407

NewPipe is now available on Flathub (flathub.org)

submitted 4 days ago by RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

42 comments fedilink hide all child comments

top 42 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[-] qui@quitaxd.online 1 points 11 hours ago

I think they can improve UI.

[-] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 29 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

By "Developer of the Newpipe app"

Hmm....

Unverified

It's a "No" from me. I'll stick to Freetube.

For those unaware, being verified means it is packaged by the official developer/team.

[-] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 27 points 4 days ago

If you look at the description you can see that they clearly say that it isn’t official:

NOTE: This is an unofficial and experimental Flatpak build based on Android Translation Layer. Please report bugs to the ATL bug tracker instead of the NewPipe bug tracker https://gitlab.com/android_translation_layer/android_translation_layer/-/issues.

Don’t know why they’d put “Developer of the Newpipe app” as dev though

[-] SatyrSack@feddit.org 19 points 4 days ago

Don’t know why they’d put “Developer of the Newpipe app” as dev though

My guess is that they did not want to take credit as the developer of NewPipe itself. As if to say "We did not develop NewPipe, we just packaged it as a Flatpak". There is probably a better way to get that across in the byline, but I believe that is the intent.

[-] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 days ago

malicious intent

[-] anzo@programming.dev 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

One could also think that whoever packaged this was hurried while filling a form, and wanted to provide credit where it was due. So, maybe they were on the best of their intents... We don't know.

If I were to use this, I would check other apps from same uploader. Or better, see what permissions are being asked..

In any case, trusting blindly github contributors on teamnewpipe organization is not extremely different.

Trust and credibility are volatile and freely given. It's youtube, not my bank account ;p

[-] nutsack@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Gray Jay was awesome while it worked. unfortunately for me, YouTube sources simply spin forever instead of playing the video.

[-] fl42v@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 days ago

Android translation layer is interesting. Well, at least I personally like this approach more than that of waydroid. Also would be nice to see the performance of that with binfmt compared to that of waydroid + libhoudini

[-] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 2 points 3 days ago

Also nice because you can better isolate these Android apps instead of Waydroid which intentional has no isolation or selinux policies and runs in a rootful LXC container.

[-] rfr_Foglia@feddit.it 16 points 4 days ago

Finally

[-] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 days ago

...The Rock has come back to Flatpak!

[-] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Someone let me out of my cage

[-] Wolferatu@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

Now, time for me is nothing, 'cause I'm counting no age

[-] olof@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 days ago

Does this run on x86/64 bit systems? Or this is for Linux smartphones more.

[-] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 4 days ago

It says:

Available Architectures
aarch64, x86_64

And it uses Android Translation Layer. Interesting. I'll give it a shot on my desktop later.

[-] user@lemmy.one 10 points 4 days ago

Unverified... Nope. No install for me.

[-] Quail4789@lemmy.ml 11 points 4 days ago

Will I be able to sync between my phone and PC? Otherwise I'll just keep using FreeTube.

[-] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 19 points 4 days ago

FreeTube has significantly more features, so there's not much reason to switch either way.

On my phone I have to use a NewPipe fork in order to get SponsorBlock working.

A sync feature between FreeTube and NewPipe would be appreciated though.

[-] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 8 points 4 days ago

Out of interest, which fork are you using? I used to use newpipe-sponsorblock but it was too slow to update and use Tubular now.

[-] hostops@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago

I believe Tubular is just descendent of "newpipe sponsorblock". I believe they are from the same developer who discontinued previous project.

[-] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I'm currently using BraveNewPipe, not sure how recent it is but it updates regularly and works well: https://github.com/bravenewpipe/NewPipe

[-] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

Which additional platforms are supported? Bitchute Rumble

ugh no I'm good thanks

[-] Quail4789@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago

It's not that it has a lot more features but the flatpak is official and it's desktop native whereas this app is a third party that works through ATL so why bother switching.

It'd be great if these type of apps came up with a shared data format and allowed you to P2P sync with Syncthing.

[-] hobbsc@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 days ago

You can export your newpipe subs and import them into freetube. Sadly there isn't an automation for this, though

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago

Freetube on desktop Linux hasn't worked for me for a long time - but that doesn't seem to be the case for most people. Any tips regarding settings? I'd say it's been at least 3 or 4 months since I could reliably use it.

[-] carlytm@lemm.ee 7 points 4 days ago

If you have it set to use the Invidious backend that might be the issue, since most Invidious instances don't work at the moment.

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Thank you! I actually tried setting the invidious options yesterday before making that post, thinking I might need to use that instead of localapi. But as you have predicted, no dice.

Edit - works fine after updating today lol!

[-] Quail4789@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

What doesn't work? Recently it stopped launching for me unless I launch it on Xwayland explicitly.

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Edit: Disregard my original reply, updated today and now it works again lol!

It launches for me (and I am in a plasma-wayland session FWIW), and it loads the thumbnails for all videos with no problem. When I click a video as if to play it, it appears to load up the main page for that video complete with play button, but nothing at all happens when I click the play button. Along the way are various api errors from youtube, but I think some of those came in even when things were working for me.

Basically I can get this far for any video:

[-] land@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

Is it possible to sync freetube between phone and pc?

[-] awesome_guy@lemmy.ml 11 points 4 days ago

That's owsm!

[-] DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

Based

[-] user@lemmy.one 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Woke

[-] CaptechOmar@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

That's awesome

[-] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

Is the android translation layer good enough to run games? And I wonder how we could manage controls for example in like codm.

[-] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 1 points 3 days ago

According to the Gitlab repo for the Android transition layer, yes.

[-] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

The images in gitlab look mouse controllable. I should've phrased my question better. I was wondering how keyboard was translated. I could test it myself but I'm 99% sure codm wont work.

[-] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 6 points 4 days ago

What is Flathub?

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago

It is an appstore for Flatpaks. Flatpaks are a universal app package for Linux that runs in a sort of containerized environment. They're very prolific in the immutable linux world.

[-] KLISHDFSDF@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 days ago

It allows Linux developers to package their app once and it will install across more than 40+ Linux distros without any additional effort: https://flathub.org/setup