beardedspice/bs-strategies

Unsupported BeardedSpice Strategies

Unsupported BeardedSpice Strategies

Since adding new strategies or updating already existing strategies in the BeardedSpice release requires a comprehensive check (which sometimes cannot be performed due to technical reasons, for example, requiring a paid account or the site being in a different language), we cannot add support fully to all websites.

For this reason, it was decided to create this section, which is filled with files in a form that can be easily imported into BeardedSpice.

These files were provided by contributors and placed without a full check of their functionality. Therefore, use these strategies at your own risk.

Usage

This folder contains unsupported strategies in the form of bsstrategy files. Download the desirable file, or download zip file from latest release, or the entire repository (using the green "Clone or download" button), and then import what you want into BeardedSpice.

Files of type bsstrategy can be imported to BeadredSpice by double clicking on them, or via the "Import..." button in the "Preferences..." pane.

To Contribute

You can easily add a BeardedSpice strategy to this repository using standard pull-request practice. The file will be merged with minimal checks: no duplicates, a suitable name, and an increase in version number.

A bsstrategy file is a plain text file that contains javascript code describing a BeardedSpice strategy for a particular site.

You can export the strategies used in the BeardedSpice app and use them as a template for changes or for creating a brand new strategy: ("Preferences..." -> "Media Controllers:" -> "Export...").

Also the Developer How-To Guide has information on how to create (or update) a strategy, mainly in the Writing a Media Strategy section.

Main Repository

BeardedSpice application repository

bs-strategies's Issues

Allow for Native Strategies (if possible)

For example, my M1 Mackbooks can use YouTube Music and Spotify iOS apps (via sideloading them). They're much better and faster than web apps. In macOS 11.0 the media keys actually controlled the apps, but that broke in 11.1 and onwards (still broken on 11.4).

Aside from it breaking tho, the music apps are announcing their data and allowed to be controlled. Whether that's exclusive to Apple or can be handled via a custom Bearded Spice strategy, I don't know. But I'm hoping someone might.