YoutubeOnTV

Watch YouTube videos and other media on the in-game TVs in Lethal Company! This mod adds terminal commands to control video playback on your ship's TVs, with full multiplayer synchronization.

Features

• Stream videos from YouTube and other supported platforms directly to in-game TVs
• Queue multiple videos for continuous playback
• Full network synchronization - all players see the same content
• Terminal-based controls for easy management
• Uses yt-dlp for robust video downloading and streaming
• Fallback video support for error handling

Installation

Via r2modman (Recommended)

1. Install r2modman
2. Search for "YoutubeOnTV" in the mod manager
3. Click "Download with dependencies" - this will automatically install BepInEx and TerminalApi
4. Launch the game through r2modman

Manual Installation

1. Install BepInExPack
2. Install TerminalApi
3. Extract the mod files to BepInEx/plugins/YoutubeOnTV/ in your Lethal Company directory
4. Launch the game

Usage

All commands are entered in the in-game terminal:

Commands

• tv add <url> - Add a video to the queue

  • Example: tv add https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

• tv queue - Display the current video queue

• tv skip - Skip the currently playing video

• tv clear - Clear the entire video queue

Example Session

> tv add https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw
Video added to queue!

> tv queue
Current queue:
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw

> tv skip
Skipped current video

Requirements

• BepInEx 5.4.21+
• TerminalApi 1.5.0+

Known Issues

• First video load may take a moment while yt-dlp downloads the content
• Very long videos may cause performance issues on lower-end systems

Credits

Mod created by roandegraaf

Uses yt-dlp for video downloading

Support

Found a bug? Have a suggestion? Please report issues on the GitHub repository.

Changelog

[0.2.7] - 2025-11-23

Changed

• Fixed bug where video played in a loop after ending

[0.2.5] - 2025-11-23

Changed

• Small bugfixes

[0.2.4] - 2025-11-23

Changed

• Oops, syncing for all clients was NOT working, but good news, it IS working now!

[0.2.3] - 2025-11-23

Changed

• Renamed full project to YoutubeOnTV
• Because of the rename, it could be that the mod needs to be reinstalled. If that is the case, please delete the mod and download it again.

[0.2.2] - 2025-11-22

Changed

• Updated YouTube URL handling
• Fixed bug where turning off and on the TV would cause the video to get stuck

[0.2.1] - 2025-11-22

Changed

• Updated README

[0.2.0] - 2025-11-22

Changed

• Replaced bundled yt-dlp.exe with YoutubeDLSharp library dependency
• yt-dlp.exe now downloads automatically on first run (no manual installation needed)
• Cleaner mod distribution (no longer bundling .exe files with the mod)

Added

• Added Lordfirespeed-YoutubeDLSharp-1.1.0 as a dependency

[0.1.0] - 2025-11-22

Added

• Initial release
• Terminal commands for TV control (tv add, tv queue, tv skip, tv clear)
• YouTube video streaming to in-game TVs
• Network synchronization for multiplayer
• Video queue management
• yt-dlp integration for video downloading
• Fallback video support
• TerminalApi integration