No website version? I hope the desktop app isn't Electron-based then.
Edit: It is. What the fuck?
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That zip file is just one command away from an appimage
Lots of desktop front ends.
Meanwhile I got to emulate Android to run S-Tube because there's nothing good for remote control use for Plasma Bigscreen.
At least my Bigscreen "easy to use" legit package might be done soon.
Honestly the mobile app doesn't work for such long periods of time that I've all but given up and gone back to YouTube.
If anyone knows an app to replace YouTube that is actually reliable then let me know! I'm in the market.
What do you mean it doesnt work for longer periods of time? Been flawless for me ever since I started using it.
It either restarts part way through or stops playing as if it can't buffer anymore.
It comes and goes, sometimes I'll go a couple of weeks of it working fine then for a week or more i get the above issues.
...truth?
Run your own yt-dlp frontend. Punchflat... or one of the many other solutions out there. Dump your subs to a folder and let Jellyfin turn them into individual shows with episodes.
I shouldn't have to do that!
Don't tell me. Tell Google, or... pay them, I guess. Your call. I'll be over here turning my lemons into lemonade. You do whatever you want with yours.
Can you tell me more about these yt-dlp frontends? I've been looking for one for a long time, but I haven't really found any. I was thinking of using mov-cli instead so I atleast have a search feature.
Did you just have a whole conversation with yourself? Lol at least give me a chance to respond.
Thanks for the recommendation.
The other most used frontends are Newpipe(and it's forks) aswell as Revanced.
Will check them out, cheers
Would have preferred android TV app
Much smaller target audience I believe. Also SmartTube exists.
Yeah but.....what happens when dev get tired of doing updates and combating Google?
Suit yourself.
I use smart tube right now. But every time google purposely breaks it, I hold my breath wondering if "this is it when they give up."
It's an alpha release, so expect it to be buggy. Overall this is a good thing. We need more frontends.
Why can't they be a website than an app for Dekstop?
Also understood that they're not open-source but are they privacy-respecting?
Edit: Went through their privacy policy and seems they're privacy-focused. I will be trying their app now.
Personally I've been using FreeTube for accessing YouTube as they are FOSS. Only thing I wish they would have a feature to share like subs with Tubular and watch history somehow. It doesn't have all the platforms Grayjay has but for just YouTube its pretty great
Yeah if you know who's behind Futo (Louis Rossman) you will know he fights very hard for better privacy across the board among other things that are better for us consumers.
Edit: Futo being the company behind this app and other privacy respective apps.
when it comes to right to repair he's amazing. that being said, however, he hasn't had much positive to say about the SteamDeck which is leagues ahead of something like the Nintendo switch in terms of user freedoms and customizability.
Granted that's like one take I disagree with compared to ALL he's done but I'm still surprised he hasn't made a followup about how much good it's done for Linux in general considering he's been using Linux since it was in a physical box lol
the app is source available, it places some restrictions on modifications of the source code, but the code is fully available
I really wish there was a truly open source version of GrayJay because GrayJay is actually Not OpenSource
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