Watch
Creative
video streaming
SHOW HN2017
35points
22comments
#975of 2,242 in 2017
Top 44%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
4 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Execution: 1 for, 4 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Easy to use; searching inside the program saves finding magnet links
From 2 comments
For starters, ease of use? With Peerflix you need to find your own magnet URL to stream. With Watch, you can search inside the program.
napworth on HNJust ran it and tested it then. Can confirm that it does everything it says on the tin - Just had GOTG2 running in a matter of seconds. Bravo, this one I'm keeping.
King-Aaron on HN
Objections
Crashes on Node versions and Windows install errors reported
From 4 comments
Node - v8.2.1 OS - Ubuntu 16 This happens on anything that I try to stream (consistently about 5 minutes in) and happened on both Ubuntu and MacOS (node:26340)…
mikodin on HNI'm running Node 5.5, it doesn't work because of syntax quibbles. You should add the engine requirements to your package.json file so npm would alert the user beforehand.
fiatjaf on HNwatch ? What do you want to watch? Un Chien Andalou Command failed: ./node_modules/.bin/magnet --rows 10 "Un Chien Andalou" '.' is not recognized as an internal or external…
rendall on HNGetting the exact same thing... Happens in both Powershell and CMD prompt. Node -v 8.4.0 x64 Win 10 Pro
Garvey on HN
Requests
Suggestions for a better name
From 1 comment
Thanks for the info. If somebody have any cool idea for a new name I'll be happy to hear that.
fabiospampinato on HN
Questions
How does it differ from Peerflix
From 1 comment
Peerflix[0] has existed for years now. In what ways is this project superior? https://github.com/mafintosh/peerflix [0]
aphextron on HN
Alternatives named
Peerflix
From 1 comment
Peerflix[0] has existed for years now. In what ways is this project superior? https://github.com/mafintosh/peerflix [0]
aphextron on HN
popcorntime-cli
From 1 comment
So, popcorntime-cli?
bradknowles on HN