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Hey all! I tossed this together because I had trouble with YouTube and its rabbit hole. I wanted a way to still watch my favorite people without a lot of noise

Hey all! I tossed this together because I had trouble with YouTube and its rabbit hole. I wanted a way to still watch my favorite people without a lot of noise + distraction. I also use YouTube for live music while working (which is an issue if I get distracted by a neat looking video) So I made Tube. It is just a search box and it shows you the top few results, you click on one and all you get is the player. Let me know what you think. This is the first time I'm showing it off so there is likely still some rough edges! :)

mariedm 9y ago
First, I'm probably not the only one but I find ads really annoying. Also, I always find myself spending so much time on Youtube when I was just coming for one video, that can be problematic. I think Tube is simple but effective.
- madamelic 9y ago
  Unfortunately, it won't filter out pre-roll ads, but there is always YouTube Red, if you dislike ads and don't hate Google.
  - sakuronto 9y ago
    And there are always ad blockers, if you dislike ads but do hate Google!
    - ucaetano 9y ago
      And hate the content producers too!
      - ealhad 9y ago
        All the content producers I follow have either a Patreon or a Tipeee page, which allows me to give them some money (probably much more than what they would earn if I watched the ads).
      - dawnerd 9y ago
        Considering just about everyone I watch ends up being demonized that’s not such a bad thing.
  - stephengillie 9y ago
    YouTube Red is nice, but so many videos bake-in ads. It would be nice to have a player only play selected portions of a video; for a video with an ad baked in from 0:11 to 0:41, the player would play from 0:00 to 0:11, then auto-skip from 0:11 to 0:41, and continue playing. These could be set from an earlier viewing, suggested by the site by other viewer behavior, or have common shows have a "time file"of clips to skip to. "Abridged" shows could use a "time file" and subtitle track for easier content creation.
  - dingaling 9y ago
    > but there is always YouTube Red For the majority of the World there is not
laylomo 9y ago
This is awesome! Is the code available as open source anywhere? I might be interested in making my own personal deployment because I think youtube is far too distracting
- madamelic 9y ago
  Oh! Yeah, I can totally do that tonight. I'll link it (I have to remove a key from the code... oooops. :))
JosefStoolen 9y ago
This is the best software ever written. Salut.
- madamelic 9y ago
  Aww, thanks! :)
asfgionio 9y ago
I would look at Youtube Feather. It was a stripped-down version of Youtube Google made several years back. Sadly it's discontinued now. I think you've gone too far. Tearing out bloat and psychological manipulation is good, but it should have playlists, channels, and search filters. Those are important features for finding videos.
- madamelic 9y ago
  >Tearing out bloat and psychological manipulation is good, but it should have playlists, channels, and search filters. I'll definitely consider it. I didn't expect it to get this response to be honest. The target is more about cutting out the psychological rabbit hole, less about making it really light (although it would be a nice side effect)

mariedm 9y ago

First, I'm probably not the only one but I find ads really annoying. Also, I always find myself spending so much time on Youtube when I was just coming for one video, that can be problematic. I think Tube is simple but effective.

madamelic 9y ago
Unfortunately, it won't filter out pre-roll ads, but there is always YouTube Red, if you dislike ads and don't hate Google.
- sakuronto 9y ago
  And there are always ad blockers, if you dislike ads but do hate Google!
  - ucaetano 9y ago
    And hate the content producers too!
    - ealhad 9y ago
      All the content producers I follow have either a Patreon or a Tipeee page, which allows me to give them some money (probably much more than what they would earn if I watched the ads).
    - dawnerd 9y ago
      Considering just about everyone I watch ends up being demonized that’s not such a bad thing.
- stephengillie 9y ago
  YouTube Red is nice, but so many videos bake-in ads. It would be nice to have a player only play selected portions of a video; for a video with an ad baked in from 0:11 to 0:41, the player would play from 0:00 to 0:11, then auto-skip from 0:11 to 0:41, and continue playing. These could be set from an earlier viewing, suggested by the site by other viewer behavior, or have common shows have a "time file"of clips to skip to. "Abridged" shows could use a "time file" and subtitle track for easier content creation.
- dingaling 9y ago
  > but there is always YouTube Red For the majority of the World there is not

laylomo 9y ago

This is awesome! Is the code available as open source anywhere? I might be interested in making my own personal deployment because I think youtube is far too distracting

madamelic 9y ago
Oh! Yeah, I can totally do that tonight. I'll link it (I have to remove a key from the code... oooops. :))

JosefStoolen 9y ago

This is the best software ever written. Salut.

madamelic 9y ago
Aww, thanks! :)

asfgionio 9y ago

I would look at Youtube Feather. It was a stripped-down version of Youtube Google made several years back. Sadly it's discontinued now. I think you've gone too far. Tearing out bloat and psychological manipulation is good, but it should have playlists, channels, and search filters. Those are important features for finding videos.

madamelic 9y ago
>Tearing out bloat and psychological manipulation is good, but it should have playlists, channels, and search filters. I'll definitely consider it. I didn't expect it to get this response to be honest. The target is more about cutting out the psychological rabbit hole, less about making it really light (although it would be a nice side effect)