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Small-Scale Question Sunday for November 10, 2024

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Is there a good way to listen to Youtube videos while driving? Specifically, videogame Let's Plays, ideally through an actual Android Auto/Apple function rather than just "open Youtube on the phone and hit run".

Firefox lets me resume the playback from the lock screen, so I don't have to keep the screen on to listen to an interview.

Prior to the trip, download the audio with yt-dlp and copy the files to your phone.

yt-dlp --format "bestaudio" --no-mtime --embed-thumbnail --embed-metadata --output "%(playlist_title)s (%(playlist_uploader)s)/%(playlist_index)s %(title)s.%(ext)s" --windows-filenames --prefer-free-formats [playlist URL]

If you're on Android, you can also do this directly on your phone with NewPipe.

I use Seal for audio downloads.