A POSIX script that helps you find Youtube videos (without API) and opens/downloads them using mpv/youtube-dl

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This is a little showcase

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Table Of Contents

• Dependencies
• Install
• Features
• Examples
• Configuration
• Bugs
• Contributing
• Credits

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Dependencies

There are only 2 required dependencies, however the rest require some configuration before you can replace them.

Required dependencies

• jq
• curl

Recommended dependencies

• mpv (the default video and audio player)
• fzf (the default menu selection screen)

Optional dependencies

• yt-dlp (for downloading)
• dmenu (only if using the -D option)
• ueberzug (if using thumbnails (-t) on x11)
  • If on wayland, or you do not want ueberzug, see the alternatives below.
  • To use an alternative include -T <alternative> in the command when running ytfzf

Alternative Thumbnail Viewers

Program	Wayland Support
chafa	✅
catimg	✅
imv	✅
mpv	✅
kitty	✅
swayimg	only on sway
swayimg (-T swayimg-hyprland)	only on hyprland

Install

if on linux and installed using make on version 2.0 or prior, run sudo make uninstall-old first

1. Install the dependencies listed above
2. Run the following commands

git clone https://github.com/pystardust/ytfzf
cd ytfzf
sudo make install doc

• If you wish to not install documentation (highly unrecommended) run sudo make install instead.

• If you wish to install addons, run sudo make addons

  • YTFZF_SYSTEM_ADDONS_DIR will point to /usr/local/share/ytfzf/addons even if you set PREFIX to something else
  • If you use a different prefix, it would be smart to export YTFZF_SYSTEM_ADDONS_DIR to $PREFIX/share/ytfzf/addons in a shell startup file.

• You may also install ytfzf through your package manager, as listed on the side.

Addons

Addons are extra features that will not be as supported as everything built into ytfzf itself.

Addons are located in addons, copy any addon to ~/.config/ytfzf/{addon-type}/{addon}, and give it execute permissions.

You may also just copy the entire addon folder type, eg: cp -r addons/thumbnail-viewers ~/.config/ytfzf/

Usage

To use a scraper addon run ytfzf -c <scraper> ...

To use a thumbnail-viewer addon run ytfzf -T <viewer> ...

To use a interface addon run ytfzf -i <interface> ...

To use a url-handler addon run ytfzf -u <handler> ...

To use a sort-name addon run ytfzf --sort-name=<sort-name> ...

To use an extension addon run ytfzf -e <extension> ...

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Features

• Subscriptions
• Thumbnails
• Watch history
• Search History
• Downloading
• Queueing multiple videos
• Custom menus, and scrapers
• Addon support

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Examples

Search with thumbnails

ytfzf -t <search>

Use dmenu as the menu instead of fzf

ytfzf -D <search>

Print the link of the selected video instead of playing it

ytfzf -L <search>

Search Odysee instead of youtube

ytfzf -cO <search>

Use the chafa thumbnail viewer, pass --vo=sixel, and --quiet to mpv, scrape odysee with the search odysee search, youtube with the search: youtube search, and also scrape subscriptions

ytfzf -t -T chafa --url-handler-opts='--vo=sixel --quiet' -cO,Y,SI --multi-search odysee search,youtube search

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Configuration

Everything that is an option can also be configured in ~/.config/ytfzf/conf.sh.

In addition, the video player and other things may be changed here

Here is a sample configuration (please dont use it)

For more information, see ytfzf(5) which should be installed, if it's not see the wiki.

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Bugs

• dwm with swallow patch: Images don't render with ueberzug when looped (ie, option -l)
• if thumbnails are not working .Xauthority might be causing it. Try deleting it and relogging into your computer.

Contributing

Feel free to contribute, and add your name to the credits, please use the development branch. For more information see contributing

Credits

User	Contributions	Donate
Pystardust	contributions
Euro20179	contributions	donate
Simonhughxyz	contributions
Jac-Zac	contributions
Mudskipper875	contributions
Gardockt	contributions
qoheniac	contributions
mathisto	contributions