(defun jw-youtube-search (words)
  "

words is a string with some search words.  Interactively, it
prompts for them.

This program runs yt-dlp to search youtube for videos, and
returns some results in a text window.  Then you select one of
them and go C-c C-o on it, and it plays the video in your web
browser.  Without all the ads.

Of course this thing only works if you already got the yt-dlp
program working on your computer.

I tried this program on windows and ubuntu computers, and it
worked both places.

joneworlds@mailbox.org

"  
  (interactive "ssearch words: ")
  (let
      ((youtube-output
        (get-buffer-create "*youtubedlout*"))
       (youtube-search-results
        (get-buffer-create "*youtube-search-results*"))
       (search-results 5)
       (lines-in-each-result 4))
    (with-current-buffer youtube-output (erase-buffer))
    (with-current-buffer youtube-search-results
      (setq buffer-read-only nil) (erase-buffer))
    (shell-command
     (format (concat "yt-dlp  -f 18 -eg "
                     "--get-duration --get-thumbnail " ;; " -j "
                     "ytsearch%s:\"%s\"")
             search-results words)
     youtube-output)
    (with-current-buffer youtube-search-results
      (switch-to-buffer (current-buffer))
      (dotimes (i search-results)
        (let (title duration url picture)
          (let
              ((line-n (lambda (n)
                         (buffer-substring
                          (line-beginning-position
                           (+ n (* i lines-in-each-result)))
                          (line-end-position
                           (+ n (* i lines-in-each-result)))))))
            (with-current-buffer youtube-output
              (setq title (funcall line-n 1))
              (setq duration (funcall line-n 4 ))
              (setq url (funcall line-n 2))
              (setq picture (funcall line-n 3))))
          (let ((upload-date nil))
            (goto-char (point-min))
            (newline)
            (insert (format "* (%s) [[%s][%s]]"
                            duration url title))            
            (newline)))))
    (switch-to-buffer youtube-search-results)
    (delete-other-windows)
    (unless (eq major-mode 'org-mode) (org-mode))
    (setq buffer-read-only t)))