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Wait, VLC has a youtube-dl integration?

• pfundstein 6y ago
  No.. VLC can play most streaming formats & protocols from network sources. Open VLC, press Ctrl+N and paste the URL.
• thaumasiotes 6y ago
  mpv does, if that's what you're looking for.
  • t0astbread 6y ago
    Oh that's nice! I was actually already using mpv for playback but I never noticed this feature. The only disadvantage this has over my stitched together setup is that I don't get to keep the video afterwards but it fixes a lot of pain points.
    • thaumasiotes 6y ago
      I mean, if you want to keep the video afterwards, you can just download it and then play it. Which also has the advantage that playback will always be smooth. That's almost always true of playing directly from a youtube URL, but I have had occasional issues. Most notably that leaving a straight-from-youtube video paused long enough will get it into a state you can't resume from.
      • t0astbread 6y ago
        Yeah, that's one of my biggest peeves with the YT player as well. I often watch talks or similar kinds of (long) videos in the bg some of which I might wish to keep that's why I like being able to download and view at the same time. But downloading a second time during quite hours is probably also fine.