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SmartTube - an advanced player for set-top boxes and tv running Android OS (github.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've already been paying for YouTube Premium for many years to get rid of advertisement, and I've been using SponsorBlock for a year or so on my laptop to skip the inline ads, but because most of my watching of YouTube happens on the TV I always had to use the remote to skip it. It helps to see the "most rewind" area so you can fast forward to it, but it's still very cumbersome.

Now a couple of days someone mentioned SmartTube on Lemmy and I installed it on my Chromecast with Google TV OS and oh boy is this software great! I did it to get SponsorBlock, but that is by far not the only feature I love about it.

flexible time hiding the UI of a video (have it to 1 sec now)
not showing UI when pausing
way faster scrolling
instant loading
way faster account switching
instant voice search

But there is one feature missing, changing the search language. We speak combined 7 languages at home and it's impossible to search anything other than in English which is really annoying.

Anyway, check it out if you can on your TV.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

ohh totally gonna try and get this installed on my friends tv!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I also installed https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flar2.homebutton to be able to remap the YouTube button on the Chromecast remote to SmartTube.

I guess it's time to get the SmartTube icon on the remote too 😂

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Has Remapper been updated to fix the volume control glitch? Last time I used Remapper the volume would be uncontrollable. Without it, pressing the volume up key would only go up 2-3 units on my tv. If I used the volume up button with Remapper running it would scroll all the way up to max volume with a single press...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Awesome! I'ma try this!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you very much for this, finally managed to disable and rebind some remote buttons for apps that Ive already nuked off the TV. Works great with some workarounds.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

This is awesome, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Legend!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I... didn't know I needed this. Remapped the YT and Netflix buttons, with single and double taps. The remote is now exactly the remote I need for my Chromecast.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Oh good poind with the doubble taps!