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lemmy.world

is this a YT - NewPipe arms race or we're just getting some random bugs?

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botorfjreply
lemdro.id

it feels like an arms race, and it probably is

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lemmy.dbzer0.com

YT changes were anti-bot in nature according to the extractor hotfix PR; I guess YT considers NP a bot or something.

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To elaborate, while the errors in the middle of videos were because of general anti-bot measures, the errors at the beginning of videos were caused by a change that specifically targets third-party clients like NewPipe and youtube-dl. This is definitely part of an arms race.

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lemmy.ml

It's inevitable that youtube will go the way of twitter and reddit, closing down their API. I'm surprised it's taking them this long to start the process.

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Definitely is. Newpipe also allows downloads and less than a month ago, they had to release a hotfix because Google broke external viewers, like Newpipe and Invidious. I've noticed 2 days ago that Newpipe stopped playing and downloading videos, so I figured it must've been Google again

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I fucking love newpipe. I donated a long time ago but I might need to do it again soon to show some love.

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Changelog

New

  • [SoundCloud] Add support for on.soundcloud.com URLs

Improved

  • [Bandcamp] Show additional info in radio kiosk

Fixed

  • [YouTube] Fix occasional HTTP 403 errors at the beginning or in the middle of videos
  • [YouTube] Extract avatar and banner from more channel header types
  • [Bandcamp] Fix various bugs and always use HTTPS
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lemmy.world

Now to wait for Tubular.

Without Sponsorblock, Newpipe only does half the job.

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Don't forget to like, subscribe and comment....and use the this discount code at checkout.

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At least that is on creator to choose, if I am botheres by those sponsored parts I will skip that creator.

A lot of them I don't mind, or don't have sponsors except patreon.

Most annoying thing with ads is they are loud and obnoxious. I listen to some nice quiet jazz and all of a sudden someone strats screaming for me to try some ice cream. Crazy.

Than I noticed how android devices don't have mute button and wonder if this is in some contract.

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I tried to watch a video earlier today and got an error. Checked Github and this fix had been released 11 minutes earlier. Freaking amazing.

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NewPipe v0.27.2 released (YouTube hotfix) | Spyke