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SmartTube - an advanced player for set-top boxes and tv running Android OS (github.com)
submitted 1 year ago by jeena@jemmy.jeena.net to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I've already been paying for YouTube Premium for many years to get rid of advertisement, and I've been using SponsorBlock for a year or so on my laptop to skip the inline ads, but because most of my watching of YouTube happens on the TV I always had to use the remote to skip it. It helps to see the "most rewind" area so you can fast forward to it, but it's still very cumbersome.

Now a couple of days someone mentioned SmartTube on Lemmy and I installed it on my Chromecast with Google TV OS and oh boy is this software great! I did it to get SponsorBlock, but that is by far not the only feature I love about it.

  • flexible time hiding the UI of a video (have it to 1 sec now)
  • not showing UI when pausing
  • way faster scrolling
  • instant loading
  • way faster account switching
  • instant voice search

But there is one feature missing, changing the search language. We speak combined 7 languages at home and it's impossible to search anything other than in English which is really annoying.

Anyway, check it out if you can on your TV.

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[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'd love to use it on my smartphone as well... problem is the interface was designed to react only to directional buttons, not to touch inputs. I wonder if somebody can manage to add the ability in the source code?

[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Newpipe is pretty effective for me on Android.

[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My only issue with Newpipe is that I can't sync my "watch later" list with Google's servers. That, and I can't reply to comments straight from the app. Otherwise I'd probably be using either that or Piped.

[–] XMRFrbgNBwQC6Hkd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That makes sense, comments are an issue with NewPipe. Please open an issue on the NewPipe GitHub about that and the watch-later list.

The functionality will only get added if users ask for it. The idea for NewPipe in the beginning was a light-weight YouTube frontend with offline subscriptions ( i.e. no need to login ). Bits and bobs got added as and when user requests came in.

[–] XMRFrbgNBwQC6Hkd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

For the phone the easiest way is NewPipe with Sponsorblock https://github.com/polymorphicshade/NewPipe

One step above it , slightly more involved is ,YouTube-Revanced. The step by step walkthrough is in this thread, no command line stuff just follow the steps religiously. https://www.reddit.com/r/revancedapp/comments/xlcny9/_/

[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 1 points 1 year ago

Currently using Revanced, I'm hoping to see a way to actually integrate my Google account with something else, in a similar manner to what SmartTube is somehow allowed to do.

[–] antipiratgruppen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

What about Revanced?