youtube video url series backtracking
by jr_bob_dobbs from LinuxQuestions.org on (#58CE1)
Say you find a link to a youtube video on a forum. It's a link to part five of i don't know how many parts. Until recently, I'd pop the URL into links (the only safe non-popup non-clutter way to look at modern/current web sites) and find the URL to part 1, and all the others. and then use youtube-dl on part one and then assess and decide if I wanted to see the other parts.
Well, they (youtube) recently changed something so that doesn't work. More anti-text-mode programming on their part. Finally I had to give up and look at the page for part five in a full javoids-on browser. Wow, what a bunch of popup, makes it feel like a wack a mole game or something, but less fun. Right. Anyway, so after all that work on my part ... no links for first or previous. Good show. Golf clap. Let's reduce the actual functionality of our web site. Good job.
/sarcasm
Anyway, does anyone know of any way of getting to part one of a series of videos, given only one link to part five?
Thank you.
p.s.
I know this should not be posted here because it is "technical" but where else here could I post it, since this is not a OS-dependent, and this not a Linux question?
Well, they (youtube) recently changed something so that doesn't work. More anti-text-mode programming on their part. Finally I had to give up and look at the page for part five in a full javoids-on browser. Wow, what a bunch of popup, makes it feel like a wack a mole game or something, but less fun. Right. Anyway, so after all that work on my part ... no links for first or previous. Good show. Golf clap. Let's reduce the actual functionality of our web site. Good job.
/sarcasm
Anyway, does anyone know of any way of getting to part one of a series of videos, given only one link to part five?
Thank you.
p.s.
I know this should not be posted here because it is "technical" but where else here could I post it, since this is not a OS-dependent, and this not a Linux question?