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Show HN: The Gives – Watch videos with friends

#1

Post by dutzi_ » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 12:19 PM UTC

Show HN: The Gives – Watch videos with friends
the.gives

Re: Show HN: The Gives – Watch videos with friends

#2

Post by dutzi_ » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 1:34 PM UTC

The platform lets you search for YouTube videos, once clicking on a video, the app creates a room, whoever joins this room will watch that video in sync with you, while both parties are video chatting.

https://imgur.com/qrtyVzc

https://imgur.com/E8VxkOl

Re: Show HN: The Gives – Watch videos with friends

#3

Post by Thaxll » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 1:37 PM UTC

It's dead jim.

Re: Show HN: The Gives – Watch videos with friends

#4

Post by dutzi_ » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 1:42 PM UTC

Thaxll wrote: post #3

It's dead jim.

:(

Re: Show HN: The Gives – Watch videos with friends

#5

Post by dutzi_ » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 1:46 PM UTC

I've exceeded YouTube's quota. I've placed a fixture with preloaded results of John Oliver clips instead. Sorry about that. I'll try working with YouTube on getting this sorted out.

Re: Show HN: The Gives – Watch videos with friends

#6

Post by dafran » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 2:03 PM UTC

Alternative desktop app: https://syncplay.pl/

Re: Show HN: The Gives – Watch videos with friends

#7

Post by hoistbypetard » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 2:43 PM UTC

dutzi_ wrote: post #5

I've exceeded YouTube's quota. I've placed a fixture with preloaded results of John Oliver clips instead. Sorry about that. I'll try working with YouTube on getting this sorted out.

Would you be comfortable posting the source, so that others could host their own copy with their own API keys?

Re: Show HN: The Gives – Watch videos with friends

#8

Post by dutzi_ » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 3:09 PM UTC

hoistbypetard wrote: post #7

dutzi_ wrote: post #5

I've exceeded YouTube's quota. I've placed a fixture with preloaded results of John Oliver clips instead. Sorry about that. I'll try working with YouTube on getting this sorted out.

Would you be comfortable posting the source, so that others could host their own copy with their own API keys?

I will definitely do it if YouTube rejects my quota requests. Otherwise, I plan on keeping in close for now.

Re: Show HN: The Gives – Watch videos with friends

#9

Post by dutzi_ » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 3:27 PM UTC

hoistbypetard wrote: post #7

dutzi_ wrote: post #5

I've exceeded YouTube's quota. I've placed a fixture with preloaded results of John Oliver clips instead. Sorry about that. I'll try working with YouTube on getting this sorted out.

Would you be comfortable posting the source, so that others could host their own copy with their own API keys?

I will add an option to paste a YouTube's video URL, so you can search on YouTube and then navigate back to The Gives and watch it.

Re: Show HN: The Gives – Watch videos with friends

#10

Post by ckugblenu » Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 3:48 PM UTC

Rave.io is an alternative that really impressed me. With features like watching videos with friends on Gdrive