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Mpv – A free, open-source, and cross-platform media player

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1113 points Bluestein | 1 comments | 17 Aug 24 18:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source
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natrys ◴[18 Aug 24 10:58 UTC] No.41281580[source]▶
This is S tier software. I remember using this on a laptop with 2gb RAM years ago. The combo of mpv and youtube-dl could deal with large number of sites (not just youtube), when even the browser struggled.
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Sporktacular ◴[18 Aug 24 11:01 UTC] No.41281587[source]▶
I think youtube-dl is no longer under development. Any suggestions for an alternative?
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1. natrys ◴[18 Aug 24 11:08 UTC] No.41281613[source]▶
yt-dlp[1] has now taken on that mantle. I think mpv nowadays just recognises yt-dlp as the de facto alternative, but if yours doesn't then you can just put this in your mpv.conf:

    script-opts=ytdl_hook-ytdl_path=yt-dlp
[1] https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp