New Youtube Player/Downloader..even For G3

[Dronecatcher]

I've just found that a lot of videos I attempt to stream are now webm as default which mplayer can't play.
So, I've updated the streaming script/app to only play mp4, flv or 3gp files and attached it here.
As mentioned before, it is editable in TextEdit and following the guide on the youtube-dl website, you can customise it to your own needs - this one attempts to play files up to 360P, 240P would be more sensible for low end Macs.

 

[Slix]

Nope, it says it can't find the current version... :/

Do you have any specific videos that you know work so I can test against them?

 

[Dronecatcher]

Nope, it says it can't find the current version... :/

Do you have any specific videos that you know work so I can test against them?

I've updated youtube-dl and played these videos on both Tiger and Leopard systems today:

 

[KawaiiAurora]

The Dropbox link isn't working :/

 

[Dronecatcher]

The Dropbox link isn't working :/

Sorry, Dropbox have just killed off the Public Folder feature. I've redone it as a shared link - should be working now.

 

[amagichnich]

A bit off topic, but what software do you use to show cpu usage in the menubar with tiger? I use iStatMenus on Leopard but thats not available for Tiger oder even older ones

 

[Dronecatcher]

A bit off topic, but what software do you use to show cpu usage in the menubar with tiger? I use iStatMenus on Leopard but thats not available for Tiger oder even older ones

I use MenuMeters as it has the lowest CPU footprint itself:

https://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/#download

 

[AmazingHenry]

I look forward to using this on my iBook G4! I've installed it, but, unfortunately, I get some error in Terminal whenever I try to download or stream. PPC Media Centre is installed, and I followed the extra step for Tiger but it doesn't work.

Screenshot:

Any idea what could be causing this?

 

[Dronecatcher]

I look forward to using this on my iBook G4! I've installed it, but, unfortunately, I get some error in Terminal whenever I try to download or stream. PPC Media Centre is installed, and I followed the extra step for Tiger but it doesn't work.

Screenshot:
View attachment 696835

Any idea what could be causing this?

I haven't seen an error remotely like that.
Have you updated youtube-dl (in Terminal, youtube-dl -U)?
Are you using Python that PPC Media Center installed?

 

[AmazingHenry]

I haven't seen an error remotely like that.
Have you updated youtube-dl (in Terminal, youtube-dl -U)?
Are you using Python that PPC Media Center installed?

Yes, using the same Python that PPCMC installed. Tried the command:

The errors point to /bin/youtube-dl, which is the file I copied from /usr/local/bin to /bin. Maybe it has to be copied differently?

 

[Lastic]

Yes, using the same Python that PPCMC installed. Tried the command:
View attachment 696838
The errors point to /bin/youtube-dl, which is the file I copied from /usr/local/bin to /bin. Maybe it has to be copied differently?

From the error message it indicates that there is an encoding conflict where it tries to understand unicode as being ASCII

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0263/

Can you post your output from Terminal for these commands :

• which youtube-dl
• cd /bin
• ls -ltr youtube*
• head youtube-dl
• ./youtube-dl

 

[AmazingHenry]

From the error message it indicates that there is an encoding conflict where it tries to understand unicode as being ASCII

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0263/

Can you post your output from Terminal for these commands :

• which youtube-dl - "/bin/youtube-dl"
  
• cd /bin
• ls -ltr youtube* - "-rwxrwxrwx 1 henry henry 1229378 Apr 18 17:46 youtube-dl
  "
  
• head youtube-dl - CRAZY ERROR, unreadable!
  
• ./youtube-dl - SAME AS ABOVE

I've edited your quote with the results.

 

[Lastic]

I've edited your quote with the results.

This is on my PB G4 running Leopard, I didn't install youtube-dl via PPC MediaCenter but the first 2 lines of the head command should show you the environment variable to which the pep error refers.

What output does ./youtube-dl give you ? With me it starts python and outputs the help .

snelboek:~ uz3r$ which youtube-dl
/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl

snelboek:~ uz3r$ cd /usr/local/bin/

snelboek:bin uz3r$ head -n 2 youtube-dl
#!/usr/bin/env python
P??1JIz2?m;youtube_dl/aes.pyUT ?-~XU?Xux
[... I shortened the output }
??Sk;~??8?lA??D?*nN\0?؁/RI…d?o$ۺg??!?ʮi&'T?.Hr??{?/i9"<

snelboek:bin uz3r$ ./youtube-dl
Usage: youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]

youtube-dl: error: You must provide at least one URL.
Type youtube-dl --help to see a list of all options.

What does :

• python --version
• which python

produce ? Either youtube-dl is broken or it can't find python but since I'm not on Tiger I can't tell you where they should be.

 

[AmazingHenry]

I think this is a Tiger problem as I had this working fine on Leopard.

./youtube-dl brings up a crazy error that's written with crazy characters and symbols. which youtube-dl returns /bin/youtube-dl but which python returns /usr/bin/python.

 

[Lastic]

I think this is a Tiger problem as I had this working fine on Leopard.

./youtube-dl brings up a crazy error that's written with crazy characters and symbols. which youtube-dl returns /bin/youtube-dl but which python returns /usr/bin/python.

That's because the encoding is basically converting a unicode encoded file to ASCII , when you cd /bin , what does
head -n 2 youtube-dl show in the first 2 lines ?

 

[Dronecatcher]

Have you tried deleting youtube-dl and downloading it again?
Sorry I can't help - I've installed this on 3 Tiger systems and there's never been a hiccup.

 

[Lastic]

Have you tried deleting youtube-dl and downloading it again?
Sorry I can't help - I've installed this on 3 Tiger systems and there's never been a hiccup.

Yup my thoughts also, but might be worthwhile to compare both your outputs on the commands I previous listed.

 

[Dronecatcher]

what does
head -n 2 youtube-dl show in the first 2 lines ?

For what it's worth:
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[AmazingHenry]

That's because the encoding is basically converting a unicode encoded file to ASCII , when you cd /bin , what does
head -n 2 youtube-dl show in the first 2 lines ?

@Dronecatcher uninstalling and and reinstalling youtube-dl is a good idea. Could you please tell me how to do it? Sorry, I honestly have no idea how.

 

[Dronecatcher]

@Dronecatcher uninstalling and and reinstalling youtube-dl is a good idea. Could you please tell me how to do it? Sorry, I honestly have no idea how.

I haven't done it myself but I imagine you simply delete it from the folders it resides then follow the instructions here:
https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html

 

[Dronecatcher]

Forum member @TheMrKocour has done a Youtube video using this method but has made some mods to the script to make it more efficient:

 

[QSDP-User]

Forum member @TheMrKocour has done a Youtube video using this method but has made some mods to the script to make it more efficient:

I'm not sharp enough to catch what the script modifications are up to

 

[Dronecatcher]

I'm not sharp enough to catch what the script modifications are up to

You need to read the Youtube comments.
My original scripts either streamed the video or downloaded it - this one downloads it, plays it automatically, then deletes it.

 

[AmazingHenry]

Tomorrow I'll be reinstalling Tiger on my iBook G4, then I'll try this again from a fresh install. All I plan to install if TFF, TFF tweaks, and PPCMC before I try it. Then I'll follow the directions exactly.

What could go wrong?

 

[Dronecatcher]

MAk

What could go wrong?

Make sure you update youtube-dl - since I did the thread there's been three updates - also, you might have to adjust the scripts to you own liking.
Youtube seems to change on a daily basis, one day it works, the next it doesnt, I think they're in the process of replacing all videos with .webm.
I find the safest bet is to instruct the script to go for 3gp files if your on a low end G4 or G3.