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Are there any apps that just let you select specific videos or playlists? That is, I'd like something even more customizable.

by spraak 9y ago

tomstockmail 9y ago
I don't know of any apps that do this exactly, so maybe if you want to stay within YouTube you could try restricting to a playlist. But that still has the possibility of random videos playing at some point. I've also been looking for something that allows me to loop videos, although that's more for creating a TV-channel like loop for my grandparents. To be safe in this situation I'd just use something like youtube-dl [1] and save filtered videos locally. Kids tend to watch the same videos over and over, so why not save bandwidth/battery life and store it locally when it's so cheap to do so. And since it's likely cartoons, the compression is better saving even more space. Tip: You can download playlists, so if you set a cronjob task to download a playlist you can add videos to it from anywhere you have access to YouTube. [1] https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/
- romuloab42 9y ago
  That was my conclusion as well. I didn't get fancy about setting cronjobs. I just run a script every now and then, and it is enough for my case. I'm still looking for a good player that would behave somewhat like Youtube Kids (auto play, fullscreen, no volume/brightness controls). All players I've tried have controls that kids don't understand and, accidentally or intentionally, end up ruining everything.
  - icebraining 9y ago
    For what platform? On Android, MX Player has a lock functionality, and a Kids Lock plugin (makes a bit harder to unlock).
- spraak 9y ago
  Cool, thanks for your help!
- fma 9y ago
  I'm in need of a similar solution. Only thing I've thought of is to record my own video that is like 1 hour long of just a screen that has text like "end of playlist"...and have that at the end of every playlist.
rasz 9y ago
ImprovedTube extension, hide suggestions, disable player end screen, subscribe to channels you want - you will only see videos from your Subscription feed.

Are there any apps that just let you select specific videos or playlists? That is, I'd like something even more customizable.

by spraak 9y ago

Are there any apps that just let you select specific videos or playlists? That is, I'd like something even more customizable.

tomstockmail 9y ago

I don't know of any apps that do this exactly, so maybe if you want to stay within YouTube you could try restricting to a playlist. But that still has the possibility of random videos playing at some point. I've also been looking for something that allows me to loop videos, although that's more for creating a TV-channel like loop for my grandparents. To be safe in this situation I'd just use something like youtube-dl [1] and save filtered videos locally. Kids tend to watch the same videos over and over, so why not save bandwidth/battery life and store it locally when it's so cheap to do so. And since it's likely cartoons, the compression is better saving even more space. Tip: You can download playlists, so if you set a cronjob task to download a playlist you can add videos to it from anywhere you have access to YouTube. [1] https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/

romuloab42 9y ago
That was my conclusion as well. I didn't get fancy about setting cronjobs. I just run a script every now and then, and it is enough for my case. I'm still looking for a good player that would behave somewhat like Youtube Kids (auto play, fullscreen, no volume/brightness controls). All players I've tried have controls that kids don't understand and, accidentally or intentionally, end up ruining everything.
- icebraining 9y ago
  For what platform? On Android, MX Player has a lock functionality, and a Kids Lock plugin (makes a bit harder to unlock).
spraak 9y ago
Cool, thanks for your help!
fma 9y ago
I'm in need of a similar solution. Only thing I've thought of is to record my own video that is like 1 hour long of just a screen that has text like "end of playlist"...and have that at the end of every playlist.

rasz 9y ago

ImprovedTube extension, hide suggestions, disable player end screen, subscribe to channels you want - you will only see videos from your Subscription feed.