Re: OT: YiouTube sunscribed sites

On Fri, 20 Dec 2024, Theo wrote:

In uk.d-i-y D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

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On Thu, 19 Dec 2024, Rich wrote:
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In comp.misc Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk> wrote:

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Am I missing something, or is this simply something I am stuck
with?

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You are likely stuck with it, given that a "smart tv" controls you,
rather than the other way around.
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Consider downloading the items you want to watch from youtube
(https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) and then setting up a playback
system for the downloads.  Then you will be in control of every aspect
of the display and playback of the downloaded files.
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Pro tip! If you want to liberate yourself from your smart-TV, go and get
yourself a Radxa Zero and run Kodi on it.
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That way you can turn off all the smarts on the TV, and just view the
stuff you want to view through the Radxa single board computer.

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...until you want to watch Netflix, iPlayer, ITVX, Disney+ or whatever.  Then
you'll find there's either no streaming app or the streaming app won't run
because you aren't running their DRM on 'certified' hardware.

This is not so interesting. All the content of the above exists on torrent sites, for free.

Although there are approved Android TV boxes, and they're an option if you
need more control / less spying than your smart TV.

This is also a possibility.

Theo
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