The Samus Aran-Contra affairDec 13, 2022
i was so so excited!! this just keeps scrolling on by! no apparent errors that i can see!
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GOT IT working (i think)

it was far far better to alias the vlc to a short command first (syntax creep was occurring) and without that alias, i got a detailed zsh error & went on a goose chase (honk)

literally, it's just:
➜ ~ youtube-dl $(pbpaste) -o - | vlc -
(like the doc says)
pobody's nerfect ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Dec 13, 2022 at 2:54amWeb
Show threadThe Samus Aran-Contra affairDec 13, 2022

and if you want it to automatically go, gotta use this because it's treated like a playlist, not a file

youtube-dl $(pbpaste) -o - | vlc - --playlist-autostart

Show threadThe Samus Aran-Contra affairDec 13, 2022
we like things that make us go
Show threadaquinas_0Dec 13, 2022
@fit7 I have literally never thought to pipe youtube-dl into vlc and that is amazing.
Show threadThe Samus Aran-Contra affairDec 13, 2022
@parrellel i was so surprised myself! i knew vlc could take inputs, but i was not well versed in them and stumbled on the vlc pipe bit in the youtube-dl doc! it was right below the thing i was looking up on reading a cookies txt
Show threadaquinas_0Dec 13, 2022

@fit7 Got it working on Mint with xclip

yt-dlp $(xclip -o) -f 'bv*[height=720]' -o - | vlc - --playlist-autostart

Specifying audio quality, or trying to stream something without video chokes because it needs to split out multiple outputs to then pipe to vlc... and my command line is too rusty to figure that out tonight.

Show threadThe Samus Aran-Contra affairDec 13, 2022
@parrellel that's awesome!! yeah i had dropped frames and hiccups too, depending on the stream i was selecting (i tested out livestream and twitch, not just youtube) sometimes stepping away is needed for a frresh head ✨