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Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Post by tracerbulletx »

loloquwowndueo wrote: post #14
DougWebb wrote: post #8

I really like how there are only 12 channels, and you don't get to choose what's on. The only way to make it even more like tv from a few decades ago would be if half of the channels were static.

Given how full of crap content and intrusive ads YouTube is these days, I actually kinda miss tv from back then. About the only benefits at this point are time shifting and pause/rewind.

I mean you realize there were many more ads per hour on TV though right? What makes the youtube ones more intrusive?

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Post by TomK32 »

Must be my crappy internet connection that lets me watch the white noise for an unbearable amount of time. It's a very annoying white noise. Also, I wonder if some channels send a sign-off sequence once they run out of content.

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Post by add-sub-mul-div »

loloquwowndueo wrote: post #14
DougWebb wrote: post #8

I really like how there are only 12 channels, and you don't get to choose what's on. The only way to make it even more like tv from a few decades ago would be if half of the channels were static.

Given how full of crap content and intrusive ads YouTube is these days, I actually kinda miss tv from back then. About the only benefits at this point are time shifting and pause/rewind.

With real TV and a DVR you haven't had to see a single commercial in the last 25 years if you didn't want to.

We don't talk enough about how streaming has forced us into a much worse experience with ads that are unskippable, privacy-invading, and now I hear they're being dynamically inserted into programming mid-scene.

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Post by zehaeva »

yadaeno wrote: post #19

I’d love something like this where I can configure channels to have podcasts, music, movies and it all streams to my tv. Is there something like this? I’ve heard of other users mentioning side projects like this.

There's a project called DizqueTV[0] that lets you set up "channels" of media to be streamed to a Plex server, which then lets you send that onto a TV.

It's not quite the same as straight TV channels. But it's pretty close!

[0]: https://github.com/vexorian/dizquetv

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Post by ibizaman »

yadaeno wrote: post #19

I’d love something like this where I can configure channels to have podcasts, music, movies and it all streams to my tv. Is there something like this? I’ve heard of other users mentioning side projects like this.

I know of https://ersatztv.org which I used a while ago. With a Kodi frontend you can play on TV. Not sure it does podcasts and music though but I used it successfully for movies and TV shows.

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Post by arethuza »

loloquwowndueo wrote: post #14
DougWebb wrote: post #8

I really like how there are only 12 channels, and you don't get to choose what's on. The only way to make it even more like tv from a few decades ago would be if half of the channels were static.

Given how full of crap content and intrusive ads YouTube is these days, I actually kinda miss tv from back then. About the only benefits at this point are time shifting and pause/rewind.

I've long since concluded that YouTube's ads are merely a way of persuading me to upgrade to Premium. Given that they actually seem to be pretty good at recommending content to me I am mystified by why the ad selection is so awful.

Re: Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

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Post by ProllyInfamous »

DougWebb wrote: post #10

You should make the channels change the video they're playing on a schedule, and link to a tv guide listing that shows the schedule.

I understands what you're trying to replicate, but I believe this would distract from the charm since users could then just visit YouTube [directly] and search for things scheduled.

The randomness and uninterrupted playback is why this is so cool =D

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