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Re: Show HN: Take timestamped notes while watching YouTube videos

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Post by ssalka »

benrbray wrote: post #15
fudged71 wrote: post #9

Would you be able to pull the transcript from YouTube for editing/commenting? That would be really useful for me. In the future it would be great to have these notes sync/push to RoamResearch

> In the future it would be great to have these notes sync/push to RoamResearch Or, an open-source alternative like Zettlr, Logseq, or Athens (coming soon): https://github.com/athensresearch/athens In general, we shouldn't let expensive paid software like Roam leech value from plugins made by volunteers!

People are going to build for the tools that have strong network effects. Those Roam clones you mention have none at the present moment.

And I don't see how a Roam Research integration would be "leeching value," especially because it will eventually be possible to build paid plugins for Roam, which opens the revenue door for devs building plugins.

Re: Show HN: Take timestamped notes while watching YouTube videos

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Post by matiastucci »

thrownaway954 wrote: post #25

niiiiiiiiice... i think this is something that alot of schools could use since everything is going online. i'm going to echo @rkhassen9 observation that your pricing model isn't attractive to the average person. this is totally my opinion, but the value here is the amount of notes you collect. while the average person is not willing to pay to record note, businesses are definitely willing to pay to retrieve the notes…

yeah, I totally agree. Definitely this business model it's not great. I still need to think it more. Thanks for the feedback :)

Re: Show HN: Take timestamped notes while watching YouTube videos

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Post by dotancohen »

proee wrote: post #27

Feedback: The "Cancel" and "Create" buttons are too close to each other. If you accidentally click on the "Cancel" button you lose your entire note. Perhaps move the cancel button to a less prominent position and add a confirmation dialog box.

Why is there a Cancel button at all?

And I've stopped commenting on Youtube because a single Tab-Return hits the Cancel button. You have to remember to Tab-Tab-Return to hit the Comment button. It's like it was designed to loose comments!

Re: Show HN: Take timestamped notes while watching YouTube videos

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Post by dotancohen »

ashton314 wrote: post #24

For the Emacs nerds among us, you can hack something similar together: when you start the video, also start a timer running in Emacs org-mode with `org-timer-start` (`C-c C-x 0`) You can then insert timestamped notes with `C-c C-x -`, and once you've got a timestamp note, you can hit `M-RET` to insert a new one with a new timestamp.

Thank you, I just started using org-mode today.

Re: Show HN: Take timestamped notes while watching YouTube videos

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Post by jcims »

dotancohen wrote: post #33
proee wrote: post #27

Feedback: The "Cancel" and "Create" buttons are too close to each other. If you accidentally click on the "Cancel" button you lose your entire note. Perhaps move the cancel button to a less prominent position and add a confirmation dialog box.

Why is there a Cancel button at all? And I've stopped commenting on Youtube because a single Tab-Return hits the Cancel button. You have to remember to Tab-Tab-Return to hit the Comment button. It's like it was designed to loose comments!

My favorite is when the ‘next-video’ timer decides you weren’t leaving a comment and sends you to a new page. Of course the comment is lost when you go back.

Re: Show HN: Take timestamped notes while watching YouTube videos

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Post by elviejo »

dotancohen wrote: post #34
ashton314 wrote: post #24

For the Emacs nerds among us, you can hack something similar together: when you start the video, also start a timer running in Emacs org-mode with `org-timer-start` (`C-c C-x 0`) You can then insert timestamped notes with `C-c C-x -`, and once you've got a timestamp note, you can hit `M-RET` to insert a new one with a new timestamp.

Thank you, I just started using org-mode today.

oh welcome to the first day of the rest of your life emacs and org-mode are an investment that will pay dividends in your productivity for the rest of your life
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