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@TheQuinbox@dragonscave.space

2026-07-27 14:15 UTC

Until YouTube makes it possible to boost quiet audio natively in the web player, I will not feel a single drop of guilt about using yt-dlp or watching maintainers fix whatever they broke for the third time this week. Google can throw billions at walling off their platform, but no amount of corporate money will ever out-code a bunch of nerds driven by open-source idealism and a deeply autistic need to archive everything. Just give up already.

Replies (7)

  • @prism@infosec.exchange 2026-07-27 16:53

    @TheQuinbox@dragonscave.space I thought there was a loudness boost in settings? I never use it though.

    Open ##4142035

  • @Blobsta@mstdn.games 2026-07-27 14:33

    @TheQuinbox@dragonscave.space Oh, I thought that's what stable volume was? Could be horribly wrong though.

    Open ##4637421

  • @jscholes@dragonscave.space 2026-07-27 14:38

    @TheQuinbox@dragonscave.space I wonder why YouTube hasn't implemented Google's own Widevine DRM (plus FairPlay for Apple)? Not that I think they should, but it would mostly be game over for downloaders at that point.

    Open ##4637423

  • @Rich@dragonscave.space 2026-07-27 14:39

    @TheQuinbox@dragonscave.space Guess I'm not the only one with issues. Renova Music has struggled to play certain things.

    Open ##4637436

  • @Aryan@dragonscave.space 2026-07-27 16:22

    @TheQuinbox@dragonscave.space I think they already have this thing called voice boost that just boosts the voice of a person speeking in the video. but i still like to download and watch shit tbh. I just use foo youtube much of the time.

    Open ##4637437

  • @VE3RWJ@mastodon.radio 2026-07-27 16:45

    @TheQuinbox@dragonscave.space Do you see an option called "stable volume" in Settings? That often helps, but strangely, it isn't available for all videos.

    Open ##4637438

  • @HunterXWorld@mstdn.social 2026-08-26 18:55

    @TheQuinbox@dragonscave.space Now we just need a better way to get a modded YouTube on iOS other than "install SideStore, install outdated IPA or be lucky and build it yourself on a mac, use it for 7 days, realize that refresh doesn't work anymore, reinstall, repeat ad infinitum."

    Open ##4637440