Hulu With Me
Consumer and social
shared video watching
SHOW HN2012
67points
25comments
#354of 1,677 in 2012
Top 22%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
8 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.48.
Idea: 6 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for friends apart; wanted this idea
From 3 comments
Thanks. I've got a friend who moved across the country. I've been looking for something like this for a long time. Recently we've been using synchtube (http://www.synchtube.com/)…
bobisme on HNI just sent this to my girlfriend, who is in China this summer while I'm in California. I'd actually been considering the best way to do something like this, so this will be…
azylman on HNThis is exactly what I was searching for this morning! Thanks :) Edit: also, the slanted screenshots above the steps (1, 2, 3) create an uncomfortable optical illusion that the…
sp332 on HN
Clever execution of syncing ads and playback
From 3 comments
That was the hard part :) I keep track of where everyone is in commercials. If you finish early, the video is paused and it says you're waiting for the other person to finish. As…
gkoberger on HNWow, this is neat! Hulu should hire you immediately. This sort of thing gets shown at every Netflix hack day. It's technically very doable; my three-year-old out-of-date memories…
kentbrew on HNWell done! I worked on an Android/Node app a few months ago that also uses socket.io to do the same thing (synchronize video playback among a set of users). I was impressed at…
electrozoic on HN
Objections
Netflix support is missing for technical and licensing reasons
From 2 comments
Wow, this is neat! Hulu should hire you immediately. This sort of thing gets shown at every Netflix hack day. It's technically very doable; my three-year-old out-of-date memories…
kentbrew on HNThanks. I've got a friend who moved across the country. I've been looking for something like this for a long time. Recently we've been using synchtube (http://www.synchtube.com/)…
bobisme on HN
Sync drifts after commercials and glitches
From 1 comment
How does it work with ads? For example, if I get a 30s ad and the other person gets a 60s ad, does it still sync up? I watch shows like this (on hulu, hbo go, netflix) w/ my SO…
rgarcia on HN
Requests
Support Netflix
From 2 comments
Thanks. I've got a friend who moved across the country. I've been looking for something like this for a long time. Recently we've been using synchtube (http://www.synchtube.com/)…
bobisme on HNWow, this is neat! Hulu should hire you immediately. This sort of thing gets shown at every Netflix hack day. It's technically very doable; my three-year-old out-of-date memories…
kentbrew on HN
Support any web video
From 1 comment
I love this idea. I wish this could be expanded to any video on the web. That would be great!
twodayslate on HN
Questions
How does sync work with differing ad lengths
From 2 comments
How does it work with ads? For example, if I get a 30s ad and the other person gets a 60s ad, does it still sync up? I watch shows like this (on hulu, hbo go, netflix) w/ my SO…
rgarcia on HNThat was the hard part :) I keep track of where everyone is in commercials. If you finish early, the video is paused and it says you're waiting for the other person to finish. As…
gkoberger on HN
Is it done by capturing the stream at TCP level
From 2 comments
Is this done by capturing the multimedia stream at the TCP level (with node_pcap)?
Toshio on HNHulu phones home every time anything happens, so I use the add-on to watch for new activity and send it to Node. The Node server is actually pretty dumb -- it just adds people to…
gkoberger on HN
Alternatives named
SynchTube
From 2 comments
Thanks. I've got a friend who moved across the country. I've been looking for something like this for a long time. Recently we've been using synchtube (http://www.synchtube.com/)…
bobisme on HNI'm pretty sure this is already possible with hangouts? Or you could use SynchTube with or without hangouts.
sp332 on HN
Google Hangouts
From 2 comments
Something like this would've been possible through Hangouts if Google bought Hulu, but that didn't happen.
mtgx on HNI'm pretty sure this is already possible with hangouts? Or you could use SynchTube with or without hangouts.
sp332 on HN