YouTube: Google has found a way to break Invidious • Hacker News Board

stavros wrote: post #47

Deukhoofd wrote: post #9

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I often use mpv with a yt-dlp hook, which means I can basically just do ``mpv youtube.com/watch/whatever``, and stream the video in mpv.

I love that, but lately it seems to freeze a few seconds into the video.

Setting a lower resolution format via "ytdl-format=..." in the mpv.conf file may resolve that. Personally I also use "pause=yes" and find that the few extra seconds it has to cache also helps.

Re: YouTube: Google has found a way to break Invidious

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Post by stavros » Mon, Apr 01, 2024, 12:43 PM UTC

lozf wrote: post #56

stavros wrote: post #47

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I love that, but lately it seems to freeze a few seconds into the video.

Setting a lower resolution format via "ytdl-format=..." in the mpv.conf file may resolve that. Personally I also use "pause=yes" and find that the few extra seconds it has to cache also helps.

I'll try that, thanks!

Re: YouTube: Google has found a way to break Invidious

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Post by RamRodification » Mon, Apr 01, 2024, 1:29 PM UTC

Deukhoofd wrote: post #9

RamRodification wrote: post #5

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How are you using it? If you come across a youtube link, do you run yt-dlp on the command line and then watch the downloaded file in a media player? Asking because I'm too lazy for that, and interested to know if there is some fancier way.

I often use mpv with a yt-dlp hook, which means I can basically just do ``mpv youtube.com/watch/whatever``, and stream the video in mpv.

Cool!

> mpv with a yt-dlp hook

What does hook mean in this context? Is it some kind of plugin or addon to MPV or can MPV do that out-of-the-box?

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Post by I_like_pigeons » Mon, Apr 01, 2024, 1:54 PM UTC

RamRodification wrote: post #58

Deukhoofd wrote: post #9

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I often use mpv with a yt-dlp hook, which means I can basically just do ``mpv youtube.com/watch/whatever``, and stream the video in mpv.

Cool! > mpv with a yt-dlp hook What does hook mean in this context? Is it some kind of plugin or addon to MPV or can MPV do that out-of-the-box?

As far as I know, it worked out of the box for me after installing both mpv and yt-dlp on Arch linux.

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Post by okdood64 » Mon, Apr 01, 2024, 10:37 PM UTC

rwmj wrote: post #39

RamRodification wrote: post #5

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How are you using it? If you come across a youtube link, do you run yt-dlp on the command line and then watch the downloaded file in a media player? Asking because I'm too lazy for that, and interested to know if there is some fancier way.

Yes, I prefer to download them and watch them using vlc, it's a much better experience than using the website.

I do enjoy chapters when the creator adds them, though.