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I've always just gone to the youtube channel page, view source, search for "rss", copy the URL and paste it into my feed reader. It would be great if it was mor

I've always just gone to the youtube channel page, view source, search for "rss", copy the URL and paste it into my feed reader. It would be great if it was more discoverable, but it's not really like you need a whole separate tool.

al_borland 1y ago
The feed reader I use (NetNewsWire) lets me simply put in the YouTube channel URL and it finds the feed. I added all my subscriptions once, but it quickly became overwhelming, so I deleted them all. I’m not sure if bundling them all in a single feed would be better for me or not. I could bookmark my subscriptions page for the same effect. I find I’m in a very different headspace when I’m looking to watch YouTube vs reading my RSS feeds.
poulpy123 1y ago
Most of the rss readers I know allow that. What OP built there is something that stays in sync with your subscriptions, so when you add or remove one it is automatically added or removed from you reader and do not need manual intervention
- kjkjadksj 1y ago
  If you have a feed reader system there is no need to subscribe in the first place. You’ve obviated that system.
  - poulpy123 1y ago
    not if you want to keep your youtube subscriptions for a reason or another
    - kjkjadksj 1y ago
      Why though? You already have the feed urls. A list of urls is the same a subscribing to channels essentially. Both do the job of letting you know a new video is released.
lightandlight 1y ago
Right, and [kjkjadksj says](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44445957 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44445957) a similar thing: > If you have a feed reader system there is no need to subscribe [via YouTube] in the first place. You’ve obviated that system. This approach works, and it's a great way to subscribe to public channels without a YouTube account. The main reason I'm not doing it is that I want to subscribe via YouTube. > It would be great if it was more discoverable Oh, hopefully there's a browser extension that detects feeds on a page and lights up and provides a menu. Shame that the YouTube mobile app isn't similarly extensible.

al_borland 1y ago

The feed reader I use (NetNewsWire) lets me simply put in the YouTube channel URL and it finds the feed. I added all my subscriptions once, but it quickly became overwhelming, so I deleted them all. I’m not sure if bundling them all in a single feed would be better for me or not. I could bookmark my subscriptions page for the same effect. I find I’m in a very different headspace when I’m looking to watch YouTube vs reading my RSS feeds.

poulpy123 1y ago

Most of the rss readers I know allow that. What OP built there is something that stays in sync with your subscriptions, so when you add or remove one it is automatically added or removed from you reader and do not need manual intervention

kjkjadksj 1y ago
If you have a feed reader system there is no need to subscribe in the first place. You’ve obviated that system.
- poulpy123 1y ago
  not if you want to keep your youtube subscriptions for a reason or another
  - kjkjadksj 1y ago
    Why though? You already have the feed urls. A list of urls is the same a subscribing to channels essentially. Both do the job of letting you know a new video is released.

lightandlight 1y ago

Right, and [kjkjadksj says](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44445957 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44445957) a similar thing: > If you have a feed reader system there is no need to subscribe [via YouTube] in the first place. You’ve obviated that system. This approach works, and it's a great way to subscribe to public channels without a YouTube account. The main reason I'm not doing it is that I want to subscribe via YouTube. > It would be great if it was more discoverable Oh, hopefully there's a browser extension that detects feeds on a page and lights up and provides a menu. Shame that the YouTube mobile app isn't similarly extensible.