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NewPipe: YouTube client without vertical videos and algorithmic feed

https://newpipe.net/
108•nvader•2h ago

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Sytten•1h ago
Newpipe is great, I tend to spend too much time on youtube. This at least limits it. It does break from time to time.
weightedreply•1h ago
See also: Tubular

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.polymorphicshade.tubular...

chrysoprace•1h ago
Context: Tubular is a fork of NewPipe that adds SponsorBlock and ReturnYouTubeDislike integration.
EspadaV9•1h ago
There is a fork called PipePipe[0] too, that also implements SponsorBlock

0: https://github.com/InfinityLoop1308/PipePipe

simon666•1h ago
I've been using and loving NewPipe since 2015 or 2016--whenever it first showed up on Fdroid. Really like the ability to play songs from bandcamp too. Although there's one bug in the bandcamp workflow that I wish was fixed: If you search for an artist then tap the artist page in the results this will take you to the albums screen. Click to the album, then if you either use the back arrow or swipe back you're returned to the search results rather than the list of albums on the artist page.
bryanhogan•1h ago
What's the difference of NewPipe to ReVanced?
charcircuit•1h ago
Revanced is a mod for the official Android app, where NewPipe is an original app.

In practice this means that Revanced will be much more feature complete than NewPipe.

2OEH8eoCRo0•1h ago
It also means revanced is legally dicey whereas newpipe is essentially a legal frontend/scraper of YouTube.
digiown•54m ago
Revanced is only distributed as patches, probably to avoid being susceptible to the claims against the original Vanced.

Worth noting that ReVanced has a lot more patches than just YouTube.

2OEH8eoCRo0•1h ago
I love newpipe I've watched hundreds of hours of videos on my shield tv with it.
biglyburrito•1h ago
There's also Freetube, which is a fantastic desktop client.

https://freetubeapp.io

digiown•56m ago
For some reason I always preferred having tabs on desktop, so I can having stuff paused to be watched later.
nvader•53m ago
Thanks, I've bookmarked it for later.
pmarreck•32m ago
is this just a way to browse youtube without ads or tracking, or what?

I'm looking to just hide Shorts, but I want my recommendations. Not sure what's out there for that.

user_unique•6m ago
I'd recommend stayfree. It works great on mobile android with feature blocking (shorts and reels) and we'll as time based and scheduled blocks. You can remove the blocks by retyping a long prompt.
Frotag•53m ago
IME newpipe breaks every few weeks or so, presumably because of some youtube change / obfuscation. Or at least that was the case a few years ago.

I've had more success hosting an invidious instance and using the materialious client for mobile. And a bonus is that it comes with sponsorblock built in.

https://invidious.io/

https://materialio.us/

kyleee•43m ago
I think that is overstating it, there has been one recent breakage and fix in the last few months or more roughly. It would be interesting to see it plotted out on a timeline though.
jimlikeslimes•29m ago
I think there was a phase of repeated breakages a while back, but things seem to have stabilised.

Fixes are released quickly ime too.

truckingthrow33•15m ago
I use it to mainly download videos, and that seems to break every few weeks. I just updated and it's fixed. Small price to pay.
tom_•52m ago
Editorialized title! Portrait aspect ratio (or "vertical video", as it's described here - at least I assume that's what the term refers to - like, as if the landscape aspect ratio has no Y axis!) is not obviously mentioned anywhere.
netsharc•46m ago
I don't get why the poster thinks NewPipe doesn't support vertical videos (let's not be anal, we know what they mean) if the video is "vertical" then making it fullscreen will fill the phone's screen vertically.
tom_•26m ago
Well, perhaps you know what they mean! Me? I can only read the words and then guess based on the words I read. If it's not clear from my post what guesses I have made based on the words I have read, and which assumptions I have made while making those guesses, then I apologise. I will try to make it easier for the reader next time.

It sounds like you found no reference to portrait aspect ratio videos in the article either.

someperson•29m ago
For the desktop, I recommend https://github.com/lawrencehook/remove-youtube-suggestions
_HMCB_•26m ago
I see no mention of not playing vertical videos on their website.
satvikpendem•23m ago
The issue is I like the algorithmic feed, as well as having all my subscriptions there. I believe that's not available in NewPipe without manually adding all subscription channels.
okanat•18m ago
NewPipe can parse a Google data export dump and import all of your subs.

NewPipe: YouTube client without vertical videos and algorithmic feed

https://newpipe.net/
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