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I watch a lot of youtube because its really the only form of TV I enjoy any longer. But the recommendations are a drag for the reasons mentioned here. What I'd

I watch a lot of youtube because its really the only form of TV I enjoy any longer. But the recommendations are a drag for the reasons mentioned here. What I'd really like is a better channels concept -- collections of videos from people I subscribe to -- or perhaps other's channels that get regularly updated content. A mix of algorithmically generated, user generated, and generated from myself (ex: put all my guitar subs into the same channel). I keep expecting these things to exist but perhaps user error is holding me back. Having a shared viewing experience with people with comparable interests would be particularly interesting. In that case, having channels that work a bit more like TV -- as opposed to on demand -- wouldn't be so bad because it links you up with other people currently watching it. Perhaps even voting to skip or replay. Its one of those things where, I feel like there is an extraordinary amount of potential in this product still, but will it ever be tapped? It has so much innertia that time is more on its side than perhaps it should be.

dirtyid 5y ago
I used https://youtube.videodeck.net/ https://youtube.videodeck.net/ for a long time to have Youtube "TV channels" but it got unreliable due to youtube api shenanigans. Now I use a script that makes direct youtube playlists I keep in a bookmark folder. Bonus you can set playlists to public and use 3rd party youtube apps with sponsor block on mobile. https://github.com/Elijas/auto-youtube-subscription-playlist-2/issues https://github.com/Elijas/auto-youtube-subscription-playlist...
- iosifnicolae2 5y ago
  Interesting idea.
  - dirtyid 5y ago
    https://i.imgur.com/awJ6vCe.png https://i.imgur.com/awJ6vCe.png Yeah it's solid setup, one can get a youtube api key and setup a decent management spreadsheet that pulls channel names and other info. Only issue with spreadsheet+script is it polls for new video on set timer. Apparently possible to be locked out with too many requests. I have it every 4 hours, with a bookmarket that forces a refresh. Overall it's not a bad system.

dirtyid 5y ago

I used https://youtube.videodeck.net/ https://youtube.videodeck.net/ for a long time to have Youtube "TV channels" but it got unreliable due to youtube api shenanigans. Now I use a script that makes direct youtube playlists I keep in a bookmark folder. Bonus you can set playlists to public and use 3rd party youtube apps with sponsor block on mobile. https://github.com/Elijas/auto-youtube-subscription-playlist-2/issues https://github.com/Elijas/auto-youtube-subscription-playlist...

iosifnicolae2 5y ago
Interesting idea.
- dirtyid 5y ago
  https://i.imgur.com/awJ6vCe.png https://i.imgur.com/awJ6vCe.png Yeah it's solid setup, one can get a youtube api key and setup a decent management spreadsheet that pulls channel names and other info. Only issue with spreadsheet+script is it polls for new video on set timer. Apparently possible to be locked out with too many requests. I have it every 4 hours, with a bookmarket that forces a refresh. Overall it's not a bad system.