This extension runs youtube videos in chromium through omxplayer allowing a much smoother viewing

Latest Version

Version
0.3
Update
July 11, 2016
Size
37.39KiB
Developer
Category
Users
1,000+
Rating
3.90909 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
Tabs
NativeMessaging
Http://*.youtube.com/*
Https://*.youtube.com/*
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RPi-youtube Extension

This is a small script written to include a quick button to play any youtube video locally in omxplayer, allowing much smoother playback! It uses youtube-dl and displays a prompt each time a youtube video is opened. Pressing OK will show the video locally in less than 10 seconds. You must have Chromium installed (https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=121195) and the host script installed (https://github.com/kusti8/RPi-chromium). Any questions or issues should be reported on the Github page, and I'm always open to new ideas!
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "RPi-youtube", "description": "This extension runs youtube videos in chromium through omxplayer allowing a much smoother viewing", "version": "0.3", "browser_action": { "default_icon": "icon_38.png", "default_title": "Extract video!" }, "background": { "scripts": ["background.js"], "persistent": false }, "permissions": [ "tabs", "nativeMessaging", "http://*.youtube.com/*", "https://*.youtube.com/*" ], "icons": {"48": "icon_48.png", "128": "icon_128.png" }}
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User reviews

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(ID: ) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 01/18/2018 Does nothing after installed it.

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Elliot Orr (ID: 000000734b3c9ba4) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 08/10/2016 It seemed slow for me, but work well with everything else.

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Max Mustermann (ID: 000000d80e90b6e9) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 06/06/2016 Works flawless, great work.

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Benedict Simmons (ID: 00000090c1d27246) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 05/01/2016 It works perfect! Thank you!

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Dave Land (ID: 000000bd003c7919) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 04/24/2016 It does what it says it does. If you're very patient. I tried using it on a brand new Raspberry Pi 3 with a fresh install of Raspbian Jessie. If that's your set-up, and what you want to do is watch gorgeous smooth-playing YouTube videos about 10-15 minutes from now, then this is for you. I don't think the fault is with the add-on, though: it's just how long it takes to download a full video from YouTube.