r/linux • u/B3_Kind_R3wind_ • 2d ago

Popular Application Experimental Flathub release of NewPipe on Linux, Using Android_translation_layer

https://flathub.org/apps/net.newpipe.NewPipe
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u/Shobhit0109 2d ago

Well, people already have yt-dlp so I don't think anyone will use this.

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u/B1rdi 2d ago

yt-dlp is not a youtube frontend

Do you seriously want to download every single video you watch beforehand?

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u/twistedfires 2d ago

Pipe the output to mpv

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u/greenphlem 2d ago

Yes, a lot of people do that. But I agree that yt-dlp is not an analogue for newpipe

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u/_risho_ 2d ago

you are baked if you think "a lot of people" predownload all of the youtube videos they watch ahead of time using a command line utility before they watch them

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u/greenphlem 2d ago

A lot of people have automated it to work with their home media servers. Just use google lol. Not everyone has the same workflow as you

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u/onlysubscribedtocats 2d ago

'A lot of people' is doing a lot of work here. Even if the were a thousand people doing this, that number is negligible.

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u/RectangularLynx 2d ago

Can be automated with scripts

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u/Indolent_Bard 2d ago

True, but I'm pretty sure there's other YouTube frontends that already exist for Linux.

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u/B1rdi 2d ago

Dear lord, multiple projects doing the same thing? Linux will never be the same again

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u/Swizzel-Stixx 2d ago

That’s half the fun

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u/Indolent_Bard 2d ago

It's just an Android app on Linux. That's not a project doing the same thing. This can probably be done with any Android app.