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There is a javascript library for interfacing with Youtube's API directly. It can also run on browsers. Using this, it's pretty easy to create a simple extensio

There is a javascript library for interfacing with Youtube's API directly. It can also run on browsers. Using this, it's pretty easy to create a simple extension that replaces the default video player with your own. You can do a lot to improve your experience this way. I've made one which allows for higher quality streaming, pre-buffering video in the background, more subtitling options, etc... [2] [3]. [1] https://github.com/LuanRT/YouTube.js https://github.com/LuanRT/YouTube.js [2] https://github.com/Andrews54757/FastStream https://github.com/Andrews54757/FastStream [3] Chrome (also available for Firefox): https://chromewebstore.google.com/u/1/detail/faststream-video-player/kkeakohpadmbldjaiggikmnldlfkdfog https://chromewebstore.google.com/u/1/detail/faststream-vide...

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corn-dog 3y ago
Hey you should post about this on our extension devs server , people would be super interested https://discord.gg/mHPkCCBx https://discord.gg/mHPkCCBx
- Andrews54757 3y ago
  I'll check out the Discord server because I want to see cool stuff other people are making, but I have no intention of seriously marketing my extension. I don't really want it to "take off" and become popular. To me, FastStream is just a fun hobby project, not a product. I intend to always keep it free without unnecessary bloat or spyware of any kind. So, I don't really have a desire for it to be "successful" beyond it being immediately useful to me and a couple of my friends.
  - corn-dog 3y ago
    That’s totally cool I appreciate your intentions with the extension :) people have built some really cool things with extensions
eyegor 3y ago
Wow, faststream works great for normal web players. Doesn't seem to work on any youtube videos when using the ff extension in the store though. Gets stuck loading forever. Edit: fixed, works well in every test case
- Andrews54757 3y ago
  Seems like it is a Youtube.js problem. will investigate, doesn't happen on Chrome. EDIT: It seems like Firefox has some special unsafe eval rule breaking dash.js EDIT2: Problem was actually FF's sendMessage not toString()'ing URL objects. I've fixed it in V1.2.1 for FF (approval by mozilla pending) EDIT3: V1.2.1 (Firefox hotfix) is available now https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/faststream/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/faststream/
  - eyegor 3y ago
    Kind of unrelated, but how difficult do you think it would be to hack support for glsl shaders in a browser? I tried to look into it once, but got a bit lost in the media source side of things. My idea was to try to add glsl shaders as post processing to video streams like in mpv but without having to jump through all the hurdles of passing data to mpv. Example of a shader I was playing with https://github.com/TianZerL/ACNetGLSL https://github.com/TianZerL/ACNetGLSL
    - Andrews54757 3y ago
      Isn't GLSL already supported by WebGL?
      - eyegor 3y ago
        Yeah all the pieces are already there, but I was trying to make something like a player replacer that would let the user load arbitrary glsl shaders to use. The idea being to provide usable upscaling or filters for weak connections or old videos, correct shaky videos, etc. in real time. I just found this for fsr [0] which might work for the upscaling use case. [0] https://github.com/Hajime-san/web-fsr/tree/main/browser-extension https://github.com/Hajime-san/web-fsr/tree/main/browser-exte...
pvg 3y ago
Do you happen to know how well (or at all) the library supports subs/sub notifications and if people have built alternative UIs around that? The default youtube UI for that is a tremendous clunkfest.
tobias2014 3y ago
This is nifty! It might be interesting to interface it with Sponsorblock in the future.

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corn-dog 3y ago

Hey you should post about this on our extension devs server , people would be super interested https://discord.gg/mHPkCCBx https://discord.gg/mHPkCCBx

Andrews54757 3y ago
I'll check out the Discord server because I want to see cool stuff other people are making, but I have no intention of seriously marketing my extension. I don't really want it to "take off" and become popular. To me, FastStream is just a fun hobby project, not a product. I intend to always keep it free without unnecessary bloat or spyware of any kind. So, I don't really have a desire for it to be "successful" beyond it being immediately useful to me and a couple of my friends.
- corn-dog 3y ago
  That’s totally cool I appreciate your intentions with the extension :) people have built some really cool things with extensions

eyegor 3y ago

Wow, faststream works great for normal web players. Doesn't seem to work on any youtube videos when using the ff extension in the store though. Gets stuck loading forever. Edit: fixed, works well in every test case

Andrews54757 3y ago
Seems like it is a Youtube.js problem. will investigate, doesn't happen on Chrome. EDIT: It seems like Firefox has some special unsafe eval rule breaking dash.js EDIT2: Problem was actually FF's sendMessage not toString()'ing URL objects. I've fixed it in V1.2.1 for FF (approval by mozilla pending) EDIT3: V1.2.1 (Firefox hotfix) is available now https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/faststream/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/faststream/
- eyegor 3y ago
  Kind of unrelated, but how difficult do you think it would be to hack support for glsl shaders in a browser? I tried to look into it once, but got a bit lost in the media source side of things. My idea was to try to add glsl shaders as post processing to video streams like in mpv but without having to jump through all the hurdles of passing data to mpv. Example of a shader I was playing with https://github.com/TianZerL/ACNetGLSL https://github.com/TianZerL/ACNetGLSL
  - Andrews54757 3y ago
    Isn't GLSL already supported by WebGL?
    - eyegor 3y ago
      Yeah all the pieces are already there, but I was trying to make something like a player replacer that would let the user load arbitrary glsl shaders to use. The idea being to provide usable upscaling or filters for weak connections or old videos, correct shaky videos, etc. in real time. I just found this for fsr [0] which might work for the upscaling use case. [0] https://github.com/Hajime-san/web-fsr/tree/main/browser-extension https://github.com/Hajime-san/web-fsr/tree/main/browser-exte...

pvg 3y ago

Do you happen to know how well (or at all) the library supports subs/sub notifications and if people have built alternative UIs around that? The default youtube UI for that is a tremendous clunkfest.

tobias2014 3y ago

This is nifty! It might be interesting to interface it with Sponsorblock in the future.