Transmit + display a PNG via kitty graphics protocol. Chunks at 4096 base64 chars (≈3072 raw bytes) to respect terminal IO buffer limits. Use

Heuristic: try to parse, return True if structure looks like protobuf.

Two invocation forms: recs_pipeline.py <video_id> First batch. Prints CLEAR_RECS, then RECS_ITEM lines, then CONTINUA

Standalone test: take a dump dir, replay against its URL+req1.bin, dump each track's media bytes to <out>.h<N>.bin.

Build a frame callback bound to the snapshotted slot+layout. The closure captures the slot+layout that were valid when the preview wa

Kick off a background fetch if none is in flight.

ffmpeg-mux video + audio fMP4 → mp4 container (no re-encode).

return < 0 if aborted, 0 if no packet and > 0 if packet. */

Return list of (type, name, length, data_preview).

Parse one lockupViewModel into a Video. YouTube is migrating TVHTML5 surfaces from tileRenderer to the new ViewModel architecture; search she

Parse one shelfRenderer into a Shelf with its videos.

Parse one tileRenderer into a Video. Returns None if it isn't a video tile.

Yield (type, payload_bytes) tuples, skipping malformed tails.

Yield (type, payload) for every UMP part. Stops on malformed tail.

Hand the muxed file to fresh mpv with kitty graphics output.

Live SABR stream into ffplay (no on-disk muxed file). Pipeline: sabr_bridge.mjs (curl_cffi /watch + bgutils PO Token) → ffmpeg mux → ffplay-y

Yield complete PNG frames from a byte stream. Each PNG starts with the 8-byte signature and ends with the IEND chunk (`IEND` + 4-byte CRC). W

Use ffprobe to get fps and dimensions.

Strategy got bot-walled — mark dead and advance to next alive.

Strategy worked — keep it as current, bump stats. Stay sticky.

Fresh fetch for the r/к reload key. Drops the home + next caches so we genuinely refetch, then reuses `load_feed_combined` so the merge/dedup

Run a TVHTML5 search and flatten the result into a feed snapshot.

YT's cookie-auth header. Format: SAPISIDHASH <unix_ts>_<sha1(unix_ts + " " + SAPISID + " " + origin)> Fresh timestamp per request

Print a JSON skeleton — keys + types — to make structure visible.

Standard SponsorBlock category palette — mirrors the colours the * browser extension uses so users with prior exposure recognise them. */

Bootstrap → start SABR + writers + ffmpeg + ffplay → wait.

return the wanted number of samples to get better sync if sync_type is video * or external master clock */

---- seek overlay ---- * Triggered locally on every arrow-key seek (the overlay shows even * if the controller eventually refuses the SEEK_REQ_REL —

---- sponsorblock overlay ---- * Triggered by the SPONSOR_SKIP IPC command. Renders as a bottom- * centred pill with a category-colored accent and t