Vintage Cartoons
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vintage cartoon streaming
SHOW HN2013
32points
18comments
#748of 1,739 in 2013
Top 44%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
4 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun and wonderful hack
From 3 comments
This is wonderful! One of the best hacks I have seen in a long time. I guess you may want to improve video response time though.
denzil_correa on HNYou just added a good bit of fun to my day, thank you. I don't remember receiving that many channels on a TV like that, though!
furyofantares on HNFun! Thank you for this. I just wanted to watch this fullscreen so, here is a simple oneliner to do that with mplayer from the CLI. https://gist.github.com/anonymous/5841739
Bjoern on HN
Objections
Video loading is slow
From 2 comments
This is wonderful! One of the best hacks I have seen in a long time. I guess you may want to improve video response time though.
denzil_correa on HNThanks a lot! These comments make it worth hacking that stuff together! :) We will continue improving the site, but the actually stream the videos from archive.org, so maybe we…
dittes on HN
Did not render on iOS Safari
From 1 comment
Sounds great, doesn't render on iOS Safari: fragment of border, video unsupported. ETA: whole frame in portrait orientation, half in landscape (doesn't show on scrolling). Still…
ctdonath on HN
Contained offensive racist content
From 2 comments
contains offensive and racist "vintage" content -- "Confederate Honey"
ajstarks on HNoh, that one slipped through the vetting process. It is removed now
hecht on HN
Requests
Fullscreen playback
From 2 comments
Fun! Thank you for this. I just wanted to watch this fullscreen so, here is a simple oneliner to do that with mplayer from the CLI. https://gist.github.com/anonymous/5841739
Bjoern on HNHaha! Awesome! We actually will try to implement full screen aswell. But you're faster... :)
dittes on HN
Native iOS app with offline storage
From 1 comment
This is cool. Now, make this into a universal iOS app and allow me to IAP videos so they're stored locally in the app. You will make money on parents who need a way to keep a…
callmeed on HN
Questions
Is that all the content there is?
From 2 comments
I'm only getting Felix the Cat and Popeye, is that all there is here?
mparramon on HNActually we just have a bunch of videos right now, but it should be more than just those. You can use the chrome knob on the TV to switch to the next...
dittes on HN
Are the videos public domain?
From 2 comments
This is cool. Now, make this into a universal iOS app and allow me to IAP videos so they're stored locally in the app. You will make money on parents who need a way to keep a…
callmeed on HNThey are and perhaps there will be a phone version in two weeks. We still need a project for our next 4 hour venture...
hecht on HN