VAM Seek
2D video navigation grid, 15KB, zero server load
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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!
HN · launched Jan 11, 2026 · 42 upvotes (top 24%) · 0 views
Niche: video players and display software · 91 launches, 7 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 91 launches in video players and display software →
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 : 67 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #18 of 68 (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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