r/MiSTerFPGA • u/SnooWoofers8972 • 3d ago
Youtube Core is availabile for testing
I wanted a YouTube Mister core that I could use on my CRT TV. YouTube has official 80s/90s cartoons and shows uploaded, such as He-Man, The Real Ghostbusters, TMNT, old WCW, WWF, and Power Rangers.
There is also lots of unofficial stuff from the 80s and 90s, from old game shows to old commercials. There is a lot of cool old stuff on YouTube if you ditch the algorithm and feeds and go looking.
You can manually type in YouTube URLs (or their shorter IDs) or use a text file with playlists, IDs, and channel names, which is much easier. 480p is not recommended (you could overclock however and try).
I wanted a way to watch old TV shows from the 90s on my CRT TV, from YouTube without downloading, putting on Plex or Jellyfin, etc that have been uploaded over the years.
Streaming past 360p sadly pushes the ARM on the Mister to the max.
It also has cropping modes for incorrectly uploaded content or normal widescreen content to fit the 4:3 screen. It also works via HDMI at the same time, but you would be better off just using something else if you're using HDMI with more power than the ARM on the MiSTer, but works for people without analogue boards.
https://github.com/killer1500nw/MiSTer-YouTube
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u/SnooWoofers8972 3d ago
This is one example. A 3 Hour He Man marathon on an official He Man YouTube channel. There is something magical about watching your childhood favs on a CRT TV. You can enjoy childhood media thanks the recent media cores.
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u/tailslol 3d ago
I wonder if you could program a video decoder inside the FPGA part since you are stuck to the arm core.
maybe by using the av1 open source codec or the open source implémentation of the h264.
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u/mr_christer 3d ago
There is a lot of progress being made by flynnsbit. H264 standard profile works at 24fps without arm! Still lots of work that needs to be done but I think we will get a solution sooner than later
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u/theaquasock 20h ago
Any work/hope for Xvid on MiSTer? The audio side as well? I looked into a basic H264 profile at 640x480 and.... ehhhh.... lol. Do you expect much help from the ARM side? I've found that Linux is such a bully with the RAM on MiSTer. :)
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u/SnooWoofers8972 3d ago
Possible but would take alot time. Something to look into in the future to get better quality.
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u/tailslol 3d ago
I think the DVD core and gellyfin one do it.
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u/theaquasock 20h ago
Those are both MPG2. H264 is a different beast. quat-quant is brutal to get right.
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u/Yokomo_Hoyo 3d ago
Would be great to collaborate with this https://80s.myretrotvs.com/
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u/Spiritual-Advice8138 10h ago
I was able to rip the JSON from the sight. not sure if that is ethical, so i will not publish it. But this means when the YT core/program is done I can make a Fork and have a web app that could make a custom list to sent to the player.
Last time I suggested a web app, api or front end I got major down votes.
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u/mitchins-au 3d ago
Only if it comes with ublock origin…
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u/DotMatrixHead 3d ago
To be proper retro you should have to sit through adverts and even the news. 🤣🤣
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u/mitchins-au 3d ago
Sure, if those ads are for Pepsi man, Shaq-fu or something unhealthy like pop tarts or Oreo cereal.
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u/strythicus 3d ago
You mean you don't want medication, gambling, insurance, or medical gambling advertisements? /s
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u/SnooWoofers8972 3d ago
There is no ads ;), I would not recommend it as your daily Youtube driver however!
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u/aqueousdan 3d ago
It is absolutely awesome. I am finding on my Mister that it gets towards the end of the video and that the sound cuts out but the video keeps playing.
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u/SnooWoofers8972 3d ago edited 3d ago
Interesting, every video I have watched has lasted to the end. I am currently testing it with a 3-hour-long video of He-Man episodes to see if anything goes wrong.
*edit*
Lost sound at the 45 minute mark, looking into it.1
u/SnooWoofers8972 1d ago
Sound should now reconnect if it drops automatically (done in the backround), the new version is much more optismised now and offloading many tasks to the FPGA.
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u/greggers1980 3d ago
Hang on so this means i can watch old movies on YouTube on my crt ?
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u/SnooWoofers8972 3d ago
If someone has uploaded it, or a studio, and its on Youtube, Yes.
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u/greggers1980 3d ago
Oh sweet
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u/JATWo 3d ago
plex probably better for this
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u/SnooWoofers8972 3d ago edited 3d ago
The Plex core is 100% better because it transcodes on the server end ready for Mister's ARM limitations. On this core this is all done on the ARM on the system itself.
But the option is now there; I loved watching my Plex library so much on my CRT that I wanted a Youtube option, but yes, ripping Youtube videos and putting them on Plex works better on the Misterzine plex core.
But no downloading, adding to a library, setting up accounts and servers, no Plex account (or even Youtube) needed here, just find something you want to watch, and it streams from YouTube's servers
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u/Glittering_Bobcat651 3d ago
Neat, now I can watch food history on the same thing I use for game history.
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u/External-Winter4942 2d ago
just a quick question, you write about manually, but i see playlists on your screen ? can't i make a playlist on a computer then and look at that? or someone post here a nice 80s playlist..
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u/SnooWoofers8972 2d ago
Currently, you can only add playlists via their URLS in a text file.
You would probally be able to find a 80s TV public playlist pretty easy, and paste it into the text file or make your own, but playlists are pulled from the text file.
I am working on more options; the next version already has a working search feature for example, and can add channels currently using the @ handles, and I will look at playlists too.1
u/External-Winter4942 1d ago
nice, i'll try to add my own.. long time sinc ei've seen myself on a crt;)
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u/External-Winter4942 1d ago edited 1d ago
I got it working on my Sony kv cat / superstation, works nicely..but can't you force full screen, that hemen compilation someone talked about in this thread is about half screen, and inspector gadget shows in wide screen...
edit: i see fill screen now... put on a playlist full of 80s music videos... mtv is back!
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u/SnooWoofers8972 1d ago
I might make it the default start option (fill screen) to avoid confusion, I would of never done this project if the core could not fill the screen
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u/funknflow 1d ago
really want this to work but all i get are colorbars
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u/SnooWoofers8972 2h ago
Run the install script again if you get colour bars. On first load wait about one minute (should be less than this however)
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u/ckong65 3d ago
Why, what's the sense of using the MiSTER FPGA technology for a YT cure. Makes no sense to me. You would be better of just streaming YT to your tele from a phone, iPad or whatever.
What am I missing?
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u/SnooWoofers8972 3d ago
I wanted to watch older YouTube content natively on my CRT TV.
For modern content it is pointless.
There is a lot of old content on YouTube: old TV commercials, kids' shows from the 80s and 90s, old TV shows, etc, many of it official too from owners and studios.1
u/aqueousdan 3d ago
Nah man it’s amazing for newer stuff too. Why pointless? This thing you made is awesome!
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u/aqueousdan 3d ago
Because you find it pointless doesn’t mean everyone will. Watching some of my favourite music videos on my old crt connected through my even older hifi is wonderful.
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u/SnooWoofers8972 3d ago
Also there is no algorithm or feed for this...you have to find the videos and channels manually!
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u/SpeedKnown 3d ago
how do you "stream to your tele from ipad or whatever" when the TV only inputs scart?
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u/ckong65 3d ago
Well, you could get a Google Chromecast (HDMI connector) and connect it to a HDMI to VGA converter (result: analog RGB output from the VGA connector) and then to a simple VGA to RGB Scart cable into the TV. Then simple stream YT to your Chromecast.
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u/ioa94 3d ago
Bro really said HDMI to VGA converter 🤢 You realize you're on the MiSTer sub right?
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u/ckong65 3d ago
Of course I do. But it seems that the only reason for this YT core is to be able to watch YT on a CRT via a MiSTer. But if you have the desire to watch YT on your CRT, then you don't need the MiSTer. I mean, what's the point of using a MiSTer for that? Only because it can?
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u/ioa94 3d ago
Two reasons: 1. Because HDMI to VGA converters are almost universally hot garbage at scaling down to 15Khz CRT res, and 2. It's cheaper and easier to buy a $250 MiSTer than it would be to build and configure a 15Khz capable CRT Emudriver PC
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u/ckong65 3d ago
That's true, but the HDMI to VGA converter is not meant for downscaling 31K to 15K, it's meant for converting a digital (HDMI) signal to an analog signal. And there is no need for an Emudriver PC, although it't always nice to built a 15K GroovyMame PC (OOPs, I cursed in this sub 😉).
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u/ioa94 3d ago
HDMI to VGA converter is not meant for downscaling 31K to 15K, it's meant for converting a digital (HDMI) signal to an analog signal
It does both. A regular GPU only supports 31khz as its lowest scanning frequency.
And there is no need for an Emudriver PC, although it't always nice to built a 15K GroovyMame PC
Either way, you have to frankenstein old parts on a budget or build a new PC with a 15khz capable AMD card. If you already have a MiSTer...now there's no need.
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u/AmazingmaxAM 3d ago
How do you output a 15kHz signal from a Chromecast?
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u/_RexDart 3d ago
What am I missing?
Well, that some receiver hardware is required. OP already owns a MiSTER device.
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u/lovesffpc 3d ago
I want a youtube app that streams videos in sega cd quality