[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":287},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-1558305":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":46,"post_text":48,"what":49,"said":108,"maker_in_thread":202,"shape":211,"grid":214,"attempts":270,"same_week":271,"maker_shows":33,"maker_hidden":279,"reader_version":280,"card":281},"1558305","Vittyo","Vittyo, Roll your own video store","title","Show HN: Vittyo, Roll your own video store","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.vittyo.com\u002F","vittyo.com","csytan",1280423992,2010,36,29,50,370,14,"shown","web_saas","video store builder","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"video store","sell videos online","streaming video","video hosting","mixed",0.272,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":33},6,7,2,17,{"idea":36,"design":39,"execution":41,"docs":42,"performance":43,"privacy":44,"pricing":45},{"positive":37,"critical":38},1,0,{"positive":40,"critical":38},3,{"positive":38,"critical":37},{"positive":38,"critical":37},{"positive":37,"critical":38},{"positive":38,"critical":38},{"positive":38,"critical":38},[38,40,40,38,38,38,47,40,38,47,47,47,38,37,38,37,38,38,47,40,38,40,40,40,38,47,40,40,38],5,null,{"problem":50,"audience":64,"pricing":69,"motivation":48,"time_to_build":78,"stack":82,"openness":105,"stage":106,"team_size":107},{"value":51,"source":52,"evidence":53},"Lets small video producers sell streaming video with custom branding","maker",[54,57,61],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},"1558320","Hey HN, My co-founder and I have recently launched our project which lets people build stores to sell their streaming video content. We've been working on it for almost 5 months…",{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},"1558883","ivanzhao","just like Vimeo, we are trying to target at the \"indie\" and more serious group of video makers than YouTube, by providing them lots more room of customization and personal…",{"id":62,"by":11,"text":63},"1558887","Thanks, that's a good question. We are more targeted towards small-time content producers than the major movie production companies. Think mom and pop store selling custom bags…",{"value":65,"source":52,"evidence":66},"Indie and small-time video makers",[67,68],{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},{"id":62,"by":11,"text":63},{"value":70,"source":52,"evidence":71},"Not decided; leaning toward a monthly fee rather than a percentage of sales",[72,75],{"id":73,"by":11,"text":74},"1562096","Like Ivan said, we don't know exactly yet. But we are leaning towards a monthly fee and not a % of sales.",{"id":76,"by":59,"text":77},"1561380","We don't hav a specific pricing plan yet, that's way running beta to figure out people's usage pattern first.",{"value":79,"source":52,"evidence":80},"Almost 5 months",[81],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},[83,87,94,101],{"value":84,"source":52,"evidence":85},"Google App Engine",[86],{"id":62,"by":11,"text":63},{"value":88,"source":52,"evidence":89},"Amazon CloudFront",[90,91],{"id":62,"by":11,"text":63},{"id":92,"by":11,"text":93},"1558678","We're using Amazon Cloudfront so there should be an edge server in Europe, but maybe it takes awhile before it's distributed there. That being said, I've got a slower connection…",{"value":95,"source":52,"evidence":96},"Zencoder for video encoding",[97,98],{"id":62,"by":11,"text":63},{"id":99,"by":59,"text":100},"1559204","We tried many solutions, currently using Zencoder.",{"value":102,"source":52,"evidence":103},"RTMP streaming",[104],{"id":92,"by":11,"text":93},"unknown","beta","team",{"praise":109,"objections":133,"requests":161,"questions":181,"alternatives":193},[110,126],{"value":111,"source":112,"evidence":113},"Clean, simple design","commenter",[114,118,122],{"id":115,"by":116,"text":117},"1559172","jon_dahl","Congratulations! Love the design and the simplicity. What do you use for video encoding?",{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"1558363","patrickaljord","Nice, I like the simplicity.",{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"1559472","wiredfutureman","Nice one Chris & Ivan! Love the simplicity also.",{"value":127,"source":112,"evidence":128},"Good streaming performance in demos",[129],{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"1558493","jlgosse","I found that it did little to no buffering when I tried the demo films. What kind of connection are you using?",[134,141,151],{"value":135,"source":112,"evidence":136},"Competition from YouTube and Vimeo",[137],{"id":138,"by":139,"text":140},"1558826","chedigitz","Looks pretty cool, congrats! My main concern is how do you plan to compete with YouTube? They offer a rentals marketplace which may still be in beta. Also, they have serious…",{"value":142,"source":112,"evidence":143},"Buffering and stuttering for some viewers",[144,148],{"id":145,"by":146,"text":147},"1558435","moe","Two things: 1. Check your spelling. 2. Buffering...",{"id":149,"by":146,"text":150},"1558551","The conn should be fine but I'm in europe, perhaps that's the problem? I get frequent stutters on this video (which is otherwise great btw!):…",{"value":152,"source":112,"evidence":153},"Streaming-only, no downloads",[154,158],{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},"1559836","mr_twj","Just to make sure: can the customer download content, not just stream it? Thanks.",{"id":159,"by":59,"text":160},"1559889","Right now it's only streaming, but the purchase will be recorded and the viewer can stream it as many times as she likes. It's easy to do the downloading option but less secure…",[162,172],{"value":163,"source":112,"evidence":164},"Custom domains instead of vittyo.com subdomains",[165,169],{"id":166,"by":167,"text":168},"1558785","saturdayplace","I love the idea, have thought about doing something similar in the past. It looks like all the stores are hosted as subdomains of vittyo.com. It would nice to run a vittyo store…",{"id":170,"by":11,"text":171},"1558806","Thanks, it's in the works :)",{"value":173,"source":112,"evidence":174},"Option to let producers allow downloads",[175,178],{"id":176,"by":156,"text":177},"1559998","Why not make it an option (for the content producer)? A lot of filmmakers generate income from stock footage on the side as well. You guys could undercut the stock footage…",{"id":179,"by":11,"text":180},"1560290","This is officially on the roadmap. 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