Firefox slow to load YouTube? Just another front in Google's war on ad blockers

This page summarizes and extends the software alternatives mentioned in the source post on Hacker News.

2023-12-12

Video Downloader Audio Player Video

yt-dlp Landing Page
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yt-dlp

A youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Video Downloader #Download Manager #YouTube Downloader 865 social mentions
FreeTube Landing Page
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FreeTube

FreeTube is an open source desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind.
Pricing:
- Open Source
I just use a free desktop client called Freetube instead ( https://freetubeapp.io ). Don't even have to login or create a profile, and there's a ton of UI customization options built in. Voila -- no more Google shenanigans.

#Video #Video Platform #Video Downloader 36 social mentions
MPV Landing Page
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MPV

MPV is an audio and movie player based on MPlayer and mplayer2.
Pricing:
- Open Source
Https://mpv.io/ has yt-dlp support, if yt-dlp is installed you just need to throw the URL at it and it plays the video (without download).

#Audio Player #Media Player #Video Player 227 social mentions

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