Improve YouTube livestream playback for radio stations#5
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- Radio stations can now use YouTube URLs (live streams work well) - Uses yt-dlp pipe to ffplay for reliable HLS streaming on Unix - Falls back to direct URL playback on Windows - Properly cleans up process groups when stopping playback - Add Anjunadeep Radio (YouTube live stream) to Electronic section - YouTube stations are hidden if yt-dlp is not installed
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Code ReviewGreat contribution! This PR effectively addresses the YouTube livestream dropout issue by piping yt-dlp directly to ffplay, which handles HLS buffering and reconnections much more reliably. Highlights:
The addition of Anjunadeep Radio as an example station is a nice touch for testing the feature. Thanks for the contribution! |
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Improve YouTube livestream playback for radio stations
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G'day!
I saw your posts about music-cli on X and finally got around to checking it out - really love it! I wanted to listen to Anjunadeep Radio while coding, so I added it as a radio station.
I noticed intermittent dropouts when playing YouTube livestreams, so I improved the playback by piping yt-dlp directly to ffplay. This handles HLS buffering and reconnections much more reliably. Should work great for YouTube live streams like Anjunadeep Radio, Monstercat, lofi hip hop study streams, etc.
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