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diff --git a/multimedia/youtube-viewer/README b/multimedia/youtube-viewer/README index 6bc8907d96..e757d99e39 100644 --- a/multimedia/youtube-viewer/README +++ b/multimedia/youtube-viewer/README @@ -5,9 +5,20 @@ downloading Youtube videos, using wget for downloading and MPlayer for viewing. It has been written in Perl and plays videos from Youtube at the best quality available without using a flash player. +********* +Note: Google has revoked the API key formerly used by youtube-viewer. To +use this, you'll have to create a Google account and register for an API +key. See /usr/doc/youtube-viewer-$VERSION/README.md for instructions. +See https://github.com/trizen/youtube-viewer/issues/308 for more +information. + +If you don't like this restriction, try using straw-viewer instead. +********* + Optional dependencies: -perl-gtk2 [1], perl-File-ShareDir - for gtk-youtube-viewer. +perl-gtk2, perl-File-ShareDir - for gtk2-youtube-viewer. +perl-Gtk3, perl-File-ShareDir, perl-List-MoreUtils - for gtk3-youtube-viewer. perl-Text-CharWidth, perl-Unicode-LineBreak - for better formatting in the terminal. perl-Term-ReadLine-Gnu - for command editing/history in the terminal. @@ -18,9 +29,7 @@ Counting optional ones, youtube-viewer has over 40 dependencies. To make life easier, there's now a "youtube-viewer.sqf" queue file included with this build, which includes everything listed above. -[1] Or possibly perl-Gtk3. Not tested. Let me know if it works. - -[2] A small caveat about youtube-dl: youtube-viewer works without it, +[1] A small caveat about youtube-dl: youtube-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 However, if youtube-dl is present but outdated, youtube-viewer will fail to play videos at all! If you suspect this, |