Show HN: A personal YouTube frontend based on yt-dlp
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Re: Show HN: A personal YouTube frontend based on yt-dlp
#2I basically have an even simpler version of something like this for my own personal use too. I found it pretty easy to write in Go and my area of expertise is decidedly not web frontend/backend. I’d recommend it as a fun little project if you’re looking for something to do.
For mine, I paste in a video or playlist URL and it downloads the video and creates a lower resolution transcoded version suitable for streaming to my phone. It also extracts an audio-only version in case that’s more appropriate.
Re: Show HN: A personal YouTube frontend based on yt-dlp
#3Shhh! We are going to have to fork it again if too many people find out.
Re: Show HN: A personal YouTube frontend based on yt-dlp
#4I basically have an even simpler version of something like this for my own personal use too. I found it pretty easy to write in Go and my area of expertise is decidedly not web frontend/backend. I’d recommend it as a fun little project if you’re looking for something to do. For mine, I paste in a video or playlist URL and it downloads the video and creates a lower resolution transcoded version suitable for streaming…
I have one too, it's honestly a very fun area to program around, and I'm not going to be surprised if this thread is full of me-toos.
Mine is specifically meant to help get videos onto plex in exactly the way we want - with particular emphasis on playlists, taking the numbering and putting it in plex format, and transcoding any codecs (detected via ffprobe) i know certain shitty players (smart TVs) will have issues with. Along with putting it in the right spot on the filesystem with the right permissions and user+group set so it serves correctly over samba too (for management from windows / via GUI).
Re: Show HN: A personal YouTube frontend based on yt-dlp
#5I basically have an even simpler version of something like this for my own personal use too. I found it pretty easy to write in Go and my area of expertise is decidedly not web frontend/backend. I’d recommend it as a fun little project if you’re looking for something to do. For mine, I paste in a video or playlist URL and it downloads the video and creates a lower resolution transcoded version suitable for streaming…
I have one too, it's honestly a very fun area to program around, and I'm not going to be surprised if this thread is full of me-toos. Mine is specifically meant to help get videos onto plex in exactly the way we want - with particular emphasis on playlists, taking the numbering and putting it in plex format, and transcoding any codecs (detected via ffprobe) i know certain shitty players (smart TVs) will have issues w…
Have a repo you can share?
Re: Show HN: A personal YouTube frontend based on yt-dlp
#6Hmm nice. I already have my own search frontend (SearXNG), my own chat frontend (Matrix+Element), LLM (OpenWebUI), and this would now be a good addition.
It's sad that it's necessary but the internet has become so enshittified.
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#7Shhh! We are going to have to fork it again if too many people find out.
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#9Shhh! We are going to have to fork it again if too many people find out.
Indeed, those with ridiculously slow broadband networks won't ever get 4k content again.
DRM was.. and still is dumb... as it collectively punishes paying customers. While ContentID is sometimes abused by brazen scammers, it is a better solution given the majority of content is still served off the YT platform. =3
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#10Shhh! We are going to have to fork it again if too many people find out.
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