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FourthTube
FourthTube
General
Author	erievs
Type	Media Players
Version	beta 30
License	GPL-3.0
Last Updated	2025/01/21
Links
	Download
	Website
	Source

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Revision as of 05:45, 26 January 2025

FourthTube is a fork of ThirdTube, which had become non-functional around July 2024. The developer of FourthTube, also known for creating NexTube, collaborated with members of the ThirdTube Discord server to implement a fix, resulting in the creation of FourthTube.

ThirdTube uses a decrypter and manipulates certain JavaScript files to access YouTube's player without encountering access issues. However, this method proved to be unstable over time. In contrast, FourthTube employs a different approach by sending data that mimics the iOS YouTube app, a technique also used by tools like YT-DLP.

Features

Video Playback up to 480p.
Livestreams and premiere videos support.
Searching.
Video suggestion.
Comments.
Captions.
Local watch history and channel subscription.
No ads.

Installation

Requires 3DS (including 2DS) with Luma3DS (at least 8.1.0-0) and DSP1.

Controls

B - Go back to the previous scene

Circle Pad Up/Down - Scroll

L/R - Switch between tabs

Select+Start - Blackout the bottom screen

In video player:

Left/Right - 10s seek

ZL/ZR - 5s seek

Debugging:

Select+X - Toggle debug log

Select+Y - Toggle memory usage monitor

Select+R+A - Toggle FPS monitor

Screenshots

Changelog

beta 30

Added option to switch app data (iOS, Android VR) to Settings -> Advanced
Update iOS client
Added visitor data (YouTube requests) (Comment From Me ErieVS: I have no idea why I didn't think about doing this to begin with, I used it with MangoTube, guess I just forgot, anwyas huge thanks to 2ipper for this fix!)

Credits

FourthTube

Core 2 Extreme

For Video player for 3DS which this app is based on.
Needless to say, the video playback functionality is essential for this app, and it would not have been possible to develop this software without him spending his time optimizing the code sometimes even with assembly and looking into HW decoding on the new 3DS.

dixy52-beep

For in-app textures

PokéTube

For the icon and the banner

The contributors of youtube-dl

As a reference about YouTube webpage parsing. It was especially helpful for the deobfuscation of ciphered signatures.

The contributors of pytube

As a reference about YouTube webpage parsing. Thanks to its strict dependency-free policy, I was able to port some of the code without difficulty.

ThirdTube

WindowsServer2003 - The creator of ThirdTube.
Smu1zel - Figured out the line of code that needed to be changed and tested the change out, fixing the app after it stopped working in 2024.
NCP 3.0 - Fixing the app after it stopped working in 2024.
5GBurrito - Minor changes (project manager?).
2B_enpitsu - New banner, watch history fix, new icon, 480p support, some other fixes, and a fair bit more (thank you so much!).
ItsFrocat & Dragontwo14 - For the strings used in the German translation.
cooolgamer - For the strings used in the French translation.
returndislike - Used for dislikes.

External links

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-FourthTube is a fork of a previous application called [[ThirdTube 3DS]], which had become non-functional around July 2024. The developer of FourthTube, also known for creating NexTube, collaborated with members of the ThirdTube Discord server to implement a fix, resulting in the creation of FourthTube.
+FourthTube is a fork of [[ThirdTube 3DS|ThirdTube]], which had become non-functional around July 2024. The developer of FourthTube, also known for creating NexTube, collaborated with members of the ThirdTube Discord server to implement a fix, resulting in the creation of FourthTube.
-ThirdTube functioned by utilizing a decrypter and manipulating certain JavaScript files to access YouTube's player without encountering access issues. However, this method proved to be unstable over time. In contrast, FourthTube employs a different approach by sending data that mimics the iOS YouTube app, a technique also used by tools like YT-DLP. This method enhances stability and ensures better compatibility with YouTube's services.
+ThirdTube uses a decrypter and manipulates certain JavaScript files to access YouTube's player without encountering access issues. However, this method proved to be unstable over time. In contrast, FourthTube employs a different approach by sending data that mimics the iOS YouTube app, a technique also used by tools like YT-DLP.
-Despite these improvements, users have reported that the application may still experience crashes during video playback. The development team is aware of these issues and has outlined plans to address them in future updates. Their to-do list includes renaming the application, implementing stability fixes, and resolving caption-related issues.
+== Features ==
+* Video Playback up to 480p.
+* Livestreams and premiere videos support.
+* Searching.
+* Video suggestion.
+* Comments.
+* Captions.
+* Local watch history and channel subscription.
+* No ads.
-== Features ==
+==Installation==
-* Video Playback up to 480p
+Requires 3DS (including 2DS) with [[Luma3DS]] (at least 8.1.0-0) and [[DSP1 3DS|DSP1]].
-* Livestreams and premiere videos support
-* Searching
-* Video suggestion
-* Comments
-* Captions
-* Local watch history and channel subscription
-* No ads<br />
-It's more like &quot;Ads are not implemented&quot; rather than &quot;We have ad-blocking functionality&quot;.<br />
-Of course, we will never &quot;implement&quot; it :)
 == Controls ==
-* B button : go back to the previous scene
+B - Go back to the previous scene
-* C-pad up/down : scroll
-* L/R : switch between tabs
+Circle Pad Up/Down - Scroll
-* Select + Start : blackout the bottom screen
-* In video player
+L/R - Switch between tabs
-** Arrow left/right : 10 s seek
-** ZL/ZR : 5 s seek
+Select+Start - Blackout the bottom screen
+'''In video player:'''
+Left/Right - 10s seek
+ZL/ZR - 5s seek
+'''Debugging:'''
-Below are for debug purposes
+Select+X - Toggle debug log
-* Select + X : toggle debug log
+Select+Y - Toggle memory usage monitor
-* Select + Y : toggle memory usage monitor
-* Select + R + A : toggle FPS monitor
-== Requirements ==
+Select+R+A - Toggle FPS monitor
-* A 3DS (including 2DS) with [[Luma3DS]] installed and [DSP1 3DS]] run.
-* We haven't tested the minimum system version, but at least 8.1.0-0 is needed.
 ==Screenshots==
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 === ThirdTube ===
-* [https://github.com/windows-server-2003 WindowsServer2003] - The creator of ThirdTube.
+*[https://github.com/windows-server-2003 WindowsServer2003] - The creator of ThirdTube.
-* [https://github.com/Smu1zel Smu1zel] - Figured out the line of code that needed to be changed and tested the change out, fixing the app after it stopped working in 2024.
+*[https://github.com/Smu1zel Smu1zel] - Figured out the line of code that needed to be changed and tested the change out, fixing the app after it stopped working in 2024.
-* [https://github.com/erievs NCP 3.0] - Fixing the app after it stopped working in 2024.
+*[https://github.com/erievs NCP 3.0] - Fixing the app after it stopped working in 2024.
-* [https://github.com/5GBurrito 5GBurrito] - Minor changes (project manager?).
+*[https://github.com/5GBurrito 5GBurrito] - Minor changes (project manager?).
-* [https://github.com/2b-zipper 2B_enpitsu] - New banner, watch history fix, new icon, 480p support, some other fixes, and a fair bit more (thank you so much!).
+*[https://github.com/2b-zipper 2B_enpitsu] - New banner, watch history fix, new icon, 480p support, some other fixes, and a fair bit more (thank you so much!).
-* [https://github.com/ItsFrocat ItsFrocat] &amp; [https://github.com/Dragontwo14 Dragontwo14] - For the strings used in the German translation.
+*[https://github.com/ItsFrocat ItsFrocat] &amp; [https://github.com/Dragontwo14 Dragontwo14] - For the strings used in the German translation.
-* [https://github.com/cooolgamer cooolgamer] - For the strings used in the French translation.
+*[https://github.com/cooolgamer cooolgamer] - For the strings used in the French translation.
-* [https://returnyoutubedislike.com/install returndislike] - Used for dislikes.
+*[https://returnyoutubedislike.com/install returndislike] - Used for dislikes.
 == External links ==
 * Gbatemp - https://gbatemp.net/threads/fourthtube-for-now-a-fork-of-thirdtube-that-works.660775/
 * Github - https://github.com/erievs/FourthTube