Vintage Cartoons

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vintage cartoon streaming

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32points
18comments
#748of 1,739 in 2013
Top 44%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

4 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.

Idea: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 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.

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Fun and wonderful hack

    From 3 comments
    • This is wonderful! One of the best hacks I have seen in a long time. I guess you may want to improve video response time though.
      denzil_correa on HN
    • You just added a good bit of fun to my day, thank you. I don't remember receiving that many channels on a TV like that, though!
      furyofantares on HN
    • Fun! Thank you for this. I just wanted to watch this fullscreen so, here is a simple oneliner to do that with mplayer from the CLI. https://gist.github.com/anonymous/5841739
      Bjoern on HN

Objections

  • Video loading is slow

    From 2 comments
    • This is wonderful! One of the best hacks I have seen in a long time. I guess you may want to improve video response time though.
      denzil_correa on HN
    • Thanks a lot! These comments make it worth hacking that stuff together! :) We will continue improving the site, but the actually stream the videos from archive.org, so maybe we…
      dittes on HN
  • Did not render on iOS Safari

    From 1 comment
    • Sounds great, doesn't render on iOS Safari: fragment of border, video unsupported. ETA: whole frame in portrait orientation, half in landscape (doesn't show on scrolling). Still…
      ctdonath on HN
  • Contained offensive racist content

    From 2 comments
    • contains offensive and racist "vintage" content -- "Confederate Honey"
      ajstarks on HN
    • oh, that one slipped through the vetting process. It is removed now
      hecht on HN

Requests

  • Fullscreen playback

    From 2 comments
    • Fun! Thank you for this. I just wanted to watch this fullscreen so, here is a simple oneliner to do that with mplayer from the CLI. https://gist.github.com/anonymous/5841739
      Bjoern on HN
    • Haha! Awesome! We actually will try to implement full screen aswell. But you're faster... :)
      dittes on HN
  • Native iOS app with offline storage

    From 1 comment
    • This is cool. Now, make this into a universal iOS app and allow me to IAP videos so they're stored locally in the app. You will make money on parents who need a way to keep a…
      callmeed on HN

Questions

  • Is that all the content there is?

    From 2 comments
    • I'm only getting Felix the Cat and Popeye, is that all there is here?
      mparramon on HN
    • Actually we just have a bunch of videos right now, but it should be more than just those. You can use the chrome knob on the TV to switch to the next...
      dittes on HN
  • Are the videos public domain?

    From 2 comments
    • This is cool. Now, make this into a universal iOS app and allow me to IAP videos so they're stored locally in the app. You will make money on parents who need a way to keep a…
      callmeed on HN
    • They are and perhaps there will be a phone version in two weeks. We still need a project for our next 4 hour venture...
      hecht on HN

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