MovieContentFilter
Productivity
media playback filtering
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
14 positive, 26 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 24 critical, out of 65 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Idea: 13 for, 21 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Recuts and filtered edits can be legitimate, as with airplane and TV versions
From 1 comment
I doubt I'll use this technology myself--I generally prefer to see movies as they were created--but recuts and derivative works can be works of art in and of themselves. One…
compiler-guy on HN
Objections
Filtering alters the artist's work and gives a distorted view of it
From 3 comments
Freedom to filter? "Freedom to deface a work of art" is more like it. A work of art is an artist trying to tell you something. Chopping out bits based on your petty personal…
smacktoward on HNA tool to "filter" a work of art for yourself is also a tool to censor a work of art for someone else. In this case, and judging by the reactions from some parents here, most…
9999 on HNSomehow this makes me really uncomfortable. I know it seems very reasonable, inviting people to choose what they want to censor for themselves... but it just feels wrong. I'd…
callumlocke on HN
Could be used to censor films for others, such as children
From 2 comments
A tool to "filter" a work of art for yourself is also a tool to censor a work of art for someone else. In this case, and judging by the reactions from some parents here, most…
9999 on HNThis is basically a platform for movie censorship. Who gets to decide which parts of what movies are, violent, sexual, etc. I know I don't have to use it but regardless I hope…
jcoffland on HN
Categories and severity levels are too rigid or arbitrary
From 1 comment
I dislike that the filters are strictly defined. What if I wanted to create a category for 'rape' or 'animal-cruelty'? I should be able to add those notes, and have them be…
bosdev on HN
Requests
Allow custom filter categories and tags
From 1 comment
I dislike that the filters are strictly defined. What if I wanted to create a category for 'rape' or 'animal-cruelty'? I should be able to add those notes, and have them be…
bosdev on HN
Filter by time to trim films to a shorter length
From 1 comment
Aside from filtering based on moral/taste/etc grounds, I've often thought it would be interesting to filter for the sake of time. Could you conceivably trim a 3hr movie down to…
gdw2 on HN
Questions
How does the filtering work?
From 1 comment
How does this work?
johnloeber on HN
Alternatives named
VidAngel and other commercial content filtering providers
From 1 comment
Thanks! VidAngel is actually listed in the README: https://github.com/delight-im/MovieContentFilter#commercial-providers The README does also explain why an open format and open…
marco1 on HN