ViddyJam
Creative
music video discovery
SHOW HN2010
37points
29comments
#49of 370 in 2010
Top 14%of 2010 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
4 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 10 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score -0.26.
Performance: 0 for, 7 againstDesign: 2 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good discovery of unfamiliar videos and recommendations
From 2 comments
Great idea! I actually found some nice video's I haven't seen in 25 years.and the recommendations are fantastic! Keyboard shortcuts obviously; arrow keys and space bar so I can…
fsiefken on HNSo, I moved to the Bay Area a few months ago and have been looking for work. In my copious free time I worked on this fun little project. There are such a huge number of great…
iloveyouocean on HN
Nice lowered-lights stream feel
From 1 comment
Love the "lower the lights" feel when in stream. I'd like to have a link to the specific channel (possibly the combination of artist/song?) that i'm currently listening to in the…
jianshen on HN
Objections
Search fails for some artists or returns odd results
From 3 comments
Thanks so much for the feedback. 1) I personally like the 'Google search box' method more than suggested artists, but I will definitely implement it and see what happens. Also,…
iloveyouocean on HNThe band Tool sounds nothing like Lovemongers, but Lovemongers is what I got when I typed Tool. could be cool if it worked consistently.
inkaudio on HNLike it! However it didn't find me anything for Weezer, surprised. When typing, it felt really laggy, lots of JavaScript going on? When I hit Donate, it opened in the current…
tim_iles on HN
Controls hidden until hover and hard to use; no easy next-video flow
From 2 comments
Looks neat. Couple suggestions: 1. Add some suggested artists that let me click and immediately start watching/listening. You want to demonstrate the value asap, so anything you…
huangm on HNI noticed that when trying to change the artist name while watching a video that the UI disappears when the mouse stops moving, so I can't see what I'm typing in the search box.
Osiris on HN
Does not work on iPad
From 1 comment
Great idea. Didn't work on iPad.
geekfactor on HN
Many results show static cover art instead of videos
From 2 comments
im getting a lot of static cover art : ( Very cool app though
jasonwilk on HNYouVJ looks nice. There are many songs that do not, and never will, have a 'real' music video. Even songs that do have official music videos are often not allowed to be…
iloveyouocean on HN
Requests
Keyboard shortcuts
From 2 comments
Looks neat. Couple suggestions: 1. Add some suggested artists that let me click and immediately start watching/listening. You want to demonstrate the value asap, so anything you…
huangm on HNGreat idea! I actually found some nice video's I haven't seen in 25 years.and the recommendations are fantastic! Keyboard shortcuts obviously; arrow keys and space bar so I can…
fsiefken on HN
Suggested artists to start from
From 2 comments
Looks neat. Couple suggestions: 1. Add some suggested artists that let me click and immediately start watching/listening. You want to demonstrate the value asap, so anything you…
huangm on HNSeems like a great idea but I agree strongly with point 1 here. As retarded as it is it took me 20s just to remember Lady Gaga's name. Why not just start playing a video with the…
petenixey on HN
Autocomplete in search
From 1 comment
Autocomplete!
ryanjmo on HN
Option to show only real music videos
From 1 comment
YouVJ looks nice. There are many songs that do not, and never will, have a 'real' music video. Even songs that do have official music videos are often not allowed to be…
iloveyouocean on HN
Better recommendation algorithm
From 2 comments
It may be too early to complain about the recommendation system, but I think you should invest some more time on a good one.
kunjaan on HNNope, not too early, but it says they are pulling data from last.fm, Never used last.fm, but it's seems like their system is not as good as pandora or jango.com
inkaudio on HN
Questions
Can results be limited to real music videos rather than audio with images?
From 1 comment
Can you sort for music videos as opposed to static images with audio? I attempted to tackle this problem with youvj.com (a weekend project of mine) a while ago, filtering for…
notphilatall on HN
Can a link to the current channel be shared?
From 2 comments
Love the "lower the lights" feel when in stream. I'd like to have a link to the specific channel (possibly the combination of artist/song?) that i'm currently listening to in the…
jianshen on HNYou can use the 'Get Link' button to get a link to the current video, which will then be used to seed a channel if someone follows it. Perhaps we can make that clearer.
iloveyouocean on HN
Alternatives named
Last.fm-based tv.timbormans.com
From 1 comment
I discovered another site that does exactly the same thing but with seemingly better algorithms for pulling the Last.fm data. The site: http://tv.timbormans.com/ was developed in…
inkaudio on HN
Pandora and Jango
From 2 comments
It may be too early to complain about the recommendation system, but I think you should invest some more time on a good one.
kunjaan on HNNope, not too early, but it says they are pulling data from last.fm, Never used last.fm, but it's seems like their system is not as good as pandora or jango.com
inkaudio on HN
youvj.com
From 1 comment
Can you sort for music videos as opposed to static images with audio? I attempted to tackle this problem with youvj.com (a weekend project of mine) a while ago, filtering for…
notphilatall on HN