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Good & Bad News Regarding YouTube - Hurry Before It's Gone

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Good & Bad News Regarding YouTube - Hurry Before It's Gone

Post by Pauven » Sun Sep 15, 2019 9:19 am

I just read an article that Google is killing off it's web based TV interface for YouTube: https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/09/1 ... interface/

I had no idea YouTube had a web based TV interface, and the article immediately caught my attention. Could there really be a web based version of YouTube optimized to work with remote controls on a HTPC?

Yes!

Try it out yourself, at either https://www.youtube.com/tv or https://www.youtube.com/leanback

So this is bittersweet news, as now that I've finally discovered this, Google is taking it away...

If you want to use it with CMC, go ahead and create a custom External Link to one of the URL's above. Then enjoy YouTube on your HTPC the way it should be enjoyed... but hurry, it's almost gone.

EDIT: Bonus tip. There's no button to go full-screen on the YouTube TV interface web page. Instead, you can hit F11 on your keyboard, and most browsers will toggle between a windowed mode and true full-screen mode.
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