Homebrew Suggestion Homebrew Youtube app?

[PotatisKnug]

I figure a Youtube app would make my Switch 25x more usable since i like watching youtube in the weekends when i'm going to bed and booting up my wii u doesn't really seem worth it to me since i'd have to stand back up and turn it off and unplug the wire to it. If i manage to accidentally sleep it'd run my Wii U throughout the night. mmmh. 75 watts.

 

[YTElias]

use the hidden youtube website by clicking your way to switchbru on facebook(using the share applet)
Isnt the best(i think its 480p)but it works

 

[Deleted-442439]

I figure a Youtube app would make my Switch 25x more usable since i like watching youtube in the weekends when i'm going to bed and booting up my wii u doesn't really seem worth it to me since i'd have to stand back up and turn it off and unplug the wire to it. If i manage to accidentally sleep it'd run my Wii U throughout the night. mmmh. 75 watts.

Your phone, PC, TV, Top-box and practically all other modern devices have a Youtube app, why do you need to use a Wii U or Switch?

Anyway it is possible to make a webapp that displays the TV site like the Wii U app does without much work, so rather certain one will be made.

 

[PotatisKnug]

use the hidden youtube website by clicking your way to switchbru on facebook(using the share applet)
Isnt the best(i think its 480p)but it works

I'd like to see my subscriptions and whatnot. Which is why i'd like a real full fledged one.

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why do you need to use a Wii U or Switch?

Bigger screen and nicer placement of the headphone jack. My phone is tiny since it's an Iphone SE.

 

[YTElias]

I'd like to see my subscriptions and whatnot. Which is why i'd like a real full fledged one.

I would too but its already cool that it works

 

[PotatisKnug]

I would too but its already cool that it works

I mean, they've made some great progress already but some more progress certainly would not hurt.

 

[YTElias]

I mean, they've made some great progress already but some more progress certainly would not hurt.

Sure.

 

[jt_1258]

Your phone, PC, TV, Top-box and practically all other modern devices have a Youtube app, why do you need to use a Wii U or Switch?

Anyway it is possible to make a webapp that displays the TV site like the Wii U app does without much work, so rather certain one will be made.

not everyone has a device hooked up to the tv that also has access to YouTube. The only 2 things I had that could do it were the wii and a blueray player, both of which were removed from being able to access youtube by google. I did recently get a firetv stick on long term loan from a family member to fill the void but non the less my point still stands

 

[baretbh]

Your phone, PC, TV, Top-box and practically all other modern devices have a Youtube app, why do you need to use a Wii U or Switch?

Anyway it is possible to make a webapp that displays the TV site like the Wii U app does without much work, so rather certain one will be made.

I hate posts like this. Why be against anything that adds to the user experience on the Switch??? thats just stupid

 

[PotatisKnug]

not everyone has a device hooked up to the tv that also has access to YouTube. The only 2 things I had that could do it were the wii and a blueray player, both of which were removed from being able to access youtube by google. I did recently get a firetv stick on long term loan from a family member to fill the void but non the less my point still stands

I mean, i have my ps4 hooked up to my tv, but i'd like to use the switch for a "wireless screen"

 

[jt_1258]

I mean, i have my ps4 hooked up to my tv, but i'd like to use the switch for a "wireless screen"

oh, that would be pretty rad. Just undock and keep watching throughout the house or dock it in another room like from the living room to the bedroom. that would be pretty rad. It is so weird google hasn't put youtube on the switch though. pretty much everything under the sun already has youtube on it if it has an internet and reasonable processing power which isn't hard to achieve considering youtube is on the 3ds despite being absolute dog crap

 

[PotatisKnug]

oh, that would be pretty rad. Just undock and keep watching throughout the house or dock it in another room like from the living room to the bedroom. that would be pretty rad. It is so weird google hasn't put youtube on the switch though. pretty much everything under the sun already has youtube on it if it has an internet and reasonable processing power which isn't hard to achieve considering youtube is on the 3ds despite being absolute dog crap

Nintendo KNEW they would get PWND in no-time which is why they blocked both the browser and youtube, like. Come on. Get your thumb out of your asses guys. Speak to Microsoft or Sony against piracy. Take some damn notes.

 

[jt_1258]

Nintendo KNEW they would get PWND in no-time with is why they blocked both the browser and youtube, like. Come on. Get your thumb out of your asses guys. Speak to Microsoft or Sony against piracy. Take some damn notes.

considering the rcm mode thing they can't really stop it with the current revision anyway

 

[kai_dranzer2003]

I have a Nexus6 (6" 2k screen), a Huawei mate 10 (2k 6" screen), android tv box in tv 22" and 55" smart tv, I never will would a Switch for wachting Youtube

 

[PotatisKnug]

considering the rcm mode thing they can't really stop it with the current revision anyway

Yeah, maybe should've locked down rcm. Pehaps a special device that plugs into the USB-C port? No. Nintendo is nintendo, short a pin, BAM.

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I have a Nexus6 (6" 2k screen), a Huawei mate 10 (2k 6" screen), android tv box in tv 22" and 55" smart tv, I never will would a Switch for wachting Youtube

That's you, i'd love to use my switch as a youtube / netflix machine. And with a 3hr battery on BOTW (perhaps up to 6 with YT / netflix) that'd be IDEAL.

 

[machine69_420]

Well the problem is again coming down to that we still don't have hardware acceleration.

Once that's out of the way, there'll be much more amazing stuff than youtube app.

 

[PotatisKnug]

Well the problem is again coming down to that we still don't have hardware acceleration.

Once that's out of the way, there'll be much more amazing stuff than youtube app.

KODI MY BOI

 

[TheKrane]

Can we shift this conversation from "does it make sense" to "is it theoretically possible" please?

One of the reasons stated here is hardware acceleration. While decoding videos benefits from hardware acceleration, it is not a must-have for playing videos. Although there are other performance related factors that are still lacking in libNX and libtransistor.
Another major reason is that video decoding software such as ffmpeg has not even been ported to the switch yet.

A first step in the right direction would be trying to port a simple video player (maybe vlc) and see how that goes. Once we know how to play videos we're pretty much good to go, as downloading/streaming them from Youtube should be an easy task.
Once I have some more free time I might look into the possibility of this.

EDIT: trying to port libVLC to either libNX or libtransistor should get us started

 

[Shadd]

 

[PotatisKnug]

Can we shift this conversation from "does it make sense" to "is it theoretically possible" please?

One of the reasons stated here is hardware acceleration. While decoding videos benefits from hardware acceleration, it is not a must-have for playing videos. Although there are other performance related factors that are still lacking in libNX and libtransistor.
Another major reason is that video decoding software such as ffmpeg has not even been ported to the switch yet.

A first step in the right direction would be trying to port a simple video player (maybe vlc) and see how that goes. Once we know how to play videos we're pretty much good to go, as downloading/streaming them from Youtube should be an easy task.
Once I have some more free time I might look into the possibility of this.

EDIT: trying to port libVLC to either libNX or libtransistor should get us started

REALISTICLY, port vlc, get some youtube subscriptions / login to kick shit off and then stream that to vlc. Done