A POSIX script that helps you find Youtube videos (without API) and opens/downloads them using mpv/youtube-dl

This one-line installation does not support every OS, detail information for different OS can be found in the here

curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pystardust/ytfzf/master/ytfzf" | sudo tee /usr/local/bin/ytfzf >/dev/null && sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/ytfzf

^{*requires cURL}

• Dependencies
• Installation
• Usage Instruction
• Configurations
• Subscriptions
• Update Log
• Examples
• Todo
• Bugs

• Subscriptions
• Thumbnails
• History
• Download
• Format selection
• Queue multiple videos

• Search with Thumbnails

  Find and watch videos with thumbnail previews

  ytfzf -t <query>
  

  Show all subscriptions with thumbnails (latest 10)

  ytfzf -St
  

• You can use multiple options together, here are some examples

  • Stream audio (music), and prompt as the music finishes

    ytfzf -ml <query>
    

  • Download a video from your history

    ytfzf -dH
    

  • Open using external menu in a certain format

    ytfzf -fD
    

• If you started watching a video and you wish to change format then first hit Q to save position and quit mpv, then choose your format using

  ytfzf -faH
  

• dwm with swallow patch: Images don't render when looped (ie, option -l)

• If thumbnails are not working .Xauthority might be causing it. Try deleting .Xauthority and relogging.