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:

https://github.com/civilblur/youlag

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 Esc key.
    • 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 currently v3.0.2, 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.

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
    1·
    15 hours ago

    Could you tell me what URL you are using? I used https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCrjKdwxaQMSV_NDywgKXVmw which is the channel in the screenshot but it’s throwing errors, as is w3 feed validator.

    • lent9004@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      14 hours ago

      I suggest using the extension “YouTubeChannel2RssFeed”, with this, you don’t have to manually convert the youtube channel links to RSS feed links.

      With YouTubeChannel2RssFeed installed, you can simply use the url: https://www.youtube.com/@somechannel and it will add it as https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=%7Bid_goes_here%7D.

      Edit: Link to extension

      • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
        1·
        11 hours ago

        I don’t particularly like installing any extensions that aren’t absolutely necessary but thank you.