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Show HN: Denso - An Instapaper for Video

30 points by stuti90 15y ago

So I came across this really cool new service that works like Instapaper for video, and thought I'd share it with HN. Just got my invite today and I've been LOVING it so far. It lets me discover videos, bookmark them and watch offline on my iPad or iPhone. (My hour long subway rides without internet aren't painful anymore. Phew)

cleverjake 15y ago
Seems like there is a lot of competition in the field http://www.google.com/search?q=instapaper+for+video http://www.google.com/search?q=instapaper+for+video Good luck
samps 15y ago
I think this a great idea, and I've recently noticed a number of people doing things in more or less the same direction. I've been collecting them: * Deja http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/deja/id417625158?mt=8&uo=4 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/deja/id417625158?mt=8&uo=... * Squrl http://www.squrl.com/ http://www.squrl.com/ * Plizy http://plizy.com/ http://plizy.com/ * Showyou http://showyou.com/ http://showyou.com/ * Roadshow http://fetchsoftworks.com/roadshow/ http://fetchsoftworks.com/roadshow/ I even wrote a really simple way to actually use a folder called "Watch Later" in Instapaper as a video queue (only works for paying Instapaper subscribers): http://watchlater.radbox.org/ http://watchlater.radbox.org/ Mine focuses on trying to automatically discover HTML5-capable viewers for use on iOS. Every one is slightly different, and this one looks particularly nice. Thanks for making it -- I look forward to trying it.
- bravura 15y ago
  Does this service, or any of the competitors, actually scrape the video (like pinboard.in does with bookmarks) so you can watch it later, even if the site is taken down? That's something I would pay money for.
  - fox_ 15y ago
    I' m curious about that too.
  - samps 15y ago
    Roadshow (http://fetchsoftworks.com/roadshow/ http://fetchsoftworks.com/roadshow/) lets you download videos to your device. I'm not sure if it's suitable for long-term storage like Pinboard is for web pages, but it might do what you want.
  - voidfiles 15y ago
    None of them support youtube.
  - pchristensen 15y ago
    http://watchlaterapp.com http://watchlaterapp.com can do it. You buy credits ($0.01/min) to download a cached copy (to an ipad, I think you can do web too), but as others have mentioned, not for YouTube.
  - iamclovin 15y ago
    Hey yes we do (including the Big You! ;) We think we have an interesting twist on the way you can get videos on to your iOS devices. We're working really hard polishing up the experience for the user right now, so we'll be sending out invite codes really soon. Thanks everyone for signing up.
    - voidfiles 15y ago
      The nature of the youtube problem isn't technical. Any hacker can figure out how to download a youtube video. The problem is policy. You will get thwarted, shutdown or sued. You can't build a business on top of subverting youtubes TOS. It won't work.
- joebadmo 15y ago
  I used to use boxqueue with Boxee before I got an Apple TV 2 (which I don't use that much, as it turns out). http://boxqueue.appspot.com/ http://boxqueue.appspot.com/ It's a bookmarklet that lets you save videos to watch later on Boxee. Which I liked because I could save videos to watch later on the tv from the couch. It'd be nice if there were some way to get similar functionality on the ATV.
dolinsky 15y ago
Watchlr looks to do the same and more. Gregory Schnese gave a really good presentation at the most recent NYTM event this past Tuesday. You can sign up at http://watchlr.com http://watchlr.com.
- tommoor 15y ago
  seems to require facebook sign up though?
  - dolinsky 15y ago
    Yes, but it's the kind I can appreciate. Instead of a 'hey connect with facebook and then go through my signup process as well' he's using FBConnect as the authentication backend.
sidwyn 15y ago
Doesn't YouTube have a Watch Later button?
- satyamag 15y ago
  Yes they do, but Denso allows you to bookmark across a lot more sources and they also allow you to get your bookmarked videos onto any iOS device using a custom podcast.
- devinfoley 15y ago
  As does Vimeo.
sahillavingia 15y ago
Saw you guys when I was in Singapore. I think this could be pretty cool, it's definitely very pretty already.
- iamclovin 15y ago
  Thanks Sahil, was it at Echelon? I wasn't there during the conference (my teammates were) but glad you like it :)
tommoor 15y ago
Great video, explains the concept clearly. Best of luck
voidfiles 15y ago
These services have some serious barriers to entry. I created one of these, http://wacchen.com http://wacchen.com, I think it was the first. When you search for instapaper for video, the first 2 results mention my app. I am not actively maintaining my thing anymore because I realized there was going to be a hiccup in any wide adoption; Youtube. Youtube does not, and probably will never allow people to download that content. 80% of what most people bookmark are youtube videos. Sure some sites out there can be scrapped, but at best your business will be in murky territory. I wrote about this on my blog as well. http://alexkessinger.net/2010/11/15/why-instapaper-for-video-as-an-ios-app-is-a-long-ways-away/ http://alexkessinger.net/2010/11/15/why-instapaper-for-video... Someone is going to crack this nut, but they will need to figure out the youtube problem.

30 points by stuti90 15y ago

cleverjake 15y ago

Seems like there is a lot of competition in the field http://www.google.com/search?q=instapaper+for+video http://www.google.com/search?q=instapaper+for+video Good luck

samps 15y ago

I think this a great idea, and I've recently noticed a number of people doing things in more or less the same direction. I've been collecting them: * Deja http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/deja/id417625158?mt=8&uo=4 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/deja/id417625158?mt=8&uo=... * Squrl http://www.squrl.com/ http://www.squrl.com/ * Plizy http://plizy.com/ http://plizy.com/ * Showyou http://showyou.com/ http://showyou.com/ * Roadshow http://fetchsoftworks.com/roadshow/ http://fetchsoftworks.com/roadshow/ I even wrote a really simple way to actually use a folder called "Watch Later" in Instapaper as a video queue (only works for paying Instapaper subscribers): http://watchlater.radbox.org/ http://watchlater.radbox.org/ Mine focuses on trying to automatically discover HTML5-capable viewers for use on iOS. Every one is slightly different, and this one looks particularly nice. Thanks for making it -- I look forward to trying it.

bravura 15y ago
Does this service, or any of the competitors, actually scrape the video (like pinboard.in does with bookmarks) so you can watch it later, even if the site is taken down? That's something I would pay money for.
- fox_ 15y ago
  I' m curious about that too.
- samps 15y ago
  Roadshow (http://fetchsoftworks.com/roadshow/ http://fetchsoftworks.com/roadshow/) lets you download videos to your device. I'm not sure if it's suitable for long-term storage like Pinboard is for web pages, but it might do what you want.
- voidfiles 15y ago
  None of them support youtube.
- pchristensen 15y ago
  http://watchlaterapp.com http://watchlaterapp.com can do it. You buy credits ($0.01/min) to download a cached copy (to an ipad, I think you can do web too), but as others have mentioned, not for YouTube.
- iamclovin 15y ago
  Hey yes we do (including the Big You! ;) We think we have an interesting twist on the way you can get videos on to your iOS devices. We're working really hard polishing up the experience for the user right now, so we'll be sending out invite codes really soon. Thanks everyone for signing up.
  - voidfiles 15y ago
    The nature of the youtube problem isn't technical. Any hacker can figure out how to download a youtube video. The problem is policy. You will get thwarted, shutdown or sued. You can't build a business on top of subverting youtubes TOS. It won't work.
joebadmo 15y ago
I used to use boxqueue with Boxee before I got an Apple TV 2 (which I don't use that much, as it turns out). http://boxqueue.appspot.com/ http://boxqueue.appspot.com/ It's a bookmarklet that lets you save videos to watch later on Boxee. Which I liked because I could save videos to watch later on the tv from the couch. It'd be nice if there were some way to get similar functionality on the ATV.

dolinsky 15y ago

Watchlr looks to do the same and more. Gregory Schnese gave a really good presentation at the most recent NYTM event this past Tuesday. You can sign up at http://watchlr.com http://watchlr.com.

tommoor 15y ago
seems to require facebook sign up though?
- dolinsky 15y ago
  Yes, but it's the kind I can appreciate. Instead of a 'hey connect with facebook and then go through my signup process as well' he's using FBConnect as the authentication backend.

sidwyn 15y ago

Doesn't YouTube have a Watch Later button?

satyamag 15y ago
Yes they do, but Denso allows you to bookmark across a lot more sources and they also allow you to get your bookmarked videos onto any iOS device using a custom podcast.
devinfoley 15y ago
As does Vimeo.

sahillavingia 15y ago

Saw you guys when I was in Singapore. I think this could be pretty cool, it's definitely very pretty already.

iamclovin 15y ago
Thanks Sahil, was it at Echelon? I wasn't there during the conference (my teammates were) but glad you like it :)

tommoor 15y ago

Great video, explains the concept clearly. Best of luck

voidfiles 15y ago

These services have some serious barriers to entry. I created one of these, http://wacchen.com http://wacchen.com, I think it was the first. When you search for instapaper for video, the first 2 results mention my app. I am not actively maintaining my thing anymore because I realized there was going to be a hiccup in any wide adoption; Youtube. Youtube does not, and probably will never allow people to download that content. 80% of what most people bookmark are youtube videos. Sure some sites out there can be scrapped, but at best your business will be in murky territory. I wrote about this on my blog as well. http://alexkessinger.net/2010/11/15/why-instapaper-for-video-as-an-ios-app-is-a-long-ways-away/ http://alexkessinger.net/2010/11/15/why-instapaper-for-video... Someone is going to crack this nut, but they will need to figure out the youtube problem.