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h1 Google Drive Userscript
h2 Why?
p.
Since Google Drive support was launched in early 2014, it has broken
at least 4-5 times, requiring increasing effort to get it working again
and disrupting many channels. This is because there is no official API
for it like there is for YouTube videos, which means support for it
relies on undocumented tricks. In August 2016, the decision was made
to phase out the native support for Google Drive and instead require
users to install a userscript, which allows to bypass certain browser
restrictions and make the code easier, simpler, and less prone to failure
(it could still break due to future Google Drive changes, but is less
likely to be difficult to fix).
h2 How It Works
p.
The userscript is a short script that you can install using a browser
extension such as Greasemonkey or Tampermonkey that runs on the page
and provides additional functionality needed to play Google Drive
videos.
h2 Installation
ul
li
strong Chrome
| &mdash;Install <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tampermonkey/dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo" target="_blank">Tampermonkey</a>.
li
strong Firefox
| &mdash;Install <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tampermonkey/" target="_blank">Tampermonkey</a>
| or <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/" target="_blank">Greasemonkey</a>.
li
strong Other Browsers
| &mdash;Install the appropriate userscript plugin for your browser.
| Tampermonkey supports many browsers besides Chrome.
p.
Once you have installed the userscript manager addon for your browser,
you can <a href="/js/cytube-google-drive.user.js" target="_blank">
install the userscript</a>. If this link 404s, it means the administrator
of this server hasn't generated it yet.
p.
You can find a guide with screenshots of the installation process
<a href="https://github.com/calzoneman/sync/wiki/Google-Drive-Userscript-Installation-Guide" target="_blank">on GitHub</a>.