Show HN: Restore titles for removed or private videos in YouTube playlists

#1

Post by exKitsune » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 5:26 AM UTC

Show HN: Restore titles for removed or private videos in YouTube playlists
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Re: Show HN: Restore titles for removed or private videos in YouTube playlists

#2

Post by anigbrowl » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 5:41 AM UTC

Instant love. I can accept that videos might get removed from YT for whatever reason, but if there's an empty spot in my playlist I want to know what it is so I can go and look for it elsewhere. Didn't realize this information was still available, never thought to look. Excellent work.

Re: Show HN: Restore titles for removed or private videos in YouTube playlists

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Post by metadat » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 5:46 AM UTC

anigbrowl wrote: post #2

Instant love. I can accept that videos might get removed from YT for whatever reason, but if there's an empty spot in my playlist I want to know what it is so I can go and look for it elsewhere. Didn't realize this information was still available, never thought to look. Excellent work.

Yeah, it's pretty terrible they won't even tell you the title of what was removed.

Are the titles themselves copyrighted? Or why did YT decide to go this route?

This is the main reason I stopped using youtube for music.

Re: Show HN: Restore titles for removed or private videos in YouTube playlists

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Post by anigbrowl » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 6:04 AM UTC

metadat wrote: post #3

anigbrowl wrote: post #2

Instant love. I can accept that videos might get removed from YT for whatever reason, but if there's an empty spot in my playlist I want to know what it is so I can go and look for it elsewhere. Didn't realize this information was still available, never thought to look. Excellent work.

Yeah, it's pretty terrible they won't even tell you the title of what was removed. Are the titles themselves copyrighted? Or why did YT decide to go this route? This is the main reason I stopped using youtube for music.

titles can't be copyrighted so that's definitely not why. I can't really guess their purpose. It might sorta make sense for 'embarrassing personal fail' videos that end up being something you wish you hadn't put online at age 14 but I suspect it has more to do with YT's 'LOL FU2' ethos.

Re: Show HN: Restore titles for removed or private videos in YouTube playlists

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Post by wodenokoto » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 6:26 AM UTC

Is there a manual way of doing this? It’s a problem that is so rare, I don’t really see the point of installing a script that’s running locally.

Re: Show HN: Restore titles for removed or private videos in YouTube playlists

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Post by DarkWiiPlayer » Wed, Jul 13, 2022, 7:08 AM UTC

metadat wrote: post #3

anigbrowl wrote: post #2

Instant love. I can accept that videos might get removed from YT for whatever reason, but if there's an empty spot in my playlist I want to know what it is so I can go and look for it elsewhere. Didn't realize this information was still available, never thought to look. Excellent work.

Yeah, it's pretty terrible they won't even tell you the title of what was removed. Are the titles themselves copyrighted? Or why did YT decide to go this route? This is the main reason I stopped using youtube for music.

I'm guessing there's technically the chance that a title might be problematic too, like if it contained private information or illegal speech. Although in that case, I wonder why they don't nuke the information completely.