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yewtube, forked from mps-youtube , is a Terminal based YouTube player and downloader. No Youtube API key required.

31 mentions on Hacker News by 17 people: 5 stories, 26 comments · first 2015-11-09 · latest 2023-05-20

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  1. …which permitted command-line / terminal access to Youtube, one of the best being mps-youtube: < https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube > That permitted searches for terms and channels (though not subtitle text within channel AFAIK),…
    comment by dredmorbius · 2023-05-20 · in Show HN: YouTube Full Text Search – Search all of a channel from the commandline
  2. …the mps-yt app, though I'd found an alternative recently, yewtube (still need to try it out). < https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube/issues/1191 > < https://iamtalhaasghar.github.io/yewtube/#installation >
    comment by dredmorbius · 2022-11-11 · in YouTube confirms that it has removed the “sort by oldest/newest” option
  3. …with for a few months before Google / YouTube effectively killed it off was mpsyt / mps-youtube. < https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube > It was (well, still is) a terminal-based YouTube client which provided search, locally-managed…
    comment by dredmorbius · 2022-09-21 · in YouTube’s ‘dislike’ barely works according to new study on recommendations
  4. …mps-youtube command-line utility still remains the most useful interface to YouTube I've ever used. https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube - Runs without any browser at all. - From a console. - Without video, if you so specify. -…
    comment by dredmorbius · 2021-07-18 · in Piped: A privacy-friendly YouTube front end which is efficient by design
  5. …there wouldn't be all those adds, right? I like to listen to YouTube music in the background, I use https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube for that and it works like a charm, uses 10% CPU and a few MB of RAM. I don't use mpsyt for…
    comment by Labo333 · 2020-07-26 · in Pinebook Pro longer term usage report
  6. …if there any that use floating videos or dim the desktop as you say: mps-youtube (terminal-only): https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube youtube-viewer: https://github.com/trizen/youtube-viewer FreeTube (which uses the invidious API):…
    comment by user234683 · 2020-07-17 · in NewPipe – ad-free, open-source Android YouTube client
  7. Newpipe (app for android): https://newpipe.schabi.org/ mps-youtube (terminal-only): https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube youtube-viewer: https://github.com/trizen/youtube-viewer FreeTube (which uses the invidious API):…
    comment by user234683 · 2019-11-15 · in Invidious: an alternative front-end to YouTube
  8. …https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/ [1] https://github.com/trizen/youtube-viewer [2] https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube
    comment by Funes- · 2019-10-14 · in “My Google account got suspended because of NewPipe”
  9. …through that list is such a vastly superior experience to YouTube itself it's not even funny. https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube
    comment by dredmorbius · 2019-07-30 · in YouTube faces creator backlash
  10. mps-youtube is quite nice: https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube (note that by default it only shows music videos, but it's easy to change: https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube/wiki/Troubleshoot... )
    comment by icebraining · 2019-07-02 · in Show HN: YouTube-DL GUI Powered by Electron
  11. …mpsyt's search and locally-managed playlist features are a real treat. https://mpv.io https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube * xine and mpv framebuffer and ascii-art (aalib) modes. Play full-screen video in console, either as…
    comment by dredmorbius · 2019-06-29 · in Without a GUI: How to Live Entirely in a Terminal
  12. …terminal. It's been a godsend for me in locations with extremely slow or intermittent connections. https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube
    comment by soulofmischief · 2019-05-24 · in After 15 Years, the Pirate Bay Still Can’t Be Killed
  13. …was that ?" aspect is part of the fun. I'm clearly not the only one who came up with such an idea: https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube
    comment by userbinator · 2019-03-24 · in Streaming video has surpassed cable subscriptions worldwide
  14. https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube
    comment by airstrike · 2019-03-15 · in Tesla Model Y
  15. mps-youtube for even more win. https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube
    comment by dredmorbius · 2018-09-29 · in Turn off tracking protection to resolve “video is currently unavailable” error
  16. …years ago on my HTPC. I'm not alone in this; others have made far more polished applications like https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube
    comment by userbinator · 2018-09-26 · in Google Maps won't let you save home address without allowing all Google tracking
  17. mps-youtube: https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube
    comment by dredmorbius · 2018-05-31 · in Bye, Chrome: Why I’m switching to Firefox
  18. For a more integrated experience, there's also: https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube
    comment by Sylos · 2018-05-17 · in YouTube Music, a new music streaming service, is coming soon
  19. …for a more optimised time-wasting (I apologise if self-plugging is considered bad behaviour). [1] https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube [2] https://github.com/johanbluecreek/reddytt [3] https://github.com/ubershmekel/redditp [4]…
    comment by jbluecreek · 2018-05-15 · in I Don’t Know How to Waste Time on the Internet Anymore
  20. mps-youtube Killer feature. https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube
    comment by dredmorbius · 2018-05-11 · in YouTube rolls out new tools to help you stop watching
  21. If you like youtube-dl you should check out mps-youtube ( https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube ) which has the ability to use youtuble-dl as the backend I'm pretty sure (i prefer to use the native one personally) It's also gpl vs…
    comment by arca_vorago · 2018-04-14 · in Show HN: Tube – Minimalist YouTube
  22. mps-youtube https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube
    comment by dredmorbius · 2017-11-21 · in Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Free Will
  23. …It's a gplv3 cli client, and then I just have VLC open up the video. No ads, no popups, no links. https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube You know, a long time ago when google bought youtube I remember thinking to myself that it meant…
    comment by arca_vorago · 2017-09-30 · in YouTube is cracking down on external links in videos
  24. …crap. That corner of YouTube. It's everything I've wished YouTube was, and that it isn't. https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube
    comment by dredmorbius · 2017-08-30 · in How YouTube perfected the feed
  25. In addition to ytview; mpsyt ( https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube ) is a great tool for finding, creating playlists, and playing audio from youtube. And for Pandora, there is Pianobar, a console based pandora player:…
    comment by elliottcarlson · 2017-07-14 · in Bash-Snippets: A collection of small bash scripts for heavy terminal users
  26. …I believe is based on youtube-dl and works great to listen to music off youtube from the terminal. https://github.com/mps-youtube/mps-youtube
    comment by adrianbd · 2016-04-08 · in YouTube-dl: Open-source YouTube downloader