@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ companion explicitly selects Explore mode and that page is enabled.
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1313- Search for videos or open a YouTube URL.
1414- Open an optional signed-in Invidious account feed.
15- - Watch a low-bandwidth progressive stream, with HLS support for live video .
15+ - Watch a low-bandwidth progressive stream while preserving its native aspect ratio .
1616- Listen through the Light SDK audio player, including detached playback.
1717- Keep optional local search and watch histories.
1818- Choose which pages appear on Home.
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ companion explicitly selects Explore mode and that page is enabled.
3131 offline playback, and confirmed deletion from a Downloads tab.
3232- Preserve native video aspect ratios and provide an explicit screen-filling
3333 fullscreen view without stretching or cropping.
34+ - Exclude YouTube Shorts from search, libraries, playlists, history, playback,
35+ and downloads.
3436
3537There is no autoplay, comments, algorithmic Home feed, notifications, or
3638automatic public-instance rotation.
@@ -168,14 +170,15 @@ and a playable media URL. Companion pairing additionally requires the
168170[ ` lightious ` branch of ` LooseWireDev/lightious-invidious ` ] ( https://github.com/LooseWireDev/lightious-invidious/tree/lightious )
169171with its Lightious routes enabled and public HTTPS URL configured.
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171- ` Proxy media ` requests ` local=true ` . This keeps media traffic on the configured
172- Invidious host but consumes that server's bandwidth. Turning it off normally
173- uses the returned Google video CDN URL directly.
173+ Paired playback always uses the server's short-lived, signed media gateway.
174+ ` Proxy media ` applies only to unpaired or custom Explore-mode playback: enabling
175+ it requests ` local=true ` , while disabling it normally uses the returned Google
176+ video CDN URL directly. Protected live/HLS playback is not yet available.
174177
175178## Compatibility status
176179
177180The UI, navigation, input, theming, and audio path use Light SDK components.
178- Video rendering uses Media3 and an Android ` SurfaceView ` , so Lightious is an
181+ Video rendering uses Media3 and an Android ` TextureView ` , so Lightious is an
179182experimental sideloaded tool rather than an officially supported Light tool.
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181184Materialious and Clipious were used only as behavioral references for the
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