loxo@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoCan't watch any YouTube videos anymore, what do I do now?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1315arrow-down156
arrow-up1259arrow-down1imageCan't watch any YouTube videos anymore, what do I do now?lemmy.worldloxo@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square155fedilink
minus-squareuvok@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoDownload Videos with yt-dlp and watch them locally. Works perfectly so far
minus-squareHMN@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoOne day they find a way to inject ads into the downloaded file, don’t worry.
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoI’m shocked that they don’t always do this. I wrote software that spliced video segments without encoding at runtime like that years ago.
minus-squareEmi621@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoI mean there are sponsors but you can just use sponsor block to not download those parts.
minus-squareFree Palestine 🇵🇸@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoOr just use Piped, Invidious or FreeTube. LibreTube or NewPipe on Android, Yattee with this guide on iOS.
Download Videos with yt-dlp and watch them locally. Works perfectly so far
One day they find a way to inject ads into the downloaded file, don’t worry.
I’m shocked that they don’t always do this. I wrote software that spliced video segments without encoding at runtime like that years ago.
I mean there are sponsors but you can just use sponsor block to not download those parts.
Or just use Piped, Invidious or FreeTube. LibreTube or NewPipe on Android, Yattee with this guide on iOS.
Or just stream directly with mpv