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I genuinely hate using YouTube because it's awful. Random pop-ups all over the page. Weird suggestions on the sidebar because I don't have an account and don't
by thewebcount 5y ago
I genuinely hate using YouTube because it's awful. Random pop-ups all over the page. Weird suggestions on the sidebar because I don't have an account and don't want one. Ads that start in the middle of a sentence and play again if you rewind, etc. so you can't actually understand the video you're watching. So I wrote an app that takes a YouTube URL, downloads the video with youtube-dl, and just plays it in a normal OS window. No web browser needed. No junk. It's awesome!
- xelxebar 5y agoYou might also enjoy invidio.us, in the off chance you end up stranded on a remote island without youtube-dl handy.
- lorenzhs 5y agoYou can just run “vlc https://youtube.com/watch/…” https://youtube.com/watch/…”. There’s also YouTube-dl integration for mpv if I’m not mistaken.
- dryfish 5y agoI did the same but it's all bodged together which means I usually don't watch anything from Youtube. It's a shame that the only video links on HN seem to be from Youtube.