Pwnageboy
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This is a re-opening of my old thread since it's really outdated.
So let's start over;
For years i wanted to start my own movie streaming platform. Why? Because i love the category.
As a real binge watcher living in The Netherlands you get the feeling of being left out of all the US content. Our Netflix is basically the retarded bro of the US version. All we get is crap and a few good items that air worldwide.
In my life i've tried over 100's of projects in all kind of categories but this, this is the one was never able to drop. As you could read in my old thread i did drop it at one point. And now, one year later i have to pick it up again. I just feel that this can be the one. My goal isn't to reach in the big money bag but to launch the most advanced, clean and best quality platform out there. Of course with making a buck in mind but that's not the main goal.
Here is why my platform will have the ability to become the best out there;
- Always at least 720p - 95% available in 1080p and some will even be available in 2160p.
- 100% free
- New way of advertising - No annoying, nasty pop-ups and unders
- No fake bullshit ads that will ruin the whole experience
- Direct download links
- Ability to cast to Chromecast etc.
- A Watch list so you can save movies for later
- Modern UI - not a 1920 look.
- Fast streaming - little to no buffering
- Daily new movies - Adding the latest releases as soon as they are available
- Search movies by cast, director etc.
- Trailers
... And some other stuff i didn't think of yet.
Using WebRTC torrent technology
In no way you could run a high end movie streaming service by simply hosting some space to upload all videos. The bandwidth that would come with that is impossible to manage. Therefore i am using live streaming from WebRTC torrents. This is one of the reasons why i dropped this project a year ago. A lot of torrent clients still don't have WebRTC available. Luckily this improved a little but is still low. Meaning some torrents will do but most will have to be hosted on a WebRTC enabled client though. Which brings us to;
Video Hosting:
At first this will be a pickle. I will have to launch several seedboxes to make sure each movie is available to watch. My system starts sharing videos P2P once multiple people are watching the same movie. If there are enough people watching my seedbox can actually stop seeding for the most part. I'm hoping to create my own package so i can set up a seedbox in a sec, replacing them once one is (taken) down.
Monetizing:
This is one i still have to figure out. I got some ideas but I'm not sure what the best way will be yet.
I want to earn as much as possible with this project without ruining the movie watching experience. So i'll have to keep thinking about this.
Thanks for the long read, i would love your feedback and ideas!
Currently i could really use some info on the advertising possibilities and what i should look out for ( my personal data etc ). So any tips are welcome.
My tasklist:
[ ✓ ] Designing the platform
The design has been made.
[ ✓ ] Code the platform
This is checked because that's how close i am. Currently coding the very few last things.
[ ] Gather all movie data
[ ] Download, process and add all data to my database
[ ] Seting up my seeding server program
[ ] Set up all seeding servers
[ ] Testing and bugfixing
[ ] Ready to launch!
[ ] Make sure to get some traffic
So let's start over;
For years i wanted to start my own movie streaming platform. Why? Because i love the category.
As a real binge watcher living in The Netherlands you get the feeling of being left out of all the US content. Our Netflix is basically the retarded bro of the US version. All we get is crap and a few good items that air worldwide.
In my life i've tried over 100's of projects in all kind of categories but this, this is the one was never able to drop. As you could read in my old thread i did drop it at one point. And now, one year later i have to pick it up again. I just feel that this can be the one. My goal isn't to reach in the big money bag but to launch the most advanced, clean and best quality platform out there. Of course with making a buck in mind but that's not the main goal.
Here is why my platform will have the ability to become the best out there;
- Always at least 720p - 95% available in 1080p and some will even be available in 2160p.
- 100% free
- New way of advertising - No annoying, nasty pop-ups and unders
- No fake bullshit ads that will ruin the whole experience
- Direct download links
- Ability to cast to Chromecast etc.
- A Watch list so you can save movies for later
- Modern UI - not a 1920 look.
- Fast streaming - little to no buffering
- Daily new movies - Adding the latest releases as soon as they are available
- Search movies by cast, director etc.
- Trailers
... And some other stuff i didn't think of yet.
Using WebRTC torrent technology
In no way you could run a high end movie streaming service by simply hosting some space to upload all videos. The bandwidth that would come with that is impossible to manage. Therefore i am using live streaming from WebRTC torrents. This is one of the reasons why i dropped this project a year ago. A lot of torrent clients still don't have WebRTC available. Luckily this improved a little but is still low. Meaning some torrents will do but most will have to be hosted on a WebRTC enabled client though. Which brings us to;
Video Hosting:
At first this will be a pickle. I will have to launch several seedboxes to make sure each movie is available to watch. My system starts sharing videos P2P once multiple people are watching the same movie. If there are enough people watching my seedbox can actually stop seeding for the most part. I'm hoping to create my own package so i can set up a seedbox in a sec, replacing them once one is (taken) down.
Monetizing:
This is one i still have to figure out. I got some ideas but I'm not sure what the best way will be yet.
I want to earn as much as possible with this project without ruining the movie watching experience. So i'll have to keep thinking about this.
Thanks for the long read, i would love your feedback and ideas!
Currently i could really use some info on the advertising possibilities and what i should look out for ( my personal data etc ). So any tips are welcome.
My tasklist:
[ ✓ ] Designing the platform
The design has been made.
[ ✓ ] Code the platform
This is checked because that's how close i am. Currently coding the very few last things.
[ ] Gather all movie data
[ ] Download, process and add all data to my database
[ ] Seting up my seeding server program
[ ] Set up all seeding servers
[ ] Testing and bugfixing
[ ] Ready to launch!
[ ] Make sure to get some traffic