already computed as the first result on the "Home" page and use that, for example. But at that point why not just click on the first video? Unlike Go…

Users probably don’t want a random video, they want a video which is from the smaller subset of videos they were already likely to enjoy. The reason that might be preferable to just clicking the first result is that the second actually involves a choice since you’ve seen the second item.

You're going to see the second item no matter what, unless streaming services give up showing any videos on initial interaction. But I expect that really is the best user interface for most users.

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Post by chasebank »

jondwillis wrote: post #352

I worked at Pluto TV pre-launch, and YouTube "live" crammed into channels was basically our app, with a scheduler system that allowed us to also render a channel guide.

Please tell me you worked with Thomas?! This is essentially what Pluto tv is / was.

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Post by bambax »

hadisafa wrote: post #2

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

Great. Can you elaborate a little on how channels are populated? Do you search YT for tags and order by most recent videos first? Or do you do some manual curation?
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