Hacker News with Generative AI: Streaming

Dialogue-only subtitles are finally making their way to Netflix (neowin.net)
If you use subtitles on Netflix, which Netflix says makes you part of the nearly half of all viewing hours on Netflix in the US that happen with subtitles or captions on, you now have the option to turn on original language subtitles that show only the spoken dialogue.
Netflix, Subtitles, Accessibility, Streaming, Language
13 points by bundie 1 day ago | 2 comments
Hypertext TV (hypertext.tv)
Channel Menu What's Airing Now #################
Television, Streaming, Web Development
233 points by coloneltcb 7 days ago | 39 comments
Streaming Platform for Canadian/American Content (Need Testers) (ycombinator.com)
Streaming, Content, Canada, United States, Testing
8 points by PolarBearIPTV 8 days ago | 3 comments
Spotify Down (spotify.com)
We're seeing reports from users that the app isn't loading properly or that they're experiencing playback issues. Others report that they're having issues accessing the Support site.
Spotify, Downtime, Streaming, Music, Technology
49 points by whirlwin 10 days ago | 35 comments
Just landed: streaming ingestion on Cloudflare with Arroyo and Pipelines (cloudflare.com)
Today, we’re launching the open beta of Pipelines, our streaming ingestion product.
Streaming, Cloudflare, Open Beta, Data Ingestion, Pipelines
5 points by frizlab 16 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Webtor – open-source torrent streaming engine (webtor.io)
Open Source, Streaming, Software, Torrents, Web
34 points by vintikzzzz 17 days ago | 12 comments
Show HN: A free movies and series randomiser (luhakk.com)
Show me a Movie helps you discover your next binge with smart filters. Movies, series, all streaming platforms. Free, fast, fun.
Entertainment, Streaming, Recommendation Engines, Tools
9 points by justanotherunit 19 days ago | 2 comments
French Court Orders Cloudflare to 'Dynamically' Block MotoGP Streaming Piracy (torrentfreak.com)
In the seemingly endless game of online piracy whack-a-mole, a French court has ordered Cloudflare to block several sites illegally streaming MotoGP.
Piracy, Law, Streaming, Court Orders, MotoGP
3 points by DanAtC 21 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Slipstream – A Python library for stateful stream processing (readthedocs.io)
Slipstream provides a data-flow model to simplify development of stateful streaming applications.
Python, Streaming, State Management, Data Flow, Libraries
32 points by menziess 23 days ago | 6 comments
Netflix CEO Says Movie Theaters Are Dead (semafor.com)
Sorry, cinephiles: The post-Covid rebound of live events is all the more evidence that movie theaters are never coming back, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos told me in an interview at the Paley Center for Media Friday.
Movies, Streaming, Business
24 points by m463 25 days ago | 44 comments
Exptv.org is a 24/7 curated, montage of vintage and obscure media (exptv.org)
EXP TV is a live tv channel broadcasting an endless stream of obscure media and video ephemera.
Television, Media, Vintage, Streaming, Curated
17 points by mraniki 25 days ago | 1 comments
TV Garden (tv.garden)
Welcome to tv.garden, your gateway to free live TV streaming from anywhere.
Streaming, TV, International, Entertainment
788 points by vkdelta 27 days ago | 126 comments
TV is watching you – Companies inventing new ways to make money off your data (vox.com)
Roku, Amazon, and practically every company in the streaming business are inventing new ways to make money off your data.
Privacy, Streaming, Data Collection, Technology, Business
64 points by rmason 29 days ago | 33 comments
TVgarden (tv.garden)
Welcome to tv.garden, your gateway to free live TV streaming from anywhere.
Streaming, Television, Entertainment
8 points by bookofjoe 29 days ago | 3 comments
Fast columnar JSON decoding with arrow-rs (arroyo.dev)
JSON is the most common serialization format used in streaming pipelines, so it pays to be able to deserialize it fast. This post covers in detail how the arrow-json library works to perform very efficient columnar JSON decoding, and the additions we've made for streaming use cases.
JSON, Data Processing, Performance Optimization, Streaming, Libraries
56 points by necubi 34 days ago | 7 comments
Plex remote stream no longer free; Plex Pass 2x price hike (plex.tv)
You’re going to be hearing a lot from us this year—we’ve got a ton of exciting things to roll out, with even more in the planning stages. But first, we have to share some important upcoming changes to our personal media offering and our Privacy Policy that are necessary to make all this great stuff happen.
Streaming, Pricing, Subscription Services, Privacy Policy
8 points by Naracion 36 days ago | 7 comments
TV+ Losing $1B Annually as Apple Services Falter (macrumors.com)
Apple TV+ is hemorrhaging money amid a broader stall in Apple's services, according to a new report from The Information's Wayne Ma.
Apple, Streaming, Finance, Business
5 points by Tomte 37 days ago | 4 comments
Sonos reportedly scraps its long-expected streaming video device (engadget.com)
Sorry to everyone who was waiting for Sonos to release a streaming video device — it seems that's not happening anytime soon.
Consumer Electronics, Streaming, Sonos
5 points by CharlesW 44 days ago | 0 comments
A look at the creative process behind Bluey and Cocomelon (2024) (readtrung.com)
These are the two most-streamed children's shows. Joe Brumm's personal touch for Bluey trumps Cocomelon's engagement-hacking approach.
Children's Television, Animation, Creative Process, Streaming
198 points by gmays 45 days ago | 215 comments
Chromecast (2nd gen) and Audio cannot Cast in 'Untrusted' outage (9to5google.com)
Over the past few hours, owners of the Chromecast (2nd gen) and Chromecast Audio haven’t been able to Cast any audio or video content.
Chromecast, Google, Streaming
12 points by clan 47 days ago | 3 comments
Twitch's new storage limits will purge swaths of Internet gaming history (arstechnica.com)
Amazon-owned platform says "costly" historical archives don't drive "engagement."
Twitch, Gaming, Streaming, Internet History, Archives
58 points by 01-_- 63 days ago | 45 comments
Twitch caps streamers' storage at 100 hours of highlights and uploads (techcrunch.com)
Twitch on Wednesday announced it will begin limiting streamers to 100 hours of highlights and uploads, and will delete content if a channel exceeds the limit.
Streaming, Twitch, Content Management, Video
4 points by el_duderino 65 days ago | 0 comments
Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System (jellyfin.org)
Jellyfin is the volunteer-built media solution that puts you in control of your media.
Free Software, Media, Streaming, Open Source, Self-Hosting
492 points by doener 69 days ago | 284 comments
Show HN: Fluvio 38.8x faster than Kafka (infinyon.com)
At InfinyOn for the past 6 years we have obsessed over developer ergonomics, functionality, and reliability of Fluvio and Stateful DataFlow. It’s not trivial to build a distributed streaming engine from the ground up.
Software, Streaming, Performance, Comparisons, Open Source
11 points by debadyutirc 73 days ago | 2 comments
YouTube CEO:TV surpassed Mobile as primary device for YouTube viewing in the US (youtube)
This year marks YouTube’s 20th birthday. In two decades, YouTube has transformed culture through video and built a thriving creative economy.
YouTube, Streaming, Television, Digital Media, Culture
22 points by smgit 73 days ago | 11 comments
More users are watching YouTube on TV than mobile (engadget.com)
YouTube has officially been around for two decades and a lot has changed over the years — including how people watch it. Now, a new report from YouTube claims TV has overtaken mobile to become the primary device for viewing content in the US.
YouTube, Streaming, Television, Mobile
64 points by mikece 74 days ago | 87 comments
Physical media is officially back (embedded.substack.com)
“Those movies and TV shows that you're watching on Netflix and Amazon, they're going to disappear,” Allison NB says.
Streaming, Entertainment, Media, Physical Media
16 points by herbertl 78 days ago | 12 comments
Disney+ loses 700k subscribers following price increase (macrumors.com)
Disney+ lost 700,000 subscribers worldwide in recent months, according to Disney's earnings results for the first quarter of 2025.
Streaming, Disney, Business, Price Increases
75 points by mgh2 79 days ago | 77 comments
Why is Warner Bros. Discovery putting old movies on YouTube? (tedium.co)
In recent years, we’ve complained a lot about Warner Bros. Discovery, in part because their decision-making has seemed almost toxic and damaging to the creative community.
Streaming, Media, Entertainment, Business
641 points by shortformblog 80 days ago | 473 comments
Spotify Paid $10B to the Music Industry in 2024, $1B More Than Last Year (variety.com)
Spotify paid out $10 billion to the music industry in 2024 — some $1 billion more than last year, the previous record — making its total around $60 billion since it was founded in 2006. The company made the announcement in a blog post Tuesday morning.
Music Industry, Streaming, Business, Spotify, Finance
37 points by ilamont 81 days ago | 79 comments