RblSb
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3 years ago Not sure if there is other sites with ip restriction and this fallback should exist. Dont really know how bad would be for server to proxy big video file at least for ten users, because that function mostly for subs and other files, need some investigation. Also, should be easy to write plugin, that will listen to video.onerror and replace video.src to proxy version on that event, maybe that's a good way here.
ekrekeler
There are some streaming sites that are restricted by IP address. For example, I use streamtape.com to share videos with others. However, when I use the video URL extracted from the webpage in SyncTube, it will play fine on my end but will not for people with different external IP addresses.
I know that SyncTube has a proxy function. I have tested adding a URL with synctube.example.com:4200/proxy?url=[video_url] and this works for remote viewers. Would it be possible to have the browser fall back to using the proxy if the video fails to play? Or at least add an option when adding the video to playlist to use the proxy instead of directly connecting?
For Streamtape specifically, the connection in the browser returns HTTP error 403 for users with a different external IP address. Also, Streamtape was the only example I could find of this. Most other streaming sites use browser cookies instead of restricting IP address, but this would be much more difficult to implement. I can get by with Streamtape and SyncTube if I can get it working with the proxy function.