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@tatsumioga1 tatsumioga1 released this 03 Jul 09:44
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SmoothTube v1.4.0

SmoothTube v1.4.0 adds system-wide YouTube link handling, an optional Edge/Chrome extension, improved search fallbacks, and richer metadata for externally opened videos.

Highlights

  • Open YouTube links from browsers, messaging apps, and other Windows applications.
  • Added support for videos, Shorts, livestreams, mobile links, Music links, and youtu.be.
  • Added an optional browser extension for Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome.
  • Reuses the existing SmoothTube window when opening links.
  • Populates Up next from cached subscriptions.
  • Restores titles, channel details, subscriber counts, thumbnails, and subscription status.
  • Improved search results when the YouTube API is unavailable or quota-limited.
  • Improved livestream and premiere detection.
  • Fixed unavailable thumbnails caused by generated hq720 URLs.

Install or update SmoothTube

Updating in place is recommended because uninstalling may remove settings, credentials, watch history, and cached data.

  1. Download the SmoothTube installer ZIP.
  2. Extract the ZIP.
  3. Open the extracted folder.
  4. Right-click Add-AppDevPackage.ps1.
  5. Select Run with PowerShell.
  6. Follow the prompts.

If PowerShell closes immediately, open PowerShell inside the extracted folder and run:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
.\Add-AppDevPackage.ps1

The same script supports both fresh installations and updates.

Install the browser extension

Install SmoothTube first so Windows registers the smoothtube: protocol.

  1. Download and extract the browser-extension ZIP.
  2. Open edge://extensions or chrome://extensions.
  3. Enable Developer mode.
  4. Select Load unpacked.
  5. Select the extracted BrowserExtension folder.
  6. Open a YouTube video and approve the Open SmoothTube prompt.

Use the extension's toolbar toggle to temporarily disable redirection.

For links from messaging apps, open Windows Settings → Apps → Apps for websites and ensure SmoothTube is enabled for YouTube.

The browser extension is distributed separately and is not included inside the MSIX package.

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