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I did know that mpv/vlc supports playing youtube but I didn't connect the dots, until now. Thanks for suggestion! This could be big because I also struggle a bi

• dspillett 9y ago
  There is also the option of downloading with http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ and queuing up the local files in your preferred local media player's playlist support. Particularly useful if you might want to watch the content while travelling as you don't need a reliable connection as you would for streaming. yt-dl directly supports a fair few other video sites (http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html) too, and indirectly a large number of others as its generic resource locator does a fairly good job of finding the object you want unless the site actively tries to obfuscate the video's location.