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Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer

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Thoughts on using YouTube-dl as an importer of videos to the local library? Otherwise, looks awesome! Take my money!

I'd rather relegate importing online videos to another software. Video Hub App should just use whatever is already on the computer (or external hard drive) ;)

Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer

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post #11

Thoughts on using YouTube-dl as an importer of videos to the local library? Otherwise, looks awesome! Take my money!

I'd rather relegate importing online videos to another software. Video Hub App should just use whatever is already on the computer (or external hard drive) ;)

Fair point :)

Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer

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post #13

Looks great, can you explain how it differs from say PLEX?

Primary goal: preview inside the video on hover (scrub). I may be mistaken but I don't think PLEX has it. Video Hub App also has a filmstrip view and a quick and advanced search capabilities (by folder, file name, exclude, etc). PLEX has many features that my app isn't trying to replicate -- I think the two are aimed at different use cases.

Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer

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I created this software using Angular, Electron, FFmpeg, and angular2-virtual-scroll. All proceeds go to Against Malaria Foundation (GiveWell's top-rated charity). Currently not open source, but am trying to figure out how to set a license that encourages people to tinker with the code, but not to clone a copy and sell it.

You can always reveal the source code, without giving it an open source license. Of course, this will mean some people might not contribute, but you take what you get.

Another way is giving it a 'non-commercial use only' stipulation, which might not be lawyer proof.

Any of this won't prevent people from trying to profit off of it though.

PS: Remember to have an CLA so you won't have any problems with selling it.

Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer

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post #2

I created this software using Angular, Electron, FFmpeg, and angular2-virtual-scroll. All proceeds go to Against Malaria Foundation (GiveWell's top-rated charity). Currently not open source, but am trying to figure out how to set a license that encourages people to tinker with the code, but not to clone a copy and sell it.

I'd just GPL license it and charge for a MIT licensed version for commercial use. Be clear when you relicense it for commercial use though, like if MIT is only for a specific released version or set of versions up to a point or what. Of course technically you can sell GPL software, but they'd have to be willing to provide the code back, which means you benefit off of it to some degree.

Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer

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Cool! Peanut gallery suggestions:

- The default black-on-dark-grey in the primary pane looks amateurish. Switching out the background color for something lighter (maybe a light beige?) would make a world of difference for first impressions.

- I'd appreciate if the screenshots adapted to my platform, so I could see what the app actually looks like on Windows. But I understand that it'd consume a lot of effort to re-take everything two extra times and keep them all up to date. The Windows/Mac/Linux image at the bottom at least ought to use a platform-appropriate screenshot for each segment.

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