VAM Seek
2D video navigation grid, 15KB, zero server load
Details
- External ID
- 46572304
- Source
- HN
- Company
- —
- Product
- VAM Seek
- Website domain
- github.com
- Launched
- Jan. 11, 2026
- Cohort
- —
- Upvotes
- 42
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.7648221343873518
- Tags
- —
- Fetched at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
- Updated at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Description
Hi HN! I built VAM Seek because I was frustrated with 1D seek bars – you never know where you're going until you get there.VAM Seek renders a 2D thumbnail grid next to your video. Click any cell to jump. All frame extraction happens client-side via canvas – no server processing, no pre-generated thumbnails.- 15KB, zero dependencies - One-line integration - Works with any <video> elementLive demo: https://haasiy.main.jp/vam_web/deploy/lolipop/index.htmlWould love feedback!
Enrichment
- Theme
- hardware hacking and device utilities
- Vertical
- Horizontal
- Function
- Dev tools
- Audience
- Developer
- AI stance
- Not AI
- Project type
- Commercial product
- Normalized one-liner
- lightweight video navigation library
- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes It is a lightweight client-side JavaScript component that captures video frames using HTML5 canvas to render a navigation thumbnail grid.
Discussion
19 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Contact sheet / VP9 WebCodec approach with pre-computed thumbnails, Python/Flask lossless cutting utility, Google Image Search thumbnail caching, Backend video processing systems
Concerns raised: Client-side frame extraction too slow for large video volumes, Performance bottleneck on older hardware (2012+ machines, mobile), UX is terrible on mobile, Documentation and code are verbose/overly complex, Requires extra data grab when user first opens page for seek feature
Feature requests: Hybrid mode combining client-side and server-side processing, Cache clearing trigger when video source changes, Instant 2D grid appearance with background caching, Pre-computed thumbnail approach for better performance
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one — 36 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #10 of 37 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Looks like the first mover among its competitors.
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- VidStudio, a browser based video editor that doesn't upload your files · hn · 2026-04-21 · 301 upvotes · similarity 0.36
- GetYTThumbnail.net · ph · 2026-09-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.35
- MP4toURL · ph · 2026-09-17 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.35
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- No other launches for this product.
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