I just set up my Loops account in order to beta test the iOS app.
Uploaded my first video here: https://loops.video/v/5s_wUUCHsZ
So far so good.
FYI Tesseract as implemented on e.g. dubvee.org, an alternative front-end UI for Lemmy made by Admiral Patrick, has an embedded player already, which doesn’t need an account to play the videos. See it in action at https://tesseract.dubvee.org/c/loops@midwest.social, or read more about Tesseract at https://dubvee.org/post/2453173. I hope to see even greater levels of integration soon, perhaps in PieFed!:-)
Have been very impressed w loops so far!
So far, so good. The software works. You’re able to watch videos, comment, follow people etc. There are minor glitches here and there, but there are also lots of updates all the time.
It reminds me of something I’ve read about Mastodon. That place was designed to be less addictive than Twitter, so feeling a little bored after a while is a feature, not a bug. Loops gives me that same vibe, although it’s probably caused by the the small number of videos and people making them.
Especially considering it’s a one man team who also made pixelfed and some other lesser known fediverse projects.
Isn’t he too close to the tv?
In my opinion, yes. That’s just how he likes to play.
I’ve known people who played FPS like that… they beat us all “normal distance” folk. Likely wouldn’t work at pro levels, but definitely worked at semi-casual.
I suspect it has to do with larger field of view and quick eye accomodation (aka: young).
So far nothing. Last time I checked (back when loops.video was released), their domain had no SPF nor DKIM, so most of the mail providers wouldn’t receive their email.
There was a three day delay between when I created an account and when I received the email.
Is there an Android client yet?
If not, how good/bad is the interface on web?Yes, there’s a decent (albeit bare bones) Android client. The web interface is about to have a major update, but at the moment is pants.
