code-charity / code-charity/youtube
Add button to play audio only (no video at all) for playing podcasts etc.
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Description
| SHORT Table | (Summary) |
|---|---|
| Problem | YouTube plays video even when playing something that is essentially audio only, wasting bandwidth. |
| Solution | Have a button to play video only |
| Alternatives | Download the video and play it in an external player (inconvenient) |
| Scope | Hard to say; don't know how many users listen to podcasts or other predominately audio content |
| Side effects | Other than having an additional button I can't think of any |
| Context | The idea would be to prevent playing irrelevant video that wastes bandwidth / battery |
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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Reproduce a podcast-like YouTube playback case, then inspect how the extension exposes player controls and handles video playback; the work is done when a clear button plays audio without video and the existing playback remains usable.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100