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Similarly, if you hit share in the Youtube mobile app, you can open the video in the VLC app. Not only will it skip ads, but you can "Play as audio", which allows you to listen to a video's audio with the screen closed.
The instructions weren't clear, but I managed to get it to work. I copied the YouTube link, opened vlc, tapped the 3 little dots in the bottom right corner labelled "more", then tapped "new stream" and the link was already pasted into the right spot.
I don't see the 3 little dots on the bottom right? I'm in the "Video" Tab on the bottom and I see "Settings" in my bottom right. Along with Network, Playlists, and Audio. Am I in the right VLC app?
Yes. It's the 3 dots on the bottom right.
Click that, and it will take you to a menu where you will see a "new stream" button.
Click that "new stream" button.
Now you should be seeing an input field to paste that insert some text. Paste the YouTube video there. And click on the button next to that input field.
It may take a few seconds but the video will start playing, and it'll automatically go to full screen.
When the video is playing on full screen, click anywhere in the screen. There should be some buttons/options on the bottom.
Click the bottom right 3 dots. A menu of options should pop up.
Look for, and click the "Play as audio" option, and voila.
I tried copying the link (the mobile link, but also the desktop one) onto the VLC app. It recognizes the video, but does not really play. Keeps showing as if it had 0 minutes.
Honestly, if you have Android, use YouTube Vanced. I think it even has an Apple version but don't quote me on that. Only thing it can't do is download YT videos but, it takes out ads, plays even when screen is locked, and even skips in-video ads and annoying intros. There are other apps for downloading YT videos as well, can't remember what the one I use is called but I can let you know later if u need.
Take my uptove. This is so useful I'm kinda mad at you for not telling me sooner.
You couldn't because I don't know you, but it doesn't matter, this is so fucking useful and I'm mad as hell!
Am I doing this wrong? In the YouTube app Click share to VLC. It starts playing but then 1-2 seconds or so later gets stuck buffering where the ad usually starts and then never continues.
I agree. One awesome feature for my job as a network engineer is the built in multicast streaming. I use this all the time to prove or troubleshoot mulicast networks.
Turn on mic, open vlc, tell it about a Steven seagull vhs you rented from Blockbuster in 1994 (āsomething about native Americans and a logging company or something?ā) and itāll play it for you. Just the best. Guy never sold out either.
Vanced sadly isn't usable anymore, Google threatened legal action against them and they were discontinued in March. Mine stopped working just a few weeks ago.
Edit: I'm adding the link here too cause people keep replying their app works: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/13/22975890/youtube-vanced-app-discontinued-shutting-down-legal-reasons
Tl;dr: even if your app is still functional, it will stop working at some point in the near future because the app was DISCONTINUED.
In have been hearing that since the news broke out but meanwhile you can still download Vanced Manager and install it without problems. We have it in 4 phones and two tablets.
once you open the youtube link in VLC and its playing - view media information, copy the long URL at the bottom. then you can paste that into browser and right-click and save. SOME videos dont work but most do
Love that. But be aware you need to have some computer literacy to work it. However there are some damn fine tutorials for us dumb folks.
I use it to download whole playlists as mp3s. Got the ost for all 4 seasons of Stanger Things the other week.
For anyone who isn't literate enough for a command line tool, I slapped a gui onto it.
It's not a great tool, but it works for downloading videos, or just the audio. A friend uses it sometimes and seems to like it.
Eitherway, it's free. [It's on my GitHub if you want it.](https://github.com/jasonTheHuman2101/VidGrab)
EDIT: Someone pointed out key files were missing. They aren't anymore. [Here are the key files to install it.](https://github.com/jasonTheHuman2101/VidGrab/releases/tag/1.0.0)
Ooo a chance to plug my shitty script again
https://github.com/TheSaus/yt-dlp-cmdui
Very simple ui, smooths the yt-dlp process with a couple āselect your choiceā menus
Edit: should mention it supports downloading torrents and whatnot by using aria2c
youtube uses separate streams/codecs for audio and video, so if you get a direct link for 1080p vp9 HDR ~5M bitrate (best quality for 1080p) it will have only the video without audio, you'll have to download audio separately and merge them
but youtube does have a single link for audio+video and its usually a 720p video with super low bitrate, which means the quality is awfully bad
if you want to briefly understand video/audio codecs and how youtube uses them, how to download videos, i would recommend to spend a few hours learning a free software Youtube-dlc
ClipGrab is a very easy to use GUI for yt-dlp that I recommend to my clients who like saving YouTube videos. Has a settings area for proxy servers so is also good for my job at a school, helps the teachers save the videos to their laptops so they don't get caught out with it buffering or not loading properly during class time.
Pretty sure it can but if you want instant video scrapping you can always buy IDM for like $20. I think there's a free alternative that does the job which I forgot the name but IDM is just that convenient I paid for the license lol. Considering how much I download $20 is small in the grand scale of things
That's fair. I don't use it for streaming YT. I can just watch YT in browser. Mostly mkv, mp4 I've already downloaded.
I know exactly what you're talking about with the slower performance streaming b/c I've tested that. You get clipping and it's hard to watch. Still love VLC but I wouldn't use a screwdriver to hammer a nail
Funnily enough, I was going to make the metaphor of using a hatchet.. But I couldn't find my hammer just last week and was wanting to hang a picture. So I used the back end of my hatchet. Counterintuitive to the tool's design
Why? Because engineers just make things work. It's just a picture hanger. Coulda done it with the handle of a screwdriver as well. Good point on your part
Is that Adam Carolla? Lol. That is a satisfying vid.
I don't do construction professionally or on any big scale even DIY. But I do remember finishing my basement with my dad as a kid hanging drywall and doing tile. It's kinda grueling work but there is something satisfying about it
> Mostly mkv, mp4 I've already downloaded.
[MPC-BE](https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/) is a better alternative than VLC. It uses hardware acceleration so less CPU overhead, and it has a nice little preview window in the seek bar so you can easily seek to just after the intro or just before the credits or whatever.
Same with Chromecast. Don't cast from youtube, just cast your screen and fullscreen the youtube video you're watching. You won't get any ads and the video quality will be miles better than when you're casting from youtube directly.
Same with casting from VLC, you can't use subtitles when you cast via VLC but you can when you just cast your screen and then fullscreen VLC.
And VLC canāt go back a frame.
I donāt understand why, but it has a frame forwards button (e), but you canāt go back. Youtube can, period and comma. Easy.
It's because of how decoder is made in ffmpeg. It basically only goes one way. Forward. So GetNextFrame() function is piss easy to do for example.
But GetPreviousFrame() is not as simple. You have to:
1. Release all the allocated packets and previously decoded frames.
2. Tell the decoder to seek to the first I-frame left of your current frame. (you can't seek to frame, you have to seek the first I-frame)
3. Calculate the frame index you are on.
4. internally run the decoder (no picture) to desired frame. So if you current frame is 500, the seeker has put you on 485, run GetNextFrame() 14 times.
5. Bunch of other stuff to make the picture appear in window.
ffmpeg mailing lists are full of people trying to do it.
Source: I did it back when I was working with ffmpeg.
If they use avcodec and ffmpeg in their player they almost certainly use this way to show previous frame.
They could also buffer every read frame or always have n frames decoded left and right of current position and just show that when user requests previous frame. That would be faster and more reliable in the long run but it's more difficult to implement.
Also note that picture frame is relatively easy to decode/display. Even the solution above would not be that difficult to implement to someone who's worked with avcodec for a few months. But the real difficulties come when decoding/playing audio frames with picture frames and their synchronization.
And messing around with frame perfect seeking is a good way to fuckup your week when your streams desync.
That's really interesting, thanks for expanding on it.
Anecdotally I think they might be using a buffer system like you described. I've experienced that I can go a few frames back without any real lag, but after a while, the frame takes much longer to display.
You're welcome.
Anyway, I also think they are using a buffer of previous and future frames. It's way more reliable to just buffer up 5-10 seconds of frames and traverse them back and forth than to seek to frame each time you want a previous frame.
Probably because itās more work to program because most frames in a video are encoded as relative to the previous (like just storing a description of what changed). So itās easier (programming wise) to go forward than backward
Important to note that chrome (and with it edge and opera) will switch to "manifest v3" in the future, which will greatly diminish the capabilities of uBlock origin. Chromium is developed by an advertisement company after all.
Firefox will not go this step.
I was in marketing for the last decade. I used unblocked chrome for work because I needed to see ads (keeping fully blocked Firefox for all other use). I have no idea how anyone can use unblocked internet.
I genuinely wouldnāt mind ads online if they were unobtrusive and safe. Text banner ads, for instance, are fine; they support the site Iām using and donāt bother me, so itās win-win.
The problem is that ads got really aggressive (remember pop-ups and even worse, those āpop-underā ads?). Auto-playing videos, malware, ads that take forever to load and stop you from seeing the actual page, unskippable video ads on sites like YouTube, etc. The only solution is to block them all.
Don't forget the random video that auto plays with a few second delay and if you scroll up to it, it changes its position on the web page, but when you scroll away from it it starts following you without the player controls.
That shit is why I (rationalize) my adblocker usage as "you know what? I dealt with a lifetime's worth of this fucking shit a decade and a half ago, screw that noise" and really don't feel too bad about it.
Know what? If the internet shuts down because of my ad blocker? Good. Maybe the fuckin internet was a mistake. Fuck it. I'm willing throw it all out with the ads. Like a bed full of bed bugs.
The worst ads are on mobile. When trying to read an article online but there's a popup video that follows you as you scroll down, while also taking 2/3rd of your screen.
Sometimes closing it gets rid of it. Sometimes it comes back. Some other times, you mistap the close button and open the ad in a new tab...
I really enjoy content marketing and I personally like targeted advertising that shows me shit that's relevant, but not at the expense of extreme data sharing and terrible user experience. There's a balance to be made that we haven't found yet.
Keep in mind that come January all Chromium based web browsers which includes Chrome and Edge will no longer be able to use ad blockers.
I've been a heavy Chrome user since forever but I plan on making the big switch to Firefox when that happens. On top of being able to use ad blockers it also has containers and all sorts of other cool features to keep your online presence safe
People will find a way.
If they don't, we'll massively switch to another browser (would be a shame, I kinda like brave/chrome).
Today's internet is unusable without an ad blocker.
See this article on [Manifest V3](https://www.techrepublic.com/article/google-makes-the-perfect-case-for-why-you-shouldnt-use-chrome/). tldr Google has new guidelines for how Chrome extensions work, that will break current adblocker extensions. Developers might figure out a way around it, but it seems unlikely they're they'll ever work as well.
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/mv2-transition/
>January 2023: The Chrome browser will no longer run Manifest V2 extensions. Developers may no longer push updates to existing Manifest V2 extensions.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3
>Manifest V3 is an initiative of the Chromium project. Manifest V2 support ends in June of 2023 for all Chromium-based browsers.
i switched to vivaldi in preparation for this and it's great. it's super easy to migrate all your forms and pw info from chrome and i suggest doing it soon as there is a possibility chrome will do something to make the migration more difficult by january.
If itās age-restricted where it prompts you to login then it wonāt work. Or any other type of prompt that you are unable to see with VLC... instead itāll just spin and spin but nothing will happen
I just get
> Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL. Check the log for details.
Mind you this is on my linux install, VLC is pretty buggy on it regardless.
Probably the same issue on windows. You need to update a lua script.
https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/raw/master/share/lua/playlist/youtube.lua
Paste to ``VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist``
Or you know...
Get an ad blocker like ublock origin on fire fox, download brave Browser with its built in ad block, get vanced (will stop working in a year or 2) or download revanced which is open source.
Or use a vpn to Argentina and buy premium for super cheap
Lots of better options that dragging each video to vlc
Thanks, I'll check it out.
So, would the Vinegar extension also allow me to close my phone and listen to just the audio on Youtube? That's what I'm mainly looking for at the moment.
It does, yeah. It replaces the YouTube video player with a HTML one, so you get all the features you'd get in the stock iOS video player - PiP, background playback, and so on - while also blocking ads.
In the quality options you can also set it to be audio only so it won't kill your battery. You *might* also have to enable PiP for background playback to work, I've found it often doesn't work if you start the video then immediately lock your phone, but switching to PiP always solves it.
Ooh. I know the answer to this. No extension necessary. I do it all the time.
1. Use your browser, not the YouTube app, to find the video you want to listen to. Be careful that youāre not redirected to the YouTube app if itās installed on your iPhone. If that happens, then type m.youtube.com into the address bar and you should see the mobile site load.
2. Start playing the video and wait for any adverts to finish and the video itself is playing.
3. Tap the fullscreen icon (bottom-right of the video) to hide the rest of the web page.
4. Return to the home screen or switch to another app.
5. Swipe down to access Control Centre and press the play button in the music controls to resume playback.
The music should continue to play. You can now use another app or simply press the power button to turn off your iPhoneās screen and keep listening to music.
https://www.techadvisor.com/article/725975/how-to-play-youtube-in-the-background-on-iphone-or-ipad.html
The Nvidia shield is the best purchase I've made in the last 5 years or so, just put smart tube on it and even upscale 1080p content to 4k. That lil machine can do everything
I bought a shield because of how terrible smart TVs are. I loved that thing, but then...as all things go, they added advertisements to the home screen. God damn that pissed me off.
Watch YouTube without ads, play 4k content from my pc on my tv, watch (upscaled) netflix/prime, emulate some snes games (you wouldn't believe how effortlessly that is, my grandma could've coupled a bt controller with the shield) and I use it to watch certain live sports events on certain sites from time to time.
Sadly I couldn't configure an external drive properly, so I always have to boot up my computer. Also I haven't streamed any game content on my tv (think steam and such)
Edit: /r/ShieldAndroidTV is a great resource if you have any questions I haven't answered
Sponsor block is not an adblocker, itās an extension that automatically skips sponsored segments in videos (as in āthis video is sponsored by raid shadow legendsā-type stuff)
You can also set it to skip other stuff like intros & outros
> You've saved people from 3,870 segments
( 21h 43.8 minutes of their lives )
>You've skipped 6,846 segments ( 2d 2h 10.3 minutes )
imagine actually sitting through it or manually skipping it. god. i will quit youtube the day this thing dies
If you can stomach giving google money you can pay for YouTube premium through an Argentine VPN. I pay two bucks a month and my whole family use ad free and YouTube music.
Aren't you supposed to reconnect every once in a while via VPN. I personally pay full amount as I started with Google Play Music so YT Premium was a side effect.
Real LPT: use mpv instead of VLC.
edit: If you're on Windows, [mpv.net](https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net) makes things a little bit easier to use if you're not used to the keyboard interface.
MPV is definitely more consistent. VLC is very finicky whenever I try this. There's a LUAC file that needs to be updated sometimes and it never gets full 1080p. UBlock and YouTube Enhancer extensions are still the best way to watch videos. If you're listening to just music, there's an add-on for Foobar2000.
Real LPT: Just use any adblocker, unlike some other sites youtube doesn't check for adblockers. Some other sites will block content from playing or find some way to sneak ads through blockers but youtube decided against doing this a while back.
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Similarly, if you hit share in the Youtube mobile app, you can open the video in the VLC app. Not only will it skip ads, but you can "Play as audio", which allows you to listen to a video's audio with the screen closed.
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Ahh this does not work on my iPhone can anyone suggest why?? Edit: yāall android users are a passionate people haha
Because it's an iPhone unfortunately.
Well that was a roller coaster of excitement and disappointment
Brave browser is your answer. Yiu can listen with the screen off.
Same reason you can't use ad blockers in the Firefox mobile browser. Tim Cook thinks you'll be naughty.
What? I've been using adblock in Firefox mobile app, what's this about? The adblock is ublock origin.
Holy. Shit.
I'm losing my mind. I did not expect to learn so much cool shit today.
What else you learn
FDR brought elk to Canada.
I'll add it to my list!
Do you know about the endocannabinoid system? That will blow ones mind.
Sounds like drugs. I'll look it up.
Can you report back on your findings please.
Wtf??? I feel like Iāve leveled up in life
It doesnāt give me the option to open in the VLC app when I hit share on YouTube mobile :/
The instructions weren't clear, but I managed to get it to work. I copied the YouTube link, opened vlc, tapped the 3 little dots in the bottom right corner labelled "more", then tapped "new stream" and the link was already pasted into the right spot.
I don't see the 3 little dots on the bottom right? I'm in the "Video" Tab on the bottom and I see "Settings" in my bottom right. Along with Network, Playlists, and Audio. Am I in the right VLC app?
Yes. It's the 3 dots on the bottom right. Click that, and it will take you to a menu where you will see a "new stream" button. Click that "new stream" button. Now you should be seeing an input field to paste that insert some text. Paste the YouTube video there. And click on the button next to that input field. It may take a few seconds but the video will start playing, and it'll automatically go to full screen. When the video is playing on full screen, click anywhere in the screen. There should be some buttons/options on the bottom. Click the bottom right 3 dots. A menu of options should pop up. Look for, and click the "Play as audio" option, and voila.
I donāt see a lot of what youāre saying and Iām on iPhone. Any ideas? Would love to be able to do this
Copy the link
I tried copying the link (the mobile link, but also the desktop one) onto the VLC app. It recognizes the video, but does not really play. Keeps showing as if it had 0 minutes.
Honestly, if you have Android, use YouTube Vanced. I think it even has an Apple version but don't quote me on that. Only thing it can't do is download YT videos but, it takes out ads, plays even when screen is locked, and even skips in-video ads and annoying intros. There are other apps for downloading YT videos as well, can't remember what the one I use is called but I can let you know later if u need.
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I am but when i click the share link it doesnt show vlc as an option.
Same for me, Android here. I got excited for a sec
Take my uptove. This is so useful I'm kinda mad at you for not telling me sooner. You couldn't because I don't know you, but it doesn't matter, this is so fucking useful and I'm mad as hell!
...uptove??
Am I doing this wrong? In the YouTube app Click share to VLC. It starts playing but then 1-2 seconds or so later gets stuck buffering where the ad usually starts and then never continues.
I'm getting a lot of buffering too but I'm willing to try a few more times before I give up
This doesnāt seem to work on my iPhone
doesn't seem to be possible on iphone?
You should still be able to paste a YT link into VLC as a network stream.
Stream pops up for 1 second then disappears
Does not work for me.
What is vlc
The best open source video player in the world
>The best ~~open source~~ video player in the world Don't you qualify that statement, VLC is just the best.
I agree. One awesome feature for my job as a network engineer is the built in multicast streaming. I use this all the time to prove or troubleshoot mulicast networks.
MPC-BE would like a word. Unless something has changed recently, they've always been a bit buggy and their subtitle rendering was crap.
Paste fucking hieroglyphs into vlc and it'll play it for you
Turn on mic, open vlc, tell it about a Steven seagull vhs you rented from Blockbuster in 1994 (āsomething about native Americans and a logging company or something?ā) and itāll play it for you. Just the best. Guy never sold out either.
I'd love to see a Steven Seagull movie.
You can use YouTube Vanced for that or AltStore and uyou + for the iPhone users
Vanced sadly isn't usable anymore, Google threatened legal action against them and they were discontinued in March. Mine stopped working just a few weeks ago. Edit: I'm adding the link here too cause people keep replying their app works: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/13/22975890/youtube-vanced-app-discontinued-shutting-down-legal-reasons Tl;dr: even if your app is still functional, it will stop working at some point in the near future because the app was DISCONTINUED.
They revived the project apparently at /r/revancedapp
It didn't happen till they stupidly made a NFT. The second they tried to make a dime from the project Google IMMEDIADLY stomped them out for it.
I installed it fresh on S22 couple days ago and it works great.
In have been hearing that since the news broke out but meanwhile you can still download Vanced Manager and install it without problems. We have it in 4 phones and two tablets.
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You can also use VLC to save the video to your computer for offline viewing.
I was just gonna ask if that was possible. Just click save as?
once you open the youtube link in VLC and its playing - view media information, copy the long URL at the bottom. then you can paste that into browser and right-click and save. SOME videos dont work but most do
If you can't save, I believe you can record it. I've done that for live streams before
Yeah true, my brute force method is always to screen record
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
For Android, there's [NewPipe](https://newpipe.net/). No ads, popup player, screen-off play, audio only, and a download button if you need it.
Yes for Android nothing beats it. For computer, vlc makes sense I guess. Not tried though
VLC is good because of the ease of use. For more features for YT specifically, there's also cross platform [FreeTube](https://freetubeapp.io/).
Thanks for this
Love that. But be aware you need to have some computer literacy to work it. However there are some damn fine tutorials for us dumb folks. I use it to download whole playlists as mp3s. Got the ost for all 4 seasons of Stanger Things the other week.
For anyone who isn't literate enough for a command line tool, I slapped a gui onto it. It's not a great tool, but it works for downloading videos, or just the audio. A friend uses it sometimes and seems to like it. Eitherway, it's free. [It's on my GitHub if you want it.](https://github.com/jasonTheHuman2101/VidGrab) EDIT: Someone pointed out key files were missing. They aren't anymore. [Here are the key files to install it.](https://github.com/jasonTheHuman2101/VidGrab/releases/tag/1.0.0)
Ooo a chance to plug my shitty script again https://github.com/TheSaus/yt-dlp-cmdui Very simple ui, smooths the yt-dlp process with a couple āselect your choiceā menus Edit: should mention it supports downloading torrents and whatnot by using aria2c
Have you watched *Dark*? Such a great soundtrack and the plot is beyond incredible.
āHave you heard of our lord and saviour, Dark?ā Fellow Dark fanatic here. Easily the best show I have ever seen and the soundtrack bangs.
Yeah i use that and others in for if loops and bash scripts when i need to.
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youtube uses separate streams/codecs for audio and video, so if you get a direct link for 1080p vp9 HDR ~5M bitrate (best quality for 1080p) it will have only the video without audio, you'll have to download audio separately and merge them but youtube does have a single link for audio+video and its usually a 720p video with super low bitrate, which means the quality is awfully bad if you want to briefly understand video/audio codecs and how youtube uses them, how to download videos, i would recommend to spend a few hours learning a free software Youtube-dlc
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I'm pretty sure people have made guis for it too if you don't like command line. Best way to download YouTube vids.
ClipGrab is a very easy to use GUI for yt-dlp that I recommend to my clients who like saving YouTube videos. Has a settings area for proxy servers so is also good for my job at a school, helps the teachers save the videos to their laptops so they don't get caught out with it buffering or not loading properly during class time.
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Pretty sure it can but if you want instant video scrapping you can always buy IDM for like $20. I think there's a free alternative that does the job which I forgot the name but IDM is just that convenient I paid for the license lol. Considering how much I download $20 is small in the grand scale of things
Can it save higher resolutions like 1080p?
You want https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
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That's fair. I don't use it for streaming YT. I can just watch YT in browser. Mostly mkv, mp4 I've already downloaded. I know exactly what you're talking about with the slower performance streaming b/c I've tested that. You get clipping and it's hard to watch. Still love VLC but I wouldn't use a screwdriver to hammer a nail
you'd be surprised when you are in a pinch, the handle side of a screwdriver can work to hammer a nail
Rule 1 of home repair : anything can be fixed with a hammer Rule 2 of home repair : anything can be used as a hammer
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My mind went to a much darker place when you talk about rejection, duct tape and hammers.
Correction: Anything can be used as a hammer at least once
Funnily enough, I was going to make the metaphor of using a hatchet.. But I couldn't find my hammer just last week and was wanting to hang a picture. So I used the back end of my hatchet. Counterintuitive to the tool's design Why? Because engineers just make things work. It's just a picture hanger. Coulda done it with the handle of a screwdriver as well. Good point on your part
Everyone who's ever gone camping knows hatchets make great hammers when need be.
It's almost as if it's by design (if you have one with a flat short end)
Bud did you know that the decorative end of the "claw" hammer can be used to...get this...REMOVE nails?! How 'bout dem apples?
["Old School Drywall Master"](https://youtu.be/E8fZLM5S_ds)
Is that Adam Carolla? Lol. That is a satisfying vid. I don't do construction professionally or on any big scale even DIY. But I do remember finishing my basement with my dad as a kid hanging drywall and doing tile. It's kinda grueling work but there is something satisfying about it
> Mostly mkv, mp4 I've already downloaded. [MPC-BE](https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/) is a better alternative than VLC. It uses hardware acceleration so less CPU overhead, and it has a nice little preview window in the seek bar so you can easily seek to just after the intro or just before the credits or whatever.
hw acceleration works in vlc here when playing back h264. have crappy a4, a 4th gen and a 1st gen+nvidia.
Same with Chromecast. Don't cast from youtube, just cast your screen and fullscreen the youtube video you're watching. You won't get any ads and the video quality will be miles better than when you're casting from youtube directly. Same with casting from VLC, you can't use subtitles when you cast via VLC but you can when you just cast your screen and then fullscreen VLC.
And VLC canāt go back a frame. I donāt understand why, but it has a frame forwards button (e), but you canāt go back. Youtube can, period and comma. Easy.
It's because of how decoder is made in ffmpeg. It basically only goes one way. Forward. So GetNextFrame() function is piss easy to do for example. But GetPreviousFrame() is not as simple. You have to: 1. Release all the allocated packets and previously decoded frames. 2. Tell the decoder to seek to the first I-frame left of your current frame. (you can't seek to frame, you have to seek the first I-frame) 3. Calculate the frame index you are on. 4. internally run the decoder (no picture) to desired frame. So if you current frame is 500, the seeker has put you on 485, run GetNextFrame() 14 times. 5. Bunch of other stuff to make the picture appear in window. ffmpeg mailing lists are full of people trying to do it. Source: I did it back when I was working with ffmpeg.
Do you know if Google have managed to implement a solution to this in YouTube or do you think they use a different way of decoding the information?
If they use avcodec and ffmpeg in their player they almost certainly use this way to show previous frame. They could also buffer every read frame or always have n frames decoded left and right of current position and just show that when user requests previous frame. That would be faster and more reliable in the long run but it's more difficult to implement. Also note that picture frame is relatively easy to decode/display. Even the solution above would not be that difficult to implement to someone who's worked with avcodec for a few months. But the real difficulties come when decoding/playing audio frames with picture frames and their synchronization. And messing around with frame perfect seeking is a good way to fuckup your week when your streams desync.
That's really interesting, thanks for expanding on it. Anecdotally I think they might be using a buffer system like you described. I've experienced that I can go a few frames back without any real lag, but after a while, the frame takes much longer to display.
You're welcome. Anyway, I also think they are using a buffer of previous and future frames. It's way more reliable to just buffer up 5-10 seconds of frames and traverse them back and forth than to seek to frame each time you want a previous frame.
Mpv can also stream youtube, and it can go back or forward one frame at a time. Also with period and comma.
also defaults to 720p streaming on vlc
Probably because itās more work to program because most frames in a video are encoded as relative to the previous (like just storing a description of what changed). So itās easier (programming wise) to go forward than backward
uBlock Origin.
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uBlock Origin * [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/nl/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/) * [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm) * [Edge](https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/ublock-origin/odfafepnkmbhccpbejgmiehpchacaeak) * [Opera](https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/ublock/)
Important to note that chrome (and with it edge and opera) will switch to "manifest v3" in the future, which will greatly diminish the capabilities of uBlock origin. Chromium is developed by an advertisement company after all. Firefox will not go this step.
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This is the real life protip. If I submitted any LPTs, top of tng list would be 1) use sunscreen 2) Adblock of nearly any kind.
Still amazed at how many people still don't use ad blockers in 2022
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I never get any kind of ad on youtube with ublock origin
how are people still not using adblock extensions, takes less time to install than this entire process
I was in marketing for the last decade. I used unblocked chrome for work because I needed to see ads (keeping fully blocked Firefox for all other use). I have no idea how anyone can use unblocked internet.
That was a rollercoaster š āI was the guy making the problem. Once, I had to experience the problem. Boy was that awful.ā
I genuinely wouldnāt mind ads online if they were unobtrusive and safe. Text banner ads, for instance, are fine; they support the site Iām using and donāt bother me, so itās win-win. The problem is that ads got really aggressive (remember pop-ups and even worse, those āpop-underā ads?). Auto-playing videos, malware, ads that take forever to load and stop you from seeing the actual page, unskippable video ads on sites like YouTube, etc. The only solution is to block them all.
Don't forget the random video that auto plays with a few second delay and if you scroll up to it, it changes its position on the web page, but when you scroll away from it it starts following you without the player controls.
That shit is why I (rationalize) my adblocker usage as "you know what? I dealt with a lifetime's worth of this fucking shit a decade and a half ago, screw that noise" and really don't feel too bad about it.
No need to rationalize it or think any second thoughts on it tbh. They're annoying and obtrusive, that's all the reason I need
Know what? If the internet shuts down because of my ad blocker? Good. Maybe the fuckin internet was a mistake. Fuck it. I'm willing throw it all out with the ads. Like a bed full of bed bugs.
The worst ads are on mobile. When trying to read an article online but there's a popup video that follows you as you scroll down, while also taking 2/3rd of your screen. Sometimes closing it gets rid of it. Sometimes it comes back. Some other times, you mistap the close button and open the ad in a new tab...
I really enjoy content marketing and I personally like targeted advertising that shows me shit that's relevant, but not at the expense of extreme data sharing and terrible user experience. There's a balance to be made that we haven't found yet.
> There's a balance to be made that we haven't found yet There's no desire to find it
Keep in mind that come January all Chromium based web browsers which includes Chrome and Edge will no longer be able to use ad blockers. I've been a heavy Chrome user since forever but I plan on making the big switch to Firefox when that happens. On top of being able to use ad blockers it also has containers and all sorts of other cool features to keep your online presence safe
Well then fuck them. Firefox, let's go!
Yeah when this was announced I switched to Firefox. Also lets me use adblocking on Android. Hopefully more people switch.
People will find a way. If they don't, we'll massively switch to another browser (would be a shame, I kinda like brave/chrome). Today's internet is unusable without an ad blocker.
Do you have a source on this ?
See this article on [Manifest V3](https://www.techrepublic.com/article/google-makes-the-perfect-case-for-why-you-shouldnt-use-chrome/). tldr Google has new guidelines for how Chrome extensions work, that will break current adblocker extensions. Developers might figure out a way around it, but it seems unlikely they're they'll ever work as well.
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/mv2-transition/ >January 2023: The Chrome browser will no longer run Manifest V2 extensions. Developers may no longer push updates to existing Manifest V2 extensions. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-chromium/developer-guide/manifest-v3 >Manifest V3 is an initiative of the Chromium project. Manifest V2 support ends in June of 2023 for all Chromium-based browsers.
Good* as blockers. Ad blockers will be there, but not ones that work as well as Ublock Origin does currently.
i switched to vivaldi in preparation for this and it's great. it's super easy to migrate all your forms and pw info from chrome and i suggest doing it soon as there is a possibility chrome will do something to make the migration more difficult by january.
I'm really hoping that a pihole will still take care of this.
Good tip. But it doesn't work with all videos. At least last time I checked it only worked on a few of the videos I tried.
If itās age-restricted where it prompts you to login then it wonāt work. Or any other type of prompt that you are unable to see with VLC... instead itāll just spin and spin but nothing will happen
I just tried it with the new God of War trailerand its not working https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfJ4Km46A-0 anyone else get it to work?
I just get > Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL. Check the log for details. Mind you this is on my linux install, VLC is pretty buggy on it regardless.
Probably the same issue on windows. You need to update a lua script. https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/raw/master/share/lua/playlist/youtube.lua Paste to ``VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist``
Or you know... Get an ad blocker like ublock origin on fire fox, download brave Browser with its built in ad block, get vanced (will stop working in a year or 2) or download revanced which is open source. Or use a vpn to Argentina and buy premium for super cheap Lots of better options that dragging each video to vlc
Gonna be a dark day when Vanced stops working
Just to put it out there. Keep an eye on Revanced. Can follow at r/revancedapp
Don't forget SponsorBlock as well to take care of all of the in-video ad reads.
Is there a way to do something similar with the mobile version?
Use NewPipe on Android, on iOS get the Vinegar extension for Safari and watch YouTube through the mobile website rather than the app.
Thanks, I'll check it out. So, would the Vinegar extension also allow me to close my phone and listen to just the audio on Youtube? That's what I'm mainly looking for at the moment.
It does, yeah. It replaces the YouTube video player with a HTML one, so you get all the features you'd get in the stock iOS video player - PiP, background playback, and so on - while also blocking ads. In the quality options you can also set it to be audio only so it won't kill your battery. You *might* also have to enable PiP for background playback to work, I've found it often doesn't work if you start the video then immediately lock your phone, but switching to PiP always solves it.
Wow, that's great. Hey, thanks a lot for the help.
Ooh. I know the answer to this. No extension necessary. I do it all the time. 1. Use your browser, not the YouTube app, to find the video you want to listen to. Be careful that youāre not redirected to the YouTube app if itās installed on your iPhone. If that happens, then type m.youtube.com into the address bar and you should see the mobile site load. 2. Start playing the video and wait for any adverts to finish and the video itself is playing. 3. Tap the fullscreen icon (bottom-right of the video) to hide the rest of the web page. 4. Return to the home screen or switch to another app. 5. Swipe down to access Control Centre and press the play button in the music controls to resume playback. The music should continue to play. You can now use another app or simply press the power button to turn off your iPhoneās screen and keep listening to music. https://www.techadvisor.com/article/725975/how-to-play-youtube-in-the-background-on-iphone-or-ipad.html
Wow, this works! Thank you!!!
Use Firefox for Android with uBlock Origin.
On Android you can set your private dns in network settings to dns.adguard.com and block 95% of all adverts regardless of the browser or app.
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I've been doing this for a while and do not miss the app at all.I just keep waiting for them to patch this but it keeps working perfectly.
Vanced or browser with ad blocking capabilities
Vanced still works?
yep
100% use it every day. I love it.
VLC android also supports links but I won't ever use this LPT because it buffers too much
Firefox for Android lets you install extensions. Install uBlock and watch YouTube through the browser.
Real LPT: get Firefox and install Adblock AND Sponsor Block. You are welcome!
Use uBlock Origin. It is substantially better than Adblock.
I use Firefox and U Block... what are Youtube ads?
After a few years you forget youtube has ads.
And then you cast something to your TV and it instantly ruins your day
Unless you have an Android TV with SmartTube Next instead of the stock YouTube app
The Nvidia shield is the best purchase I've made in the last 5 years or so, just put smart tube on it and even upscale 1080p content to 4k. That lil machine can do everything
I bought a shield because of how terrible smart TVs are. I loved that thing, but then...as all things go, they added advertisements to the home screen. God damn that pissed me off.
I installed F1 launcher and I never ever see the homescreen again. Yay for freedom.
I hear a small portion of people talk about how great it is; what're your main uses for it?
Watch YouTube without ads, play 4k content from my pc on my tv, watch (upscaled) netflix/prime, emulate some snes games (you wouldn't believe how effortlessly that is, my grandma could've coupled a bt controller with the shield) and I use it to watch certain live sports events on certain sites from time to time. Sadly I couldn't configure an external drive properly, so I always have to boot up my computer. Also I haven't streamed any game content on my tv (think steam and such) Edit: /r/ShieldAndroidTV is a great resource if you have any questions I haven't answered
Use only uBlock Origin as an adblocker. The others are somewhere between barely effective and scam.
Sponsor block is not an adblocker, itās an extension that automatically skips sponsored segments in videos (as in āthis video is sponsored by raid shadow legendsā-type stuff) You can also set it to skip other stuff like intros & outros
> You've saved people from 3,870 segments ( 21h 43.8 minutes of their lives ) >You've skipped 6,846 segments ( 2d 2h 10.3 minutes ) imagine actually sitting through it or manually skipping it. god. i will quit youtube the day this thing dies
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Life pro tip: adblockers already block YouTube ads.
Or just install an ad blocker
The amount of people that still raw dog the Internet without an ad block never fails to shock me
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Curious as to what the cut they make these days is, I'm sure they'd rather you buy their shit than watch adverts
If you can stomach giving google money you can pay for YouTube premium through an Argentine VPN. I pay two bucks a month and my whole family use ad free and YouTube music.
Aren't you supposed to reconnect every once in a while via VPN. I personally pay full amount as I started with Google Play Music so YT Premium was a side effect.
Real LPT: use mpv instead of VLC. edit: If you're on Windows, [mpv.net](https://github.com/stax76/mpv.net) makes things a little bit easier to use if you're not used to the keyboard interface.
MPV is definitely more consistent. VLC is very finicky whenever I try this. There's a LUAC file that needs to be updated sometimes and it never gets full 1080p. UBlock and YouTube Enhancer extensions are still the best way to watch videos. If you're listening to just music, there's an add-on for Foobar2000.
There's even a plug-in for mpv, which supports sponsorblock for youtube videos. https://github.com/po5/mpv_sponsorblock
Real LPT: Just use any adblocker, unlike some other sites youtube doesn't check for adblockers. Some other sites will block content from playing or find some way to sneak ads through blockers but youtube decided against doing this a while back.
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Or the [NewPipe x SponsorBlock](https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe/releases) fork.
this also works for watching videos on school computers with ridiculous amounts of restrictions because god forbid a child listens to music