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Youtube channels do have RSS feeds, so if you want, you can subscribe to all the rss feeds for all the channels you follow. I don't think there's an rss feed f

by drdeca 5y ago

Youtube channels do have RSS feeds, so if you want, you can subscribe to all the rss feeds for all the channels you follow. I don't think there's an rss feed for "a selection of new things that youtube expects that you would actually watch, from the channels you follow, which youtube would list on the main page or whatever for you", so you can get exactly the same things, but if you just want to subscribe-through-rss to all the channels you subscribe-through-youtube , you can. You can also subscribe to a youtube playlist, if a channel has a playlist you are interested in, but which is only a minority of their videos.

drdeca 5y ago
typo : the "so you can get exactly the same things," should read "so you can't get exactly the same things," (as in, can't get exactly the same (distribution of) things you would if you were to just view the homepage)
OJFord 5y ago
I was aware of that, but I thought it was removed recently-ish (last couple of years)? Will have to check that, that'd be great.
- dlkmp 5y ago
  Still works perfectly. Even if they'd stop, there are projects like RSS Hub to solve this problem.
slightwinder 5y ago
> but if you just want to subscribe-through-rss to all the channels you subscribe-through-youtube , you can. Do you mean there is a unified feed that list all new entries in my subscribed channels? Or that one need to add a seperate rss-feed for every followed channel? I only know the second option, and it kinda sucks to maintain multiple places. Would be really great to have just one place to to that.
- FalconSensei 5y ago
  AFAIK, only the second option. Depending on your workflow, I see two 'solutions'. 1 - If you are on mobile app, subscribe to the channel on youtube. Them every few days, check your subscriptions on YT and add them on your RSS reader, while unsubscribing from YT. 2 - On desktop, many RSS readers have extensions to follow the current page, so you could use an extension to subscribe. Some mobile apps might let you share a link to it, and them subscribe there. The inconvenient thing about that is, it could be more cumbersome if for example, you sit on your couch and want to just cast some video to the TV. On a RSS reader you might need to click the link, which will open on YT app, and then cast.

by drdeca 5y ago

drdeca 5y ago

typo : the "so you can get exactly the same things," should read "so you can't get exactly the same things," (as in, can't get exactly the same (distribution of) things you would if you were to just view the homepage)

OJFord 5y ago

I was aware of that, but I thought it was removed recently-ish (last couple of years)? Will have to check that, that'd be great.

dlkmp 5y ago
Still works perfectly. Even if they'd stop, there are projects like RSS Hub to solve this problem.

slightwinder 5y ago

> but if you just want to subscribe-through-rss to all the channels you subscribe-through-youtube , you can. Do you mean there is a unified feed that list all new entries in my subscribed channels? Or that one need to add a seperate rss-feed for every followed channel? I only know the second option, and it kinda sucks to maintain multiple places. Would be really great to have just one place to to that.

FalconSensei 5y ago
AFAIK, only the second option. Depending on your workflow, I see two 'solutions'. 1 - If you are on mobile app, subscribe to the channel on youtube. Them every few days, check your subscriptions on YT and add them on your RSS reader, while unsubscribing from YT. 2 - On desktop, many RSS readers have extensions to follow the current page, so you could use an extension to subscribe. Some mobile apps might let you share a link to it, and them subscribe there. The inconvenient thing about that is, it could be more cumbersome if for example, you sit on your couch and want to just cast some video to the TV. On a RSS reader you might need to click the link, which will open on YT app, and then cast.