benpope82 / qmmp-plugin-youtube

Plugin for Qmmp (Qt-based Multimedia Player) to search and play musics directly from YouTube.

Qmmp plugin for YouTube

Plugin for Qmmp (Qt-based Multimedia Player) to search and play musics directly from YouTube.

Requirements

This plugin has some requirements, you have to install them:

• PythonQt (http://pythonqt.sourceforge.net/)
  PythonQt is a dynamic Python binding for the Qt framework. It offers an easy way to embed the Python scripting language into your C++ Qt applications.

• youtube-dl (https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/)
  youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites.

• QJson (http://qjson.sourceforge.net/)
  QJson is a Qt-based library that maps JSON data to QVariant objects and vice versa.

Installation

First, you have to download the source code by Downloading a ZIP Archive or by cloning the repository:

git clone https://github.com/rigon/qmmp-plugin-youtube.git

Now, let's compile. Extract the files (if necessary) and move to inside the project location. Then, run the following commands:

qmake
make -j4

Lastly, copy the newly compiled libraries into to QMMP's plugin directory:

sudo cp -v youtube/libyoutube.so /usr/lib/qmmp/Transports
sudo cp -v youtube/libyoutubeui.so /usr/lib/qmmp/General

If you have problems to compile the project, have a look in the section Known issues.

ArchLinux users

There is available a package for ArchLinux for this plugin in AUR repository: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/qmmp-plugin-youtube/

You can simply install it by running:

yaourt qmmp-plugin-youtube

Configuration

Open QMMP. Now you have to activate the Youtube plugin. To do so, you have to do the next steps:

QMMP main menu > Settings > Plugins

and activate this two plugins:

• Youtube Plugin (libyoutube.so under the Transports section)
• YoutubeUI Plugin (libyoutubeui.so under the General section)

Now, the Youtube plugin is accessible from the menu inside Tools option (you can press Ctrl + Y for quicker access). Alternatively, you can search for the selected track from the track's context menu > Actions > Search track (or using the shortcut Meta + Y).

Known issues

• The Python version is hard coded, the version used was python 3.5m. If you have a different version installed, edit the following files and change the referenced lines accordingly:

  • youtube/youtube.pro:

        INCLUDEPATH += /usr/include/python3.5m
    

  • youtube/youtubedl.cpp:

        "sys.path.append('/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages')\n"
    

Important notes

The plugin is not yet finished, but it is in a stage that is already usable. Currently, it is possible to search for videos on Youtube and add them to the selected playlist, search for similar videos and open them in the browser.

If you are interested, you can also contribute to this project, that would be AWESOME. Feel free to send me a message.

Checkout the Issues section to see the exciting new features that we have planned.