About Player

This is a simple youtube web player based on angular-cli, ngx-socket-io, @angular/cdk.

This player is compatible only with Chrome/webkit browsers.

The project status is RC (release candidate).

How to use

For development

1. Install NodeJS 16.14.0+

2. Download/clone repository then install the player by

npm install in root folder (not in /src)

3. Add your youtube api key in src/app/environments/settings.ts or inside the app on settings page (when is running)

4. Start your server

npm install && npm start in root folder

5. Connect to your server

You must change inside src/app/environments/environment.ts your path to your server.

To build the app

1. Install angular-cli

npm install -g @angular/cli

2. Run inside the root folder (not in /src)

Check angular documentation for other build options.

ng build --prod=true

Changelog

Angular YouTube Player 2.6.0

• List of guests in the session
• Minor issues fixed (RC)
• Add mini player when you scroll
• First video from playlist is now the current video

Angular YouTube Player 2.5.2

• Add category badge to feed videos and current video
• UI updates
• New modal component

Angular YouTube Player 2.5.1

• Upgrade angular to LTS (from 7 to 8)
• Fixed repeat mode
• Update layout for playlist / related videos

Angular YouTube Player 2.5

• Cleaned the project to avoid using a lot of dependencies
• Fix the issue when you change the region didn't updated the player
• Improved UX for playlist
• Added client name to identify each users in the room

Angular YouTube Player 2.4

• Switched from firebase to json through socket.io and private server
• Responsive layout
• Sync player in session
• Rooms: join/leave room by unique id
• Playlist is no more auto populated when is empty
• You can't export/import anymore from .JSON file

Angular YouTube Player 2.3.3

• Fixed bugs after refactoring
• Added session key for playlist which you can upload to cloud and download from cloud (integrated with firebase)
• Layout update
• Updated from angular 5.2.0 to 7.0.1
• Carousel added for related videos (used ngu-carousel)

Angular YouTube Player 2.3

• Updating to LTS angular
• Refactoring entire app services and components
• Improved speed performance and fixed major bugs
• New way to loading the app

Angular YouTube Player 2.2

• Sort playlist by drag and drop (used ng2-dragula)

Angular YouTube Player 2.1

• Categories with videos like (music, gaming, autos, films, sports, etc.)
• Refactoring code
• Search on specific region
• Fixing copy link for featured video
• UX improvements

Angular YouTube Player 2.0.1

• Import & export youtube playlist as .JSON file

Angular YouTube Player 2.0

• Global hotkeys for application in desktop (play/pause/next/prev, for keyboards with media buttons)
• Adding support for NW.js to export the app for desktop compatible: Windows x64, Linux x64
• Auto updating the app (desktop version)

Angular YouTube Player 1.9.2

• UX improvements and fixes
• Preparing files for 2.0

Angular YouTube Player 1.9.1

• Get settings.json for localstorage if your localstorage is empty
• The playlist automatically saving, if is empty it will be populated with related videos
• Toggle light/dark theme mode
• Share link button for all videos
• Reorganised settings page
• Auto saving for internal settings (check settings)
• Manual saving for external settings (check settings)
• Performance, UI and UX improvements and fixes

Angular YouTube Player 1.9

• Add/remove items from playlist, first time when is initialized It is prepopulated with related videos
• Next/prev video from your playlist
• Moved history to separate page
• Adding toggle video, repeat mode and list & grid on trending to settings.json
• Small fixes

Angular YouTube Player 1.7

• Added featured video as first video from trending
• Notifications for important actions you do
• Removed debugging mode
• Preparing packages, code and files for v2.0
• Improved UI/UX for lists

Angular YouTube Player 1.6

• Video details for current video and trending videos like number of views, likes and dislikes
• Share link for current video
• Added new setting for hiding all thumbnails
• Custom player buttons shows now only when you hide video

Angular YouTube Player 1.4

• History of your watched videos
• Small fixes

Angular YouTube Player 1.3

• Show/hide video player
• Repeat video
• Grid/list mode for trending videos
• Settings (you can set default from "assets/settings.json", soon will be directly from settings)
• Change country for trending videos (currently only three countries, US, UK and RO)
• Max results show in search (0 to 50)
• YOUR_API Key
• Max related videos (0 to 50)

Angular YouTube Player 1.2

• Introducing trending videos, currently default trending videos are from United States
• Refactoring the code
• Adding routes for future components which it will show in left navbar
• Default video will be first from trending videos
• Adding the video player
• Update the design to match the new features

Angular YouTube Player 1.1

• Adding mute/unmute functionality
• Improved user interface and user experience
• Adding settings functionality, the settings will get from assets/settings.json

Settings

• Show/hide debugging features
• Show/hide thumbnails in search

Angular YouTube Player 1.0.2

• Change volume on your video
• Related videos

Angular YouTube Player 1.0.0

• Search and play video from youtube
• Play/pause video
• Change time of your video that you want to listen

Future features

Backlog

• iOS 8+ / android 5+ app (unversioned)

Rooms

• *Room chat (unversioned)*

Roadmap to 3.0

• *Release a stable version (in v2.6.9)*
• *Set private/public room (in v2.7)*
• *List of public rooms (in v2.8)*
• *Room moderators which can add videos, kick roommates, mute roommates (in v2.9)*

Roadmap to 4.0

• Integrating YouTube account subscriptions/playlist (in v3.0)

Removed features

• Global hotkeys for application in desktop (play/pause/next/prev, for keyboards with media buttons)
• Adding support for NW.js to export the app for desktop compatible: Windows x64, Linux x64
• Auto updating the app (desktop version)
• Themes temporary removed

Copyright and License

Copyright quead under the MIT license.