It does - I think the praise being sung was just that you don't need to know how...

k2enemy · 2026-02-12T02:08:45 1770862125

At one point (when I first tried this) I'm pretty sure youtube didn't have a link to an rss feed in the source. I had grown used to going to source and searching for "rss" and "xml." However, I just checked and they definitely do have a link now!

onli · 2026-02-12T07:32:58 1770881578

Oh, thanks for the hint! I might be able to remove some code from my feed detection code (on pipes) then.

But on a first glance, it seems like alternate links for channels are back, but playlists are missing. Still, that might be a step forward.

trekz · 2026-02-12T11:24:12 1770895452

I think openrss.org has YouTube playlist feeds

onli · 2026-02-12T11:28:46 1770895726

Yeah, quite possible. You can construct the feed by some rules, mine are here: https://github.com/pipes-digital/pipes/blob/4243c9234ddab6a3... - but then you have to monitor whether it still works periodically. Being able to replace that by proper meta tags would be nice.

Using openrss.org as an intermediary might work as well, but not ideal to rely on a third party for that.