Am I missing something, or is this simply something I am stuck
with?
In comp.misc Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
Am I missing something, or is this simply something I am stuck
with?
You are likely stuck with it, given that a "smart tv" controls you,
rather than the other way around.
Consider downloading the items you want to watch from youtube (https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) and then setting up a playback
system for the downloads. Then you will be in control of every aspect
of the display and playback of the downloaded files.
In uk.d-i-y Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
In comp.misc Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
Am I missing something, or is this simply something I am stuck
with?
You are likely stuck with it, given that a "smart tv" controls you,
rather than the other way around.
Consider downloading the items you want to watch from youtube
(https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) and then setting up a playback
system for the downloads. Then you will be in control of every aspect
of the display and playback of the downloaded files.
There are also alternative apps like 'SmartTube' for Android TV, although it depends on your TV/box as to whether it'll let you install them. They also block ads and sponsored segments.
https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube
(can't speak of what it does for subscriptions though)
On Thu, 19 Dec 2024, Rich wrote:
In comp.misc Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
Am I missing something, or is this simply something I am stuck
with?
You are likely stuck with it, given that a "smart tv" controls you,
rather than the other way around.
Consider downloading the items you want to watch from youtube (https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) and then setting up a playback
system for the downloads. Then you will be in control of every aspect
of the display and playback of the downloaded files.
Pro tip! If you want to liberate yourself from your smart-TV, go and get yourself a Radxa Zero and run Kodi on it.
That way you can turn off all the smarts on the TV, and just view the
stuff you want to view through the Radxa single board computer.
In comp.misc Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
Am I missing something, or is this simply something I am stuck
with?
You are likely stuck with it, given that a "smart tv" controls you,
rather than the other way around.
Consider downloading the items you want to watch from youtube (https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) and then setting up a playback
system for the downloads. Then you will be in control of every aspect
of the display and playback of the downloaded files.
nospam@example.net wrote:Don't know if they've b0rked it in new and innovative ways, but I did
get yourself a Radxa Zero and run Kodi on it.
That way you can turn off all the smarts on the TV, and just view the
stuff you want to view through the Radxa single board computer.
...until you want to watch Netflix, iPlayer, ITVX, Disney+ or whatever. Then you'll find there's either no streaming app or the streaming app won't run because you aren't running their DRM on 'certified' hardware.
Theo wrote:
nospam@example.net wrote:Don't know if they've b0rked it in new and innovative ways, but I did have Kodi (or maybe it was still XBMC at the time) running with the widevine plugin extracted from the Chrome installer, running on a Pi3 ... obviously it did require a Netflix account, which I stopped paying for after a year.
get yourself a Radxa Zero and run Kodi on it.
That way you can turn off all the smarts on the TV, and just view the
stuff you want to view through the Radxa single board computer.
...until you want to watch Netflix, iPlayer, ITVX, Disney+ or whatever.
Then
you'll find there's either no streaming app or the streaming app won't run >> because you aren't running their DRM on 'certified' hardware.
In uk.d-i-y D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
On Thu, 19 Dec 2024, Rich wrote:
In comp.misc Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:
Am I missing something, or is this simply something I am stuck
with?
You are likely stuck with it, given that a "smart tv" controls you,
rather than the other way around.
Consider downloading the items you want to watch from youtube
(https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) and then setting up a playback
system for the downloads. Then you will be in control of every aspect
of the display and playback of the downloaded files.
Pro tip! If you want to liberate yourself from your smart-TV, go and get
yourself a Radxa Zero and run Kodi on it.
That way you can turn off all the smarts on the TV, and just view the
stuff you want to view through the Radxa single board computer.
...until you want to watch Netflix, iPlayer, ITVX, Disney+ or whatever. Then you'll find there's either no streaming app or the streaming app won't run because you aren't running their DRM on 'certified' hardware.
Although there are approved Android TV boxes, and they're an option if you need more control / less spying than your smart TV.
Theo
Viewing my YouTube subscribed sites on my PC ( Windows 10 &
Firefox) my subscribed sites are listed in alphabetical order.
However, I watch a lot on my smart TV (Samsung UE43KU6000 TV.)
Here, until recently, the list order was much the same, except
the few most recently added were also duplicated at the top of
the list.
Now, the order appears random. I can't see any correlation to
name, date subscribed, date posted, viewing frequency...
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