Re: Anyone else finding NewPipe version 0.27.0 stopped working yesterday?

Andrew wrote on Wed, 10 Jul 2024 16:10:07 -0000 (UTC) :

Anyone else finding NewPipe version 0.27.0 stopped working yesterday?

UPDATE:

It was confirmed on XDA that there's something up, but there's no mention
on the Newpipe.net site so we'll just have to wait until it gets resolved.

Of course, anyone can watch YouTube (mostly news & documentaries for me)
with a web browser but that's a stinky solution designed for people who
aren't technical and who therefore use a web browser for everything.

I barely use a web browser on a phone. Maybe once a month or so.
Instead, I use dedicated clients for things that people use browsers for.

Since I long ago deleted the YouTube client from my phone (along with all
the Google canonical apps), I employed NewPipe as my YouTube client clone.

I can still watch videos for free without ads though.
It just takes an extra step or two while NewPipe is being fixed.

1. I find any desired video URI using NewPipe <https://newpipe.net>
   (NewPipe just won't play the video, nor will it download it.)
2. I paste the URI into Seal <https://github.com/JunkFood02/Seal>
   (which uses the youtube-dl tools to download the video)
3. I watch the video using any number of video apps on Android.

For example, I can play it using the FOSS mpv-android video player:
 <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=is.xyz.mpv>

Please let me know if someone else has a better solution for now.
This way we help each other - which is the whole point of this newsgroup.