| 21 Jan 2020 |
| 01:33:59 |  reynbow | I'm not really interested in using something that isn't in browser |
| 01:34:51 |  PrestonFT | Fair enough. I won't try to to change your mind. I figured I'd atleast mention it in case you weren't aware of it. |
| 01:37:01 |  cloudrac3r | my technical issues was referring to the complexities of dash, cors, and proxying. |
| 01:38:14 | reynbow | yeah appreciate it PrestonFT the main reason I prefer in browser is because I have an ultrawide display and extension that removes black bars from videos that are in ultrawide formats but have baked in black bars for widescreen displays |
| 01:38:24 | reynbow | so an application wouldn't have that functionality unfortunately |
| 01:39:04 | PrestonFT |
my technical issues was referring to the complexities of dash, cors, and proxying.
It's complex, but most of the work is already done. The player already shows the separate video qualities. You would just have to have it select the default quality on load.
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| 01:40:00 | PrestonFT |
yeah appreciate it PrestonFT the main reason I prefer in browser is because I have an ultrawide display and extension that removes black bars from videos that are in ultrawide formats but have baked in black bars for widescreen displays
I'm assuming you mean when fullscreening? I use an ultrawide as well, and FreeTube doesn't show black bars unless you fullscreen the video.
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| 01:40:18 | reynbow | unless the video has baked in black bars |
| 01:40:27 | PrestonFT | Wait, nevermind. Depends on how large you have the application. |
| 01:40:52 | PrestonFT | I typically have 2 apps on at all times, so FreeTube for me only takes up half the screen. |
| 01:41:06 | reynbow | nah I still think you're missing the point |
| 01:41:17 | reynbow | if the video was rendered with black bars in it, they will still be shown |
| 01:41:24 | reynbow | because the player just thinks its part of the content |
| 01:41:41 | reynbow | "Ultrawidify" detects black bars and crops in videos so they aren't shown |
| 01:43:33 | PrestonFT | Ahh, okay. I see. FreeTube is built off of Electron which is more or less a browser. There isn't any technical reason the extension couldn't be included. Though I'm not familiar with the extension so I'd have to look into it before making a decision like that. |
| 01:46:29 | reynbow | yeah I figured that's likely true, though I'd have no idea how to get that to work and it'd likely be something the dev would have to implement |
| 01:46:33 | cloudrac3r | That sounds interesting actually |
| 01:47:05 | PrestonFT | Disclaimer: I'm the dev, haha. It's my call at the end of the day. |
| 01:47:30 | reynbow | oh well there you go lol |
| 01:47:44 | reynbow | get on it :P |
| 01:47:59 | PrestonFT | Is the extension open source? I could look into it at some point. |
| 01:48:12 | reynbow | honestly no idea |
| 01:48:15 | reynbow | probably not |
| 01:49:21 | PrestonFT | If it isn't then I probably won't include it. Closed source inclusions would go against FreeTube's scope. |
| 01:49:32 | reynbow | yeah no doubt |
| 02:02:02 | PrestonFT | The extension appears to be on GitHub, however there isn't a licence attached to it, which means it technically still isn't FOSS. |
| 02:19:21 | reynbow | right right |
| 02:41:22 | cloudrac3r | Could always open an issue and ask the author to add a licence 👀 |
| 02:54:27 | PrestonFT | Looks like they made a comment about it a while back, though it looks like mentioning it again may be worth it. |
| 03:13:19 | cloudrac3r | What a shame... |
