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So, since so many people have told us about their tricks and tips for YouTube, here are mine.
I don't have a Google account or a YouTube account. (I know that's the same thing) Nevertheless, I have a lot of YouTubers that I like to watch and would also like to be informed about new videos. I use RSS for this. YES, YouTube still has an RSS interface. It's just a bit hidden.
So we need 3 things:
1) an RSS reader. I use Feedbro
2) the ID of the YouTube channel. It's not that easy to get
3) the RSS URL that we can then use.

As an example, I'll do this with PureProgramming. Unfortunately, the channel is very old, but it's about PureBasic!

Let's get started. The URL for the channel is this https://www.youtube.com/@PureProgramming

That means the channel name is @PureProgramming. Now we need the ID. For this we use https://www.streamweasels.com/tools/youtube-channel-id-and-user-id-convertor/
The page is self-explanatory. The YouTube channel ID is: UCseEtp7WLr7pfj4w-MDbhDw
(pretty telling name)
And the RSS URL is:
https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCseEtp7WLr7pfj4w-MDbhDw
And this can then be easily read into the RSS reader. Cool, right?

I've only been using the RSS feeds for ages. Here is a screenshot of my program for automatically reading and displaying the latest videos. They are then downloaded via a created batch file and yt-dlp.
https://www.dreisiebner.at/temp/PB_YouT ... -Video.png

Peter

Just because I'm a PB noob, and want to help noobs like me:

Please don't get too impressed about gurus talking about yt-dlp and stuff; for example, you can use Shutter Encoder to download videos…

This is super cool, I had no idea YouTube still offered RSS. Thanks for sharing

I have a "bookmark" on firefox (mac) that shows me an applescript dialog to choose the options to download the thing with yt-dlp, even the entire playlist

Edit/PS: you can do it with (Mac) PB too:
https://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewto ... 12#p614612

PPS: Этот пост подходит для AZJIO

For me... I don't want to download videos... I just want to get informed by new videos. And in Feedbro I can direct play the video (except the ones who are fsk16+ or need a verification)

Cyllceaux wrote: Sat Mar 01, 2025 1:32 pm For me... I don't want to download videos... I just want to get informed by new videos. And in Feedbro I can direct play the video (except the ones who are fsk16+ or need a verification)

Informed by new videos, what do you think about the HORRIBLE things that happened recently?
Like Ivermectin?

I don't understand the question, but nice poste count:

Cyllceaux wrote: Sat Mar 01, 2025 4:12 pm I don't understand the question

Hydroxychloroquine?