John GruberJan 28, 2023
The Amazon Prime app for Apple TV has some great features (e.g.: X-Ray tells you the actors in a scene when you pause) but is the cheapest-looking app I’ve used on any platform in decades.
Show threadWustinJan 28, 2023
@gruber How is it that no streaming service has stolen this feature?
Show threadAaron AbernethyJan 28, 2023
@Waustin @gruber Amazon owns IMDB, so I wonder if they’re levering that as a unique advantage, for what it’s worth.
Show threadJohn Gruber
@theronster @Waustin There’s got to be a lot of manual labor involved too, to tag each scene in every show, including time stamping the scenes.
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Show threadAaron AbernethyJan 28, 2023
@gruber @Waustin Sure, I’m guessing a lot of interns have spent a lot of time cursing the feature they labour to support.
Show threadMoJan 28, 2023
@theronster @gruber @Waustin you’ll know that Google are getting in on it when you get asked “select only photos containing this actor to prove you are a human” on every website login.
Show threadMarc Robinson Jan 28, 2023
@gruber @theronster @Waustin There’s something called Amazon Rekognition API that does facial and audio recognition on the film. I’m sure that does the bulk of the work. They may rely on viewers spotting errors to polish it up. https://aws.amazon.com/rekognition/
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