YouTube: Google has found a way to break Invidious

Re:YouTube: Google has found a way to break Invidious by Deukhoofd on Sunday March 31, 2024 @04:54PM (#39887990)

I often use mpv with a yt-dlp hook, which means I can basically just do ``mpv youtube.com/watch/whatever``, and stream the video in mpv.

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Re:YouTube: Google has found a way to break Invidious by stavros on Sunday March 31, 2024 @10:58PM (#39890486)

I love that, but lately it seems to freeze a few seconds into the video.

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Re:YouTube: Google has found a way to break Invidious by lozf on Monday April 01, 2024 @08:30AM (#39893439)

Setting a lower resolution format via "ytdl-format=..." in the mpv.conf file may resolve that. Personally I also use "pause=yes" and find that the few extra seconds it has to cache also helps.

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Re:YouTube: Google has found a way to break Invidious by stavros on Monday April 01, 2024 @08:43AM (#39893549)

I'll try that, thanks!

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Re:YouTube: Google has found a way to break Invidious by RamRodification on Monday April 01, 2024 @09:29AM (#39893978)

Cool!

> mpv with a yt-dlp hook

What does hook mean in this context? Is it some kind of plugin or addon to MPV or can MPV do that out-of-the-box?

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Re:YouTube: Google has found a way to break Invidious by I_like_pigeons on Monday April 01, 2024 @09:54AM (#39894209)

As far as I know, it worked out of the box for me after installing both mpv and yt-dlp on Arch linux.

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