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Ghost Peek — Preview any moment without pausing
I built Ghost Peek because I kept rewinding videos to check one detail and then having to find my place again.
Most players show a still image when I hover over the timeline. That helps me find a shot, but I need to see it in motion to catch an actor’s reaction or understand how one car passed another. I wanted to check those moments while I kept watching and listening.
When I’m following a Blender walkthrough, I can see what the mesh looks like a few steps ahead while I listen to the explanation. When I’m reviewing one of my films, I can check an earlier shot for continuity while the current cut plays. And when I miss a pass in a race recording, I can replay that corner while the race carries on.
Ghost Peek is my custom Video.js v10 skin for those moments. Hover over the timeline to play a second moment in a small, silent window while the main video and its sound keep going. On a phone, tap the eye to peek, then drag the preview out of the way or pinch to resize it. Click or tap the hollow marker to jump to that moment.
Instagram reel: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dfm_j9WILCw/
Footage: Tears of Steel (Blender Foundation), Creating Meshes (Dillon Gu / Blender Foundation), and a SuperTuxKart race recording (kimden STK). I edited the excerpts for the demo. Full source and license credits are on the live site. The instrumental score was generated with Gemini.
Previewing in motion without losing your place is a real pain point solved. Great idea.
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Farbspur is my entry for the Video.js Skins Design Challenge: a custom skin for the Video.js v10 player that gets out of the way of what you’re watching.
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Live demo: https://farbspur.pages.dev
Code (open source): https://github.com/moonz35345/farbspur
A player with no colour of its own, letting the film lead. Great idea.