Framebase.io
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video api service
SHOW HN2013
205points
53comments
#70of 1,739 in 2013
Top 5%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
7 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 13 critical, out of 33 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.
Execution: 1 for, 8 againstPricing: 2 for, 3 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea for a developer video service
From 3 comments
Was just hoping for something like this. Totally genius -- awesome work guys!
ajaymehta on HNGosh, this is amazing. I'd love to see a framework like this for audio.
sroerick on HNI'm wondering is there a similar service for audio?
hamxiaoz on HN
Free trial with data export is appealing
From 1 comment
"All plans come with a free 30-day no-risk trial. We won't ask for your billing information until your trial ends. If you're not satisfied, you can export your data at any time."…
hmottestad on HN
Objections
Per-minute pricing is expensive for high-volume users
From 3 comments
Awesome product, but holy shit are you guys expensive for anyone who does volume. 3000 'minutes' uploaded for $200 ? Tell me thats a monthly allowance and not a one time fee? You…
nothxbro on HNI was making a video CV recruitment based Startup. We used the API from Youtube and were thinking of changing to a paid plataform. We had to options, Framey.com and framebase.io.…
dudurocha on HNWell, I disagree. The per video or per MB pricing model is a huge disadvantage for businesses which know their videos will be short or high res input.
akoumjian on HN
Flash recorder breaks in Chrome with Pepper and Retina displays
From 3 comments
I love the idea of this service; was just discussing the need for something like this last week (was looking at the Youtube Upload Widget). I was sad when I went to record a test…
aantix on HNThe big problem with recording any kind of video or audio on the web is Flash. It's a nightmare with well-known _major_ bugs in Chrome (good luck clicking on "Allow" if you're a…
abless on HNI disabled Pepper, and now it says: Error: Your version of Flash has a bug with Retina displays which makes recording impossible.
beggi on HN
Ad blockers break the recorder
From 2 comments
AdBlock just killed all your examples on Google Chrome, guys.
meerita on HNIt is. I paused/deactivated AdBlock and it worked perfectly.
meerita on HN
Requests
Support audio recording
From 2 comments
Gosh, this is amazing. I'd love to see a framework like this for audio.
sroerick on HNI'm wondering is there a similar service for audio?
hamxiaoz on HN
Use getUserMedia/WebRTC instead of Flash
From 2 comments
Looks neat. Could be a service i will use in the future. Only thing i noticed is that you use flash to record the videos. In my case, this is broken because of the peper flash…
Wouter33 on HNHi! Thanks so much for your support. Our recording is currently still in beta right now, but we're coding so fast that are hands our virtually bleeding. We're looking to…
vu0tran on HN
Mobile and iOS SDK support
From 2 comments
I would love such a service for mobile platforms. Any plan to go beyond browsers?
MasterScrat on HNI love projects like these. In a few minutes I can have some advanced functionality and make myself look way smarter than I am. Just a thought for the future, perhaps come up…
xauronx on HN
Free plan for open-source projects
From 1 comment
Have you considered a free plan for open-source projects? Allowing folks to record screencasts and contribute them as video tutorials to help new users get up and running on…
SnowLprd on HN
Questions
Does it transcode to H.264 and create m3u8 HLS playlists?
From 1 comment
I need details of your transcoding and streaming capabilities. Specifically, can you transcode well known formats to h.264 at various output resolutions and then create m3u8…
ianstallings on HN
Is pricing one-time or monthly?
From 2 comments
Great idea for a service to alleviate the pain of video uploads (& more)! One thing that should be clear from the Pricing page but is missing though: one-time, monthly or yearly…
istvanp on HNAwesome product, but holy shit are you guys expensive for anyone who does volume. 3000 'minutes' uploaded for $200 ? Tell me thats a monthly allowance and not a one time fee? You…
nothxbro on HN
Alternatives named
YouTube API
From 2 comments
Youtube has an API that is free, and it's pretty good.
dudurocha on HNWhat's wrong with using youtube for this purpose?
glitch273 on HN
Zencoder, Transloadit, Pandastream
From 1 comment
"hey I see you played a video... here's a CTA" ... there are some alert()'s lying around in your "cases"... guessing they were meant to be removed :) Is the USP here the video…
chrisfarms on HN
Framey.com
From 1 comment
I was making a video CV recruitment based Startup. We used the API from Youtube and were thinking of changing to a paid plataform. We had to options, Framey.com and framebase.io.…
dudurocha on HN