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When I see a youtube embed, the frame for which is blocked by default using umatrix, I right-click it and open it with mpv. With my configuration, mpv perform

When I see a youtube embed, the frame for which is blocked by default using umatrix, I right-click it and open it with mpv. With my configuration, mpv performs better at video playback than any browser, saving me battery life. It also lets me use keybindings I'm familiar with, easily screenshot the video with a single press of the s key, and make video clips of the video too. This also bypasses youtube's age gating, without requiring me to have an account. The same works for vimeo, dailymotion, etc. Even if the video embed doesn't even get created in the first place because I didn't run that page's javascript (I only run javacript on a whitelist basis), I can usually watch a video that would have been embedded in it by simply directing mpv to the hosting page itself. This even works for most local news websites (which seem to be the trashiest sort of pages on the web.)

throw10920 4y ago
> I right-click it and open it with mpv That's a super neat feature - where does it come from? uMatrix?
- cercatrova 4y ago
  Just drag the URL into an open MPV window. VLC can do the same.
  - mort96 4y ago
    Nothing "just" about that. Right click -> open in MPV is low friction. Launching MPV, arranging your windows so that both MPV and the browser is visible at the same time and then doing a drag-and-drop is much higher friction.
    - cercatrova 4y ago
      Well, there are ways to do even what you're talking about, it just takes some set up: https://old.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/d3m0fz/how_to_open_links_in_mpv_with_klipper/ https://old.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/d3m0fz/how_to_open_lin... From a quick Google on how to open URLs with mpv.
- account42 4y ago
  I use https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/send-to-mpv-player/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/send-to-mpv-p... for this (can also be configured to use other media players). My only complaint is that the extension looks for video elements (when invoked for the active page rather than on a link) and if it finds any it sends those URLs to mpv instead of the page URL. This is great when you need to run some JS to get to the URLs which yt-dlp? does not understand but mostly is just annoying because it manages to break things when mpv with just the page URL works fine.

throw10920 4y ago

> I right-click it and open it with mpv That's a super neat feature - where does it come from? uMatrix?

cercatrova 4y ago
Just drag the URL into an open MPV window. VLC can do the same.
- mort96 4y ago
  Nothing "just" about that. Right click -> open in MPV is low friction. Launching MPV, arranging your windows so that both MPV and the browser is visible at the same time and then doing a drag-and-drop is much higher friction.
  - cercatrova 4y ago
    Well, there are ways to do even what you're talking about, it just takes some set up: https://old.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/d3m0fz/how_to_open_links_in_mpv_with_klipper/ https://old.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/d3m0fz/how_to_open_lin... From a quick Google on how to open URLs with mpv.
account42 4y ago
I use https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/send-to-mpv-player/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/send-to-mpv-p... for this (can also be configured to use other media players). My only complaint is that the extension looks for video elements (when invoked for the active page rather than on a link) and if it finds any it sends those URLs to mpv instead of the page URL. This is great when you need to run some JS to get to the URLs which yt-dlp? does not understand but mostly is just annoying because it manages to break things when mpv with just the page URL works fine.