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Re: FixYT

#31

Post by skizm »

I mentioned this in another thread but YouTube feather (beta) is pretty much this. It strips down everything but the video and the recommendations on the side. Also it is an official Google feature.

Re: FixYT

#32

Post by jamesbritt »

timl88 wrote: post #9

If it could get around youtube's annoying DASH and buffer the entire video while paused I would use it!

Look for the Youtube Center addon or extension. Among the many options is disabling DASH.

Re: FixYT

#33

Post by trendoid »

All the videos that require sign in due to "rated content", seems to be not working since they require sign in. I dont even get a sign in option, just "error occurred".

Re: FixYT

#34

Post by tehwebguy »

sequoia wrote: post #2

It's nice but if you ever even appear to cut into their ad model they'll shut ya down. Gotta pay the engineers, other employees, electric bill etc.... youtube ain't free ;) EDIT: I really like the site & hope you flesh it out. Just not getting my hopes up too high. :)

Redisplaying YouTube content on other websites is explicitly allowed. Ads run in the embedded player, which they made easily available and usable on purpose.

What is NOT allowed, as far as I know, is using their API and player to make a website that does nothing but show YouTube content.

Re: FixYT

#35

Post by cachemeifyoucan »

LukeWalsh wrote: post #3

I use a browser plugin that strips down the actual site to a minimal version http://www.clea.nr It's by far the best solution I've found since it stays out of the way, and when I click on a Youtube link the page is much nicer.

Can't seem to install the plugin - chrome is blocking the installation and I can't find it in the chrome extension store...

Re: FixYT

#36

Post by dools »

mburns wrote: post #27
ghayes wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This should be more well known. I just enabled it and don't plan on ever looking back.

Until you want to watch a playlist or a channel without choosing each video each time. Feather Beta doesn't work with the "Play all" links or playlists in general.

I created a little thing for making and sharing playlists: http://www.cueyoutube.com/

I tweet my lists using the hashtag #cueyoutube which means I can always go back and find them later using http://snapbird.org/

Re: FixYT

#38

Post by wuliwong »

tehwebguy wrote: post #34
sequoia wrote: post #2

It's nice but if you ever even appear to cut into their ad model they'll shut ya down. Gotta pay the engineers, other employees, electric bill etc.... youtube ain't free ;) EDIT: I really like the site & hope you flesh it out. Just not getting my hopes up too high. :)

Redisplaying YouTube content on other websites is explicitly allowed. Ads run in the embedded player, which they made easily available and usable on purpose. What is NOT allowed, as far as I know, is using their API and player to make a website that does nothing but show YouTube content.

Last time I checked if all your are doing is repackaging their content but not adding any other content of substance to the page, it is against the TOS. This was a couple years ago but that was my understanding.
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