YouFM
Consumer and social
music streaming
SHOW HN2013
132points
64comments
#160of 1,739 in 2013
Top 10%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
8 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 19 critical, out of 42 comments about the project. Thread score -0.24.
Idea: 3 for, 9 againstExecution: 1 for, 7 againstDesign: 3 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, responsive interface
From 4 comments
Beautiful site :) Really well done on the UI/UX side.
glitch273 on HNSimple and responsive UI, I like this site. Please add favicon for easier bookmark navigation.
ubojan on HNNice site, one of the nicest looking youtube streaming sites. Good clean UI. You need a favicon though, was hard tot find it amongst all my tabs.
jepper on HNThe interface is better for listening to music (I hope). Also, the search is run on Spotify so you only get music results.
ashraful on HN
Good idea using Spotify for metadata
From 1 comment
Good idea using Spotify to get metadata. I did something similar a few years ago, mine was a bit different in that instead of searching for a specific artist you get different…
lucaspiller on HN
Objections
Search fails for some artists and returns wrong videos
From 3 comments
>YouFM is a simple music streaming site that searches Spotify for the data and then plays the music video from Youtube. No wonder it couldn't find anything for most of the…
Daiz on HNI don't. I simply play the first result that youtube returns. For more obscure artists/songs or for those with generic names, YouFM might play the wrong video if Youtube returns…
ashraful on HNIt doesn't like Beethoven apparently and says "oops something went wrong", same goes for Moonlight Sonata.
chuhnk on HN
Intermittent Oops something went wrong errors
From 3 comments
Hello, Got the "oops somethign went wrong" error on my first search. Searched for "Hoodie Allen", and did not work. When I added underscores in the link, it worked. Searched…
epa on HNIt doesn't like Beethoven apparently and says "oops something went wrong", same goes for Moonlight Sonata.
chuhnk on HN"Oops something went wrong!" If anyone is seeing then same error and wants to make some quick youtube playlists while waiting for youfm.org to overcome the "HN spike" you could…
dools on HN
Similar to existing sites like Grooveshark and Tubalr
From 3 comments
in all honesty its similar to grooveshark. There are so many of these types of sites and my issue is just that I don't want to keep searching and creating playlists.
angryasian on HNThere are dozens of similar sites that have been around for quite a while.
iza on HNYou have a competitor, in case you hadn't already noticed: http://www.tubalr.com.
ntaylor on HN
Playlist bugs and history not working
From 2 comments
Good stuff. I'm giving it a try. I like to listen to a wide variety of music and like to give things a good number of listens before I part with my money. I like the idea of…
jack-r-abbit on HNWell done! I think I'll use this. A few suggestions: - You should add custom page titles for each album, search result, etc. It's hard to figure out what's what in the Back menu…
udfalkso on HN
Requests
Add favicon
From 2 comments
Nice site, one of the nicest looking youtube streaming sites. Good clean UI. You need a favicon though, was hard tot find it amongst all my tabs.
jepper on HNSimple and responsive UI, I like this site. Please add favicon for easier bookmark navigation.
ubojan on HN
Buy links or affiliate purchase options
From 1 comment
Good stuff. I'm giving it a try. I like to listen to a wide variety of music and like to give things a good number of listens before I part with my money. I like the idea of…
jack-r-abbit on HN
Drag multiple songs or albums into playlists
From 2 comments
Well done! I think I'll use this. A few suggestions: - You should add custom page titles for each album, search result, etc. It's hard to figure out what's what in the Back menu…
udfalkso on HNCool, thanks. I guess I tried to use shift. Might also be nice to let me drag an album name and include all the songs if I do so.
udfalkso on HN
Mobile-friendly version
From 1 comment
Are you planning on making a mobile friendly version?
BaconJuice on HN
Crowdsourced video selection
From 1 comment
> I don't. I simply play the first result that youtube returns. I had thought of a similar idea to what this website does (using song metadata from a cleaned source like Spotify…
jdonahue on HN
Questions
How the project differs from other YouTube players
From 1 comment
It's nice, but how is this different than from any other yt player out there?
waxy on HN
Whether YouTube or Google will shut it down
From 3 comments
I feel this will be shutdown before the end of the week.
darkchasma on HNI am trying to use it but the "working" image is still spinning. Anyway, what happens when /if Youtube shuts you down? Google is getting into streaming music and has Play so they…
OGinparadise on HNGoogle plans to introduce a music subscription service soon, and it might be tied to Youtube. If they are doing anything similar to this, they will probably find a way to shut it…
mtgx on HN
Alternatives named
Youtify
From 1 comment
Looks nice! Looks a lot like Youtify though, which is open source and welcoming contributors. http://www.youtify.com/
pthulin2 on HN
Tubalr
From 1 comment
You have a competitor, in case you hadn't already noticed: http://www.tubalr.com.
ntaylor on HN
plug.dj
From 1 comment
That already exists. It's called http://plug.dj
kall on HN
Grooveshark
From 1 comment
in all honesty its similar to grooveshark. There are so many of these types of sites and my issue is just that I don't want to keep searching and creating playlists.
angryasian on HN