Re:Show HN: Firefox add-on to open YouTube videos in alterna...
by d3vr on Saturday October 14, 2023 @07:04PM
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I wasn't sure myself either, so I looked it up.
- Piped [1] uses NewPipeExtractor [2] (which is also used by NewPipe) to parse YouTube responses. I assume this is somewhat similar to what yt-dlp [3] does ?
- Invidious states in their FAQ [4]: "By default, the video stream is fetched directly from Google's servers (googlevideo.com)".
- Piped [1] uses NewPipeExtractor [2] (which is also used by NewPipe) to parse YouTube responses. I assume this is somewhat similar to what yt-dlp [3] does ?
- Invidious states in their FAQ [4]: "By default, the video stream is fetched directly from Google's servers (googlevideo.com)".
[1]: https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped
[2]: https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor
[3]: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
[4]: https://docs.invidious.io/faq/#q-what-data-is-shared-with-yo...