4 ms·

And newpipe lets you download videos, stream and play them using an external audio or video player, has a built in background and popup player, lacks ads and is

And newpipe lets you download videos, stream and play them using an external audio or video player, has a built in background and popup player, lacks ads and is open source.

oehtXRwMkIs 6y ago
And is on F-Droid. Also supports other services including PeerTube. I probably forgot other useful features. Always irks me a little when people recommend Vanced.
- moneywoes 6y ago
  What's so good about PeerTube? Never heard of it
- livre 6y ago
  > And is on F-Droid I use F-Droid whenever I can but only for NewPipe I started to actively avoid it. YouTube occasionally changes it's HTML and breaks NewPipe, the app starts crashing and while it usually gets fixed quickly and the apk gets uploaded to GitHub, F-Droid still takes weeks to update it. Last update was about 2 weeks late, that's when I uninstalled the F-Droid version and started installing it directly from the GitHub releases page. Unfortunately for time critical bug fixes F-Droid still has a lot to improve. A useful feature you forgot is the AMOLED theme. Also subscribing to channels without having to use a YouTube account.
  - sickmate 6y ago
    You could add this repository to get the latest github releases: https://archive.newpipe.net/fdroid/repo/ https://archive.newpipe.net/fdroid/repo/ Some ongoing discussion on this issue thread here. https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/1981 https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/1981
    - livre 6y ago
      Thank you very much for that! I didn't know they had their own repository.
argiope 6y ago
newpie is excellent, I switched last year and never looked back. It offers exactly the features, that I as a user want. It made me realize afterwards in how many ways the official app is lacking.
aspenmayer 6y ago
Is there a similar project for iOS?
lostinroutine 6y ago
Last I tried it, there was no way to sign in and get personalized recommendations. Is that still true (or did I just miss it)?
- f1refly 6y ago
  That is by Design. You can add you subscriptions in xml formar and have newpipe fetch the new video list for you, but newpipe will by design not interface with anything google.
samanator 6y ago
Wow! Thanks for the tip! I've been using YouTube on Firefox mobile in order to avoid the ads. This looks like it could be a better experience.
naugtur 6y ago
Somewhat related self advertising. I made this tiny tool that lets you take a YouTube playlist or channel and turn it into a podcast RSS that works with any podcast listening app that still supports RSS sources. And the final audio URLs are pointing to YouTube anyway. https://github.com/naugtur/handsfreeyoutube https://github.com/naugtur/handsfreeyoutube

And newpipe lets you download videos, stream and play them using an external audio or video player, has a built in background and popup player, lacks ads and is open source.

oehtXRwMkIs 6y ago

And is on F-Droid. Also supports other services including PeerTube. I probably forgot other useful features. Always irks me a little when people recommend Vanced.

moneywoes 6y ago
What's so good about PeerTube? Never heard of it
livre 6y ago
> And is on F-Droid I use F-Droid whenever I can but only for NewPipe I started to actively avoid it. YouTube occasionally changes it's HTML and breaks NewPipe, the app starts crashing and while it usually gets fixed quickly and the apk gets uploaded to GitHub, F-Droid still takes weeks to update it. Last update was about 2 weeks late, that's when I uninstalled the F-Droid version and started installing it directly from the GitHub releases page. Unfortunately for time critical bug fixes F-Droid still has a lot to improve. A useful feature you forgot is the AMOLED theme. Also subscribing to channels without having to use a YouTube account.
- sickmate 6y ago
  You could add this repository to get the latest github releases: https://archive.newpipe.net/fdroid/repo/ https://archive.newpipe.net/fdroid/repo/ Some ongoing discussion on this issue thread here. https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/1981 https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/1981
  - livre 6y ago
    Thank you very much for that! I didn't know they had their own repository.

argiope 6y ago

newpie is excellent, I switched last year and never looked back. It offers exactly the features, that I as a user want. It made me realize afterwards in how many ways the official app is lacking.

aspenmayer 6y ago

Is there a similar project for iOS?

lostinroutine 6y ago

Last I tried it, there was no way to sign in and get personalized recommendations. Is that still true (or did I just miss it)?

f1refly 6y ago
That is by Design. You can add you subscriptions in xml formar and have newpipe fetch the new video list for you, but newpipe will by design not interface with anything google.

samanator 6y ago

Wow! Thanks for the tip! I've been using YouTube on Firefox mobile in order to avoid the ads. This looks like it could be a better experience.

naugtur 6y ago

Somewhat related self advertising. I made this tiny tool that lets you take a YouTube playlist or channel and turn it into a podcast RSS that works with any podcast listening app that still supports RSS sources. And the final audio URLs are pointing to YouTube anyway. https://github.com/naugtur/handsfreeyoutube https://github.com/naugtur/handsfreeyoutube