Phosphor
Dev tools
animation encoder
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
8 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.12.
Performance: 2 for, 4 againstIdea: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Smooth playback and low CPU use
From 2 comments
I viewed three examples simultaneously from the Phosphor gallery at http://www.divergentmedia.com/phosphor/gallery and each one only used about 5% CPU, for 15% total. I closed…
jackalope on HNThe video was so smooth I didn't realise what the example was. I actually watched the example video through several times thinking "what? there's no video on that page!" before…
jstanley on HN
Fills a GIF replacement need
From 2 comments
> a vastly inefficient way of displaying moving images ? I don't see this as a MP4/WebM replacement (compared to which it is effectively inefficient) but a GIF replacement (plus…
lloeki on HNThis looks great - And fits perfectly into a need I had at the moment for sharing smaller screencasts. I had a few crashes with it this morning on a rMBP, what's the best route…
motdiem on HN
Objections
Smaller files only for line art; video codecs compress better
From 2 comments
In our tests, it depends a lot on the type of content. "line art" compresses much better than video. We left a lot of room in the format to make the encoder side smarter with…
mikewoodworth on HNhtml5 video and a good codec are a way better use of bandwidth. This technique is good for animations with few moving parts. For example the Alfa animation…
BitMastro on HN
Animation frame downloads can be large
From 1 comment
html5 video and a good codec are a way better use of bandwidth. This technique is good for animations with few moving parts. For example the Alfa animation…
BitMastro on HN
Slow on older iPad and iPhone when galleries run together
From 2 comments
On iPad 1 all samples from the Gallery run at, what feels like, 1-2 fps. The screeencast in the blog though is very smooth. Why's the difference?
eps on HNSame on the iPhone 4S. I have a feeling it's because they're all running at once.
martin-adams on HN
Requests
Overlaid div fallback option
From 1 comment
Does it have an overlaid div fallback option?
tambourine_man on HN
Easier folder path setup for code
From 2 comments
Thanks! I've been debating doing something like this on one of my app pages. So I've gone and done it now: http://awesomeputioapp.com Feedback: I didn't like that there isn't a…
orta on HNI just took a look at the site, glad it's working for you! As for the moving, perhaps we should emit sample code with a location string you can fill with your path prefix? Sounds…
mikewoodworth on HN
Questions
How to capture iPhone screen for demos
From 1 comment
Maybe this is a dumb question, but I'm probably not the only one wondering that: how do you capture the video from the iPhone screen in the first place? [Edit: oh, just realized…
sgdesign on HN
Is the animation copied from Apple's implementation
From 1 comment
Wasn't this first seen on Apple's website for the iPhone 5 animations? Now this company is selling software to reproduce this effect for $9.99? I haven't checked yet, but I…
RKearney on HN
Alternatives named
Sublime Text animated GIF technique
From 1 comment
Jon Skinner implemented a similar technique to create and display screencast animations on the Sublime Text homepage. I was just reading his article[1] last night in which he…
xanido on HN
GIF and APNG
From 1 comment
> a vastly inefficient way of displaying moving images ? I don't see this as a MP4/WebM replacement (compared to which it is effectively inefficient) but a GIF replacement (plus…
lloeki on HN
HTML5 video with H264
From 1 comment
html5 video and a good codec are a way better use of bandwidth. This technique is good for animations with few moving parts. For example the Alfa animation…
BitMastro on HN