youtube-dl is really cool, and supports loads of sites as well as just youtube.
VLC can also play youtube URLs directly, although buffering can be annoying.
There's also a Python package called "whitey" which provides an ncurses interface for searching youtube, and sending videos to e.g. mplayer or youtube-dl.
If you want to "subscribe" without needing an account, every youtube channel provides an RSS feed (look in the <head> of the page source).
I legitimately did not know this, thanks for the knowledge share! Can it follow playlist s of videos?
There's a few video game streamers whose commentary and remarks are so funny and well written I find myself listening to them more like a podcast than watching the video, so I'm often queuing up playlists and having the background noise while doing house chores and the like
Well, if you're on Mac and if you want to forgo the playback speed controls (like for, music) I can also recommend Vox earlier versions (2.8.26)[0]
It is an audio player with the youtube-list-as-playlist feature. In my experience, it generally delivers a better sound quality of the same videos than youtube. Copy the url (make sure it's /?list=<id>). Hit Cmd + U, paste, <Enter>. Then optionally download the extension for using keyboard buttons[1] and control playback from there.
Or you can always use `youtube-dl -ix /?list=` then open the resulting files with .opus extension with your favorite player.
VLC can also play youtube URLs directly, although buffering can be annoying.
There's also a Python package called "whitey" which provides an ncurses interface for searching youtube, and sending videos to e.g. mplayer or youtube-dl.
If you want to "subscribe" without needing an account, every youtube channel provides an RSS feed (look in the <head> of the page source).