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diff --git a/index.html b/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1c16be6 --- /dev/null +++ b/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +<pre>> watch [/c <argument-string>] <video/playlist-url><br/></pre> +<p>This program takes a YouTube video/playlist URL as an argument + and opens the video/playlist in MPC-HC. The videos are streamed, + not downloaded and then played. There are downloadable builds of + MPC-HC with built-in support for YouTube streaming, but these + unfortunately do not support Windows XP. My program works on any + operating system that can run youtube-dl.<br/> +</p> +<p>The benefits of playing YouTube videos in a real media player are + many. If you have a non-widescreen monitor, you can zoom in to + remove black bars (in MPC-HC, <i>View > Video Frame > Touch + Window From Outside</i>). You can fix potential audio-video sync + issues in the video. Most importantly, you don't have to waste as + much memory on displaying YouTube's video page. (To get an idea of + how much memory YouTube uses, <a + href="../plain/comparison.png?h=readme">see this comparison</a> + between YouTube and invidio.us, an alternative YouTube + front end.)</p> +<p>The program can be started from the command prompt or the <i>Run...</i> + window. I recommend putting it somewhere in your PATH. Then, you + can easily watch videos by copying the URL, opening a <i>Run...</i> + window with Win-R and issuing <tt>watch <url></tt>. A + command prompt will be visible as the program retrieves the + addresses for the audio and video streams, but will be closed once + MPC-HC is launched.</p> +<p>If you supply an <i>argument-string</i> using the <tt>/c</tt> + option, it will be copied verbatim directly to the youtube-dl + command line, letting you specify extra parameters for the process + (for example, <tt>/c "-f best"</tt>).</p> +<p>If you want to interrupt the retrieval process (e.g., if there + are a hundred videos in the playlist and you just want to stream + the first five), press Ctrl-Break. This will open MPC-HC with the + videos that have been retrieved so far. If you want to interrupt + the process without launching MPC-HC, press Ctrl-C.</p> +<p><b>Dependencies:</b> <a + href="http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/">youtube-dl</a>, <a + href="https://mpc-hc.org/">MPC-HC</a>, the first of which must + be placed somewhere in your PATH. Note that youtube-dl needs to be + updated regularly; if the script stops working, then issue <tt>youtube-dl + -U</tt> from a command prompt.</p> +<h3>Bookmarklet</h3> +<p>To make a bookmarklet that opens a YouTube video from your + browser in MPC-HC, you need to download the files <i>watch.exe</i>, + <i>watch.reg</i> and <i>watch.js</i> from the repository.<br/> +</p> +<ol> + <li> + <p>Install <i>watch.exe</i> as <tt>C:\watch.exe</tt>.</p> + </li> + <li> + <p>Register the <i>watch:</i> protocol handler in the registry + by downloading and running <i>watch.reg</i>.</p> + </li> + <li> + <p>Copy the contents of <i>watch.js</i> to a bookmark in your + web browser. It supports the following features:</p> + </li> + <ol> + <li>Single-click the bookmark to convert all links on the page + to <i>watch:</i> links.<br/> + </li> + <li>Single-click it again to revert the links. (This also + happens automatically when you click a link.)</li> + <li>Double-click the bookmark to open the current page as a <i>watch:</i> + link.</li> + </ol> +</ol>
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