What is the performance/memory footprint? E.g. can I run this on a Raspberry Pi connected to my TV?
Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer
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#52Quick related question: Is there a lightweight video player that also acts as library management tool? It seems there are either lightweight players that simply open and play files you throw at it (MPV, VLC, ...) or heavy server-client solutions like Kodi, Plex and others. I'm looking for something inbetween. Basically VLC or MPV with a persistent library I can point to my film/tv shows folder and it will let me brow…
It's on the roadmap for VLC 4.0, the new medialibrary (C++11) is in the process of being added as a module. The interface is also being reworked in QML.
This medialibrary is already used in VLC for Android for music album classification in an SQLite database.
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
> One does not require permission from the copyright holder merely to use software one already possesses That's patently not true. One does not have "posession" by merely having access to the binary or source. One must first agree (implicitly, or explicitly) before they can acquire the software, such as agreeing to the licence when downloading. Therefore, as soon as you have the right to use the software, the licence…
> That's patently not true. One does not have "posession" by merely having access to the binary or source. One must first agree (implicitly, or explicitly) before they can acquire the software, such as agreeing to the licence when downloading. Sorry, but you're the mistaken one here. You need a license to make copies of, derivative works, etc. If the copyright holder makes a copy and sends it to me I do not need any…
> If the copyright holder makes a copy and sends it to me I do not need any license to hold onto it or execute it.
Only for the purposes of execution can this copy be retained (as it's impossible to not make a copy while in memory).
However, I cannot keep the executable in memory, and use it for any other purpose (including letting someone else also execute it) unless authorised by the copyright holder.
In AGPL, the js/css etc are copyrighted. But the transmission isn't from the copyright holder to end user, but from an licensee to an end user. There's no relationship between the end user and the copyright holder. But the licensee is bound (by their very license) to allow the end user access any sources, despite them not having any relationship with the copyright holder. This licence doesn't contain any illegal clauses, and is voluntarily entered into by both parties, with consideration exchanged (it being the promise to make source available). Therefore, it's a legal contract.
Now, as for whether it's enforceable is hard to say, but I do believe it is sound...but IANAL of course.
Re: Show HN: Video Hub App – like YouTube for videos on your computer
#54Quick related question: Is there a lightweight video player that also acts as library management tool? It seems there are either lightweight players that simply open and play files you throw at it (MPV, VLC, ...) or heavy server-client solutions like Kodi, Plex and others. I'm looking for something inbetween. Basically VLC or MPV with a persistent library I can point to my film/tv shows folder and it will let me brow…
Doesn't answer your question since it isn't mac OS, but it's the closest one I know of: windows media player. I used it for a bit, until I switched to using the video server-side software on my synology nas.
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#55What is the performance/memory footprint? E.g. can I run this on a Raspberry Pi connected to my TV?
I'm unsure how a Raspberry Pi would handle it. It's an app built with Electron, so it's basically running Chrome (Chromium) under the hood. Here's an old build running as a website: http://dev.yboris.com/vh/ -- I suspect the app will run just fine.
If you try it out -- please report back and let us know how it goes! :)
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#56I know this may not be important 'yet' to your app but please change the name to "Video Hub" without the "App".
:) reminds me of the movie "The Social Network" when Zuckerberg was told "Drop the 'the' from 'The Facebook'" :P
I'm afraid without the word "app" it would sound as generic as "rename files" ... also I needed an available domain name.
Coincidentally https://videohub.app/ was also free :)
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#57I like it. Nabbed a copy for $5 - feel like you should charge more than $3.50!
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#58Looks great. I suggest charging more!
Great to hear you think it may still have customers at a higher price point! I made the price pay-what-you-want-with-a-minimum (I'm gonna need about tree fiddy :P).
I'm unsure how well the app will do in the international market, but in many countries even $3 is quite a bit of money.
A nice feature about the price, is that each purchase of the app equates to a purchase of an anti-mosquito bednet (since I'm donating proceeds to a charity that provides them to communities affected by malaria) :)
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#59I like it. Nabbed a copy for $5 - feel like you should charge more than $3.50!
Thank you for paying more!
Charging more is a balance between larger sales volume (importantly -- more people using the app), and possibly higher revenue (in my case donations to my favorite charity).
I'm leaning towards having a lot more people enjoy my work (though I'm still unwilling to go "pay what you want" with no minimum at this time).
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#60Very nice. I was recently look for something similar, but with support for markers (eg. add marker "explosion" to video XY at 2:14). Do you plan to implement such feature?