Rokosun, do you want to name a time (in GMT?)

@catswhocode @futureisfoss

@thebiologist1117
I can make some polls for this according to when I'll be free and then you guys can vote, I know that's how Tio decides the time for doing a TROMcast, lol 

But first we need to make a matrix room to organize everything, like how we're gonna make sure its in sync and the file we're gonna be playing nd everything. And we can later use this same chat for our party..... 🤷
@catswhocode

@thebiologist1117
There is no hurry, we have more time with us 🙂

And do you know if anyone else is gonna be interested in joining?
@catswhocode

@thebiologist1117
But he doesn't use matrix now..... 😟
@frankie @catswhocode
Yeah, but he can still watch the movie! 😝

@futureisfoss @frankie @catswhocode
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Invidious
Morning, Frankie and Sujeewa! #GoodMorningClub
Émilie likes this lol
Why was that so funny?? 😆
How do I make it clear those are movies? 🤔
I'd like to keep a record of the ones I've watched so I can remember, so that's what that is.
@thebiologist1117
Oh chit, I thought you were making a list of all the good movies and I replied one that I like, lol 😄
@thebiologist1117
Em, I can delete my reply if ya want, just lemme know, ok.
@futureisfoss I like it! If you watch a movie, add it to the list... Let's see how big we can make it. #List
@futureisfoss This is interesting... Because of the way I tagged those messages, theoretically you could open the hashtag from the post above, then get to the other post I tagged.
**Unrelated. I thought I woke up hearing someone screaming, but maybe it was just my imagination.
Tags. Mix 'em, match 'em, put 'em in a stew. #Tags #List #X #Reminder #Meme
Frankie's gone silent... 🫢
@futureisfoss This is how hashtags work, Rokosun, lol. #GIF
@futureisfoss Maybe you could make your own #NowPlaying list? If you put them in... a thread... it's easier to look back at the ones you posted before. If you do that for long enough, you can get a sense of what your taste in music is.
@thebiologist1117 I may have a taste in music, but I also like to try out new different things. So thanks for sharing those songs with me, I like exchanging songs with you :)
@futureisfoss You can put them in this... group music thread... I started, if you want, and I'll reply to your songs with my songs... https://mk.nixnet.social/notes/92rmesqukk
Émilie (@thebiologist1117)

@[email protected] 🎶 Eminem – Lose Yourself #NowPlaying RE: @[email protected] Wanna start a group music thread? You reply to me and I reply to you? 👇

NixNet Social (Misskey edition!)
Frankie and me because of the YouTube link:

@futureisfoss @frankie
You knoooowwwww, you can replace the "youtube.com" part of any YouTube URL with vid.puffyan.us and it'll still work, except it'll be private.

@futureisfoss @frankie

@thebiologist1117 @frankie
Yes I know, but I like to let the user choose how they wanna watch the video, which invidious instance they wanna use, etc. See this - https://fosstodon.org/@futureisfoss/105225935035855861

And if you're watching it on https://mpv.io or https://newpipe.net then the invidious link is useless. Invidous instances will also go down some time and the link won't work then. This happens even on https://ytb.trom.tf even though Tio tries his best to maintain it.

Rokosun (@[email protected])

@Matter Yes, i do share both when i do. As you can see on this thread. But i doubt whether the invidious link is useful or not. Cause there are browser extensions and apps that does this, and i think most of the invidious users have it on their device.

Fosstodon
*Reposting this as a reply to your post. Well, that's the theory, anyway. For it to be truly private, the videos themselves need to be proxied through a server so Google doesn't get your IP address (similar to Tor). Some Invidious instances do that by default, some don't. If you look in settings, you should see one to proxy the videos.

@futureisfoss @frankie
@thebiologist1117 @frankie I'm sorry for braking the thread Em, I'll be more careful next time 🥲
@futureisfoss It's okay. I don't mind reposting it. ☺️
@thebiologist1117 You're so sweet Em 
@futureisfoss You may have noticed I don't put any links with my #NowPlaying posts. It's for the same reason as you. I want people to be able to use their platform of choice to listen to the song (if they want to listen to it). I also have a few other reasons for doing it...
@thebiologist1117 I know its inconvenient to put links.....
@futureisfoss It's not too inconvenient! I usually have the song open on #Invidious anyway.
@futureisfoss I'm pretty sure Frankie put together a list of front-ends he uses at some point... But I'm not sure where that is...
@futureisfoss ***typing sounds***
@futureisfoss They changed MFM so I can't do single asterisks on either side of my messages anymore. 🥲 #Misskey
GitHub - mendel5/alternative-front-ends: Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popular internet platforms (e.g. YouTube, Twitter, etc.)

Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popular internet platforms (e.g. YouTube, Twitter, etc.) - mendel5/alternative-front-ends

GitHub
@futureisfoss What was I saying...? My other reasons are... that it looks neater, it prevents accidental link clicks, it keeps people "on the platform" (rather than the surveillance capitalism web), and it keeps my #NowPlaying posts short.
@futureisfoss Those are some of the reasons... If I do include a link (and it's not a reply), I like to content warn for them. That prevents people from accidentally clicking them.
@futureisfoss I don't know about you... but I've seen so many virus links and NSFW links on fedi that... I'm very cautious about posting any. They aren't safe for public posting, since they're so often abused.
@thebiologist1117 If you post links its convenient for me, I know Frankie does it. And music from youtube is also free for the most part, with invidious/newpipe/mpv you also don't have any ads and minimal tracking. I don't accidentally click on links BTW, lol 
@futureisfoss Sometimes I do because I want to include "some links" on my profile, but not too many... That's another reason I don't use them on the NowPlaying posts... It would saturate my profile and (potentially) people's timelines with links.
@futureisfoss Well, you might if you're scrolling through the federated timeline on your small phone... All it takes is one quick swipe and your browsing is loading a virus site.
@thebiologist1117
I think this won't be a bit problem if you're using a client though. On fedilab if I click on a link then it'll ask me which browser I wanna open it with.
@futureisfoss yh, ideally I would just like to disable links and make it so I have to copy them manually.
@futureisfoss Are you tagging your typos so you can look at them later? lol
@futureisfoss
I use LibRedirect for redirecting to various alternative front-ends! 
https://libredirect.github.io/
Tio uses this on the browser in TromJaro? 🤔
@thebiologist1117
LibRedirect - Privacy-friendly Redirector

A web extension that redirects YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, etc. requests to alternative privacy-friendly frontends

libredirect.github.io
@frankie @thebiologist1117 Yes, LibRedirect comes preinstalled in TROMjaro. There is also #UntrackMe for mobile users. And I also use mpv or Newpipe sometimes because these work much better ;)
@frankie @thebiologist1117
https://mpv.io is a video player Frankie, and it uses the youtube-dl (or the new yt-dlp) program to fetch and watch youtube videos. And the cool thing is that because it uses yt-dlp, almost every website on the internet works with it, you can even play vimeo vidoes for example 
mpv.io

a free, open source, and cross-platform media player

@thebiologist1117 @futureisfoss

Btw, David Blue (Bowie?) used to share song links using Odesli (song.link), which is a one-stop platform site for a song's link on all major platforms.
Eg: https://song.link/y/aBKEt3MhNMM
has links for the same song on Stopify (sic), YT, YT Music, Apple Music, etc.

It's convenient for some people, but the reason I don't share it is because it isn't Open (FOSS), and is not private! (trackers)

#Odesli

Starman (2012 Remaster) by David Bowie

Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.

Songlink/Odesli
It's a cool idea... A while ago, David Blue posted one of those, and because he only posted the link, not the song name, I couldn't listen to the song without going through it.

@frankie @futureisfoss
@thebiologist1117
chit, indeed!
Even I did the same, though I gave an obscure hint about the singer of the song whose link I'd posted! 
@futureisfoss
Do you see why I just post the song names? That's more than enough information for people to find the song... It avoids all the problems associated with posting links. If someone is really having trouble finding it, they can just ask, and I'll DM them the link privately (and have a nice interaction with them).

@frankie @futureisfoss

@thebiologist1117

Do you see why I just post the song names?

Nah!

🤭 

Song link important! 😛 ❤️
@futureisfoss

It keeps fedi free of links, which are used to spread malware, spammy political news, etc.

@frankie @futureisfoss
@thebiologist1117 @frankie
Yes Em, and that's why we should post some good links there too, ya know 
@thebiologist1117
there was a time I used to post the youtube link and an invidious link for each song! 
@futureisfoss

@thebiologist1117
Now, I totally switched to Piped from Invidious, coz of reliability issues! 😐

Incidentally, the only Invidious instance I still use is ytb.trom.tf! 😂
@futureisfoss

@frankie @thebiologist1117 Yes Tio puts a lot of effort into maintaining all of this services so that it works well. I remember requesting him about hosting a piped instance, but there was some problems so he didn't do it. I'll try asking him again.
@thebiologist1117 @frankie
What's wrong with posting both the song name and link, that's how I do it. And no Em, I don't accidentally click on links, lol