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diff --git a/multimedia/straw-viewer/README b/multimedia/straw-viewer/README deleted file mode 100644 index aff15dfd6e..0000000000 --- a/multimedia/straw-viewer/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,55 +0,0 @@ -straw-viewer (search and stream videos from youtube) - -straw-viewer is a lightweight application for searching and streaming -videos from YouTube, using the API of invidio.us[2]. The project is -in its early development stages and some features are not implemented -yet. - -straw-viewer is a fork of youtube-viewer that does not require a Google -API key. Usage and user interface are identical to youtube-viewer. - -For playing videos, this uses mplayer, vlc, or mpv. However, the mplayer -that ships with Slackware 14.2 has some issues with straw-viewer (or -actually with youtube: the audio stream cuts out randomly, and can be -fixed by pressing the left arrow usually). Using vlc or mpv is highly -recommended. - -Optional dependencies: - -perl-Gtk3, perl-File-ShareDir - for gtk-straw-viewer. -perl-lwp-useragent-cached - for local cache support. -perl-JSON-XS - for faster JSON deserialization. -perl-Text-CharWidth, perl-Unicode-LineBreak - for better formatting - in the terminal. -perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu - for command editing/history in the terminal. -youtube-dl [1] - if this is present, straw-viewer will use it to detect - available formats for the video. - -Counting optional ones, straw-viewer has over 40 dependencies. To make -life easier, there's a "straw-viewer.sqf" queue file included with this -build, which includes everything listed above. - -This build always includes the command-line client (straw-viewer). For -the GTK client (gtk-straw-viewer[3]), install perl-Gtk3 and -perl-File-ShareDir before running this script. If you have them -installed but don't want gtk-straw-viewer, you can set GTK=no in the -script's environment. - -Notes: - -[1] A small caveat about youtube-dl: straw-viewer works without it, - though occasionally it'll choose a lower quality than is available - for some videos. However, if youtube-dl is present but outdated, - straw-viewer will fail to play videos at all! If you suspect this, - remove youtube-dl and try without it. - -[2] The default API host is http://invidious.snopyta.org. If you get - "Bad gateway" or "Too many requests" errors, try changing the - api_host in ~/.config/straw-viewer/straw-viewer.conf or via - the --api-host option. A list of API hosts can be found at: - https://instances.invidio.us/ - -[3] To force gtk-straw-viewer to use your preferred terminal for - downloading with wget and watching in a terminal, set - TERMINAL in the script's environment (e.g. TERMINAL="xterm" or - TERMINAL="urxvt"). |