5 pointsby renatoworks5 hours ago5 comments
  • Finnoid2 hours ago
    Very nice, slick UI! I like the feel of it. Couple thing I ran into though.

    First, when I added multiple channels it seemed like it was playing content from just the first one I added. I liked the filtering feature so I could swap that way, but I assume the idea is it should work with both? If so, how does it choose the order?

    Second, and this is a more specialized “need” but on some channels the videos are sequential. Gaming channels frequently have “episodes” and podcasts sometimes have parts. I noticed they come in inverse order as yours probably shows newest first. Probably not the use case you’re solving for but just be aware.

    • renatoworksan hour ago
      thanks! I'm currently ordering based on "most recent" first, so when you add multiple channels to the home feed, it merges them respecting their release dates.

      I want to add more advanced filtering/ordering options later on, so that's a good call out

      the idea to also display "playlists" is interesting, I will think about that :)

  • tusharkhatri3692 hours ago
    really cool. but after opening a channel i can only view all the videos horizintally and its kinda restricting.
    • renatoworksan hour ago
      you can also view all the videos of a channel vertically inside the video player (top right list icon)

      the idea of the home is to just show the latest/highlights of the selected channels, but I see the appeal to give it more flexibility, so that's something to consider

  • wasimsk5 hours ago
    The experience is so smooth. I can set preview duration myself.

    But the problem is—No subtitles preferences, no video organizer.

    Channel organization and deleting is already out there. But video organizer, playlists & subtitles will make it better.

    I think you added ads-blocker too. Right?

    • renatoworks5 hours ago
      thanks! I will work on some of these improvements later, planning on open sourcing everything as well so others can contribute.

      I'm using YouTube's official iframe embed to stay compliant with their ToS, so ad serving is entirely on their side and I don't control it.

      • wasimsk4 hours ago
        I got it. I thought you were using some kind of proxy or something. But it's completely client side I guess. That's nice.

        You can try Tauri/Electron to build a cross platform app. The app will be a browser instance that renders the website and can remove ads, cookies and other headers easily & legally as technically it's not a website.

        Btw. Don't you have GitHub or X?

        • renatoworks4 hours ago
          thanks for the tips – you can find me at @renatoworks
  • renatoworks5 hours ago
    tip: you can swap "youtube.com" for "minitube.tv" in any YouTube video or channel URL to open it in minitube
  • priyac-dev8bca4 hours ago
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