Hi, all.
Some of you may remember that during the final days of the old forum, I published a package called "FreeTube-portable". Max Headroom - now here as +Me - had asked whether this could be turned into a portable application.
It's an easy one, 'cos it's an Electron app (based around the Chromium browser, albeit in stripped-back form). It looked fantastic, but it must have had API issues, because it never would connect properly. I built it and published anyway, along with a suitable warning.
FreeTube have released an update. 0.7.2 has become 0.7.3, and.....what a difference. In addition to still looking great, they must have resolved those API issues, because it now all works as it should.
Currently, we're now at v0.19.1.
You can search for, and play, individual vids, but this thing is really built to work with a subscription database. If you're like me, you're likely subscribed to multiple channels, and YouTube has a list of these somewhere.....but it's an absolute PITA to find.
Easiest way? Go to THIS website. Halfway down the article, they have a link that'll take you straight to the correct page. Making sure you're signed-in to your YouTube a/c, click on it.
At the bottom of your subscriptions manager, you'll find this:-
Click on the right-hand button; it'll download an OPML database file, called "subscriptions_manager". This is what FreeTube needs. You can import this in FreeTube's settings, and you'll get all your subscriptions listed down the left-hand side. And they update, too..!
If anyone's interested, you can find it here, along with MD5 checksum:-
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/fcw0n0f9uwlqr/FreeTube
Have fun.
Mike.