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by Heff 2y ago
Good feedback, thanks! There's a related issue in the media chrome repo here: https://github.com/muxinc/media-chrome/issues/957 The situation is a little complex with "hot keys" for controlling
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by Heff 2y ago
Reelplayer! The first web video player that I (and many others) ever used.
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by Heff 2y ago
Back around the same 2015 time frame I think I was being very optimistic and stubborn when it came to Web Components. I very much wanted them to work, but didn't really get anything into production until around 2020. There was a v2 of
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by Heff 2y ago
lol, we'll put it on the list! And obviously PRs welcome. :)
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by Heff 2y ago
Thanks! "Brilliant" might be giving us too much credit. We're mostly just paying attention to how devs are using video and trying to solve problems in that space. Next-video.dev is another example I'm proud of. Some of w
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by Heff 2y ago
That's fair. I think we have a little polish work still to do on that one. :)
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by Heff 2y ago
Thank you! One of the devs working on the Peacock player now helped build a lot of Media Chrome, so who knows what may come of that. To give them some credit, I thought the multi-screen view they built across their players was pretty novel.
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by Heff 2y ago
That's true. I think I still like the limits of an iframe as a design constraint, compared to web components where you have to explicitly make those decisions. But really what tips me into iframe land is when using a backend for the HT
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by Heff 2y ago
Iiiinteresting. Some how I'd missed that so far. Thanks for the tip.
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by Heff 2y ago
Great points! We've talked about using iframes when we specifically don't want people to customize things, like single-video embeds.
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by Heff 2y ago
Yeah, we admittedly have some performance improvements on the site itself. It’s brand new so that will come. The themes themselves are performant, though I don’t know how to compare that to the original Winamp. Thanks for the feedback!
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by Heff 2y ago
Good question. There’s a good post from Lea Verou worth reading. https://lea.verou.me/blog/2024/wcs-vs-frameworks/ I think anything meant to be like a widget is a good fit. But an iframe you have the option o
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Show HN: Winamp and other media players, rebuilt for the web with Web Components(player.style)
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by Heff 2y ago
Founder of Mux here. Not to pile on, but happy to chat (steve at mux). We've had detailed usage-based billing from day one, and even have APIs for reporting on your usage.
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by Heff 2y ago
Which stream/encoding service did you switch to?
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Web components for custom video players(media-chrome.org)
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Mux is hiring engineers to work on distributed systems at scale(mux.com)
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Mux (YC W16, video for developers) is hiring senior Go engineers, SREs, more(mux.com)
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Mux (YC W16, video for developers) is hiring senior Go engineers, SREs, and more(mux.com)
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Mux is hiring a product designer for developer tools and video(mux.com)
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Mux (YC W16) is hiring – build Netflix-grade video infrastructure(mux.com)
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Mux is hiring across the board to build Netflix-grade video infrastructure(mux.com)
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Mux is hiring a Product Designer to help improve video streaming for billions(mux.com)
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Mux is hiring a Product Designer to help improve video streaming for billions(mux.com)
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Mux is hiring across the board to build Netflix-grade video infra for all(mux.com)
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Mux is hiring across the board to build Netflix-grade video infra for all(mux.com)
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Mux is hiring across the board to build Netflix-grade video infra for all(mux.com)
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Mux is hiring across the board to build Netflix-grade video infra for all(mux.com)
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Mux is hiring across the board to build the future of video infrastructure(mux.com)
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Mux is hiring across the board to build the future of video infrastructure(mux.com)
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