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Copylefted libre / open source YouTube player for Android
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Use open format for data import/export #804

Open stemy2 opened 4 years ago

stemy2 commented 4 years ago

Hello,

The skytube file format is problematic since it prevents interoperability between skytube and other apps like freetube, invidious and newpipe. I think an open format like OPML could be much better.

gzsombor commented 4 years ago

The export/import functionality is more targetted for backups, and migrating between devices (or ensure safe upgrades), not between applications. OPML, as far as I know, only contains RSS URLs, however SkyTube wants to store: channel subscriptions, video bookmarks, watch statuses and configuration settings, so it won't be enough. But, if someone develops an OPML export/import I would happily merge it. Btw, I would argue, that SQLite files inside a ZIP file is a fairly open and approachable format :wink: