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I think that will be great for old hardware. I have a very old Thinkpad R50e here where Youtube did not work properly in the browser, at least not above 240p ii

by onli 6y ago

I think that will be great for old hardware. I have a very old Thinkpad R50e here where Youtube did not work properly in the browser, at least not above 240p iirc, but you could download the video and watch it with vlc. The difference was the hardware acceleration, and I specifically remember VA-API (together with a second acceleration API?) as coming up at my research back then and being disappointed the browser would not use it. So this could be a nice improvement for a wide range of old devices.

gridlockd 6y ago
Those old devices are going to choke on rendering the Youtube HTML of 2020 instead.
- onli 6y ago
  That's likely. But there is always hope for a new Feather project.
- smichel17 6y ago
  &disable_polymer=1 Automatic: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-polymer-youtube/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-polym...
- djeiasbsbo 6y ago
  What I can recommend is invidious as an alternative frontend to the official youtube website. It is free software and can be self -hosted but there are also many public instances readily available (e.g. invidio.us). There are even instances for I2P and Tor users. A similar thing called nitter also exists as a substitute for twitter. There are browser add ons and apps available which automatically redirect youtube and twitter links to invidious and nitter!
flowless 6y ago
No need to download, I was using youtube-dl piped to mplayer, now using mpv which has youtube-dl integrated. Works wonders on old and not-so-old hardware that can't play 1080p or 4k in browser.
- foepys 6y ago
  I'm using mpv with youtube-dl, too. It's also working on Windows and makes watching videos on dual monitor setups easier. Just place the youtube-dl.exe side-by-side with the mpv.exe. youtube-dl supports a lot more websites than only YouTube, which makes it (in combination with mpv) a very nice tool that you just put all your videos into.
  - glomph 6y ago
    Do you have your browser set up to open youtube links like that? If so could you explain how you set it up?
    - foepys 6y ago
      I just put mpv into my PATH, open CMD/terminal, and copy and paste the video link. This takes maybe 5 seconds.
    - karatchov 6y ago
      Ive been using Openwith on firefox and chrome, and it works flawlessly It needs a launcher (aka native host client) to start the 3rd party app, in this case mpv with the correct arguments. The launcher is technically only started (then immediatly terminates) when you trigger the openwith action, so no memory/cpu overhead. The official openwith solution is a python script (requires python), for windows there is a native and lightweight launcher: owclauncher With this setup, you can launch any action with a simple right click: play in mpv, play in low resolution in mpv, download video/audio with youtube-dl, play in 2nd screen ...
      - ftk_ 6y ago
        There's also play-with extension which doesn't require native client. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/play-with/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/play-with/
- atomi 6y ago
  > mpv ... youtube-dl I thought that was a fight club type secret that we're not supposed to share.

by onli 6y ago

gridlockd 6y ago

Those old devices are going to choke on rendering the Youtube HTML of 2020 instead.

onli 6y ago
That's likely. But there is always hope for a new Feather project.
smichel17 6y ago
&disable_polymer=1 Automatic: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-polymer-youtube/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-polym...
djeiasbsbo 6y ago
What I can recommend is invidious as an alternative frontend to the official youtube website. It is free software and can be self -hosted but there are also many public instances readily available (e.g. invidio.us). There are even instances for I2P and Tor users. A similar thing called nitter also exists as a substitute for twitter. There are browser add ons and apps available which automatically redirect youtube and twitter links to invidious and nitter!

flowless 6y ago

No need to download, I was using youtube-dl piped to mplayer, now using mpv which has youtube-dl integrated. Works wonders on old and not-so-old hardware that can't play 1080p or 4k in browser.

foepys 6y ago
I'm using mpv with youtube-dl, too. It's also working on Windows and makes watching videos on dual monitor setups easier. Just place the youtube-dl.exe side-by-side with the mpv.exe. youtube-dl supports a lot more websites than only YouTube, which makes it (in combination with mpv) a very nice tool that you just put all your videos into.
- glomph 6y ago
  Do you have your browser set up to open youtube links like that? If so could you explain how you set it up?
  - foepys 6y ago
    I just put mpv into my PATH, open CMD/terminal, and copy and paste the video link. This takes maybe 5 seconds.
  - karatchov 6y ago
    Ive been using Openwith on firefox and chrome, and it works flawlessly It needs a launcher (aka native host client) to start the 3rd party app, in this case mpv with the correct arguments. The launcher is technically only started (then immediatly terminates) when you trigger the openwith action, so no memory/cpu overhead. The official openwith solution is a python script (requires python), for windows there is a native and lightweight launcher: owclauncher With this setup, you can launch any action with a simple right click: play in mpv, play in low resolution in mpv, download video/audio with youtube-dl, play in 2nd screen ...
    - ftk_ 6y ago
      There's also play-with extension which doesn't require native client. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/play-with/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/play-with/
atomi 6y ago
> mpv ... youtube-dl I thought that was a fight club type secret that we're not supposed to share.