Is it possible to make my machine open Youtube links in my Freetube app instead of browser URL direct to YouTube?
This answer suggests:
a. writing a short wrapper script that examines a URL and opens the appropriate app for it (so let’s say, Freetube for YouTube links, Firefox for every other URL)
b. creating a .desktop file for it
c. setting that as the default handler for HTTP and HTTPS links
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Thanks, bit out of my range of knowledge but I’ll have a crack at it!
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Cool. So if you get that working, that should cover the case of opening a link in some non-browser app (like an email client) and making it go to FreeTube.
If you also want to click on a YouTube link on a web page and have that go to FreeTube, that’s more straightforward, i.e. a browser extension should do it for you. The FreeTube docs recommend LibRedirect or RedirectTube.
Wow, hijack web links to freetube- that woiuld be VERY cool! Thanks
Instructions for Linux:
1. Right click on this .crx file, and click Save Link As… to save it: libredirect-3.2.0.crx.
2. Go to Extension Manager, and enable developer mode.
3. Refresh the page.
4. Drag and drop the .crx file.1. Right click on this .crx file, and click Save Link As… to save it: libredirect-3.2.0.crx.
2. Go to Extension Manager, and enable developer mode.
3. Refresh the page.
4. Drag and drop the .crx file.
How does one enable developer mode in Extension Manager please?!
On Ungoogled Chromium there’s a toggle at the top-right of the Extension Manager page:
Not sure if this is different on Google-branded Chrome though.
OOOOH. I thought it meant Extension Manager in Fedora OS!