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The AI made a media player play discs in the browser, from the player's own codebase

Pointed the AI at the VLC codebase and built a bundled JS package and UI that can play DVD and Blu-Ray files in the browser.

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How it works

  1. He points the AI at the big media player's codebase
  2. Builds a bundled JS package and UI
  3. It can play DVD and Blu-Ray files in the browser

Why it’s worth knowing

A 20-year-old codebase, persuaded into a browser.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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