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YouTube or any other Internet Only service does not solve the problem of playing my videos very well. Why would I want to upload gigabytes of video instead of

by WayneDB 13y ago

YouTube or any other Internet Only service does not solve the problem of playing my videos very well. Why would I want to upload gigabytes of video instead of downloading a small program to play them locally? If I care about archiving things - why would I want to archive just my video files? I don't think anyone expects ChromeOS to have many built-in ways of doing things - but I also don't expect ChromeOS to be very widely used because it's not solving users' problems very well at all. Unless of course...they add native apps ;) Then it could be something.

jlgreco 13y ago
Yeah, at the very least I would expect ChromeOS to be good at playing videos out of that massive 1TB Google Drive offering that the pixel gets you. I mean, what else are you going to burn up 1TB on, if not video?
VikingCoder 13y ago
> Why would I want to upload gigabytes of video To archive them. To share them. > If I care about archiving things - why would I want to archive just my video files? You wouldn't. You'd want to archive anything. I genuinely don't understand the point you were trying to make here. > it's not solving users' problems very well at all I disagree. It solves my problems better than most other devices. "Playing my videos," it does extremely well. Step one, I shoot them on my Android, so they're instantly uploaded. If I have a video that's not on Android, I upload it to YouTube to archive and share it. Many people in Moore, OK are shifting through rubble, looking for family photos. I think backing photos and videos up online makes a ton of sense...
- WayneDB 13y ago
  I don't want or need to publish many of my videos or photos online. They are private; I'm a fairly private person. Also - where am I supposed to put the terabytes of legally obtained digital media that I own? Can you upload every movie you own to YouTube? Furthermore, my NAS serves things quicker than any online service. I also like a local player in case there's no Internet connection or if it's slow. I go camping in the mountains and my mobile provider has spotty coverage in remote regions. So no, it doesn't solve the problem real well. I'll keep using my NAS and online backup service and general/full operating systems such as Windows, OS X, Debian and CentOS.
  - VikingCoder 13y ago
    > They are private; I'm a fairly private person. You don't need to publish them. I have YouTube videos uploaded which can only be seen by me - with my two-factor authentication. I bet they're more secure than most backups that most HN'ers use. > So no, it doesn't solve the problem real well. I'd wager most users don't have terabytes of data, or need to watch movies when they go camping in the mountains. Bummer it doesn't work for you, but I still think there a lot of people it would work for.
    - WayneDB 13y ago
      > I have YouTube videos uploaded which can only be seen by me - with my two-factor authentication. How can you be so sure? I think a Google employee or a three letter agency could probably look at them if they wanted to. What if Anonymous gets hold of them and wrongly identifies you as a bomber? Also, I'd wager that most users don't need to have all of their videos, photos or other media available to them wherever they go or on whatever device they're using.

by WayneDB 13y ago

jlgreco 13y ago

Yeah, at the very least I would expect ChromeOS to be good at playing videos out of that massive 1TB Google Drive offering that the pixel gets you. I mean, what else are you going to burn up 1TB on, if not video?

VikingCoder 13y ago

> Why would I want to upload gigabytes of video To archive them. To share them. > If I care about archiving things - why would I want to archive just my video files? You wouldn't. You'd want to archive anything. I genuinely don't understand the point you were trying to make here. > it's not solving users' problems very well at all I disagree. It solves my problems better than most other devices. "Playing my videos," it does extremely well. Step one, I shoot them on my Android, so they're instantly uploaded. If I have a video that's not on Android, I upload it to YouTube to archive and share it. Many people in Moore, OK are shifting through rubble, looking for family photos. I think backing photos and videos up online makes a ton of sense...

WayneDB 13y ago
I don't want or need to publish many of my videos or photos online. They are private; I'm a fairly private person. Also - where am I supposed to put the terabytes of legally obtained digital media that I own? Can you upload every movie you own to YouTube? Furthermore, my NAS serves things quicker than any online service. I also like a local player in case there's no Internet connection or if it's slow. I go camping in the mountains and my mobile provider has spotty coverage in remote regions. So no, it doesn't solve the problem real well. I'll keep using my NAS and online backup service and general/full operating systems such as Windows, OS X, Debian and CentOS.
- VikingCoder 13y ago
  > They are private; I'm a fairly private person. You don't need to publish them. I have YouTube videos uploaded which can only be seen by me - with my two-factor authentication. I bet they're more secure than most backups that most HN'ers use. > So no, it doesn't solve the problem real well. I'd wager most users don't have terabytes of data, or need to watch movies when they go camping in the mountains. Bummer it doesn't work for you, but I still think there a lot of people it would work for.
  - WayneDB 13y ago
    > I have YouTube videos uploaded which can only be seen by me - with my two-factor authentication. How can you be so sure? I think a Google employee or a three letter agency could probably look at them if they wanted to. What if Anonymous gets hold of them and wrongly identifies you as a bomber? Also, I'd wager that most users don't need to have all of their videos, photos or other media available to them wherever they go or on whatever device they're using.