FourthTube (For Now) - A Fork of ThirdTube That Works!

[NCP30]

Introduction

I am the creator/developer of NexTube, and I decided I wanted to check out ThirdTube again.
However, I discovered it broke back in July so over the course of Sunday and Today I and
some members (check credits!) in the ThirdTube discord server have been working on a fix! And we did it
a few hours ago! Just the app likes to crash as it is based on ThirdTube (it is in our Todo list).

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Before You Mention An Issue

Yes we know videos crash (please don't mention it unless you have a fix). This also may not even be a FourthTube issue and just a ThirdTube it is in progress.

Captions don't work

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How The Fix Works

So how ThirdTube works is it uses a decrypter and some base.js tomfoolery to access /player (without 403ing).
The issue with this approach is, well, it breaks a lot. It was fine when the dev was active, but the dev has not.

However

We don't need that, we just need to send IOS YouTube app data, and it makes it happy (this is one of the methods YT-DLP uses)

std::string video_content = R"({"videoId": "%0", %1"context": {"client": {"hl": "%2","gl": "%3","clientName": "IOS","clientVersion": "19.29.1","deviceMake": "Apple","deviceModel": "19.29.1","osName": "iPhone","userAgent": "com.google.ios.youtube/19.29.1 (iPhone16,2; U; CPU iOS 17_5_1 like Mac OS X;)\"","osVersion": "17.5.1.21F90"}}, "playbackContext": {"contentPlaybackContext": {"signatureTimestamp": %4}}})";

Issue

This causes the metadata to breaks, thankfully we just have a separate post_content and video_content strings and use both for

std::string json_str[2]; // {/next, /player} json_str[0] = http_post_json(urls[0], post_content).second; json_str[1] = http_post_json(urls[1], video_content).second; /

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Todo

Rename

Dislikes using (https://returnyoutubedislike.com/docs/endpoints) (DONE!)

Stability Fixes (MOSTLY DONE MUCH MORE STABLE!

Caption Fixes (DONE!)

And probably more!

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Images

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Links and Download!

https://github.com/erievs/FourthTube (GitHub)


Install Now!

 

[Egoistamamono]

This homebrew app works, I tested two videos, one was a replay and the other was regular video content. The result? Both crashed (app closed) while the video was playing. Since thirdtube is unusable, this is good progress. I look forward to the next update. Thank you.

 

[NCP30]

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This homebrew app works, I tested two videos, one was a replay and the other was regular video content. The result? Both crashed (app closed) while the video was playing. Since thirdtube is unusable, this is good progress. I look forward to the next update. Thank you.

Not to be rude but we already know this crash. It is why sability is mentioned on the github. I've had other people complain about this issue. I appreciate you trying to help though.

 

[Miloemulator]

Bro this is class

Post automatically merged: Sep 22, 2024

could you possibly add the option to download videos

Post automatically merged: Sep 22, 2024

It works
Only 1 crash in a hour of use

Post automatically merged: Sep 22, 2024

It works
Only 1 crash in a hour of use

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This homebrew app works, I tested two videos, one was a replay and the other was regular video content. The result? Both crashed (app closed) while the video was playing. Since thirdtube is unusable, this is good progress. I look forward to the next update. Thank you.

It works way better on the “New” variants

Post automatically merged: Sep 22, 2024

Introduction

I am the creator/developer of NexTube, and I decided I wanted to check out ThirdTube again.
However, I discovered it broke back in July so over the course of Sunday and Today I and
some members (check credits!) in the ThirdTube discord server have been working on a fix! And we did it
a few hours ago! Just the app likes to crash as it is based on ThirdTube (it is in our Todo list).

---

Before You Mention An Issue

Yes we know videos crash (please don't mention it unless you have a fix). This also may not even be a FourthTube issue and just a ThirdTube it is in progress.

Captions don't work

---

How The Fix Works

So how ThirdTube works is it uses a decrypter and some base.js tomfoolery to access /player (without 403ing).
The issue with this approach is, well, it breaks a lot. It was fine when the dev was active, but the dev has not.

However

We don't need that, we just need to send IOS YouTube app data, and it makes it happy (this is one of the methods YT-DLP uses)

std::string video_content = R"({"videoId": "%0", %1"context": {"client": {"hl": "%2","gl": "%3","clientName": "IOS","clientVersion": "19.29.1","deviceMake": "Apple","deviceModel": "19.29.1","osName": "iPhone","userAgent": "com.google.ios.youtube/19.29.1 (iPhone16,2; U; CPU iOS 17_5_1 like Mac OS X;)\"","osVersion": "17.5.1.21F90"}}, "playbackContext": {"contentPlaybackContext": {"signatureTimestamp": %4}}})";

Issue

This causes the metadata to breaks, thankfully we just have a separate post_content and video_content strings and use both for

std::string json_str[2]; // {/next, /player} json_str[0] = http_post_json(urls[0], post_content).second; json_str[1] = http_post_json(urls[1], video_content).second; /

---

Todo

Rename

Dislikes using (https://returnyoutubedislike.com/docs/endpoints) (DONE!)

Stability Fixes (MOSTLY DONE MUCH MORE STABLE!

Caption Fixes (DONE!)

And probably more!

---

Images

---

Links and Download!

https://github.com/erievs/FourthTube (GitHub)


Install Now!

Captions work for me

 

[Dragontwo12]

Heyyyy, you‘re the MangoTube Dev. Nice to see you in the Nintendo Community

Post automatically merged: Sep 23, 2024

Heyyyy, you‘re the MangoTube Dev. Nice to see you in the Nintendo Community

 

[Bunjolio]

Introduction

I am the creator/developer of NexTube, and I decided I wanted to check out ThirdTube again.
However, I discovered it broke back in July so over the course of Sunday and Today I and
some members (check credits!) in the ThirdTube discord server have been working on a fix! And we did it
a few hours ago! Just the app likes to crash as it is based on ThirdTube (it is in our Todo list).

---

Before You Mention An Issue

Yes we know videos crash (please don't mention it unless you have a fix). This also may not even be a FourthTube issue and just a ThirdTube it is in progress.

Captions don't work

---

How The Fix Works

So how ThirdTube works is it uses a decrypter and some base.js tomfoolery to access /player (without 403ing).
The issue with this approach is, well, it breaks a lot. It was fine when the dev was active, but the dev has not.

However

We don't need that, we just need to send IOS YouTube app data, and it makes it happy (this is one of the methods YT-DLP uses)

std::string video_content = R"({"videoId": "%0", %1"context": {"client": {"hl": "%2","gl": "%3","clientName": "IOS","clientVersion": "19.29.1","deviceMake": "Apple","deviceModel": "19.29.1","osName": "iPhone","userAgent": "com.google.ios.youtube/19.29.1 (iPhone16,2; U; CPU iOS 17_5_1 like Mac OS X;)\"","osVersion": "17.5.1.21F90"}}, "playbackContext": {"contentPlaybackContext": {"signatureTimestamp": %4}}})";

Issue

This causes the metadata to breaks, thankfully we just have a separate post_content and video_content strings and use both for

std::string json_str[2]; // {/next, /player} json_str[0] = http_post_json(urls[0], post_content).second; json_str[1] = http_post_json(urls[1], video_content).second; /

---

Todo

Rename

Dislikes using (https://returnyoutubedislike.com/docs/endpoints) (DONE!)

Stability Fixes (MOSTLY DONE MUCH MORE STABLE!

Caption Fixes (DONE!)

And probably more!

---

Images

---

Links and Download!

https://github.com/erievs/FourthTube (GitHub)


Install Now!

this works on o3ds right? if so, how stable is it? just curious cuz I have a o3dsxl

 

[Miloemulator]

this works on o3ds right? if so, how stable is it? just curious cuz I have a o3dsxl

yes but a lot worse, 240p is laggy its best you use 144p

I know this because I have O2DS and N2DSXL

 

[Castorm]

Wondering if this can be combined with a 3DS browser like NetSurf3DS to add videoplayer support.

 

[Miloemulator]

Wondering if this can be combined with a 3DS browser like NetSurf3DS to add videoplayer support.

good idea

 

[NCP30]

this works on o3ds right? if so, how stable is it? just curious cuz I have a o3dsxl

Uhh I don't know mate, I'd probably test it out. Iirc it's sort of mixed but better than regular ThirdTube in stability.

 

[Bunjolio]

Uhh I don't know mate, I'd probably test it out. Iirc it's sort of mixed but better than regular ThirdTube in stability.

alright thanks

Post automatically merged: Sep 30, 2024

yes but a lot worse, 240p is laggy its best you use 144p

I know this because I have O2DS and N2DSXL

ah ok

 

[NCP30]

We now support 480p!

 

[doublespratt]

Great job on this. I have been using it for a week and it has only crashed once - understandable though.

 

[saladmonsterXD]

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[ukigh4ie2]

Hi @NCP30

Nice to see that you are continuing the project. Have you ever thought about reporting your changes as a pull request to the original project? It would be great if the scene wasn't further fragmented and we could work together on good software.

Please make your software available through the Universal Updater/Unistore or report it to the administrators/maintainers.

 

[NCP30]

Hi @NCP30

Nice to see that you are continuing the project. Have you ever thought about reporting your changes as a pull request to the original project? It would be great if the scene wasn't further fragmented and we could work together on good software.

Please make your software available through the Universal Updater/Unistore or report it to the administrators/maintainers.

The issue is he hasn't been online for so long, and we've changed a fair bit. It'd be a bit of a pain, maybe if ThirdTube creator comes back.

 

[ukigh4ie2]

The issue is he hasn't been online for so long, and we've changed a fair bit. It'd be a bit of a pain, maybe if ThirdTube creator comes back.

Did you ping him on GitHub?

 

[NCP30]

Did you ping him on GitHub?

Don't feel like it, and honestly, merging would be a pain in the ass if approved. We'd have to debrand, and we've done a lot of experimenting. Also, we like being able to do our own thing.

 

[Peeteris]

Hello!
I'm glad this project exists, keep the good work!
I have OG 3DS, and as far as I understand, this should somewhat work on it.
But I get ffmpeg error.
I downloaded this using QR code and installed it.
What am I missing? Thank you!

 

[Handango]

No work on my o3ds cant conecto to see videos