Is there a YouTube player with no ads app like AT New Pipe for Windows?

Is there a YouTube player with no ads app like AT New Pipe for Windows?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....newpipe&hl=en

For Android, this replacement YouTube app called AT New Pipe is fantastic!
https://www.maketecheasier.com/open-...e-app-android/

I've been using it on Android for about a year, where I haven't once seen
an advertisement while watching YouTube videos, and where I can watch
anything on YouTube and at the touch of a button I can download the audio
or video in the background (without all the hassle that youtubedownloaders
have).

No login. No account. No web page. No conversion.
Just watch without ads.
And just download either the audio or video or both.

All I want is the same power on Windows.

I just needed an audio soundtrack for example, on Windows, where I had to
resort to using the Android AT NewPipe app on Android to download it, and
then transfer it to Windows.

But it would be easier to use something like AT NewPipe on Windows.

I know all about the web pages and other apps and browser plugins that do a
youtube downloader action, but that's not what I'm asking for.

What I just want is exactly what AT NewPipe does for Android, but for
Windows.

Without going to a web page, it searches and plays anything on YouTube.
Without any ads ever.
Without any login ever.
And it downloads the audio or video or both at the touch of a button.

Do you know of a similar YouTube replacement for Windows that eliminates
all ads and allows pushbutton download of the video or audio?

Roy Tremblay actually wrote:

Is there a YouTube player with no ads app like AT New Pipe for Windows?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....newpipe&hl=en

I just noticed that this open-source app in the URL above has "ads" so it's
not exactly the same one I'm using (or if it is, they changed it) since I
have never seen ads in the year I've been using it on Android.

This says someone put ads in it and uploaded it as the same name:
https://www.reddit.com/r/androidapps...e_youtube_app/

My version of AT NewPipe is version 1.0 (co.at.newpipe) and I have never
seen an ad even after watching hundreds of YouTube videos.

Since mine is version 1.0, it's not the same as the F-Droid version 0.99:
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/

But anyway, this is about getting the same functionality on Windows.

Does anyone know if there is a Windows app that does these things?

Is exactly the same as the youtube app
Except there are zero ads
And zero requirement to log into anything
And it downloads any audio or video at the push of a button
This works no matter how long the audio or video is (I've done as long as
two hour videos and it just downloads them in the background with no
problem)

Roy Tremblay wrote:

Is there a YouTube player with no ads app like AT New Pipe
for Windows?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=co.at.newpipe&hl=en

This (alt.comp) is for Windows desktop computers. Your post is
off-topic here. If you were talking about the Windows desktop,
the simple solution is an ad blocker for your browser.

On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 04:16:19 +0000 (UTC), Roy Tremblay
wrote in

No login. No account. No web page. No conversion.
Just watch without ads.
And just download either the audio or video or both.

All I want is the same power on Windows.

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John Doe actually wrote:

This (alt.comp) is for Windows desktop computers. Your post is
off-topic here. If you were talking about the Windows desktop,
the simple solution is an ad blocker for your browser

I must not have made myself clear.

The only reason for bringing up the Android app was to give you an example
of what I'm looking for on Windows.

I am NOT looking for an Android app (I already have that!)
I'm looking for a Windows app, just like the Android app.

And the question has nothing to do with ad blockers.
And certainly the question has nothing to do with browsers.

I understand why you misunderstood, which is why I gave the example of the
Android app - so that you would not misunderstand.

But you misunderstood anyway.
So it is my fault for not being really clear.

What I'm looking for on Windows already exists on Android.
What I'm looking for on Windows is a free YouTube Red clone.
This is not a browser.
This is not an ad blocker.

I realized most of you don't know what I'm talking about, so that's why I
gave the example of the Android app named AT New Pipe.

This is an app just like YouTube is an app.
It is free just like the YouTube app is free.
It has NO ADS just like YouTube Red (which is not free) has no ads.
It can DOWNLOAD anything you watch (which I think YouTube Red does too).
It can download video or just the audio (which is very useful).

I realize most of you are stuck in the stone age when it comes to what I'm
asking but some of you might be up on the modern tools so that's why I
risked the question.

Again, I'm not asking for a browser or an ad blocker.
I'm asking for an Application for Windows that does that the Application on
Android does.

CRNG actually wrote:

All I want is the same power on Windows.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...k-plus/?src=ss

I don't think I made myself clear.
There is no browser involved.
There is no ad blocker necessary.

I don't think you understood what AT New Pipe does.
That's OK because you'd have to use it to understand it.
Or I would have had to write a better OP.

Think of what I'm looking for as a Windows app that is a YouTube Red app.
Only for free.

It is NOT a browser (watching YouTube on a browser is just plain silly).
It's a YouTube app.
Designed ONLY for YouTube videos.

It's exactly like the YouTube Red App on Android, only
it's free
it has no ads
it downloads the audio and the video

So I understand why you misunderstood what it is because you probably watch
youtube videos on Windows using a browser (which is just plain wrong).

What I'm asking for is a free YouTube Red application for Windows.
It already exists for Android.

I'm just asking for the same thing for Windows.

Piet actually wrote:

Sounds pretty much Androidish to me. And useful. Which justifies
the crossposting to comp.mobile.android.

You have a point in that the two newsgroups benefit.
Android: This is a generally useful app that everyone could use
Windows: They won't know what I'm talking about without an example

What I want is the SAME TYPE OF APP but for Windows.

Here's what my version 1.0 does:
[1] It's a YouTube Red clone, but it's for free
[2] That means it's a dedicated YouTube app (it's NOT a browser!)
[3] That means it has no ads, ever (at least version 1.0 has no ads)
[4] It downloads any number of videos in the background if you want
[5] It extracts any number of audio files from the videos in the background

If people are watching YouTube in a browser, and if they're resorting to ad
blockers (of all things!), that just means they're stuck in the stone age,
which is fine, but if they're really that far behind in technology, they'll
never be able to help me find a similar app for Windows.

The app already exists for Android (you might have to get it from F-Droid).
All I'm looking for is the same functionality for Windows.

Only people up to date on technology will be able to answer this question.

Roy Tremblay wrote:

watching YouTube on a browser is just plain silly

I watch some youtube on a tablet using an app, and I watch some youtube
in Chrome (well Iron, actually).

Both methods work, I don't see anything silly about using a browser,
especially as then I get zero ads thanks to uBlock, and I notice more
and more ads in the android app (pre-roll and mid-video)

Roy Tremblay wrote:

You have a point in that the two newsgroups benefit.
Android: This is a generally useful app that everyone could
use Windows: They won't know what I'm talking about without
an example

What I want is the SAME TYPE OF APP but for Windows.

Pompous assholes can't always get what they want.

Here's what my version 1.0 does: [1] It's a YouTube Red
clone, but it's for free [2] That means it's a dedicated
YouTube app (it's NOT a browser!) [3] That means it has no
ads, ever (at least version 1.0 has no ads) [4] It
downloads any number of videos in the background if you
want [5] It extracts any number of audio files from the
videos in the background

If people are watching YouTube in a browser, and if they're
resorting to ad blockers (of all things!), that just means
they're stuck in the stone age, which is fine, but if
they're really that far behind in technology, they'll never
be able to help me find a similar app for Windows.

The app already exists for Android (you might have to get
it from F-Droid). All I'm looking for is the same
functionality for Windows.

Only people up to date on technology will be able to answer
this question.

I just modded my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 from Android 4 to
Android 7. Shirley you know how to do that? Have you ever
used TWRP? When was the last time you replaced a touchscreen?

You are freaking clueless if you think that YouTube does not
belong in a browser. You probably were not yet born, but
YouTube was in browsers before smartphones/tablets
(ultraports) had a YouTube app.

Stone Age? I have made some modifications to YouTube in
Chrome that you could not do if your life depended on it.
Specifically, I removed the oversized timestamp in the
progress timebar so that the preview window would show more
of the upcoming video. That makes a big difference to a
feature that ultraports have no space for.

Your naivety and ignorance is shown by suggesting that
YouTube does not belong in a browser on a PC. That is exactly
where it belongs on a PC. Google might change that, but it
has not happened yet. YouTube is usually about two tabs in my
browser, with at least eight tabs total. They are rapidly
switched to-and-from in order to facilitate research.

Your lack of skill at using a PC is not our fault.

On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 04:16:19 +0000 (UTC), Roy Tremblay
wrote:

Is there a YouTube player with no ads app like AT New Pipe for Windows?

There is an add-on for firefox.

I've been using it on Android for about a year, where I haven't once seen
an advertisement while watching YouTube videos, and where I can watch
anything on YouTube and at the touch of a button I can download the audio
or video in the background (without all the hassle that youtubedownloaders
have).

No login. No account. No web page. No conversion.
Just watch without ads.
And just download either the audio or video or both.

All I want is the same power on Windows.

I just needed an audio soundtrack for example, on Windows, where I had to
resort to using the Android AT NewPipe app on Android to download it, and
then transfer it to Windows.

youtube-dl.exe does all you want and more.

"Roy Tremblay" wrote

| It is NOT a browser (watching YouTube on a browser is just plain silly).
| youtube videos on Windows using a browser (which is just plain wrong).

I would have thought it's silly to not download
the video, since you may want to see it again
later. And it seems even more silly to watch on
the smallest available screen. But that's just me.
I don't typically watch cats exploring cereal boxes
as a way to pass the time on a bus ride. For that I
guess you need a mobile device and there's little
sense in saving it. For that matter, there's
little sense in seeing or hearing it, so a 2" screen
should work just fine. And I suppose you probably
can't easily save it, anyway, if you're on a phone
or tablet that's not designed to have a usable file
system.

However you figure it, the Youtube video is a
downloaded video file. It might be a straight
download or a stream. It might be played in
a browser, app, or video player. But it's still a
download. That's the way the Internet works.

I suspect your Android app is essentially
just a step-saving convenience. Since your
functionality on tablets and phones is so limited,
it makes sense to focus on convenience. The app
probably combines a browser to do search,
something like DownloadHelper, and functionality
to load the video into a player. Thus, you enter
a search term or title and the app plays it.

Such a one-click dummy program might be
available for Windows but it's unlikely to be a
big seller. With a mouse, keyboard, and a
screen that doesn't require a magnifying glass,
it's convenient and sensible on Windows to
actually visit Youtube, for the various conveniences
like seeing the list of related videos and being
able to download the file. Using a browser on
Windows is not a tedious affair.

In other words, what you're asking is really, "How
can I reduce my options on Windows so that it's
as simple as a phone?" I don't expect many people
would want such a thing.

Andy Burns actually wrote:

I watch some youtube on a tablet using an app, and I watch some youtube
in Chrome (well Iron, actually).

Both methods work, I don't see anything silly about using a browser,
especially as then I get zero ads thanks to uBlock, and I notice more
and more ads in the android app (pre-roll and mid-video)

Thanks for not getting upset like the other guys did.

I never knew just asking if people know of a Windows equivalent to a free
YouTube Red clone app would cause folks to get such hurt feelings.

One great advantage, on a smart phone, for running YouTube in a browser is
that you can turn off the screen and just listen, whereas the official
YouTube App won't let you do that, and neither will the New Pipe YouTubeRed
clone (unfortunately).

So what I do is click the New Pipe button to download just the audio, which
does play in the background with the screen off (or in the background with
the screen on and you can use the phone while the audio is playing).

The huge advantage of a dedicated YouTubeRed clone app is that you never
see ads ever, and you can browse and play anything that's on YouTube. I
haven't tried age-restricted stuff, but I haven't ever even seen a request
to log in, so I suspect you get past that requirement to log in also.

I use browsers all the time for "things", but once you use a dedicated
tool, you see how meager the all-in-one tools are.

A browser is a fine app, so I'm not saying a browser stinks. I'm just
saying that there are advantages to using dedicated apps that do one thing
only and do that well.

Anyway, this never was meant to be a discussion of browser versus app.

All I'm asking is whether you know of a Windows equivalent to a free
YouTube Red clone app.

John Doe actually wrote:

There are times when I have a dozen or more YouTube tabs
open, when cruising movies. Shirley you can do that with a
smartphone app? YouTube does not belong in a browser? Yeah,
right. Only an ignorant moron would say that.

I apologize for having touched off some raw nerves simply by asking for a
Windows equivalent to a free YouTube Red clone app.

John Doe actually wrote:

You are freaking clueless if you think that YouTube does not
belong in a browser.

I'm sorry if I touched off a raw nerve, as misunderstandings can happen in
Usenet, so I apologize if I hurt your feelings.

I thought I had been clear in the op that a browser/adblocker solution
wasn't what I was seeking (which is why I provided the Android example of
the YouTube Red clone app by way of example).

All I'm asking is if anyone already has a YouTube Red clone in Windows.
It's not a hard question.

It's probably only hard because the app probably doesn't exist yet in
Windows, so, people are stuck in the stone age because they haven't
invented the wheel yet.

Once you use a dedicated YouTube app, especially one that stops all ads and
downloads anything at the touch of a button, you'll never want anything
else.

No need to reply unless you know of a Windows equivalent to a free YouTube
Red clone app.

On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 09:53:13 -0400, Wolf K wrote:

On 2017-07-14 03:31, Roy Tremblay wrote:
[...]
I realize most of you are stuck in the stone age when it comes to what I'm
asking but some of you might be up on the modern tools so that's why I
risked the question.
[...]

What ads? I don't see any.

Oh, it must be that stone-age tool known as AdBlock.

I also use a shovel to dig up the garden But it's semi-modern, it's made
of steel.

Whippersnapper! My shovel is a bone from a mastodon. I have to be
careful with it because I don't think they make'em anymore.