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diff --git a/multimedia/straw-viewer/README b/multimedia/straw-viewer/README index f9e5dc4e888d2..aff15dfd6e405 100644 --- a/multimedia/straw-viewer/README +++ b/multimedia/straw-viewer/README @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ straw-viewer (search and stream videos from youtube) straw-viewer is a lightweight application for searching and streaming -videos from YouTube, using the API of invidio.us[2]. The project is in its -early development stages and some features are not implemented yet. +videos from YouTube, using the API of invidio.us[2]. The project is +in its early development stages and some features are not implemented +yet. straw-viewer is a fork of youtube-viewer that does not require a Google API key. Usage and user interface are identical to youtube-viewer. @@ -28,10 +29,11 @@ Counting optional ones, straw-viewer has over 40 dependencies. To make life easier, there's a "straw-viewer.sqf" queue file included with this build, which includes everything listed above. -This build always includes the command-line client (straw-viewer). For the -GTK client (gtk-straw-viewer[3]), install perl-Gtk3 and perl-File-ShareDir -before running this script. If you have them installed but don't want -gtk-straw-viewer, you can set GTK=no in the script's environment. +This build always includes the command-line client (straw-viewer). For +the GTK client (gtk-straw-viewer[3]), install perl-Gtk3 and +perl-File-ShareDir before running this script. If you have them +installed but don't want gtk-straw-viewer, you can set GTK=no in the +script's environment. Notes: @@ -41,12 +43,13 @@ Notes: straw-viewer will fail to play videos at all! If you suspect this, remove youtube-dl and try without it. -[2] The default API host is http://invidious.snopyta.org. If straw-viewer gives +[2] The default API host is http://invidious.snopyta.org. If you get "Bad gateway" or "Too many requests" errors, try changing the api_host in ~/.config/straw-viewer/straw-viewer.conf or via the --api-host option. A list of API hosts can be found at: https://instances.invidio.us/ -[3] To force gtk-straw-viewer to use your preferred terminal for downloading - with wget and watching in a terminal, set TERMINAL in the script's - environment (e.g. TERMINAL="xterm" or TERMINAL="urxvt"). +[3] To force gtk-straw-viewer to use your preferred terminal for + downloading with wget and watching in a terminal, set + TERMINAL in the script's environment (e.g. TERMINAL="xterm" or + TERMINAL="urxvt"). |