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Personally, I've stopped watching video directly on YouTube. Instead, I installed mpv [0], and since it embeds youtube-dl [1] you can play any video with the n

Personally, I've stopped watching video directly on YouTube. Instead, I installed mpv [0], and since it embeds youtube-dl [1] you can play any video with the native UI by running: mpv "youtube_url" [0] https://mpv.io/ https://mpv.io/ [1] https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/

neotek 10y ago
mpv is fantastic. I recently decided to abandon MPlayerX when I found out about their incredibly dishonest malware bundling tactics[1] but was surprised at how few good media players there are for macOS, until I read about mpv. mpv took a little bit of getting used to since it doesn't offer a lot of useful stuff out of the box (automatically queuing files, subtitle downloads, etc) but since you can write quite powerful scripts for it that didn't remain a problem for long. [1] https://blog.malwarebytes.com/puppum/2016/09/pup-friday-mplayerx/ https://blog.malwarebytes.com/puppum/2016/09/pup-friday-mpla...
- TheAceOfHearts 10y ago
  If you're on macOS and looking for something with a nice GUI, check out IINA [0]. I saw it on HN [1] last week, and it looks very promising, although it's still an alpha. It's based on mpv. [0] https://lhc70000.github.io/iina/ https://lhc70000.github.io/iina/ [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13337444 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13337444
  - LeoNatan25 10y ago
    Iina is very promising. Keep in mind that it is still very early in development, but I really like the mindset of the developer and contributors - creating a macOS experience, not cross-platform that looks bad everywhere. MPlayerX was once upon a time also that, but its maintenance went vaporware a few years back, and the bundled crap finally killed it. So for a while now, I've been looking for a good player. Seems Iina is that player.
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qqii 10y ago
What is your process for browsing for content then, do you still browse the YouTube website?
- rasz_pl 10y ago
  small tempermonkey script replacing all YT embeds with custom URI + custom URI handler calling mpv "youtube_url" (or in my case extracting direct 720p stream https://xxxx.googlevideo.com/videoplayback.. https://xxxx.googlevideo.com/videoplayback... link and passing it to SMPlayer) This lets you watch every single YT clip using player of your choosing. Result is smooth video on 10 year old laptops(1.8GHz Core2) when Flash/browser buildin codecs are barely able to play 480p.
  - vinay427 10y ago
    Would you consider publishing the script somewhere? I can't speak for others, but I would personally be inclined to use it as I'm looking for a YouTube client alternative.
    - rasz_pl 10y ago
      https://github.com/raszpl/smplayer4YT https://github.com/raszpl/smplayer4YT its a mess, but ~works :)
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- TheAceOfHearts 10y ago
  Yeah, I don't usually watch that many YouTube videos. In addition, I only follow a handful of content creators, and they don't post that frequently, e.g. Primitive Technology.
ufo 10y ago
What is your opinion on mpv vs vlc?
kyrra 10y ago
Not that it matters to everyone, but YouTube limits users of YouTube-dl to 720p resolution I believe. If you want 1080p or higher you have to do in-browser.
- dindresto 10y ago
  Nope, youtube-dl is able to grab the DASH sources, which includes 4k, 1440p and 1080p. :) The DASH video and audio sources can then be muxed by mpv on playback.
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- groks 10y ago
  $ youtube-dl --list-formats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeJLzyxZqbk | grep '[0-9]x[0-9]' 278 webm 256x144 DASH video 93k , webm container, vp9, 24fps, video only, 1.09MiB 242 webm 426x240 DASH video 110k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 1.00MiB 160 mp4 256x144 DASH video 113k , avc1.4d400c, 24fps, video only, 1.41MiB 243 webm 640x360 DASH video 196k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 1.83MiB 133 mp4 426x240 DASH video 247k , avc1.4d4015, 24fps, video only, 3.08MiB 134 mp4 640x360 DASH video 263k , avc1.4d401e, 24fps, video only, 2.95MiB 244 webm 854x480 DASH video 322k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 3.11MiB 135 mp4 854x480 DASH video 554k , avc1.4d401e, 24fps, video only, 6.30MiB 247 webm 1280x720 DASH video 714k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 7.48MiB 136 mp4 1280x720 DASH video 1127k , avc1.4d401f, 24fps, video only, 12.92MiB 248 webm 1920x1080 DASH video 1579k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 17.86MiB 137 mp4 1920x1080 DASH video 2304k , avc1.640028, 24fps, video only, 27.09MiB 17 3gp 176x144 small , mp4v.20.3, mp4a.40.2@ 24k 36 3gp 320x180 small , mp4v.20.3, mp4a.40.2 18 mp4 640x360 medium , avc1.42001E, mp4a.40.2@ 96k 43 webm 640x360 medium , vp8.0, vorbis@128k 22 mp4 1280x720 hd720 , avc1.64001F, mp4a.40.2@192k (best)

neotek 10y ago

mpv is fantastic. I recently decided to abandon MPlayerX when I found out about their incredibly dishonest malware bundling tactics[1] but was surprised at how few good media players there are for macOS, until I read about mpv. mpv took a little bit of getting used to since it doesn't offer a lot of useful stuff out of the box (automatically queuing files, subtitle downloads, etc) but since you can write quite powerful scripts for it that didn't remain a problem for long. [1] https://blog.malwarebytes.com/puppum/2016/09/pup-friday-mplayerx/ https://blog.malwarebytes.com/puppum/2016/09/pup-friday-mpla...

TheAceOfHearts 10y ago
If you're on macOS and looking for something with a nice GUI, check out IINA [0]. I saw it on HN [1] last week, and it looks very promising, although it's still an alpha. It's based on mpv. [0] https://lhc70000.github.io/iina/ https://lhc70000.github.io/iina/ [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13337444 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13337444
- LeoNatan25 10y ago
  Iina is very promising. Keep in mind that it is still very early in development, but I really like the mindset of the developer and contributors - creating a macOS experience, not cross-platform that looks bad everywhere. MPlayerX was once upon a time also that, but its maintenance went vaporware a few years back, and the bundled crap finally killed it. So for a while now, I've been looking for a good player. Seems Iina is that player.
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qqii 10y ago

What is your process for browsing for content then, do you still browse the YouTube website?

rasz_pl 10y ago
small tempermonkey script replacing all YT embeds with custom URI + custom URI handler calling mpv "youtube_url" (or in my case extracting direct 720p stream https://xxxx.googlevideo.com/videoplayback.. https://xxxx.googlevideo.com/videoplayback... link and passing it to SMPlayer) This lets you watch every single YT clip using player of your choosing. Result is smooth video on 10 year old laptops(1.8GHz Core2) when Flash/browser buildin codecs are barely able to play 480p.
- vinay427 10y ago
  Would you consider publishing the script somewhere? I can't speak for others, but I would personally be inclined to use it as I'm looking for a YouTube client alternative.
  - rasz_pl 10y ago
    https://github.com/raszpl/smplayer4YT https://github.com/raszpl/smplayer4YT its a mess, but ~works :)
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TheAceOfHearts 10y ago
Yeah, I don't usually watch that many YouTube videos. In addition, I only follow a handful of content creators, and they don't post that frequently, e.g. Primitive Technology.

ufo 10y ago

What is your opinion on mpv vs vlc?

kyrra 10y ago

Not that it matters to everyone, but YouTube limits users of YouTube-dl to 720p resolution I believe. If you want 1080p or higher you have to do in-browser.

dindresto 10y ago
Nope, youtube-dl is able to grab the DASH sources, which includes 4k, 1440p and 1080p. :) The DASH video and audio sources can then be muxed by mpv on playback.
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groks 10y ago
$ youtube-dl --list-formats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeJLzyxZqbk | grep '[0-9]x[0-9]' 278 webm 256x144 DASH video 93k , webm container, vp9, 24fps, video only, 1.09MiB 242 webm 426x240 DASH video 110k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 1.00MiB 160 mp4 256x144 DASH video 113k , avc1.4d400c, 24fps, video only, 1.41MiB 243 webm 640x360 DASH video 196k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 1.83MiB 133 mp4 426x240 DASH video 247k , avc1.4d4015, 24fps, video only, 3.08MiB 134 mp4 640x360 DASH video 263k , avc1.4d401e, 24fps, video only, 2.95MiB 244 webm 854x480 DASH video 322k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 3.11MiB 135 mp4 854x480 DASH video 554k , avc1.4d401e, 24fps, video only, 6.30MiB 247 webm 1280x720 DASH video 714k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 7.48MiB 136 mp4 1280x720 DASH video 1127k , avc1.4d401f, 24fps, video only, 12.92MiB 248 webm 1920x1080 DASH video 1579k , vp9, 24fps, video only, 17.86MiB 137 mp4 1920x1080 DASH video 2304k , avc1.640028, 24fps, video only, 27.09MiB 17 3gp 176x144 small , mp4v.20.3, mp4a.40.2@ 24k 36 3gp 320x180 small , mp4v.20.3, mp4a.40.2 18 mp4 640x360 medium , avc1.42001E, mp4a.40.2@ 96k 43 webm 640x360 medium , vp8.0, vorbis@128k 22 mp4 1280x720 hd720 , avc1.64001F, mp4a.40.2@192k (best)