Dirk comments on Anyone else having issues with YouTube right now?

submitted 8 months ago by CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.works to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You can give mpv an URL from YouTube and it will play that video.

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[–] T156@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

It's the same process. Mpv uses yt-dl or yt-dlp on the back end when loading YouTube videos from the URL.

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[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Oh, cool. I have both installed for different reasons and discovered it by accident.

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