Has #invidous changed something about the RSS feeds from Youtube channels?
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Has #invidous changed something about the RSS feeds from Youtube channels?
I subscribed to many Youtube-channels via the RSS feeds on Yewtu.be, and since Tuesday none of the feeds work anymore... -
Follow up question: Can anyone recommend a good way to subscribe to Youtube feeds via RSS?
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@82mhz I've been following YT channels using the feed URL generated by YT. It is kind of a PITA because you have to find the channel ID, but once you have it you will get a true RSS feed.
For example using DB tech, the feed URL is like this:
https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCVy16RS5eEDh8anP8j94G2AAll you need to do is change the channel ID at the end of the URL. There are some web tools to get them. I've also seen people got to the channel page and the using the browser inspect tool to find it. The way I did it was through NewPipe/Tubular on my phone. When you go to a channel there is a feed button. I bet a desktop app like FreeTube does the same.
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@cinimodev
That sounds slightly painful to do for a couple of dozen channels, but maybe it's a good opportunity to trim down the number of channels I'm following a bit
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@82mhz
Totally. So, did some testing and found that FreeTube can export channels into an opml file. This means you can do a Google Takeout of your subscriptions, import to FreeTube, then export from FreeTube to opml, and then import in a feed reader. Just tested it and worked with FreshRSS. -
@cinimodev Ok, gotta get FreeTube and try it out
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Jon :fedora: :linux:replied to Andreas (82mhz) last edited by
@82mhz @cinimodev I used FreeTube as well to help with the RSS feed and import the OPML file into my app Feeder to read on the phone. I also import it into Reeder for the iOS stuff.
