Did anybody else read "Box Acquiring Steam" at first?
Yes, but then I realized that wouldn't make much sense so I forced myself to read each letter :)
Box Acquiring Streem (YC S12)
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Re: Box Acquiring Streem (YC S12)
#22That is some interesting stuff. I had to shut off Dropbox sync when it literally filled my hard drive. It sounds like Steem just caches virtual files that link to remote data. I'm curious to see it in action.
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#23And to further optimize the experience and support low-bandwidth environments, Streem has developed enhanced video and media streaming technology to ensure content is accessible from the cloud as fast as it is locally. How is this technically possible?
They've developed a new compression algorithm with a Weissman score of 5.2.
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#24And to further optimize the experience and support low-bandwidth environments, Streem has developed enhanced video and media streaming technology to ensure content is accessible from the cloud as fast as it is locally. How is this technically possible?
We built an on-demand adaptive bitrate video transcoder that works with HLS. So it's able to fluctuate the quality and size of the video being streamed server-side before sending it down to the client. In a low-bandwidth environment, the quality decreases automatically so that the video streams without any lag. It's similar to how Netflix does their streaming.
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#25And to further optimize the experience and support low-bandwidth environments, Streem has developed enhanced video and media streaming technology to ensure content is accessible from the cloud as fast as it is locally. How is this technically possible?
They've developed a new compression algorithm with a Weissman score of 5.2.
So the purchase price was above 10m? They turned that down when salesforce offered..
Re: Box Acquiring Streem (YC S12)
#26Another "our incredible journey": > we want to thank our beta testers for their helpful feedback, our amazing investors for believing in us from the start, and our friends and family for supporting us through the ride.
We really wanted to make the list :)
Do you have to include the literal phrase "our incredible journey" in the acquisition or shutdown announcement to be eligible?
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#27And to further optimize the experience and support low-bandwidth environments, Streem has developed enhanced video and media streaming technology to ensure content is accessible from the cloud as fast as it is locally. How is this technically possible?
We built an on-demand adaptive bitrate video transcoder that works with HLS. So it's able to fluctuate the quality and size of the video being streamed server-side before sending it down to the client. In a low-bandwidth environment, the quality decreases automatically so that the video streams without any lag. It's similar to how Netflix does their streaming.
If you are using FFMPEG for this, would you care to share your hack ?
Re: Box Acquiring Streem (YC S12)
#28HUGE congrats to Ritik & team. Also, the other good news is that 2pac is back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7900763
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#29(Streem co-founder here) Small clerical error - we were actually YC S12, not W14 :).
As someone who signed up on the waiting list but haven't received an invite. Will I have a chance to experience your product at all?
Re: Box Acquiring Streem (YC S12)
#30(Streem co-founder here) Small clerical error - we were actually YC S12, not W14 :).
On your linkedin profile you claim you have 13 yrs of experience. Then you also graduated from highschool in 2010. So by common logic in 2010 , when you were 17 yrs old , you had 9 yrs of experience ? ( assuming linked profile is reflecting recent experience )
Is this some kind of joke or ponzi scheme ?