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title: "Watching YouTube in private"
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date: 2022-12-10T21:46:55-05:00
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lastmod: 2022-12-10T21:46:55-05:00
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draft: false
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comments: true
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tags:
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[
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"invidious",
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"youtube",
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"yewtu.be",
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"tailscale",
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"privacy",
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"self-hosted",
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]
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author: "Dave Gallant"
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---
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I recently stumbled upon [yewtu.be](https://yewtu.be) and found it intriguing. It not only allows you to watch YouTube without _being on YouTube_, but it also allows you to create an account and subscribe to channels without a Google account. What sort of wizardry is going on under the hood? It turns out that it's a hosted instance of [invidious](https://invidious.io/).
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<!--more-->
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The layout is simple, and **JavaScript is not required**.
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I started using [yewtu.be](https://yewtu.be) as my primary client for watching videos. I subscribe to several YouTube channels and I prefer the interface invidiuous provides due to its simplicity. It's also nice to be in control of my search and watch history.
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A few days ago, yewtu.be went down briefly, and that motivated me enough to self-host invidious. There are several other hosted instances listed [here](https://docs.invidious.io/instances/), but being able to easily backup my own instance (including subscriptions and watch history) is more compelling in my case.
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### Hosting invidious
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The quickest way to get invidious up is with docker-compose as mentioned in the [docs](https://docs.invidious.io/installation/).
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I made a few modifications, and ended up with:
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```yaml
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version: "3"
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services:
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invidious:
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image: quay.io/invidious/invidious
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restart: unless-stopped
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ports:
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- "0.0.0.0:3000:3000"
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environment:
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INVIDIOUS_CONFIG: |
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db:
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dbname: invidious
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user: kemal
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password: kemal
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host: invidious-db
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port: 5432
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check_tables: true
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healthcheck:
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test: wget -nv --tries=1 --spider http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/v1/comments/jNQXAC9IVRw || exit 1
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interval: 30s
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timeout: 5s
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retries: 2
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depends_on:
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- invidious-db
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invidious-db:
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image: docker.io/library/postgres:14
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restart: unless-stopped
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volumes:
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- postgresdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
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- ./config/sql:/config/sql
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- ./docker/init-invidious-db.sh:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init-invidious-db.sh
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environment:
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POSTGRES_DB: invidious
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POSTGRES_USER: kemal
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POSTGRES_PASSWORD: kemal
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healthcheck:
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test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U $$POSTGRES_USER -d $$POSTGRES_DB"]
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volumes:
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postgresdata:
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```
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After invidious was up and running, I installed [Tailscale](https://tailscale.com/) on it to leverage its MagicDNS, and I'm now able to access this instance from anywhere at [http://invidious:3000/feed/subscriptions](http://invidious:3000/feed/subscriptions).
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### Redirecting YouTube links
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I figured it would be nice to redirect existing YouTube links that others send me, so that I could seamlessly watch the videos using invidious.
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I went looking for a way to redirect paths at the browser level. I found [Redirector](https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector), which can be used to modify http requests in the browser. I created the following redirect (exported as json):
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```json
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{
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"redirects": [
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{
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"description": "youtube to invidious",
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"exampleUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lz30by8-sU",
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"exampleResult": "http://invidious:3000/watch?v=-lz30by8-sU",
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"error": null,
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"includePattern": "https://*youtube.com/*",
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"excludePattern": "",
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"patternDesc": "Any youtube video should redirect to invidious",
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"redirectUrl": "http://invidious:3000/$2",
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"patternType": "W",
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"processMatches": "noProcessing",
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"disabled": false,
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"grouped": false,
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"appliesTo": [
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"main_frame"
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]
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}
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]
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}
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```
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Now the link <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lz30by8-sU> will redirect to [http://invidious:3000/watch?v=-lz30by8-sU](http://invidious:3000/watch?v=-lz30by8-sU)
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I'm still looking for ways to improve this invidious setup. There doesn't appear to be a way to stream in 4K yet.
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