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ReelSurfer (YC S12) Lets You Clip And Share Video From Any Website

63 points by njoglekar 14y ago

eporrello 14y ago
Congratulations to Neil, Christian and the team! This has been a long time coming and I guess the best way to comment is through a clip: http://reelsurfer.com/watch/clip/share_id/7063/40 http://reelsurfer.com/watch/clip/share_id/7063/40
fancyPantsZero 14y ago
Wait wtf is this??? http://reelsurfer.com/watch/clip/share_id/7096/1 http://reelsurfer.com/watch/clip/share_id/7096/1
laxbrotoib 14y ago
Congrats, I've heard great things about Reel Surfer. Can't wait to use it
mdrakos 14y ago
Congrats Neil and Christian!! Wonderful day for the team.
revorad 14y ago
This is fun. Did you hear about PG's ambitious medical startup idea? - http://www.reelsurfer.com/watch/clip/share_id/7127/390 http://www.reelsurfer.com/watch/clip/share_id/7127/390
- njoglekar 14y ago
  This rocks, thanks for sharing
  - revorad 14y ago
    This is such a fun app. I'm worried it will stop being fun because as a startup you might have to turn it into something not-fun :-(
invalidOrTaken 14y ago
I could see this blowing up if reddit starts using it to replace .gifs. In fact, you could even jumpstart the process by heading over and doing it yourself. Best of luck! And Christian, long time since the library.
- cyang08 14y ago
  Great idea! Yes, it has been a long time. You should make a reel chronicling your adventures since the JM days!
- drewrv 14y ago
  Part of the reason people use gifs is because they're easier to edit and remix.
  - njoglekar 14y ago
    That is part of the mission, giving the average person the power to remix and create.
ameyamk 14y ago
I remember meeting Neil 4 years ago at Stanford's new startups career fair, when they were trying ReelSurfer back then! Its nice to see him stuck to the idea, getting into YC and then launching it on much bigger stage! Now I think about it, I think its incredible, to stick to the idea and follow that passion! Good luck Niel & team.
brady747 14y ago
YAY! Hopefully this fills the void left in my life after the loss of getspool.com...now if only I can cache on my android for viewing on the go..... good luck with reelsurfer
DesaiAshu 14y ago
Awesome idea to have a tl;dr for video!
stephengillie 14y ago
Neat idea! Bug report: I tried to watch this video: http://www.reelsurfer.com/watch/clip/share_id/7127/390 http://www.reelsurfer.com/watch/clip/share_id/7127/390 I use Chrome with the click-to-play-flash setting turned on. With Javascript enabled for your site, I see the "click to play" flash window, but I'm not able to actually click on it. Right clicking gives me the background context menu. Hmm..it didn't work in (vanilla) IE 9 either...
- cyang08 14y ago
  Thanks for taking a look! Interesting point on the click-to-play setting. Does it wok for you without that settings? As for IE9, do you have Flash installed? If not, HTML5 support is coming soon!
  - stephengillie 14y ago
    Another per-site setting "Allow this site to run plug-ins", was still turned off for your site in my browser. After allowing plug-ins, video plays fine in Chrome. And yes, facepalm, flash isn't installed in IE. I'd forgotten it doesn't come with other browsers.
ericchen0121 14y ago
congrats neil. remember this product from a few years ago, and remember being impressed with the audio-to-text technology. glad to see their product launch, ready for primetime. will circulate this around the office as well.
victoro 14y ago
This is just a great concept. It's surprisingly frustrating to try and find relevant movie quotes on YouTube, download them, convert them, clip them, re-convert and upload back. I tried doing this for a funny tumblr I was putting together in my spare time - moviequotesaftersex.tumblr.com/ - and gave up because it was just too time consuming. So good luck to the team and I look forward to using the product, but how will this make money and stay sustainable?
- njoglekar 14y ago
  Awesome, you can embed clips directly into blogs or tumblr so make sure to send me a link so I can check it out - sounds funny. We actually used to sell this as a service so there are some valuable pieces... stay tuned :)
SDboyz 14y ago
definitely could see this being very big in the future! i've been looking for a program like this for a while. keep up the good work and i'm sure this will go far.
- njoglekar 14y ago
  awesome, make a clip and send it to us!

63 points by njoglekar 14y ago

Congratulations to Neil, Christian and the team! This has been a long time coming and I guess the best way to comment is through a clip: http://reelsurfer.com/watch/clip/share_id/7063/40 http://reelsurfer.com/watch/clip/share_id/7063/40

fancyPantsZero 14y ago

Wait wtf is this??? http://reelsurfer.com/watch/clip/share_id/7096/1 http://reelsurfer.com/watch/clip/share_id/7096/1

laxbrotoib 14y ago

Congrats, I've heard great things about Reel Surfer. Can't wait to use it

mdrakos 14y ago

Congrats Neil and Christian!! Wonderful day for the team.

revorad 14y ago

This is fun. Did you hear about PG's ambitious medical startup idea? - http://www.reelsurfer.com/watch/clip/share_id/7127/390 http://www.reelsurfer.com/watch/clip/share_id/7127/390

njoglekar 14y ago
This rocks, thanks for sharing
- revorad 14y ago
  This is such a fun app. I'm worried it will stop being fun because as a startup you might have to turn it into something not-fun :-(

invalidOrTaken 14y ago

I could see this blowing up if reddit starts using it to replace .gifs. In fact, you could even jumpstart the process by heading over and doing it yourself. Best of luck! And Christian, long time since the library.

cyang08 14y ago
Great idea! Yes, it has been a long time. You should make a reel chronicling your adventures since the JM days!
drewrv 14y ago
Part of the reason people use gifs is because they're easier to edit and remix.
- njoglekar 14y ago
  That is part of the mission, giving the average person the power to remix and create.

ameyamk 14y ago

I remember meeting Neil 4 years ago at Stanford's new startups career fair, when they were trying ReelSurfer back then! Its nice to see him stuck to the idea, getting into YC and then launching it on much bigger stage! Now I think about it, I think its incredible, to stick to the idea and follow that passion! Good luck Niel & team.

brady747 14y ago

YAY! Hopefully this fills the void left in my life after the loss of getspool.com...now if only I can cache on my android for viewing on the go..... good luck with reelsurfer

DesaiAshu 14y ago

Awesome idea to have a tl;dr for video!

stephengillie 14y ago

Neat idea! Bug report: I tried to watch this video: http://www.reelsurfer.com/watch/clip/share_id/7127/390 http://www.reelsurfer.com/watch/clip/share_id/7127/390 I use Chrome with the click-to-play-flash setting turned on. With Javascript enabled for your site, I see the "click to play" flash window, but I'm not able to actually click on it. Right clicking gives me the background context menu. Hmm..it didn't work in (vanilla) IE 9 either...

cyang08 14y ago
Thanks for taking a look! Interesting point on the click-to-play setting. Does it wok for you without that settings? As for IE9, do you have Flash installed? If not, HTML5 support is coming soon!
- stephengillie 14y ago
  Another per-site setting "Allow this site to run plug-ins", was still turned off for your site in my browser. After allowing plug-ins, video plays fine in Chrome. And yes, facepalm, flash isn't installed in IE. I'd forgotten it doesn't come with other browsers.

ericchen0121 14y ago

congrats neil. remember this product from a few years ago, and remember being impressed with the audio-to-text technology. glad to see their product launch, ready for primetime. will circulate this around the office as well.

victoro 14y ago

This is just a great concept. It's surprisingly frustrating to try and find relevant movie quotes on YouTube, download them, convert them, clip them, re-convert and upload back. I tried doing this for a funny tumblr I was putting together in my spare time - moviequotesaftersex.tumblr.com/ - and gave up because it was just too time consuming. So good luck to the team and I look forward to using the product, but how will this make money and stay sustainable?

njoglekar 14y ago
Awesome, you can embed clips directly into blogs or tumblr so make sure to send me a link so I can check it out - sounds funny. We actually used to sell this as a service so there are some valuable pieces... stay tuned :)

SDboyz 14y ago

definitely could see this being very big in the future! i've been looking for a program like this for a while. keep up the good work and i'm sure this will go far.

njoglekar 14y ago
awesome, make a clip and send it to us!