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Show HN: Watch talks from hacker conferences like a TV channel

32 points by synack 15y ago

przemoc 15y ago
Nice idea, but lacks some additional control, that would allow switching videos in less random fashion. Floating infobox (obviously hideable one) would help here a bit too. Infobox could have also a real-time generated schedule, i.e. tv guide, queuing some shows and showing estimated time required to watch them (and recalcing it on forced change).
wccrawford 15y ago
I've actually been wanting to find more programming talks I'm interested in lately... Unfortunately, by hacker, you didn't mean programmer. :( Still, nice idea. I could wish for a way to choose what to watch other than hitting 'next' and hoping, though.
- simonw 15y ago
  Have you seen the collection we're building up on Lanyrd? We have over 3,700 talk videos now, plenty of which are about programming. You can search our video collection here: http://lanyrd.com/video http://lanyrd.com/video
  - wccrawford 15y ago
    I hadn't. Thanks!
  - sp332 15y ago
    Do the videos have to be uploaded by a conference organizer, or could I add a bunch of talks from CCC in Berlin? They're Creative Commons licensed, but I'm not associated with the conference myself.
- ww520 15y ago
  Here are some tech related Topchan.tv channels. The GoogleTechTalks channel has some pretty good programming talks. GoogleTechTalks http://www.topchan.tv/show/public1/265 http://www.topchan.tv/show/public1/265 TED http://www.topchan.tv/show/public1/264 http://www.topchan.tv/show/public1/264 twit, tech talk shows http://www.topchan.tv/show/public1/117 http://www.topchan.tv/show/public1/117
deweller 15y ago
Love the idea of curating some good hacker (or programming) talks. I'd love to something more along the lines of: Watch talks from hacker conferences like a DVR
fybren 15y ago
Same creator as http://tedchannel.tv http://tedchannel.tv (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3049681 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3049681)?
- synack 15y ago
  Steve's my drinking buddy... He shared some of the code with me, yes :-)
  - fybren 15y ago
    Cool :)
JoshTriplett 15y ago
"You don’t have Flash installed, which you need to play videos. This is out of our control. Sorry about that." Sigh. "You don't have Flash installed": True. "which you need to play videos": Incorrect. "This is out of our control": Incorrect. "Sorry about that": Probably not.
- synack 15y ago
  YouTube's JavaScript API currently does not support HTML5. http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/js_api_reference.html#Requirements http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/js_api_reference.html#Re...

32 points by synack 15y ago

Nice idea, but lacks some additional control, that would allow switching videos in less random fashion. Floating infobox (obviously hideable one) would help here a bit too. Infobox could have also a real-time generated schedule, i.e. tv guide, queuing some shows and showing estimated time required to watch them (and recalcing it on forced change).

wccrawford 15y ago

I've actually been wanting to find more programming talks I'm interested in lately... Unfortunately, by hacker, you didn't mean programmer. :( Still, nice idea. I could wish for a way to choose what to watch other than hitting 'next' and hoping, though.

simonw 15y ago
Have you seen the collection we're building up on Lanyrd? We have over 3,700 talk videos now, plenty of which are about programming. You can search our video collection here: http://lanyrd.com/video http://lanyrd.com/video
- wccrawford 15y ago
  I hadn't. Thanks!
- sp332 15y ago
  Do the videos have to be uploaded by a conference organizer, or could I add a bunch of talks from CCC in Berlin? They're Creative Commons licensed, but I'm not associated with the conference myself.
ww520 15y ago
Here are some tech related Topchan.tv channels. The GoogleTechTalks channel has some pretty good programming talks. GoogleTechTalks http://www.topchan.tv/show/public1/265 http://www.topchan.tv/show/public1/265 TED http://www.topchan.tv/show/public1/264 http://www.topchan.tv/show/public1/264 twit, tech talk shows http://www.topchan.tv/show/public1/117 http://www.topchan.tv/show/public1/117

deweller 15y ago

Love the idea of curating some good hacker (or programming) talks. I'd love to something more along the lines of: Watch talks from hacker conferences like a DVR

fybren 15y ago

Same creator as http://tedchannel.tv http://tedchannel.tv (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3049681 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3049681)?

synack 15y ago
Steve's my drinking buddy... He shared some of the code with me, yes :-)
- fybren 15y ago
  Cool :)

JoshTriplett 15y ago

"You don’t have Flash installed, which you need to play videos. This is out of our control. Sorry about that." Sigh. "You don't have Flash installed": True. "which you need to play videos": Incorrect. "This is out of our control": Incorrect. "Sorry about that": Probably not.

synack 15y ago
YouTube's JavaScript API currently does not support HTML5. http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/js_api_reference.html#Requirements http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/js_api_reference.html#Re...