You can catch the previous thread here, where there was a discussion about this using Pinchflat: https://lemmy.world/post/42859073
lent9004
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I was actually contemplating if I should've omitted the mention of Invidious, seeing how it is a niche feature, but I guess it was the right call to keep it.
If Pinchflat works well for you now, I would stick with it. The FreshRSS approach would be that it's a lot less resource heavy and barely require any storage space. Because of this, you can serve multiple people with thousands of subscriptions.
It depends on your needs, as with most things. I chose FreshRSS as it allowed me to customize it, to turn it into a YouTube subscription feed. Before I created Youlag, I was using FreshRSS' official YouTube plugin for this purpose.
I did stumble upon Miniflux while deciding on a RSS reader, but never considered it as it didn't include thumbnails in the feed view.
Thanks for letting me know, I'd love to get this working for as many people as possible, so please let me know if you got any leads.
That's odd, and you made sure that video mode for "All pages and categories " is unchecked?
If you're not on the latest version of FreshRSS, perhaps try updating? During development and testing, I've always stayed with the latest version.
Youlag doesn't come with the core FreshRSS, it's an extension you need to manually install. You can follow the install instructions here to learn how to install Youlag. It's the same method that you use to install any other third-party extension for FreshRSS.
Once installed, the extensions page should look like this:
Just to double check, is the Youlag extension enabled in "Settings -> Extensions"?
The view you described sounds like what FreshRSS would look like if Youlag isn't enabled.
If you’re thinking of SponsorBlock, Youlag doesn’t support that feature. In this recent comment, I’ve shared why that is the case.
For traditional adblocking, I would suggest using uBlock Origin, which is also available on Android for firefox-based browsers.
Edit: To clarify, there are no adblocking features built-in to Youlag.
I don't use Grayjay myself, but I tried it a long time ago, so this what I recall.
Grayjay uses a web scraper to feed the stream into its own video player, which lets them add features such as timestamp, SponsorBlock, and background playback.
Youlag is less sophisticated as it's solely a client‑side approach that embeds the official YouTube player. If you however add your own Invidious instance via the Youlag settings, you can play it through Invidious instead.
With Youlag in FreshRSS, everything runs in the browser, so there’s no device syncing needed. That also means it even works on iOS devices, and essentially anything that can run a modern browser.
Thanks a bunch from sharing your result! Based on the fact that ICO works, and I didn't see any real issues in the logs, it could be the "Post-processing..." part where something goes wrong (I didn't add any more detailed logs for that part unfortunately).
Will get back once I've setup a basic Windows development environment and made some tests!
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MAZANOKE v1.1.0: Self-hosted local image optimizer in your browser — now supports HEIC, clipboard paste, and more
(lemmy.world)
MAZANOKE is a simple image optimizer that runs in your browser, works offline, and keeps your images private without ever leaving your device.
Created for everyday people and designed to be easily shared with family and friends, it serves as an alternative to questionable "free" online tools.
See how you can easily self-host it here:
https://github.com/civilblur/mazanoke
Highlights from v1.1.0 (view full release note)
I'm delighted to present some much-requested features in this release, including support for HEIC file conversion!
- Added support to convert
HEIC,AVIF→JPG,PNG,WebP. - Paste image/files from clipboard to start optimization.
- When setting a file size limit, you can switch between units MB and KB.
- Remember last-used settings, stored locally in the browser.
The support from the community has been incredibly encouraging, and with over 4500 docker pulls, the project is now humbly making its way toward a 500 stars milestone.
The project also received its first donation, which I'm incredibly grateful for!
Thank you for the support that I've received during the launch of MAZANOKE—a self-hosted local image optimizer that runs in your browser! It can run offline and is installable as a web app too.
This week, I've been addressing the feature that has been a bottleneck for the usability of an image optimizer, namely: batch upload and download.
Project page: https://github.com/civilblur/mazanoke
Highlights v1.0.1 (view release note)
- Upload multiple files simultaneously
- Images are processed one at a time to prevent excessive browser resource usage.
- Download all optimized images as a zip file.
- Files over 1GB are split into multiple zip files.
- Large downloads may take time, depending on hardware and browser.
- Option to clear optimized images from the "Images" section.
- Convert GIF and SVG to PNG.
- GIF-to-GIF optimization is not supported.
- SVG optimization is not planned.
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Browse and watch videos in FreshRSS like it's YouTube: "Youlag theme/extension" (v3.0.2)
(lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25939893
"Youlag" is a theme and extension for the feed aggregator FreshRSS. It delivers a video-focused browsing experience for your YouTube RSS feeds, all within FreshRSS, with a sleek theme and extra features.
Supports video feeds from YouTube, Invidious, and Piped.
Why?
The general idea is to subscribe to YouTube channels via RSS, allowing you to follow your favorite creators without an account. With Youlag installed, you can browse and watch videos in a familiar, YouTube-like interface.
More features are planned, including video queuing (with some limitations).
Git repository for more details:
Features:
- ⭐ Optimized for Video Viewing
- Browse your YouTube, Invidious, Piped RSS subscriptions with ease.
- Clean, familiar video platform layout.
- Fullscreen viewing for videos and feed items.
- Quickly exit videos with
Esckey.- Shortcuts for external viewing: "Invidious", "YouTube", or "YouTube embed view" (for less distraction).
- Dark mode.
- 🖥️ Desktop & Mobile
- Reponsive design.
- Redesigned menus for better one-handed navigation.
- Improved readability and legibility across devices.
Since
v3.0.0, and currentlyv3.0.2, Youlag has been refactored from a CSS theme to work more like an extension. This has improved stability and allowed me to add more features.It's still not yet a native FreshRSS extension, but my plan is to convert it to one.
"Youlag Theme for FreshRSS" provides a video-focused browsing experience for your RSS subscriptions. It tries to provide a similar experience to YouTube, primarily through its layout using CSS, but also a little bit of Javascript.
Git repo for more details: https://github.com/civilblur/youlag
In case you're not aware, "FreshRSS is a self-hosted RSS feed aggregator".
The idea is that you subscribe to content creators through YouTube's RSS feed https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=%7Bid_goes_here%7D, then browse, watch, save to playlist ("label"), right within FreshRSS.
There's also third-party extension for FreshRSS that provides the ability to use Invidious, but as we all know, the public instances are unfortunately struggling quite a bit as of writing.
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Youlag adds its own keyboard control, so it might be interfering with FreshRSS' default ones. I personally never utilized any of FreshRSS' keyboard shortcuts and might have overlooked that aspect.
If you don't mind opening an issue in the repo with the relevant context, I might be able to look into it in the future.