Show HN: React TV Player – Open-source player for TV that can load YouTube URLs

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Here is the readme on how the npm package can be installed and used in your own React projects - https://github.com/lewhunt/react-tv-player

Feedback welcome! Thx

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Due to various restrictions, React TV Player is not intended to work properly on smaller mobile devices. You can use a desktop browser with arrow-keys to simulate the TV experience.

Are there any specific limitations, OOC?

Hey, you mean limitations/OOC on mobile? 1) The UI is designed for larger widescreen displays and I'm not yet handling touch events to re-enable the UI after it disappears 2) YouTube player documentation explains that certain mobile browsers require user interaction before playing.

Let me know if you think there is a good use case for getting it working on mobile too, I didn't think there would be.

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