Watch

Creative

video streaming

SHOW HN2017

35points
22comments
#975of 2,242 in 2017
Top 44%of 2017 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

4 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.

Execution: 1 for, 4 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 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 use; searching inside the program saves finding magnet links

    From 2 comments
    • For starters, ease of use? With Peerflix you need to find your own magnet URL to stream. With Watch, you can search inside the program.
      napworth on HN
    • Just ran it and tested it then. Can confirm that it does everything it says on the tin - Just had GOTG2 running in a matter of seconds. Bravo, this one I'm keeping.
      King-Aaron on HN

Objections

  • Crashes on Node versions and Windows install errors reported

    From 4 comments
    • Node - v8.2.1 OS - Ubuntu 16 This happens on anything that I try to stream (consistently about 5 minutes in) and happened on both Ubuntu and MacOS (node:26340)…
      mikodin on HN
    • I'm running Node 5.5, it doesn't work because of syntax quibbles. You should add the engine requirements to your package.json file so npm would alert the user beforehand.
      fiatjaf on HN
    • watch ? What do you want to watch? Un Chien Andalou Command failed: ./node_modules/.bin/magnet --rows 10 "Un Chien Andalou" '.' is not recognized as an internal or external…
      rendall on HN
    • Getting the exact same thing... Happens in both Powershell and CMD prompt. Node -v 8.4.0 x64 Win 10 Pro
      Garvey on HN

Requests

  • Suggestions for a better name

    From 1 comment
    • Thanks for the info. If somebody have any cool idea for a new name I'll be happy to hear that.
      fabiospampinato on HN

Questions

  • How does it differ from Peerflix

    From 1 comment
    • Peerflix[0] has existed for years now. In what ways is this project superior? https://github.com/mafintosh/peerflix [0]
      aphextron on HN

Alternatives named

  • Peerflix

    From 1 comment
    • Peerflix[0] has existed for years now. In what ways is this project superior? https://github.com/mafintosh/peerflix [0]
      aphextron on HN
  • popcorntime-cli

    From 1 comment

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