Plurrrr

Sat 20 Dec 2025

A Matter of Style

In the afternoon I replaced the deprecated @import with @use in all styles of tumblelog. I had planned to do so for quite some time and today I finally could find the time. I also generated a new screenshot for each style.

The change log is as follows:

  • Switch to @use instead of deprecated @import in all styles
  • Generate new screenshots
  • Update README
  • Bump version to 5.6.0

Nothing spectacular but a most needed update. As usual the latest version is available on GitHub.

Video Trouble

In the afternoon, when I wanted to watch "The Story of Python" I discovered that LibreELEC, at least the version I have on my Raspberry Pi, didn't support the file format. It crashed each time when I opened the file. So I decided to download the file as an MP4 as follows:

youtube-dl \
  -f "bv*+ba/b" \
  --merge-output-format mp4 \
  https://youtu.be/GfH4QL4VqJ0
  • bv*: best available video-only stream
  • ba: best available audio
  • bv*+ba/b: combine video+audio, fall back to best single file
  • --merge-output-format mp4: final file is MP4

Note that youtube-dl is an alias for yt-dlp in the above command.

The download video and the merging took 17 minutes and 32 seconds.

But, alas, this video also didn't work with LibreELEC. So I ended up watching the video on the Apple TV using the YouTube app. I liked the documentary, it was nice to see the people I knew only by name. And the commercials? Only once somewhat in the middle.