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Ask Slashdot: Movie/Video Search Aggregation?
raolin writes "I have been running without television service for the last few years, relying instead on Netflix Streaming, Hulu Plus, Amazon, and my personal video library. I have the latter indexed and easily searchable, but I have not managed to find a good aggregator for the streaming services that I use, so when I have friends over and the question 'Can we see X?' is asked, I have to search three streaming sources, which is kind of a drag. I know Netflix has a search API that I could work with, and it seems at least possible that Hulu and Amazon do as well, but before I try to build something myself I thought I'd ask the community. Any thoughts?"
but https://github.com/dacort/mwhich MWhich seems to do exactly what you want?
I've been trying out http://gowatchit.com/ . It allows you to set up a queue of desired movies and then alerts you when a movie is available to stream on a selection of feeds. My only complaint is that I've not found a way to distinguish between free (to me) and paid available sources.
Have you tried http://zinc.tv? It works for me and does more than your 4 sites.
googletv has it. i have Logitech Revue and it lets you search by name and displays where its available. but it not support hulu. searches amazon, netflix, cable, movie packages.
It does what you want, actually, it doesn't.
FTFY
We're done here after that, right?
I'm not trolling, I'm being serious. Do a google search that only includes particular servers with information about the material you want. For instance a google-search that only includes the hulu and netflix servers. You don't search the material, you search the index and it will take you to links that you click for the material.
Yeah, you're right. People are so dumb they can't even stay on-topic. Every discussion, no matter how trivial, can be hijacked to serve a poster's idea of what's wrong with everyone else but me.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
My logitech Revue searches netflix and youtube at the same time, pretty sure it searches those other sources too.
I had one. gowatchit.com looks good for online. I like coollector for ripped video, it has a nice browse feature too.
you have http://instantwatcher.com/ and http://www.matcha.tv/
clicker.com
Instead of thinking how to fix important problems or how to explore space, we're investigating such pressing matters as "How do I find that episode in which...
Because you can't possibly do both, duh.
And whilst exploring space is an interesting pursuit, science is not at the point where we can colonise other planets and this doesn't help people get fresh water does it.
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Isn't this exactly what Boxee is for?
"A week in the lab saves an hour in the library"
square peg round hole
Streaming is the worst possible tech for your use. Download what you think you and your friends would like, watch later. Not as much buffering and related trouble, either.
The standard /. automotive analogy would be your scenario is like randomly pulling over and stopping shipping trucks on the highway looking for a crate of model CA7094 air filters, instead of going to autozone and buying a air filter off the shelf.
"Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
Because you can't possibly do both, duh.
Correct. As a species we spend far more time on entertainment than space or alleviating poverty. We cannot spend the same resources twice, despite what Keynes may think.
Of course, a top scientist might relax by watching a movie. But for some people (e.g. on the autistic spectrum) that distraction could harm their work.
And whilst exploring space is an interesting pursuit, science is not at the point where we can colonise other planets
All the more reason to spend time on it. Any approaching asteroid is not going to wait simply because we are not ready.
and this doesn't help people get fresh water does it.
"This" meaning diverting more time to the problem? Yes it does.
"Latter" means the second of two things. If you're going to use it, then at least use it correctly.
...in Africa, people are asking themselves "What am I gonna eat today?" or "Where do I go to find fresh water?". Any thoughts, first-world-problem community?
Seriously, it's been said many times already, but we really are dumbing down as a civilization. Instead of thinking how to fix important problems or how to explore space, we're investigating such pressing matters as "How do I find that episode in which Ross and Rachel have sex and Rachel gets pregnant?".
You do realize that the time you spent posting this annoying comment could have been spent feeding starving children in Africa right? We all know you are a troll, which is funny, because you are trolling for entertainment purposes. Look at any culture in history, they all had some form of entertainment. I'm not saying that some people don't work harder than other people, or that some people don't have more important jobs/hobbies than other people, but just try to imagine what life would be like if you were working every waking hour. Taking a shower would be awesome, but that's wasting time and water. . .
Try Jinni: http://www.jinni.com .
It's a movie recommendation engine, but it will back up its results with watchable links to netflix, amazon, blockbuster and hulu, which I believe is what you wanted.
Well, maybe we should stop supporting them so that, I'm sorry to say, they can die off naturally. If they cannot support themselves in their environment and continue to procreate and exponentially make their problem worse, then why not let nature take its course.
I agree with you that the OP's issue is trivial, but it has nothing to do with the third world.
...so says the Anonymous Coward on Slashdot at 9.41am. Ran out of new rocket fuel candidates to study?
...it's a series of *tubes*...!
Oh hell, I will jump in.
- Maybe if they did not all have 7 kids, there would be more food to go around.
- Maybe if they moved TO the water source they would not have to walk 2 miles to get it.
Look around, all old cities are BY a water source. Phoenix and Las Vegas were only able to grow once a water source was diverted to them.
Africa's problems are predominately a Political issue based on one group not liking the other group. The have's want to keep the have not's poor and subjugated as much as they can for as long as they can. Find a way to change the nature of man and you will have your solution.
Back on topic:
I thought search/aggregation was one of the points of Google TV?
I found this thread, but I don't know anything about its quality.
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Hulu+, Amazon, Netflix, Xfinity and iTunes are all supported and you can toggle which services you wish to browse or search. Hope this helps.
Tomahawk is fantastic, but is for music only... not movies/videos.
seems to be great for finding television episodes. If you're looking for movies, zmovie.tv has been kind to me.
Well, maybe we should stop supporting them so that, I'm sorry to say, they can die off naturally. If they cannot support themselves in their environment and continue to procreate and exponentially make their problem worse, then why not let nature take its course.
This'd only work if we could truly isolate these places. Imagine a world in which places like Yemen, Afghanistan , Arizona and North Korea could be left to rot in isolation. I'd sign-up for that world in a flash, but it's not going to happen. These fuck-ups act as reservoirs for disease, havens for criminals and will almost certainly be exporting their bullshit. Trying to leave these retrograde fucks to their own fate is like asking Alabamans to keep religion out of their schools and their hands off of their sisters.
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Check out http://CanIStream.it
CanIStreamIt searches Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, iTunes, Crackle, Blockbuster, Youtube Movies, EPIX, Vudu, Android, Amazon on Demand.
There is also a reminder option for when movies become available.
You can also download a free iPhone and free Android app.
Last time I checked Slashdot was exactly about solving the submitter's problem and not about feeding people in Africa.
By the way, western countries have been DUMPING money into Africa for decades. Decades. Plural. And that has failed to solve the problem. Maybe the solution is the simplest one: The starving people in Africa live in a fucking desert. Maybe they should move to where the food is.
It's Africa. You can't live near the water. You will get malaria.
White do-gooders have probably done more damage to Africa by giving incompetent advice than all of the "natural dangers" combined.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
Clicker.com will automatically pull in your existing netflxi Queue and stay synced with it. This was the big deal for me. It meant I can continue using netflix as my primary but also find availability on Amazon or Hulu for the things netflix misses.
The main problem with it is that it does not differentiate between free and paid so you have to go look.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
Do you mean movies that you purchased (BluRay, DVD), or home movies that you recorded yourself? If the latter, I'd like to know how you indexed them and made them searchable
Have you considered moving to Canada? You won't get Amazon or Hulu, and Netflix (streaming only) collection pales in comparison to its US sister. Makes it a lot easier to find out you can't watch something (like ST:TNG for instance).
Note: I'm not blaming Netflix, the blame falls squarely on our friends the Rightsholders and regional licensing.
This is exactly the problem that Clicker solves. It bills itself as the TV guide for the web. www.clicker.com The downside is it doesn't always index all the services right after they get a film. so even if it says no, still look and see. --Sam
The Boxee software does this, and it's open source. Have a look at how they do it!
Plenty of plugin's out there for XBMC of which Navi-X is one, and there are others over at XBMC HUB so do check 'em out. I love XBMC its the best thing available anywheres right now.
http://www.canistream.it/ is a streaming (and physical media) metasearch for movies.
White do-gooders have probably done more damage to Africa by giving money and food aid than all of the "natural dangers" combined.
FTFY
I've seen it first hand. It fuels the corrupt elements in their governments (or militant groups) and helps to build up and even larger population that can't support itself, there by making the problem worse.
A lot of them don't live in the desert and still manage to starve. They don't think the way you do, if you gave a man a weeks pay, he will show up the next morning starving. Asking them how that happened is frustrating, they can't seem to grasp the idea that they might want to eat again tomorrow and can do something about it by holding on to some money for more than an hour. A white ex-co-worker of mine owns a grape farm there and complained constantly that his employes can't seem to understand that they need to order fertilizer and pest control chemicals for the next season. There is no such thing as preventive maintenance - if a machine still works they run it until it destroys itself, THEN they try to fix it or just throw it away and while about it for a while.
To take this down another tangent, why aren't sports available online? I'm missing a race today that I would love to be watching, but I don't get the channel it's on (NBC Sports Network). Of course, they won't provide a streaming option, even a delayed one. So, I'll be avoiding much of my online news sources for about a week, until I find some torrent I can grab and finally watch the race. Why is it so difficult?
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Since most sites mentioned still don't have enough content in Canada, The Pirate Bay is still the best option.
I wrote an firefox add-on to search Vudu, Netflix, Hulu Plus, CinemaNow, Amazon, Sony Video Unlimited, YouTube and iTunes.
Available in beta here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stream-chaser/
Slashdot has turned into a slimehole.
Try clicker.com.
Then why are you here reading about someone ask this question instead of talking to and with people working on those problems?
I had the same problem/desire. video.com does a great job and will show you the price and or if the stream has commericals. Give it a try.
Check out Fanhattan app for ios
http://www.google.com/#q=can+i+stream+it
Not too hard.
I had this same problem and wrote up a basic attempt at a solution at http://findmovi.es
Hey everyone, thought I’d post as I work in the Product group at Charter and we actually launched a service to let you figure out where an asset is available for playback online. If you go to http://charter.net/tv/ just enter an episode or movie into “What Do You Want to Watch”, we aggregate feeds from Netflix, Hulu and Amazon among others