Alternatives

Products that do what Buffering Videos in the Browser as in the Year 2000s does

1VT
Video Transcoder on the browser using WASM▲129
2020 · modfy.video
2OS
Open source JavaScript library to record and replay the web▲353
2018 · rrweb.io
3WA
WebAssembly and ffmpeg = Quick clip, overlay, resize and GIF-ize videos▲104
2021 · vidds.co
4AA
An Alternative Web Interface for YouTube▲110
2016 · essentialyoutube.com
5AS
A simple browser based video editor (desktop only)▲25
2021 · bwasti.github.io
6YF
YouTube Filesystem – YTFS▲185
2015 · github.com
7IB
I built a simple web app for streaming videos▲127
2020 · peer-flix.herokuapp.com
8AW
A web video player for local files▲7
2021 · webvideoplayer.org
9AJ
A JavaScript SDK to reduce video streaming costs▲69
2020 · api.peervadoo.com
10MV
Mux Video, a simple API to powerful video streaming▲124
2018 · mux.com
11LA
Less Addictive YouTube – a cross-browser plugin▲140
2021 · github.com
12IV
Indexing video through content▲13
2013 · manage.veezio.com
13OS
Open-source, local-first video file browser like YouTube▲8
2021 · github.com
14CO
Convert online videos to .gif▲84
2012 · studio.forgif.me
15CS
Coplay – synchonizing video play between browsers▲24
2015 · github.com
16VV
Vector Video▲55
2016 · theblackbox.ca
17CA
Chromecast app I built for a bunch of "video" sites▲15
2014 · dabble.me
18AB
A Better UI For Watching Videos▲7
2012 · howmo.com
19BA
Building a VLC-like Media Player in JS (Using Ffmpeg as WebAssembly)▲23
2020 · bestmediaplayer.org
20PD
pan.do/ra - a free, open source platform for video archives▲20
2012 · pan.do
21AW
A web component for playing back responsive DASH video▲9
2016 · joinbox.github.io
22WG
Webtowebm: gui tool for downloading yt vids and converting them to webm▲5
2015 · github.com
23SS
Shot-scraper video tool for recording YAML-defined webapp feature demos▲8
Jun 2026 · simonwillison.net
24VS
Video stabilization used by YouTube▲7
2017 · github.com

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