> I think under AmigaOS there was a sys:rexx/ directory!?

Or was there?

"The S: directory is generally reserved for AmigaDOS and ARexx scripts."
https://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/AmigaOS_Manual:_AmigaDOS_Additional_Amiga_Directories#S:_Directory

"REXX: is where ARexx (RX command) looks for ARexx programs. It is assigned to the SYS:S/ARexx directory."
https://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/AmigaOS_Manual:_AmigaDOS_Additional_Amiga_Directories#REXX:_Directory

YT 1.5 seems to have some issues with parseing several video-urls!
Example: searching for "Eisenbahn Nostalgie" or "The Voice Kids" leads to 100% CPU-load (parsing video) for ever. Only reboot helps.
Older versions doesn't show that behaviour an work flawless.

I think you can iKill the ytSearch window.

Freezing the task and hiding the window works to avoid a reboot.

I the next Version I will include both parsing methods to choose.
Both aren't working perfectly but until I find the ultimate solution, this would be a good compromise.

Thank you! Waiting for it.....

New MorphOS 3.19 user here without any AmigaOS knowledge.

I downloaded ytsearch 1.6 from morphos-storage and extracted it to my work folder.
The readme states I need the yt.rexx from here
http://igracki.square7.ch/download.php?file=yt_mos.lha

I copied all the sys files over to my sys: folder.

Downloaded hurl_2.0 ,no clue where to install it so installed it to SYS: ?

Guessing I am missing the Hollywood player, I downloaded version 10.0 from morphos-storage
and installed it.

However if I click ytSearch 1.6 I get an error from HollywoodPlayer

Error locking Sys:Storage/Hollywood/!
File: CheckHollyWoodTempFiles:hws (current line:22- In function: OpenDirectory)


Could you please advise what I am missing or doing wrong ?

Maybe you have forgotten to install RapaGUI plugin for Hollywood?
https://www.hollywood-mal.de/download.html

There you can also find the latest version 11 of Hollywood player which is installed in Utilities.

Quote:

No also installed RapaGUI, I basically downloaded everything everytime a popup mentioned I was missing something.

But like hURL , i did install RapaGUI to a drawer in SYS since I had no clue where to have the installer install it.

I did however find Hollywood Player 10 which I installed, I will try the HWPlayer_Amiga.lha (version 11) from the site you linked.

Same error if I click ytSearch 1.6

Error locking Sys:Storage/Hollywood/!
File: CheckHollyWoodTempFiles:hws (current line:22- In function: OpenDirectory)

To recap

I downloaded ytsearch 1.6 from morphos-storage and extracted it to my Work: folder.
The readme states I need the yt.rexx from here
http://igracki.square7.ch/download.php?file=yt_mos.lha

I copied all the sys files over to my sys: folder.

Downloaded hurl_2.0 from morphos-storage, installed it to SYS:
Downloaded RapaGUI 2.2 from morphos-storage, installed it to SYS:
Downloaded HollyWoodPlayer 10.0 from morphos-storage
Just now downloaded HollyWoodPlayer 11 from https://www.hollywood-mal.de/download.html and installed it.

Had an aha moment, copied Ytsearch to System:Applications and now it launches without the error message.

Next hurdle, clicking on a video

A new error pop-up

"rexx:yt.rexx Unknown command"

Ok read about that on page 2 of this topic so reassign REXX: from SYS:S to SYS:rexx
because that is where yt.rexx has been copied.

A new error pop-up now

"No luck ARexx reimplemenation is not yet finished, if you want to use ARexx, please install
your original rexxsyslib:library"

OK another Google further, installed ARexx from morphos-storage, rebooted.

And yes I seem to able if I manually first change the assign REXX: to SYS:rexx to use YtSearch
as in I can save videos.


I guess I still need to link Mplayer 1.5 (from morphos-storage) as a default player somehow ?

[ Edited by Lastic 26.04.2026 - 15:10 ]

You can copy the ytSearch folder wherever you want.
The file yt.rexx has to be in Sys:S

You can also install RapaGUI wherever you want, although one central place for all plugins is recommended.
Because during installation, an assign is set to the folder where you installed RapaGUI.

The MPlayer path you can set in the yt.cfg file by editing the coresponding line. It is also in SYS:S.
Recently, a brand new version of MPlayer has been released:

https://www.morphos-storage.net/?id=2467839

Good luck! :)

[ Editiert durch Primax 26.04.2026 - 16:19 ]

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Danke Schon , danke fur die Hilfe (half Belgian/German)

Lo and behold, MPlayer 1.5 YtSearch playback working !

Onward to further Morphos exploring

Another question on the YT.CFG config file.

It seems no matter which Player I choose (although only ANDROID/ANDROIDVR seem work reliable) or how I choose the tag orders, YT.REXX will always download 360p (640x360).

If I download a video using yt-dlp on my Macbook and choose these for 720p format -f 136+139

139 m4a audio only 2 │ 11.14MiB 49k https │ audio only mp4a.40.5 49k 22k low, m4a_dash

136 mp4 1280x720 25 │ 120.48MiB 528k https │ avc1.64001f 528k video only 720p, mp4_dash

and copy the video over to the iBook G4 it seems to be able to playback 720p using Mplayer 1.4 or 1.5.

How can I get YtSearch or YT.REXX to play/download 720p or worst case 480p ?

Did you tried the IOS Client?

I did also try the IOS client. that seems to use .m3u8 streams ?

Just did another test , put the iBook G4 on powersupply and used Ethernet only to get better network speeds than 802.11g.

Then YT.REXX asks me the quality.

if I pick 5. MP4 720P HLS, Mplayer 1.5 will start playing but the audio is out of sync with the video.

if I pick 14. WebM 720P VP9 HLS , I only get audio playing, there is not even a visible Mplayer window (although I can find it in the running Tasks)

Choosing Save or Save/Play instead of Play in the Settings, immediately gives me a notification that Test.AVI has been downloaded but when I click open folder nothing happens.

Also checked if it was saved on the T directory but no Test.AVI to be found.

Selecting 4. MP4 480P HLS, Mplayer 1.5 is capable of keeping audio+video in sync .

I am not complaining here but when I download the lowest 720P version of a Youtube video using yt-dlp on a modern machine, I am able to play that downloaded video back on the iBook G4 using Mplayer 1.5 without any audio/video sync issues.

So I guess my questions boil down to

can I get YT.cfg setup that it always uses IOS + select MP4 HLS either 480P/720P

how can I use the save function to download the MP4 HLS 720P version or these formats

-f 136+139

139 m4a audio only 2 │ 11.14MiB 49k https │ audio only mp4a.40.5 49k 22k low, m4a_dash

136 mp4 1280x720 25 │ 120.48MiB 528k https │ avc1.64001f 528k video only 720p, mp4_dash

[ Edited by Lastic 03.05.2026 - 15:05 ]

Aha found the YT-Execute.txt on the RAM drive when trying the save option.

It tries to run c: mencoder which is not included with MPlayer 1.5

And my Mplayer 1.4 mencoder is installed in its map on Work:

OK , let's change YT.cfg to point to Mplayer 1.4 again and copy mencoder to C: and see if I can save a 720P video now.

Ok now YT-Execute send me a notification transfer failed.

Copy the mencoder command from YT-Execute in a shell , it fails on the output location r: which doesn't seem to exist.

So made a map R: on Ramdisk , made an assign R: RAMDISK:R/
adapted the -oac copy -ovc copy parameters of mencoder since that didn't work but mencoder just freezes, iBook was completely locked up so turned the machine off for today, enough tinkering.


[ Edited by Lastic 03.05.2026 - 17:31 ]