General Information

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YouTube Player & Downloader

• See the Chromium WebGadget for a modern solution.
• Internet Explorer 11 has retired and is officially out of support.
• Registry is temporarily modified to access HTML5: FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION.

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• Resizable main window.
• Fullscreen mode.
• Search window with drag n' drop playlist.
• Quick search bar.

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In order to keep the binary file a standalone executable, the Playlist items are saved to an Alternate Data Stream.
➤ The Playlist can be demonstrated from the IDE, but the items will not survive a restart, unlike a compiled executable.

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• FFmpeg
• yt-dlp.exe

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Player Window
➤ F1 Key: Show/Hide the Shortcut menu.
➤ F2 Key: Open Search Window.
➤ F4 Key: Show/Hide the Quick Search bar.
➤ F8 Key: Set/Reposition the "minimized" thumbnail player.
➤ F10 Key: Redirect current video to the YouTube website.
➤ F12 Key: Reload current video / Return to player.
➤ Esc Key: Exit full screen, Close thumbnail player / Close window.

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Command Parameters
1. Create a Shortcut from the executable.
2. From Properties > Shortcut > Target add the parameters.
3. Parameters use the following strict format: [parameter]=[value] [parameter]=[value] ...
➤ Spaces are only allowed (required) to separate parameters.
➤ Quotes are allowed but not necessary.
➤ Syntax is case insensitive.

➤ VID || VideoID : Set a start video when the player is opened.
➤ MIN || Minimize : Open the window then minimize (DEFAULT: 0 || 1).
➤ MAX || Maximize : Open the window then maximize (DEFAULT: 0 || 1).
➤ X : Open the window at x location.
➤ Y : Open the window at y location.
➤ W || Width : Set the starting window width.
➤ H || Height : Set the starting window height.
➤ MW || MinWidth : Set the minimum window width.
➤ MH || MinHeight : Set the minimum window height.
➤ FS || FullScreen : Open the window in full screen mode (DEFAULT: 0 || 1).
➤ FSX || FullScreenX : Open the window in full screen at x location.
➤ FSY || FullScreenY : Open the window in full screen at y location.
➤ FSW || FullScreenWidth : Set the full screen width.
➤ FSH || FullScreenHeight : Set the full screen height.
➤ AP || AutoPlay : Auto play a newly loaded video (DEFAULT: 1 || 0).
➤ LV || LoopVideo : Loop the video / playlist continuously (DEFAULT: 0 || 1).
➤ SR || SaveResult : Save the search results to a JSON file (DEFAULT: 1 || 0).
➤ MR || MaxResult : Set the max number of search results (DEFAULT: 10 || 10 - 50).
➤ OB || OrderBy : Search Parameter (DEFAULT: relevance || date | rating | title | videoCount | viewCount).
➤ RC || RegionCode : Search Parameter (DEFAULT: null || ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 Code).
➤ RL || RelevanceLanguage : Search Parameter (DEFAULT: en || ISO 639-1 Code).
➤ SS || SafeSearch : Search Parameter (DEFAULT: strict || none | moderate).
➤ VC || VideoCaption : Search Parameter (DEFAULT: none || any | closedCaption).
➤ VD || VideoDefinition : Search Parameter (DEFAULT: any || standard | high).
➤ VI || VideoDimension : Search Parameter (DEFAULT: 2d || any | 3d).
➤ VU || VideoDuration : Search Parameter (DEFAULT: any || short | medium | long).
➤ VE || VideoEmbeddable : Search Parameter (DEFAULT: true || any).
➤ VT || VideoType : Search Parameter (DEFAULT: any || episode | movie).
➤ APIK || APIkey : Set an API key required for searching: Google API.

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