Show HN: Simple Minimal YouTube Alternative Player (no ads...with powers)

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Post by orizens » Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 12:10 PM UTC

Show HN: Simple Minimal YouTube Alternative Player (no ads...with powers)
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Post by Thomas_9 » Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 2:23 PM UTC

Interesting, I wonder when will youtube shut it down in a way or another...

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Post by cr3ative » Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 2:40 PM UTC

Isn't this more of an alternative browser, as the playback uses YouTube's own HTML5 player?

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Post by erelde » Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 2:50 PM UTC

Thomas_9 wrote: post #2

Interesting, I wonder when will youtube shut it down in a way or another...

They haven't shut down youtube-dl yet which allow downloads of only the audio track.

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Post by TrueDuality » Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 2:52 PM UTC

Looks like it's got some bugs preventing it from working.

You're loading the videos over HTTP while hosting your site on HTTPS which will result in the iframe being blocked. This is a security issue anyway and should be corrected.

Also looks like you're using localStorage and sessionStorage without checking to see if they're available.

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Post by julien_c » Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 2:56 PM UTC

Thomas_9 wrote: post #2

Interesting, I wonder when will youtube shut it down in a way or another...

Not sure what you're saying here. They're embedding Youtube videos which YT is perfectly fine with.

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Post by orizens » Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 3:01 PM UTC

TrueDuality wrote: post #5

Looks like it's got some bugs preventing it from working. You're loading the videos over HTTP while hosting your site on HTTPS which will result in the iframe being blocked. This is a security issue anyway and should be corrected. Also looks like you're using localStorage and sessionStorage without checking to see if they're available.

hi @TrueDuality. I updated the code over the last hour - so probably those were the bugs. yes - currently it's hosted over http (github-pages) - however - it functions correctly without it. regarding localStorage - currently, I assume modern browsers are used - it works on Chrome (desktop - Mac, Windows / android). Thanks for the feedback.

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Post by orizens » Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 3:01 PM UTC

cr3ative wrote: post #3

Isn't this more of an alternative browser, as the playback uses YouTube's own HTML5 player?

hi @cr3ative. imho, it suppose to give an alternative experience to youtube's interface.

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Post by orizens » Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 3:03 PM UTC

Thomas_9 wrote: post #2

Interesting, I wonder when will youtube shut it down in a way or another...

hi @Thomas_9. I'm using youtube's data api and player's api without any hacks. I actually following the api's rules and available api.

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Post by Thomas_9 » Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 3:10 PM UTC

orizens wrote: post #9

Thomas_9 wrote: post #2

Interesting, I wonder when will youtube shut it down in a way or another...

hi @Thomas_9. I'm using youtube's data api and player's api without any hacks. I actually following the api's rules and available api.

If it is basically youtube but you just remove ads, I tend to think they will react. But I admit this is a feeling more than a sure fact. I can't remember the name of the app that worked on top of a Google Api that was stopped in few hours...