bef.no
Consumer and social
internet radio
SHOW HN2021
238points
117comments
#169of 2,533 in 2021
Top 7%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
6 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 36 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.
Idea: 2 for, 3 againstPricing: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Tactile buttons are great for accessibility
From 2 comments
+1 for tactile buttons! Through our work at GoGoGrandparent.com (a service that helps older adults and people living with disabilities use Uber/Lyft, grocery services, meal…
justinboogaard on HNThe photo is much higher resolution than it appears to be: http://bef.no/radio/Photo3.jpg Those buttons look great, and this is a very thoughtful idea.
tyingq on HN
Thoughtful and wholesome project
From 2 comments
Very wholesome :) Good way of staying in your MIL good graces too lol
Havoc on HNBig kudos to you for supporting mother-in-law!
gesman on HN
Objections
Stream Deck is expensive for this purpose
From 2 comments
the solution involves buying a 100 euro product with 6 customizable buttons (cool product but expensive). Anyone know of cheaper alternatives for a keyboard buttonset (between 4…
Tarsul on HNWell, he could have bought an actual wifi capable radio for around half the price of a Stream Deck. (Unless, of course, he already had the latter device.) It's an existing product.
atleta on HN
Site is broken over HTTPS
From 1 comment
FYI - access to the site via HTTPS is broken, which makes it hard to access on browsers with https-only mode enabled.
seba_dos1 on HN
Requests
Use a dedicated player or VLC for streams
From 2 comments
If the author is reading this, you've hit/stumbled on "HTTP Live Streaming" radios which are sort of the next evolution of classic Shoutcast/Icecast generated streams. There are…
stonesweep on HNInstead of mucking about to get Chrome to play various streaming formats - author could have launched VLC instead. VLC will play any URL you throw at it. I have completed the…
sangnoir on HN
Questions
Cheaper alternatives to a Stream Deck button set
From 1 comment
the solution involves buying a 100 euro product with 6 customizable buttons (cool product but expensive). Anyone know of cheaper alternatives for a keyboard buttonset (between 4…
Tarsul on HN
Alternatives named
Stream Deck
From 2 comments
That's clever as hell. The StreamDeck is really just programmable buttons that can be used for anything.
ChrisMarshallNY on HNWell, he could have bought an actual wifi capable radio for around half the price of a Stream Deck. (Unless, of course, he already had the latter device.) It's an existing product.
atleta on HN
Mopidy
From 1 comment
Even even easier: hack an existing radio, have its buttons interact with a raspberry pi and use mopidy on that raspi: https://mopidy.com/
rakoo on HN
Radio Garden
From 1 comment
I have a standalone internet radio device because I also wanted buttons. To find streams I usually use Radio Garden: http://radio.garden Use the network inspector while browsing…
keyrat on HN