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diff --git a/content/emacs/watching-youtube-with-emacs.md b/content/emacs/watching-youtube-with-emacs.md deleted file mode 100644 index a064626..0000000 --- a/content/emacs/watching-youtube-with-emacs.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,120 +0,0 @@ -+++ -title = "Emacs: watching YouTube with Yeetube and mpv" -author = ["MichaĆ Sapka"] -date = 2024-02-23T16:16:00+01:00 -categories = ["emacs"] -draft = false -weight = 2007 -abstract = "Let's use YouTube from the comfort of Emacs" -[menu] - [menu.emacs] - weight = 2007 - identifier = "emacs-watching-youtube-with-yeetube-and-mpv" - parent = "guides" - name = "Watching YouTube" -+++ - -I may hate YouTube as a service, but I even I can't deny the quality of vlogs there. -Even though I would strongly prefer to follow folks on PeerTube or Odysee, this will not happen anytime soon for most of the channels. -Luckily, with the popularity of YouTube comes quite a few ways to use it in a better way - - -## Yeetube {#yeetube} - -_Yeetube_[^fn:1] is an Emacs wrapper around searching and viewing videos on Youtube. -The watching part happens via `mpv`[^fn:2]. -You simply pass the video link (not the page) in the shell and `mpv` will handle the rest. -_Yeetube_ handles everything _before_ we have the actual file, and running `mpv`. - -First, let's install it: - -```emacs-lisp -(use-package yeetube) -``` - -And, assuming `mpv` is already installed, you are ready to go. -Run `yeetube-search`, type in whatever you want and press enter. -A table with top results will show up. -Now, select the one that interests you, run `yeetube-play`, wait a few seconds and mpv window will show. - -{{< img-c "emacs-yeetube-search.png" >}} -Yeetube search for Emacs Elements -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "emacs-yeetube-play.png" >}} -mpv playing a movie next to Emacs with Yeetube search. -The WM is DWM. -{{< /img-c >}} - -_Yeetube_ also supports downloading videos via `yt-dl` and saving videos for future reference. - -My full config, with evil keybindings looks like: - -```emacs-lisp -(use-package yeetube - :general - (:states 'normal - :keymaps 'yeetube-mode-map - "RET" 'yeetube-play - "d" 'yeetube-download-video - "b" 'yeetube-play-saved-video - "B" 'yeetube-save-video - "x" 'yeetube-remove-saved-video - "/" 'yeetube-search - "0" 'yeetube-toggle-video - )) -``` - -Note that this comes with no ads, and less tracking, but also less revenue to the creator. -Being a patron is a good way to feel better about it. - - -## Link handler {#link-handler} - -This is nice, but we can make it _extra-nice_. -I subscribe to quite a few YouTube channels via RSS[^fn:3] and want to use _Yeetube_ fast. -We can write a very simple _elisp_ function: - -```emacs-lisp -(defun mms-open-yt-under-point () - (interactive) - (setq url (thing-at-point 'url)) - (string-match "youtube.com" url) -``` - -Now, move the pointer on a YT[^fn:4] link and call this function. -_Yeetube_ interface will open, so just play the top result. - -My (current) full function in use is: - -```emacs-lisp -(defun mms-open-link-under-point () - (interactive) - (let (url (thing-at-point 'url)) - (cond - ((string-match "youtube.com" url) (yeetube-search url)) - (t (eww url))) - )) -``` - -So it will use `eww` for anything that is not a YT link, and I can expand it further whenever I want. - -Then, just add a simple keyboard navigation, and you're done - -```emacs-lisp -(mms-leader-keys - "RET RET" '(lambda () (interactive) (mms-open-link-under-point) :wk "follow link")) -``` - - -## Errata {#errata} - -2024-02-26: Dave pointed me that using `let` inside custom method is preferable to `setq` - -[^fn:1]: ["yeetube | Emacs Front-End for YouTube"](https://thanosapollo.org/post/yeetube/) blog post from the author -[^fn:2]: [mpv official website](https://mpv.io/) -[^fn:3]: The secret URL: `https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=<channel_id>`. - You can find the channel ID using different online services, as it is not as straight forward as it should be. -[^fn:4]: Only if the package registers itself as a provider for `thing-at-point`. - In Elfeed it will for main item URL, but not for items embedded in the body. - We need to use `eww` to open the page and we can get the URL from there. |