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Comment by jeffhuys

7 months ago

Also works on localhost, run these commands:

`wget -r -np -k https://ytch.xyz` - downloads the website recursively

`wget https://ytch.xyz/list.json` - download the list of what every channel plays and will play (I'm not sure if this ever really changes. The real website adds ?t=<time since epoch in ms>)

Then for instance run `python3 -m http.server` and visit localhost:8000

:)

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hadisafa  7 months ago

When a channel reaches the last video, list.json will be fetched to get an updated list of videos.

  • jeffhuys  7 months ago

    I see that you're the creator, I absolutely love what you made :)

    I'm curious, do you generate that list on-the-fly, based on the current time/day? Or is it more static?

  • newswasboring  7 months ago

    How are you making this list? The thing I surprisingly miss about tv is that what to watch was someone else's problem. YouTube overwhelms me with choices, TV was simple, I liked maybe 4-5 channels and (I later realized) I was implicitly trusting them to have something good on.

    If I was allowed to dream, I imagine a world where that specialization is brought back. People curating a feed, which was on average good.

    • jeffhuys  7 months ago

      The author was replying to everyone, even me, but didn’t respond to my question about how the list is made.

      This makes me assume that it’s hand-made. If so, it’ll probably get 1 or 2 updates (if even that many) and then remain static as the creator loses interest. Wouldn’t be the first time.

      EDIT: list has changed. Trying to track it, we'll see what happens. I really hope the author has some way to search Youtube for trending videos based on some query/tag, and re-generates a list once a day or something like that.

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