ytfzf: Search and Play YouTube Videos from a Terminal

ytfzf: Search and Play YouTube Videos from a Terminal

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Mar 5, 2021

tfzf is a script to search, download and play YouTube videos by making use of mpv and youtube-dl under the hood. The tool initially started as a single line script, but has since evolved, recently gaining the ability to show YouTube thumbnails in the terminal, along with other enhancements.

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