Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter

Post by RoryGlyphic » Sat, Aug 16, 2014, 11:55 PM UTC

jdiez17 wrote: post #18

RoryGlyphic wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Absolutely! We actually made a webm version (that's the smallest size to date and the fastest to create), but just wanted to perfect GIF creation and get some captions on the system early before introducing webm. Maybe we should reverse that?

If you want to convert GIFs to WebM/MP4/etc you might want to check out the MediaCrush[1] code. Or just use https://mediacru.sh , which is and always will be free. [1]: https://github.com/mediacrush/mediacrush

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Aug 16, 2014, 11:58 PM UTC

RoryGlyphic wrote: post #32

lotharbot wrote: post #30

As an amateur sportswriter, I expect to be using this a LOT during the upcoming season -- provided there aren't any legal issues with the youtube name, copyright on clips, etc. Took like 15 seconds to make http://share.gifyoutube.com/lcD.gif (a game-winning shot from a couple seasons back).

Thank you lotharbot ^_^. We appreciate it! Great GIF btw

Post by paul_f » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 12:00 AM UTC

RoryGlyphic wrote: post #12

notastartup wrote: post #8

Really cool but wonder how youtube's legal department will react to having youtube in the domain name let alone copyright claims. What are you using for the queue?

Plan was to get a different domain (suggestions?) and fwd it but still have the GYT functionality I'm not 100% sure if youtube minds. Someone from youtube actually put it on one of their videos (a button for it), and then said youtube community department were having fun and spreading it around We don't use a 3rd party queueing software ^_^.

Post by 1qaz2wsx3edc » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 12:04 AM UTC

mesozoic wrote: post #33

I love it. You should probably get another domain though for the imminent C&D

Post by RoryGlyphic » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 12:16 AM UTC

bkd wrote: post #48

My videos get stretched from 4x3 to 16:9 (they're stuff I've transferred from film). Example: TcoLoIcxCRg