How do these work?
I use a FF extension that routes videos to mpv from the context menu.
For my phone, I use Vanced
For my Android TV, I use Smarttube.
https://github.com/woodruffw/ff2mpv
Note: very dependent on a recent yt-dlp on your system. Install it manually using yt-dlp from their website and drop it into your path unless you use Arch or something bleeding edge.
I was an Invidious user until I found out about Libretube, and the fact that on Libretube and even on a Piped website you can login to get your subs from other instances. That is crazy useful.
So I am full Piped for now.
Do you get issues like crashes and videos not playing? I’ve been using libretube for quite some time until is just could not open a single video without crashing. I switched back to newpipe for now.
There was a momentary bug, but it was fixed quickly. I recommend not using the F-droid repo, because new releases take days and days to arrive, rather use Izzy-on-droid if possible.
There’s Clipious for Invidious on Android:
I use Invidious because it does not require JavaScript.
Also, does piped always proxy the data? Some Invidious instances have the option but I have never seen it on pioed instances.
After trying both, I’ve settled on Invidious. I prefer the UI, it feels more snappy than Piped. Plus, with Piped I had this problem with longer videos where it’d just stop playing somewhere in the middle. Might be fixed by now though.
How do these work?
Well, Piped doesn’t (or at least I’ve never bothered to wait till it eventually loads).
Oh really… This is good to know thank you! I thought it was just a bit shit.
https://piped.smnz.de and https://piped.adminforge.de have worked well for me so far. Relatively quick updates and bugfixes :)
