Show HN: Frop.io – painless remote presentations

5 pointsderwildemomo9y ago3 comments

Hi HN!

https://frop.io is a simple application that allows you to present content (PDF presentations, Images, Text files, YouTube videos) on a remote screen without installing any software. It's completely based on web standards (Websockets, JS) and runs in most modern browsers.

Simply start a session by calling frop.io/[yoursessionname]

I built frop.io to be able to use a RaspberryPi as a presentation endpoint but wasn't happy with the existing solutions. This is what I came up with.

The next steps are adding more supported media types and clients for FireTV and Apple TV. Mobile supported is currently very limited, but basic PDF/Image sharing is possible using iPhones and Androids.

Consider frop.io an early preview of what's to come, but I was eager to share this side project and I'm looking forward to your opinions and comments.

Thanks!

3 comments

operon9y ago

Amazing. Works very well on Chrome but Safari (10.0.3) can't do the transition of slides in the demo.

It would be nice to have custom URLs (like mycompany.com/presentations/presentation1) and the ability to invite, have private/secure presentations, calendar integration, automated alerts, ability to register meeting notes, pointer sharing and integrated audio conference (maybe using webrtc?).

Screen sharing is somewhat inconvenient for a remote presentation but this can be pure gold. Congrats.

derwildemomoOP9y ago

Hi, thanks for trying frop.io and the great feedback!

I'm a bit reluctant into integrating anything that would require WebRTC (screensharing, video, audio) since I feel there a far superior products out there (like appear.in, TeamViewer or Skype).

Regarding private/secure presentations, End-to-End Encryption is in the making and you can already use any URL you want for the session.. like frop.io/operon.

No_CQRT9y ago

Really cool, tested and shared. good job

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