Install YouTube Player on Raspberry Pi

YouTube Player

Simple YouTube search engine, downloader and player.

No web browser required! Easily search for videos and play them with a double-click.

Extremely lightweight - just a perl script.

Perfect for systems with low RAM or no web browser installed.

Supports searches, playlist URLs, and direct YouTube links.

Right-click a search result for more options - for example downloading, adding to your watchlist, or showing yt-dlp output in a terminal in case you are having trouble getting videos to play.
NOTE: this app is a re-skin of an app called GTK+ Pipe Viewer.

To run: Menu -> Sound & Video -> YouTube Player
To run in a terminal: gtk-pipe-viewer

Fortunately, YouTube Player is very easy to install on your Raspberry Pi in just two steps.

Install Pi-Apps - the best app installer for Raspberry Pi.
Use Pi-Apps to install YouTube Player.

Compatibility

For the best chance of this working, we recommend using the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS, which is currently version Bookworm.
Raspberry Pi OS has 32-bit and 64-bit variants, both of which will run on most Raspberry Pi computers, including the Pi 3, Pi 4, and Pi5.
YouTube Player will only run on PiOS 64-bit. Pi-Apps will not let you install YouTube Player on PiOS 32-bit.

Install Pi-Apps

Pi-Apps is a free tool that makes it incredibly easy to install the most useful programs on your Raspberry Pi with just a few clicks.

Open a terminal and run this command to install Pi-Apps:

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/install | bash

Feel free to check out the Pi-Apps source code here: https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps