Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'll email you about tech* woops
can I read about the tech as well?
Also interested!
Could someone maybe elaborate publically, it seems like something people are interested in :)
Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter
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Re: Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter
#82Great job with this. Very useful. The only issue I see is that Google may sue over domain/trademark issues. Facebook has done this to many sites for using "fb" in their domains. While you're getting lots of attention, you may want to offer a browser plugin/extension/bookmarklet that interfaces with the site (have the bookmarklet use a domain less likely to be contested) so that you can keep momentum going if they happen to take your domain.
Re: Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter
#83I love it. You should probably get another domain though for the imminent C&D
Definitely :3. Any suggestions?
A few names still available:
mkgif.com
gifjam.com
gifit.org
gifr.info
gifry.net
yougif.net or .org
Also, you can still keep your url-based usability with a name like this. Instead of telling people "just add gif to the beginning of the domain", tell them "just add .gifjam.com to the end of the domain". Bonus: you can then easily extend to other video sites.
Re: Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter
#84Re: Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter
#85Excellent job! I love url hacking =). I still frequently type "repeat" after "youtube" in order to loop songs, but I probably wouldn't bother to cut and paste the url into a third party site.
One of the inspirations :')
Along those same lines, if you feel like doing some related hackery, I'd love to see a youtube video (and audio) reverser. Sometimes people stick reversed audio in their videos, and I'd like to hear it played back the right way around; right now, I do that via youtube-dl and audacity, which is a pain. As far as I can tell, there aren't any reverse video players around at all.
Re: Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter
#86http://makeagif.com/youtube-to-gif
Surface UI really does make all the difference.
Interestingly, makeagif also has trouble with vevo vids.
Re: Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter
#87Great job with this. Very useful. The only issue I see is that Google may sue over domain/trademark issues. Facebook has done this to many sites for using "fb" in their domains. While you're getting lots of attention, you may want to offer a browser plugin/extension/bookmarklet that interfaces with the site (have the bookmarklet use a domain less likely to be contested) so that you can keep momentum going if they hap…
Definitely; great advice. Thank you downandout :D
Re: Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter
#88This looks great!! Thanks. Coub.com has great ui for user selecting precise in/out points. http://www.infinitelooper.com/?v=WThZsGOVkbk&p=n#/458;464 lets you select LOOP in/out right in URL. But neither make GIF, so easy to cut and paste. Feature request: please enable preview of youtube loop right in your url like gifyoutube.com/y0ut0oo0biD&loop=123.4;5.67 where first number is 'start time' then second number is 'le…
I love the feature request! We'll definitely try to implement this (maybe after captions?)
File size is something we want to do as well. Working with smallest webm available, but still want the gif size to be smaller
Re: Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter
#89Looks like it's getting crushed with traffic, so I can't even check it out.
But one key feature for me would be the ability to add text to various frames/time ranges. That would make creating GIFs that actually say stuff you can read much easier.