GIFyoutube
Creative
gif creation
SHOW HN2014
577points
181comments
#11of 2,272 in 2014
Top 1%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
21 positive, 43 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 18 critical, out of 88 comments about the project. Thread score +0.05.
Idea: 5 for, 6 againstExecution: 4 for, 5 againstDesign: 2 for, 5 againstPerformance: 2 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, fast and easy to use
From 4 comments
Worked good...I'm amazed it hasn't been crashed from being top on Hacker News Oo It mentioned queueing work and things like that, must be impressively well written to not just…
lnanek2 on HN+1 simplicity!
chenster on HNI had the SAME idea after seeing not-so-good options out there. Great job! I am interested on how you did this. The conversion speed is really quick!
mac1175 on HNThis is awesome. Less than a minute to create this: https://www.gifyoutube.com/gif/kWm
michaelq on HN
Objections
Server overloaded, conversions stall or fail under traffic
From 3 comments
Very nice. If this had a simple way to add timed annotations ("#ann=top,10s,18.3s,SomeText" or similar), that'd be absurdly useful. What technology did you build this with? What…
JoshTriplett on HNCool idea, interface looks nice, but I never actually managed to convert anything. I guess it's because the server is hammered right now.
im3w1l on HNLooks like it's getting crushed with traffic, so I can't even check it out. But one key feature for me would be the ability to add text to various frames/time ranges. That would…
archon810 on HN
Domain name uses YouTube trademark and risks legal action
From 3 comments
Great job with this. Very useful. The only issue I see is that Google may sue over domain/trademark issues. Facebook has done this to many sites for using "fb" in their domains.…
downandout on HNI love it. You should probably get another domain though for the imminent C&D
mesozoic on HNReally cool but wonder how youtube's legal department will react to having youtube in the domain name let alone copyright claims. What are you using for the queue?
notastartup on HN
Animated background and page design feel dodgy
From 2 comments
The presentation of the page ("copy pasta z", the fullscreen gif background, the popup in the middle, the banner in the top left) all strike me as being dodgy/malicious and from…
NamTaf on HNReally great idea. A little feedback: the huge animating background is really distracting. It also doesn't play well with click-to-play flash blockers.
robszumski on HN
Requests
Add text captions or annotations to GIFs
From 2 comments
Very nice. If this had a simple way to add timed annotations ("#ann=top,10s,18.3s,SomeText" or similar), that'd be absurdly useful. What technology did you build this with? What…
JoshTriplett on HNLooks like it's getting crushed with traffic, so I can't even check it out. But one key feature for me would be the ability to add text to various frames/time ranges. That would…
archon810 on HN
Select end time directly on the video
From 1 comment
I like that you can choose the starting time directly in the video. But I'd like to choose the finishing time in the video too. (I wouldn't remove the option to choose starting…
gus_massa on HN
Export to WebM or MediaCrush
From 2 comments
This is really cool. And I hate to be that guy, especially so early. But wouldn't it be easier on both networking and cpu to convert it to a webm?
valarauca1 on HNAre you willing to add a way to easily export to Mediacrush (https://mediacru.sh)? Would be super useful.
scrollaway on HN
Questions
What technology is used to build it
From 3 comments
Very nice. If this had a simple way to add timed annotations ("#ann=top,10s,18.3s,SomeText" or similar), that'd be absurdly useful. What technology did you build this with? What…
JoshTriplett on HNWow, talk about a really small world! OP (RoryGlyphic) are you the guy who sent me a text message asking if I'd want to get involved with making a YouTube-to-Gif site…
lelandbatey on HNReally good idea and well executed. Would you mind saying a few words behind the code? Do you scrape the whole video, or just the part requested? And is the conversion to gif a…
innguest on HN
Alternatives named
gfycat
From 1 comment
Now I only need to send that link to http://www.gfycat.com/ for it to load fast. Full circle!
Shorel on HN
makeagif
From 1 comment
http://makeagif.com/youtube-to-gif Surface UI really does make all the difference. Interestingly, makeagif also has trouble with vevo vids.
judk on HN
MediaCrush
From 1 comment
If you want to convert GIFs to WebM/MP4/etc you might want to check out the MediaCrush[1] code. Or just use https://mediacru.sh, which is and always will be free. [1]:…
jdiez17 on HN