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YouTube Leanback

46 points| SandB0x | 15 years ago |youtube.com | reply

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[+] awongh|15 years ago|reply
I feel like the the passive viewing experience is one area that's really been lacking for web video.... this is a pretty good start. If any youtube product guys are listening i'd like to see some 'curated' (sponsored?) channels.... that would be cool. Something to cut through all the junk- I would watch that.
[+] ryanjmo|15 years ago|reply
Currently the top YouTube channels make around 10-30K a month from ads and sponsorships (some much more). They put out really quality stuff. Just go look at the top subscribed channels and you will find some really great video creators. What your asking for already exists, it happened naturally as people became more and more popular on YouTube.

I highly recommend this guy, he has over a million subscribers: http://bit.ly/b4aivv and you should buy his iPhone app ;)

[+] zweben|15 years ago|reply
I wasn't expecting this to really hold my attention, but I ended up watching for 25 minutes the first time I tried it.

I just hope they add a way to add videos to the favorites and view the original youtube page for a video. Also a bit annoying that you can't control it with the mouse, but they'll probably fix that.

[+] Robin_Message|15 years ago|reply
This redirects to http://www.youtube.com/?ytsession=vjlEKpY0_U2hKWQ_KC--4GLSYy... for me, with the helpful message "Your account has been permanently disabled." at the top of their homepage. So, what am I missing?

EDIT: Ah, I get it. Google connected a throwaway youtube account to my google account a while back. I disconnected them, which google interprets as "permanently disabled," which is not that same thing as "delete this link permanently" in my mind!

[+] alanh|15 years ago|reply
Very confusing at first, and it seems impossible to share videos. But I like the idea.
[+] samratjp|15 years ago|reply
Not a bad start at all. This could work very well with Kinect if MSFT ever decides to let in YouTube.
[+] Synthetase|15 years ago|reply
The best thing about it is the lack of ads.

Does anyone know if this is done in HTML5?

[+] zweben|15 years ago|reply
It's Flash. Easy way to check, by the way, is to right click on it. If it's Flash it'll say "About Adobe Flash Player 10".
[+] ElbertF|15 years ago|reply
Right click it, it's Flash...
[+] tansey|15 years ago|reply
Is there a volume control? I couldn't find it.
[+] JMiao|15 years ago|reply
yes, the volume control for your television.