yt.lha video/misc - Comments

MickJT (49.178.187.5) @ 20 Jan 2026, 08:29.02

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:29:02 +0100

By: MickJT (49.178.187.5)

There's no official download support in the script. See if autoplay works. Maybe the playback URLs expired quickly (sometimes only 30 seconds before expiry) or there's been other changes. Try ANDROIDVR or ANDROID options.

noname (94.31.67.87) @ 19 Jan 2026, 05:00.41

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:00:41 +0100

By: noname (94.31.67.87)

I used to download the videos, but it does not want to anymore. The progress bar starts, stops and then jumps to the end without having downloaded anything.

MickJT (49.178.103.14) @ 18 Jan 2026, 06:55.02

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 06:55:02 +0100

By: MickJT (49.178.103.14)

@Maijestro 
 
Looks like websafari might not be fixable. There might be some other way to make Emotion work with higher than 360p, but it wouldn't be compatible with seeking. As for VideoVortex, it'd probably need an update if it's running Emotion directly rather than using the script's AutoPlay feature. 
 
I'll send you an email.

Maijestro (79.233.216.160) @ 17 Jan 2026, 07:56.53

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 19:56:53 +0100

By: Maijestro (79.233.216.160)

Hello MickJT, 
 
There are currently problems with YT via Odyssey and also VideoVortex. This is my configuration that has always worked for me. 
 
PClient=WEBSAFARI /* See docs for available player client options */ 
/* Examples: TV, MWEB, ANDROID, IOS and more */ 
 
PlayMode=3 /* See documentation for available playback modes 1-3 */ 
/* This option only applies to HLS links */ 
 
TagOrder=301 300 96 95 37 46 636 635 18 93 92 232 230 229 /* 360p */ 301 30 
/* 720p/360p/240p (HLS / Live HLS) */ 
/* 720p/360p/240p (IOS HLS) */ 
 
/* Temporary settings for DUALPLAY only */ 
DashTagVid=136 /* Set DASH video tag. Use 136 for 720p */ 
DashTagAud=140 /* Set DASH audio tag.                  */ 
 
PathMP=APPDIR:emotion /* Full path to MPlayer executable */ 
PathFP=APPDIR:ffplay /* Full path to FFplay executable */ 
ArgsMP= /* Optional parameters for mplayer */ 
ArgsFP=-loglevel quiet -framedrop -infbuf /* Optional parameters for ffplay */ 
 
At the moment we are probably no longer able to play HLS streams via Emotion/MPlayer.

MickJT (49.178.114.70) @ 02 Dec 2025, 12:31.01

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:31:01 +0100

By: MickJT (49.178.114.70)

You're the only person I know that didn't have APPDIR: in the PATH, so "curl" without a path would load from APPDIR: automatically normally, so I didn't prefix it with that. It looks for Tools/curl first though, which is bundled in the archive and would only be missing if it was moved or deleted. I didn't expect anyone to have any issue with the way it works now. Is there a good reason to change it?

jabirulo (88.9.169.22) @ 01 Dec 2025, 02:51.03

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:51:03 +0100

By: jabirulo (88.9.169.22)

ok, now got it, sorry for being so dumm. 
 
but 
.. 
IF ~Exists("APPDIR:curl") THEN Call ErrMsg("Cannot find "Curl) 
ELSE Curl="curl" 
.. 
shouldn't the ELSE be: 
ELSE Curl="APPDIR:curl" 
 
'cos if it APPDIR:Curl does exists the Curl variable should point to APPDIR:Curl 
 
(or am I repeating mysellf again?)

MickJT (49.178.218.186) @ 29 Nov 2025, 12:41.15

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 12:41:15 +0100

By: MickJT (49.178.218.186)

@jabirulo 
 
Again check 5th Dec 2021 comments below. One of them I said I made a mistake in saying it was configurable, but js and curl are bundled anyway, so it will find those even if you removed APPDIR: from the PATH. The mplayer and ffplay path is configurable. ffmpeg path isn't, but that's only used if you use option 2 for PlayMode and hardcoded to APPDIR:ffmpeg so it should still work with that too!

jabirulo (88.9.169.22) @ 23 Nov 2025, 10:35.46

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 10:35:46 +0100

By: jabirulo (88.9.169.22)

ooops, I'm gettin old seems, as I can't remember posting same issue :-/ 
BTW where in YT.cfg is such "path" configuration? I only see path for the players, not for curl and js.

MickJT (49.178.193.241) @ 23 Nov 2025, 09:22.59

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 09:22:59 +0100

By: MickJT (49.178.193.241)

@jabirulo 
 
Scroll down to see 5th Dec 2021 comments.

jabirulo (88.9.169.22) @ 22 Nov 2025, 01:09.44

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 13:09:44 +0100

By: jabirulo (88.9.169.22)

(sorry for blank comments) 
 
I don't have APPDIR; "enabled"/added to PATH, so thta's why it fails on my system.

jabirulo (88.9.169.22) @ 22 Nov 2025, 12:39.10

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 12:39:10 +0100

By: jabirulo (88.9.169.22)

jabirulo (88.9.169.22) @ 22 Nov 2025, 12:38.12

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 12:38:12 +0100

By: jabirulo (88.9.169.22)

jabirulo (88.9.169.22) @ 22 Nov 2025, 12:37.33

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 12:37:33 +0100

By: jabirulo (88.9.169.22)

jabirulo (88.9.169.22) @ 22 Nov 2025, 12:37.23

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 12:37:23 +0100

By: jabirulo (88.9.169.22)

jabirulo (88.9.169.22) @ 22 Nov 2025, 12:37.16

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 12:37:16 +0100

By: jabirulo (88.9.169.22)

MiCroSOfT (88.9.169.22) @ 22 Nov 2025, 12:33.40

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 12:33:40 +0100

By: MiCroSOfT (88.9.169.22)

IF ~Exists(Curl) THEN DO 
IF ~Exists("APPDIR:curl") THEN Call ErrMsg("Cannot find "Curl) 
ELSE Curl="curl" 
End 
 
IF ~Exists(DukT) THEN DO 
IF ~Exists("APPDIR:js") THEN Call ErrMsg("Cannot find "DukT) 
ELSE DukT="js" 
End 
 
 
Shouldn't the ELSE part be "...=APPDIR:..."? 
So the Curl and DukT variables are set to "APPDIR:..."

MickJT (49.178.69.103) @ 11 Oct 2025, 01:09.14

Sat, 11 Oct 2025 13:09:14 +0200

By: MickJT (49.178.69.103)

@jabirulo There's a function in the .rexx that converts some common UTF-8 characters like quotes and dashes to ASCII. What's supposed to happen is that unconverted characters would be left as UTF-8 and displayed if the browser supports it, so you'd want the header to say it's UTF-8.

jabirulo (88.10.237.41) @ 10 Oct 2025, 05:26.11

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 17:26:11 +0200

By: jabirulo (88.10.237.41)

YT.REXX sets 
 
but as file isn't UTF-8_aware some chars show wrong, so maybe change to:

khayoz (217.209.94.138) @ 22 Feb 2025, 09:33.59

Sat, 22 Feb 2025 21:33:59 +0100

By: khayoz (217.209.94.138)

Thanks for the update, haven't tried it yet 
but I guess this should solve the problems 
I had with VideoVortex German AI translations.

HKvalhe (89.10.145.67) @ 15 Aug 2024, 01:17.04

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 01:17:04 +0200

By: HKvalhe (89.10.145.67)

Thanks for the update! Impressive work! Keep at it.

Maijestro (217.240.121.7) @ 14 Aug 2024, 08:06.51

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 20:06:51 +0200

By: Maijestro (217.240.121.7)

Many thanks for the new Version of the YouTube URL Extractor Script 😉

MickJT (49.178.107.64) @ 08 Oct 2022, 09:50.42

Sat, 08 Oct 2022 09:50:42 +0200

By: MickJT (49.178.107.64)

Oops I meant I can remove the slash in the next release, not the colon. You know what I meant :-)

ktadd (67.164.21.215) @ 30 Sep 2022, 01:10.23

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 01:10:23 +0200

By: ktadd (67.164.21.215)

As it turn out it is an Enhancer2 version of makedir 
I'll submit a bug report. 
 
10.RAM Disk:> makedir test_dir/ 
Failed to create directory test_dir/ - object not found 
10.RAM Disk:> 
10.RAM Disk:> version full makedir 
MakeDir 54.11 (07/28/2022) 
Copyright (C) 2022 AmigaKit Ltd.

MickJT (115.69.35.90) @ 29 Sep 2022, 01:56.42

Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:56:42 +0200

By: MickJT (115.69.35.90)

I'm guessing that's 3rd party. Mine is 52.1 with latest OS4.1 Update 2 updates. Perhaps there needs to be a bug report for that one regarding compatibility.

ktadd (67.164.21.215) @ 28 Sep 2022, 08:23.09

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 08:23:09 +0200

By: ktadd (67.164.21.215)

9.System:> version makedir 
MakeDir 54.11

MickJT (49.178.117.81) @ 26 Sep 2022, 02:31.34

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 14:31:34 +0200

By: MickJT (49.178.117.81)

What version of MakeDir? I can remove the colon on the next release but I'm surprised it causes a problem.

ktadd (67.164.21.215) @ 23 Sep 2022, 08:11.07

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 20:11:07 +0200

By: ktadd (67.164.21.215)

Seems to be a bug in version 2.4. 
I get the following error when using: 
 
"Failed to create directory T:YT/ - object not found 
Unable to open T:YT/YT-Debug.log" 
 
To fix I changed the following line: 
IF ~Exists("T:YT/") THEN ADDRESS COMMAND "MakeDir T:YT/" 
 
to: 
IF ~Exists("T:YT") THEN ADDRESS COMMAND "MakeDir T:YT" 
 
Had to take out the / after YT.  Then it works great.

MickJT (115.69.35.90) @ 05 Dec 2021, 06:16.43

Sun, 05 Dec 2021 06:16:43 +0100

By: MickJT (115.69.35.90)

Ah whoops, not configurable directly in YT.cfg, but Tools/curl is bundled :)

MickJT (115.69.35.90) @ 05 Dec 2021, 06:13.46

Sun, 05 Dec 2021 06:13:46 +0100

By: MickJT (115.69.35.90)

I just figured it uses APPDIR: automatically, so no need for the APPDIR: prefix, but as you've noted, it checks PATH first before APPDIR. I think that's unlikely to be a problem, and the path is configurable in YT.cfg

jabirulo (80.39.195.244) @ 04 Dec 2021, 11:35.19

Sat, 04 Dec 2021 11:35:19 +0100

By: jabirulo (80.39.195.244)

HI, I don't understand this piece of code: 
... 
IF ~Exists(Curl) THEN DO 
IF ~Exists("APPDIR:curl") THEN Call ErrMsg("Cannot find "Curl) 
ELSE Curl="curl" 
End 
... 
 
shouldn't the last 'ELSE Curl="curl"' be 'ELSE Curl="APPDIR:curl"'? or is it to "search" through "PATH environment"

Thematic (88.114.191.143) @ 24 Oct 2020, 09:57.01

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 09:57:01 +0200

By: Thematic (88.114.191.143)

Oops, those were outliers. 2.1 does work.

Thematic (88.114.191.143) @ 24 Oct 2020, 09:51.11

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 09:51:11 +0200

By: Thematic (88.114.191.143)

I guess it's gone now. No media.

HKvalhe (80.213.140.184) @ 20 Feb 2020, 11:06.14

Thu, 20 Feb 2020 23:06:14 +0100

By: HKvalhe (80.213.140.184)

Works brilliantly here! Thanks for the update!

khayoz (31.208.239.44) @ 20 Feb 2020, 08:33.14

Thu, 20 Feb 2020 20:33:14 +0100

By: khayoz (31.208.239.44)

Yeah thank you for the update!

white (151.26.161.66) @ 19 Feb 2020, 09:33.49

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 21:33:49 +0100

By: white (151.26.161.66)

Hi Michael,Thanks, YT 2.1 works perfectly

Thematic (88.114.191.122) @ 15 Oct 2019, 07:02.09

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 19:02:09 +0200

By: Thematic (88.114.191.122)

I'm having some trouble with SSL enabled mplayer, maybe I should use curl instead (-cache 2048 used for better performance): 
[https @ 0x55848290]Stream ends prematurely at 19201904, should be 19488462 
[aac @ 0x5599edc8]decode_band_types: Input buffer exhausted before END element found 
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x5586b4c0]stream 1, offset 0x124ffb7: partial file 
[https @ 0x55848290]Stream ends prematurely at 19201904, should be 19488462 
Audio output truncated at end. 
[https @ 0x55848290]Stream ends prematurely at 19201904, should be 19488462 
[https @ 0x55848290]Stream ends prematurely at 19201904, should be 19488462 
[https @ 0x55848290]Stream ends prematurely at 19201904, should be 19488462 
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x5586b4c0]stream 1, offset 0x12500c5: partial file 
 
VO: Enabling blanker 
 
Exiting... (End of file)

MickJT (118.210.180.143) @ 27 Nov 2018, 10:55.38

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 10:55:38 +0100

By: MickJT (118.210.180.143)

Hi Dan. It's up to the server to send the required information, otherwise the browser will use the name before the question mark. So no easy way unfortunately.

dan.hutch (86.0.114.66) @ 26 Nov 2018, 05:57.32

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 17:57:32 +0100

By: dan.hutch (86.0.114.66)

Is there a way of getting videos to be named with there actual name rather than 'videoplayback' when downloaded? I tried downloading several and ended up overwriting the same file over and over.

Thematic (88.114.191.122) @ 13 Sep 2018, 06:07.30

Thu, 13 Sep 2018 18:07:30 +0200

By: Thematic (88.114.191.122)

Gone now ("protected").

Thematic (88.114.191.122) @ 23 Aug 2018, 05:53.23

Thu, 23 Aug 2018 17:53:23 +0200

By: Thematic (88.114.191.122)

Nice surprise, thanks!

MickJT (118.211.111.216) @ 28 Oct 2017, 05:05.42

Sat, 28 Oct 2017 17:05:42 +0200

By: MickJT (118.211.111.216)

Hi, I'm not familiar with how Emotion works with SMtube. Is it using STDIN somehow? I will send you a message on EAB and we can message each other there.

white (151.26.176.94) @ 26 Oct 2017, 11:34.29

Thu, 26 Oct 2017 23:34:29 +0200

By: white (151.26.176.94)

Hi, Michael you can make some changes to the arexx script so you can use it with emotion player, thanks for any response. 
I leave you the link maybe may be useful 
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=89086 
thank you!

Deniil (109.189.112.195) @ 16 May 2017, 12:25.25

Tue, 16 May 2017 12:25:25 +0200

By: Deniil (109.189.112.195)

Awesome script!! 
Allows super easy download of videos too! :-D

jabirulo (81.34.110.247) @ 03 May 2017, 02:00.00

Wed, 03 May 2017 14:00:00 +0200

By: jabirulo (81.34.110.247)

Hi, I added a few changes (3 translated Righio strings) and "adapted" HTML tables code. 
My email is jabierdlrATgmailDOTcom or can I send the diffs (YT.rexx changed) to you (your email please)?

HKvalhe (80.212.46.195) @ 02 May 2017, 12:18.50

Tue, 02 May 2017 12:18:50 +0200

By: HKvalhe (80.212.46.195)

I think it's rather understandable that we are getting to use more and more HTTPS sites instead of HTTP. So that's probably only a natural progress. Fortunately, the guide describes very well what can be configured in the script. That shouldn't be a problem. Keep up the excellent work :)

MickJT (118.210.96.158) @ 05 Apr 2017, 05:44.18

Wed, 05 Apr 2017 17:44:18 +0200

By: MickJT (118.210.96.158)

I should mention that the script doesn't know it's forcing SSL, so you should use the "ssl" command line option as well or configure that in script, and that way it'll use the stdin/stdout method to play the video.

MickJT (118.210.96.158) @ 05 Apr 2017, 05:18.38

Wed, 05 Apr 2017 17:18:38 +0200

By: MickJT (118.210.96.158)

Yeah I've noticed it's forcing SSL now. If you use the "Play Video" option in shell, there's an experimental option where mplayer streams from STDIN. I've been slack on getting 1.5 out. If you've noticed some videos not working, those should be working again when 1.5 is out, but I probably won't be able to force plain HTTP anymore. That's hit and miss now.

Thematic (91.159.148.92) @ 05 Apr 2017, 12:11.34

Wed, 05 Apr 2017 00:11:34 +0200

By: Thematic (91.159.148.92)

Youtube dot com seems to default so SSL link for the videos themselves. This is not something mplayer I use is happy with, though wget does work. Is it possible to still use  plain HTTP directly, it seems no?

HKvalhe (80.213.1.11) @ 20 Feb 2017, 08:21.56

Mon, 20 Feb 2017 20:21:56 +0100

By: HKvalhe (80.213.1.11)

Made it right now, so yes it DOES work! Thanks again! Made me very happy :)

HKvalhe (80.213.1.11) @ 20 Feb 2017, 08:14.43

Mon, 20 Feb 2017 20:14:43 +0100

By: HKvalhe (80.213.1.11)

Oh, so to understand. Sure had me fooled. I guess i shouldn't trust that guide too much. I try to correct it by the way. Thank you for letting me know. Yes, you're right about that mistake i did. Thanks mate :)

MickJT (220.253.47.238) @ 19 Feb 2017, 10:50.56

Sun, 19 Feb 2017 22:50:56 +0100

By: MickJT (220.253.47.238)

At the moment there's an issue (already been fixed) in 1.4 with some videos, but I don't think that's the issue you're having. I'm guessing you may have pasted verbatim "" from the guide instead of replacing it with the path like "Work:path/YT.rexx".

HKvalhe (80.213.1.11) @ 19 Feb 2017, 03:38.27

Sun, 19 Feb 2017 15:38:27 +0100

By: HKvalhe (80.213.1.11)

When trying to use "Open with YT.rexx" on a YouTube video, a message says "RX: Unable to open redirection file". I don't know what that means. The settings in Odyssey are rights. I have the latest YT.rexx version 1.4. Any idea?

MickJT (124.169.163.245) @ 31 May 2016, 04:22.50

Tue, 31 May 2016 04:22:50 +0200

By: MickJT (124.169.163.245)

@thematic 
 
Everything seems fine here. Message me on the amigans forum with the information about what you were trying to do and I'll take a look.

thematic (91.159.148.92) @ 30 May 2016, 08:38.58

Mon, 30 May 2016 20:38:58 +0200

By: thematic (91.159.148.92)

Did this break, just now?

ghh (78.102.156.206) @ 25 Jun 2015, 03:29.15

Thu, 25 Jun 2015 15:29:15 +0200

By: ghh (78.102.156.206)

Superb script an documentation. Thank you.

Petrol (141.227.1.33) @ 19 Jun 2015, 12:18.51

Fri, 19 Jun 2015 12:18:51 +0200

By: Petrol (141.227.1.33)

Nice work!

HKvalhe (80.213.0.236) @ 18 Jun 2015, 12:44.24

Thu, 18 Jun 2015 12:44:24 +0200

By: HKvalhe (80.213.0.236)

Very useful and promising script! Thanks for making this :) I copied YT.rexx and its' Tools to SYS:S/ARexx, which i assume is correct and just added the commands in the Context Menu part in Odyssey. Working really good on my SAM460ex! Thanks again! :)

jabirulo (79.151.75.67) @ 04 Jun 2015, 11:48.09

Thu, 04 Jun 2015 23:48:09 +0200

By: jabirulo (79.151.75.67)

Excelent!!!

mbrantley (68.62.197.146) @ 03 Jun 2015, 02:30.51

Wed, 03 Jun 2015 02:30:51 +0200

By: mbrantley (68.62.197.146)

This script plus mplayer plus Odyssey combine for a great YouTube experience on my X1000. It's now even possible to download DRM protected videos. Bravo!

anonymous (91.159.151.23) @ 03 Jun 2015, 12:29.48

Wed, 03 Jun 2015 00:29:48 +0200

By: anonymous (91.159.151.23)

Expedient! I appreciate a working script.