Show HN: A website that converts any IPFS file to HLS and reups it to IPFS

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Post by timdaub » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 1:21 PM UTC

Show HN: A website that converts any IPFS file to HLS and reups it to IPFS
ipfs-converter.com

Re: Show HN: A website that converts any IPFS file to HLS and reups it to IPFS

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Post by timdaub » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 1:30 PM UTC

Hi this is Tim. I made this website. It's currently running on a $5 droplet on DigitalOcean so conversions will take a while. I'm testing out the waters here on HN to see if there's anyone interested in it. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding it.

Github: https://github.com/TimDaub/ipfs-hls-converter

Edit: I haven't chosen I license for this yet, sorry.

Re: Show HN: A website that converts any IPFS file to HLS and reups it to IPFS

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Post by elbracitosNIR » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 2:31 PM UTC

IPFS or how to support pedophiles who can’t use Tor.

Re: Show HN: A website that converts any IPFS file to HLS and reups it to IPFS

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Post by donaltroddyn » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 2:34 PM UTC

timdaub wrote: post #2

Hi this is Tim. I made this website. It's currently running on a $5 droplet on DigitalOcean so conversions will take a while. I'm testing out the waters here on HN to see if there's anyone interested in it. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding it. Github: https://github.com/TimDaub/ipfs-hls-converter Edit: I haven't chosen I license for this yet, sorry.

I think you're experiencing the Slashdot effect.

Re: Show HN: A website that converts any IPFS file to HLS and reups it to IPFS

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Post by asdkhadsj » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 2:36 PM UTC

Cool project! Love IPFS usage :)

Re: Show HN: A website that converts any IPFS file to HLS and reups it to IPFS

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Post by haywirez » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 2:41 PM UTC

timdaub wrote: post #2

Hi this is Tim. I made this website. It's currently running on a $5 droplet on DigitalOcean so conversions will take a while. I'm testing out the waters here on HN to see if there's anyone interested in it. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding it. Github: https://github.com/TimDaub/ipfs-hls-converter Edit: I haven't chosen I license for this yet, sorry.

What did you end up using for queueing conversion jobs?

Re: Show HN: A website that converts any IPFS file to HLS and reups it to IPFS

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Post by timdaub » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 2:44 PM UTC

haywirez wrote: post #6

timdaub wrote: post #2

Hi this is Tim. I made this website. It's currently running on a $5 droplet on DigitalOcean so conversions will take a while. I'm testing out the waters here on HN to see if there's anyone interested in it. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding it. Github: https://github.com/TimDaub/ipfs-hls-converter Edit: I haven't chosen I license for this yet, sorry.

What did you end up using for queueing conversion jobs?

Fantastic question. I'm not even doing that yet. How embarrassing!

Right now I'm just spawning sub processes like crazy and hope they don't overwhelm my machine. In the future, I plan to use a queue and also to monetize on API queries.

I haven't looked into queues in Javascript yet. If you have recommendations, that be appreciated :)

This is really just an MVP to see how the internet crowd reacts to it. I'm glad it does in a positive way :)

Re: Show HN: A website that converts any IPFS file to HLS and reups it to IPFS

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Post by bpg_92 » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 2:48 PM UTC

Awesome work, I'd try to check it out once it's up again.

Re: Show HN: A website that converts any IPFS file to HLS and reups it to IPFS

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Post by stiangrindvoll » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 2:51 PM UTC

So this is going into the land of RPC, have anyone work together on the load this would demand on a bigger scale than one man's $5 box.

Already a seed of thought in place for this: https://github.com/ipfs/notes/issues/116

Re: Show HN: A website that converts any IPFS file to HLS and reups it to IPFS

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Post by _xzxj » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 3:10 PM UTC

timdaub wrote: post #2

Hi this is Tim. I made this website. It's currently running on a $5 droplet on DigitalOcean so conversions will take a while. I'm testing out the waters here on HN to see if there's anyone interested in it. Please let me know if you have any questions regarding it. Github: https://github.com/TimDaub/ipfs-hls-converter Edit: I haven't chosen I license for this yet, sorry.

Why are you transcoding all the time? You could probably save your little droplet a bit of heartache by using ffprobe to check if the video is already h264 (or h265)+aac and just do -c copy in that case.