It would be amazing if you did that and coded the youtube-dl process to be as seemless as SMtube - then you'd have a Youtube player that works on the lowest G3 to a Quad.
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TenFiveTube - Yet another YouTube option (updated 12/20/20)
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It would be amazing if you did that and coded the youtube-dl process to be as seemless as SMtube - then you'd have a Youtube player that works on the lowest G3 to a Quad.
Here's an Intel version for hooktube. Built for Snow Leopard, but should work on 10.7/10.8/10.9 as well. Videos play in 720p by default, and it's also capable of playing in full screen. Clicking the little menu box next to the hooktube logo will bring up the search box. (Download button not working correctly in this release)
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Yeah, i got a little bored. So here's another player built on snow leopard. It'll run on 10.6 through 10.11. It loosely resembles SMTube in appearance, but has no options for external players. It plays in 720p by default if you choose the tonvid video links, or 360p if you choose the "play on youtube" option. The tonvid videos can also play in full screen while "play on youtube" can not.
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Not sure how I missed this project originally. Saw it mentioned in another thread and decided to give it a try. This is a fantastic package for "download-and-go" YouTube watching on Leopard. Awesome work @wicknix!
Unfortunately, HookTube is all but dead. They removed the video download links (mp3 only now) and limited its usefulness.
Thanks. The nice thing besides its small size is that it should always work. It's just a webkit wrapper faking a mobile device. Everytime youtube "changes" something the other players usually quit working until they are updated. I doubt mobile devices will ever run in to that issue.
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Just tried the Snow Leopard version on my 2006 24" iMac running OS X Mountain Lion. The 720p limitation makes it a no-go for regular videos (Kodi with the YouTube add-on can play 1080p/30 just fine), but for 1080p streams it works great at full quality.
Added another one. It's basically yewtube slightly resized with no visible controls for a cleaner look. Right click on the "dark gray" border around the video, or in any "white space" on the main page to get forward/back/reload controls. Works with 10.4/10.5. Picture added to first post in the thread.
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I wanted to drop a quick thank you for TenFiveTube. It’s really fantastic; it works perfectly on my 1.8 ghz G5 iMac. An essential utility.
It really got me by surprise to be able to run youtube again on my Powerbook ! Very good work!
@wicknix, I just had a thought.
On a whim, I tried searching the Web with YewTube's URL bar (DuckDuckGo), and it's far faster (and less buggy) than Arctic Fox on a G3. It's the fastest browser by far. Given that and its UI minimalism, it's the total OS X equivalent to Surf. I could live on my B/W with this kind of speed. Unfortunately, most websites visited come back with "secure connection failed", and "bad/untrusted server certificate", making browsing a mere novelty in its current state.
So here is a suggestion to you, one I believe with enormous potential. As a lighthearted, minimal effort side-project, YewTube's internals can be spruced up and then rebranded as a minimalistic Web Browser, perhaps named after something feather-related. (hence the icon) It would then be the de-facto casual Internet browser for G3 machines running Tiger.
And since YewTube and TigerTUBE are essentially the same application (with different interfaces), this new browser wouldn't even have any trouble at all playing YouTube videos in-browser.
I really think this should be pursued.
On a whim, I tried searching the Web with YewTube's URL bar (DuckDuckGo), and it's far faster (and less buggy) than Arctic Fox on a G3. It's the fastest browser by far. Given that and its UI minimalism, it's the total OS X equivalent to Surf. I could live on my B/W with this kind of speed. Unfortunately, most websites visited come back with "secure connection failed", and "bad/untrusted server certificate", making browsing a mere novelty in its current state.
So here is a suggestion to you, one I believe with enormous potential. As a lighthearted, minimal effort side-project, YewTube's internals can be spruced up and then rebranded as a minimalistic Web Browser, perhaps named after something feather-related. (hence the icon) It would then be the de-facto casual Internet browser for G3 machines running Tiger.
And since YewTube and TigerTUBE are essentially the same application (with different interfaces), this new browser wouldn't even have any trouble at all playing YouTube videos in-browser.
I really think this should be pursued.
The problem is that Tigers internal WebKit is quite old and that's where you get some cert errors. I did a while back attempt such a thing however https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/minimalist-webkit-based-browser.2060914/ and there's also OneWindowBrowser by @AphoticD
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TenFourTube, TigerTube, and YewTube have all been broken yet again by YouTube's ever thwarting APIs.
Instead of going to the old mobile phone version of the site, it points you to the modern smartphone variant designed for HTML5 playback.
I think YouTube is in agreements with Apple to make viewing on old systems as difficult as they can possibly make it in order to drive sales of new devices up.
They are truly the bane of our existence. Them, and lazy web developers making bloated websites because everyone and their dog only ever browses the Web on their iPhone X, so what does it matter anyway?
Curse them all...
Instead of going to the old mobile phone version of the site, it points you to the modern smartphone variant designed for HTML5 playback.
I think YouTube is in agreements with Apple to make viewing on old systems as difficult as they can possibly make it in order to drive sales of new devices up.
They are truly the bane of our existence. Them, and lazy web developers making bloated websites because everyone and their dog only ever browses the Web on their iPhone X, so what does it matter anyway?
Curse them all...
The only thing that matters is the availability of the latest youtube-dl version for our Macs. While it's there the rest will follow.
I just always used TenFourFoxBox with YouTube's URL, for those that are unfamiliar with it. Works absolutely like a charm on my Mac mini G4 and Quad G5.
Yeah, I definitely can't comment on those (G3/early G4). But what I can say is that the performance gain of TFFB over regular TFF is enormous! Assuming you didn't compare the two side-by-side yet, I do say "please, do it".
I can't test on anything lower than the Mac mini G4 anymore (because that and the Quad are all I have), so I can't compare the other options with TFFB directly and be able to tell how big the difference is. If you and others can, though, that could be informative. A complete "benchmark" of running YouTube on those machines with each and every option, and how big the gap is.
I can't test on anything lower than the Mac mini G4 anymore (because that and the Quad are all I have), so I can't compare the other options with TFFB directly and be able to tell how big the difference is. If you and others can, though, that could be informative. A complete "benchmark" of running YouTube on those machines with each and every option, and how big the gap is.
I thought TenFourTube was supposed to load the modern YouTube mobile website?
Take a look, this video was posted in 2018 and it ran decent on a G3
TenFourTube and the rest are supposed to load the legacy Nokia mobile website, the one that plays videos in system video players, not embedded HTML5 windows. The modern smartphone websites give a static, empty black box where the video is supposed to be, breaking the applications.
Yes, we all know iMac G3s can (used to) play YouTube videos one way or another. Give it a rest.
Then why was TenFourTube (as seen in the video) not playing in the Nokia website? It was loading the modern m.youtube.com website...
and the video did play. what was going on in that video?