Trakt.tv
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Cody Hatfield

Trakt.tv 2.0 - Automatically track TV & movies you're watching.

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Automatically track what you're watching. Find where to watch TV & movies and discover what's hot.

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Justin Nemeth
Maker
Trakt.tv started as a side project when @rudf0rd, @jimmydouglas and I wanted Last.fm-like scrobbling functionality for XBMC (now Kodi). Automatic tracking of what we watched and collected made scaling a media collection easier and a lot more fun. Little did we know that it would turn into a full-time job! We have scrobblers for all major media centers and a full featured API that powers lots of mobile apps and other community projects. Four years in, we now have over one million users, all acquired organically with no marketing budget or outside investors. We have those users to thank for making this journey possible, as the majority of our operational costs are covered by VIPs who have contributed money year after year. Thank you so much!
Jimmy Douglas
Maker
And what a ride it has been! We are so grateful for all of the support from the community over the years. This is only the beginning! By the way, for those who like our rebrand and new site design, take a look at http://www.wongfremont.com/. Darick is the mastermind behind our beautiful new look.
Justin Nemeth
Maker
I created a collection to keep track of Trakt.tv powered apps as they're hunted. http://www.producthunt.com/@barn...
Frank
I hate to sound like an old man here, but why would I want to track what I watch on TV? I read your site but I'm still a bit confused on what benefits I get from this?
Justin Nemeth
Maker
@fbara Hey Frank, there are lots of benefits with 2 standing out the most. As a member, you get a customized progress page to keep track of exactly where you're at with watching all your shows. With streaming and binge watching so common these days, our users get a lot of benefit with Trakt keeping track of this for them. For an example, here is my progress page: http://trakt.tv/users/justin/pro... Another benefit is discovering new movies and TV shows to watch. Good places to start there are the trending pages for TV shows (http://trakt.tv/shows/trending) and movies (http://trakt.tv/movies/trending).
zghm
@fbara the other thing about tracking what shows you are watching is that people are watching more TV than ever on a multiple of hardware and platforms. It is extremely convenient to know what the last episode I was watching, how many episodes left in a season, etc. And then there is the sharing factor. You post to social and people will reach out to you. Getglue and Miso laid the foundation, however managing personal time like TV is easily one of the next big nuggets to crack.
Jimmy Douglas
Maker
@zedsq @fbara Yes. Thank you! On that note of multiple hardware, with Trakt.tv you can actually set it up so you can pick up where you left off from one device to the next.
Ryan Stubbs
I came across Trakt a while ago and even built my own little 'check-in' mobile web app using their API so I'm a big fan. The new design looks amazing!
Justin Nemeth
Maker
@ryanstubbs Glad you like it Ryan, thanks!
Stefan Wild
Love the polished look and the numbers are impressive. From what I've seen the API is pretty solid, too. I'm sending you an e-mail about integrating trakt.tv with spoilr.tv – very excited about this.
Justin Nemeth
Maker
@stefanwild Nice Stefan, the timer based approach to comments while watching whenever is awesome. We've had similar ideas, so its cool to see someone build it!
Brett Hardin
I'm a huge fan of goodreads and searched for a bunch of products that did what Trakt does. What made me choose Trakt over the other's was the external API. Thanks guys for making an awesome product.
Justin Nemeth
Maker
@brett_hardin Awesome, thanks Brett! The API has enabled a ton of awesome apps and integrations, glad you're making use of it too.
Rick Bannerman
Been using Trakt for years and always recommended to everyone using XMBX/Kodi. I love being able to browse new movies while filtering the ones I've seen or rating episodes right after I finish watching on my htpc. Syncing your media library on all your devices so you can see what you've watched is amazing. I look at my profile progress page every time I'm looking for something to watch.
Justin Nemeth
Maker
@plexkits Thanks for recommending us!
Rick Bannerman
@barnt my pleasure! I hope you're eating lots of Kale these days!
Justin Nemeth
Maker
@plexkits Kale Hulk status achieved!
Daniel Larsson
The fact that I had no idea I needed this blows my mind. Love the idea, and the UI looks amazing.
Justin Nemeth
Maker
@daniellarsson Welcome :) and thanks for the kind words.
Sitesh Shrivastava
Thanks folks for making this! I have been using this for couple of years now and remember what a mess it used to be to track the latest episode that you watched last. Never again :)
Justin Nemeth
Maker
@shrivastavasitz awesome, glad it's helping you out :)
Peter Mello
The $30 I spend on Trakt VIP status is some of the best money is without question some of the best money I spend each year. The fact is that with cord-cutting and the streaming a la carte revolution, we gained tremendous freedom and far better entertainment options as a whole. What few people ever speak of though is that we also took on a rather large burden of needing to curate our own viewership as well, somehow needing to keep abreast of what's happening in entertainment enough to know what to give our attention to without that becoming a bigger time loss than the constant commercials were. God damn you, nature, and your eternal abhorrence of vacuums... Those worries ended for me when I found Trakt. Now I know what I've watched, the episodes I liked best from things I watched years ago that merit a rewatch, and every show that I ever heard something interesting about and said to myself "I should check that out sometime." All of that and live insights into what gobs of people are watching and what they're liking, available through a fast, pretty responsive web site that I use on my phone as much as my PC, that's what Trakt is to me. Oh yeah, it also allows me to reconnect with friends that live far away now, letting us see what each other is watching and giving us that perfect lead-in to a casual chat that is often hard to initiate with someone you don't see anymore. If you're thinking to yourself that this has to be the epitome of first-world problems, you're absolutely right. If Trakt disappears tomorrow, nobody dies, nobody goes to jail, and life goes on much as it always has. You know what, though? I live in the first world, and if you're here on Product Hunt with me, chances are awfully good that you live here too. At some point we have to let go of the guilt we have about living in an age where we're not fighting for survival anymore and just do what humans have always done: adapt and improve. Trakt is a major improvement in one of the few ways I allow myself to have for recreation, and I'm pretty sure if you went there now, you'd quickly feel the same way.
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