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		svnpenn on May 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Create YouTube playlists as links without having t... this is highly misleading, as YT-DLP downloads by default, not streams

charsi on May 2, 2022 | [–]

vlc can play youtube links so you just need to open the m3u file in vlc if you don't want to download.

tobz1000 on May 1, 2022 | [–]

mpv will stream by default, but requires youtube-dl or yt-dlp to be installed separately.

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