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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 resonious »

Really awesome project. This bit made me think though:

> First: you have a limited choice of movies to watch. When I was a kid, we didn't have an infinite catalog of movies to watch.

Something always rubs me the wrong way with this way of thinking. "X is good because I had X when I was young." I don't necessarily disagree that X is good, but it's definitely not because you had it as a kid.

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by SamBam »

sodality2 wrote: post #25

This is so cool! I do something similar for music - I have posters up for albums, and a small NFC tag is embedded behind the poster, so tapping my phone to the poster’s corner and clicking the notification begins playing it immediately. I really want to make a collection of cassette-or-record-style plastic cards with album art and NFC tags, and hook it up to a speaker, so I can place my album on a pedestal and it sta…

What app do you have on your phone to do this?

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by nine_k »

sfRattan wrote: post #15
illwrks wrote: post #7

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 di…

> I think making things difficult is useful, it forces some learning to get a 'reward'. I found the same growing up. But at the time (the 90s) there weren't hyperstimuli available in the form of smartphones, streaming services, or engagement-optimized algorithmic content feeds. The broadcast television that was available was often boring, or at least poorly matched to any given person's interests at a given time. We…

I had a programmable calculator, a 8-bit computer (with few games but with built-in basic, assembly, and a debugger), then a PC, all before easy internet access. These were hyperstimuli all right.

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by sodality2 »

SamBam wrote: post #44
sodality2 wrote: post #25

This is so cool! I do something similar for music - I have posters up for albums, and a small NFC tag is embedded behind the poster, so tapping my phone to the poster’s corner and clicking the notification begins playing it immediately. I really want to make a collection of cassette-or-record-style plastic cards with album art and NFC tags, and hook it up to a speaker, so I can place my album on a pedestal and it sta…

What app do you have on your phone to do this?

I use "NFC Tools" to write the URL, which I copy the album/song URL from Spotify and embed it. When I hold my phone near it, the URL appears in the notifications, and clicking it opens it in Spotify, which then starts playing it. I have a bag of 100 tags I got from a friend so no shortage there.

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by masnick »

joe8756438 wrote: post #13

This rules, high probability I attempt to replicate. I got my 3yo a yoto, which has a similar UX but all audio, highly recommend!

Seconded. The Yoto is great. It also supports arbitrary MP3 assignment to their NFC cards. It’s all proprietary but has been rock solid over multiple years.

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by freddie_mercury »

kdamica wrote: post #29

I was just talking with my wife that that we wish there was a streaming service that made the choices more intentional and limited. Like for each show there should only be one episode available a day. This is definitely in the same spirit. Love the idea and implementation!

It is not as simple as some other service already set up but you might look into ErsatzTV which attempts to make streaming more like old school TV channels where you watch whatever is on at 8:30am instead of picking like at a buffet.

So you could set it up so that Bluey is only on at 3pm for 30 minutes a day, or whatever.

I've thought about setting it up for my kids (and wife) but haven't done it yet.

Re: An NFC movie library for my kids

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Post by fragmede »

sodality2 wrote: post #47
SamBam wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What app do you have on your phone to do this?

I use "NFC Tools" to write the URL, which I copy the album/song URL from Spotify and embed it. When I hold my phone near it, the URL appears in the notifications, and clicking it opens it in Spotify, which then starts playing it. I have a bag of 100 tags I got from a friend so no shortage there.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nfc-tools/id1252962749 is the one I use.
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