Stremio
Consumer and social
media streaming
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
2 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score -0.32.
Execution: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Easy to set up and use, similar to Popcorn Time with Plex-like features
From 2 comments
Installed it. Works well. Comes up with a list of movies/shows similar to how popcorn time did. If you click on one, it shows you options for viewing like netflix/amazon, but…
impostervt on HNyes you can steam any tv show or movie without it being on you HDD to be honest its hell of a lot better than popcorntime and safer as it uses add-on's for the torrents and if…
mckie41 on HN
Objections
Legality concerns over torrent add-ons and copyright infringement
From 2 comments
But, your app, your marketing on the site(the movie & tv show images of copyright content) and comments here is called contributory infringement.…
LargeCompanies on HNHmmm, but Netflix, Hulu and iTunes all have the proper licenses from the copyright cartel. While you awesome people do not and you are promoting watching the copyright cartel's…
LargeCompanies on HN
Linux tarball unpacked files into home directory
From 1 comment
Heads up for any one grabbing the Linux dist -- this tarball just took a shit all over my homedir. It's 2016. Why do we still suck at distributing software?
subway on HN
Windows antivirus flagged the download
From 1 comment
Windows version : virus alert reported. Artemis!F9DDCC2E5FB8
plodder on HN
Poor iOS scroll performance
From 1 comment
I wonder if the iOS app is made with React Native. It's scroll performance is horrible. iPhone 5, iOS 9.
seivan on HN
Requests
Android TV support and subtitles
From 1 comment
Are you planning to get the Android version compatible with Android TV? I bought an amazon fire TV for my dad, who can't handle tech very well, and a running streamio with…
xfalcox on HN
32-bit release
From 1 comment
this release is for 64bit assholes, i need 32bit
classycoder on HN
Questions
Whether using it makes the user a peer in peer-to-peer networking
From 1 comment
And from the sounds of this peer to peer networking is being used. Does that mean that when I use the program I am acting as a peer? Or did I misread this?
Fogest on HN
Whether it is legal
From 1 comment
Is it totally legal?
techaddict009 on HN
Whether it differs from a desktop app versus the web
From 1 comment
This reminds me a lot of Boxee. It basically did what it looks like Stremio did- aggregates video content from multiple streaming services. Maybe this will be more popular though…
matthewbauer on HN
Alternatives named
Plex
From 1 comment
How does it compare to Plex? Seems very similar.
impostervt on HN
Popcorn Time
From 1 comment
It looks quite nice, but I am wondering if this is like a popcorn time kinda thing where I can stream any show that may not even be on my harddrive, or if this is a product meant…
Fogest on HN
Boxee
From 1 comment
This reminds me a lot of Boxee. It basically did what it looks like Stremio did- aggregates video content from multiple streaming services. Maybe this will be more popular though…
matthewbauer on HN