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An NFC movie library for my kids

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Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by Belphemur »

gus_massa wrote: post #2

I have two small kids and this project looks amazing! Anyway, I have to ask: Is it possible to make a similar project for Netflix and/or YouTube?

From the article

The Apple TV also supports deep links for other services. Here are examples for the biggest streaming services:

    Netflix (use the regular URL):
        https://www.netflix.com/title/80234304
    Disney+ (use regular URL):
        https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/coco/db9orsI5O4gC
    YouTube (use the regular URL with https:// replaced by youtube://)
        Single video: youtube://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah3ezprtgmc
        Playlist: youtube://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=FkUn86bH34M&list=PLzvRQMJ9HDiQF_5bEErheiAawrJ-2zQoI&pp=iAQB
The only problem with these services is that they will require you to select a profile before the movie/show will start playing. With Plex, you can enable "auto login", but I haven't tried it for the other services.

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by doublerabbit »

Belphemur wrote: post #4
gus_massa wrote: post #2

I have two small kids and this project looks amazing! Anyway, I have to ask: Is it possible to make a similar project for Netflix and/or YouTube?

From the article The Apple TV also supports deep links for other services. Here are examples for the biggest streaming services: Netflix (use the regular URL): https://www.netflix.com/title/80234304 Disney+ (use regular URL): https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/coco/db9orsI5O4gC YouTube (use the regular URL with https:// replaced by youtube://) Single video: youtube://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah3ezprtgmc Playlist: youtu…

And then the issue of when the streaming service removes the choice; the card become obsolete.

Not that bad of a ordeal though.

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by illwrks »

This is great, I looked into doing something similar when my daughter was little. I didn't get very far and she learned how to use the remote control pretty quickly. I honestly think it was better for her to do it the 'old' way as she's pretty digitally savvy (for her age) than I would have expected.

I remember when I was little I figured out how to use the VHS to set timers record shows etc, I think making things difficult is useful, it forces some learning to get a 'reward'.

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by cynod »

Ah, that is really cool! I love it.. adds the tactile element back to the experience.

Reminds me of this Raspberry Pi + SONOS project from a few years back:

https://www.hackster.io/mark-hank/sonos-spotify-vinyl-emulat...

I actually set that system up and it was awesome! Really was cool and fun to have the little cards, look through them and then "tap" to start the album. Unfortunately I needed the Raspberry Pi for an emergency and then have never fot around to running again. I fear now, with all the SONOS fun (that has destroyed my 8 speaker setup :'( ), it won't work any more.

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by wlesieutre »

Cool use of NFC tags! I remember seeing a similar idea with album art covering the walls, and you could hold your phone up to read an NFC tag hidden on the back to stream that album on the stereo.

Looking for link

EDIT - not the one I remembered but here’s one implementation https://andreasjr.com/blog/interactive-wall-of-album-art/

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