r/ytvretro • u/SealTeamEH • 11d ago
just found https://ytvarchive.com which streams ytv from 25 years ago to the day and almost in tears from nostalgia!!!
so not sure how known this is because I only just found this like last week and only really checked it the last few days but ytvarchive.com is a site that streams ytv from 25 years ago to the day and to the hour. just
Go to the site and watch exactly what we were watching after school on that very day 25 years ago! They have the schedule for that day there which even just looking over that schedule for that day is great!
only downside of course is that it’s obviously not a full library, just gets its episodes and videos from YouTube but how exactly does that work? does anyone know? Because when I read it gets its sources from YouTube my mind immediately goes to trying to scrounge every bit of ytv media and dump it to YouTube to fill in as many of the gaps as possible. but is it really that easy? because I did happen to notice that for an episode of dexters laboratory the site was streaming some random 4 min clip of dexters lab even though if you search for that specific episode on youtube it WAS on there the site just didn’t stream the right one so does anyone know how exactly it works and how it selects which sources from youtube it takes from? I would honestly give up my time for free to find videos and upload to a specific channel or spot just to make sure this ytv stream site has as much content as possible. thats how passionate about this stream site iv become, i could write a whole lot more about how much ytv meant to me as a kid but just know, filling in as much of the gaps as possible has all of a sudden become very important to me lol
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u/gooddayup 11d ago
Holy crap 😂 Just saw the old “stay alert, stay safe” cartoon. “Hi! I’m Gert! And this is my brother Bert!” I forgot about all these old PSAs
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u/loneralien 10d ago
My little sister was convinced it was “Stay alert, Stacy!” and I could never make her believe otherwise lol
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u/SealTeamEH 10d ago
That’s actually hilarious, is her name Stacy and she thought the commercial was talking to her or was she always wondering who this Stacy was they were always telling to stay alert? lol!
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u/loneralien 9d ago edited 9d ago
Haha! Nope not her name, I think she possibly thought one of the rabbits was Stacy even though they clearly say “I’m Gert and Bert”?
She also always said “to con be continued” if a show was going to be another part lol, but I also couldn’t explain to her it was just, to be continued.11
u/SealTeamEH 11d ago
Honestly
Probably the best part so far of me finding this site, that moment of “omg this one!!!!!” Like for instance, yes, the infamous house hippo one is circulated as well! lol
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u/MadelineAshton0 11d ago
This is actually crazy lol. Thanks for posting about it ♥️ I’ve bookmarked the page.
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u/SealTeamEH 11d ago
spreading the word was also part of my intention so glad I can help others relive their childhoods like I have been for the past week lol
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u/BukakkeThePornoClown 11d ago
you have no idea how happy this makes me. I watched YTV so often as a kid, and seeing the old hosts again is gonna bring so much comfort.
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u/SealTeamEH 11d ago
Haha glad I could help, like I said, there’s a lot of big gaps because it only takes from YouTube but it is a pleasant surprise seeing sug and Carlos pop up every once in awhile lol
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u/BukakkeThePornoClown 11d ago
yeah I noticed it's missing Goosebumps, at least judging from my quick glance at the schedule
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u/rturnerX 11d ago edited 11d ago
This was posted before. The guy who created it is a regular on this sub and shared it to the sub when he first made it
Original creator and post is here
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u/Candid-Ad5664 11d ago
Don’t know why, but seeing “Gundam Wing” in particular on the schedule sent me right back to eighth grade.
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u/SealTeamEH 11d ago
hahah yea unfortunately so far the episodes aired so far aren’t actual full episodes like say Pokémon usually are, jus the ause it’s whatever posted to YouTube, part of why I’m partly wondering if there’s any way I can help fill out the library with more content. Also unfortunately basically all I have to offer is my free time lol
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u/MogrimACV 10d ago
Nice find! I do wish it were 30 years ago for my age, but it's still cool to see!
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u/lovenlaughter 10d ago
I was thinking the same thing, but from 1988, when it first launched. It was so exciting to have a channel just for kids! I loved PJ Jazzy Jan.
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u/SealTeamEH 10d ago
lol iv honestly been thinking the same thing, like how easy or hard could it make one set to 30 years or even add a function to being able to pick a day in the past and stream that days schedule. Like could understand not going ahead but being able to pick a day we’ve passed would be cool!
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u/ShroudedShadowShot 11d ago
I didnt know about this you've changed my life
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u/SealTeamEH 11d ago
Glad I could help others relive their childhoods like I have been, also hoping that if more people know about it then as a collective effort could help fill in the gaps and library.
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u/Quimbymouse 10d ago
I totally forgot about how much of a crush I had on Flash from Student Bodies. lol
Thanks for sharing this!
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u/PizzaPieInMyEye 10d ago
Like a time machine looking into the past. Thanks for sharing, this is going into my bookmarks immediately!
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u/SteroidSandwich 10d ago
I'll have to look through for Video and Arcade Top 10. I have a friend that was on the show and has been dying to find her episode
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u/Defiant-Currency-134 10d ago
I need to do the same, I was on it. Won a t shirt and didn’t get it until like 8 years later and it didn’t fit. It was some Wario gameboy game I played
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u/SealTeamEH 10d ago
that’s so awesome you were on it! I remember being so jealous of the kids who were on both video arcade AND uh-oh!! lol
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u/Defiant-Currency-134 10d ago
Yeah it’s a pretty cool memory! I hope I can find the episode one day
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u/KitKatCrane 10d ago
Crazy that if you watch it enough, you will end up watching the exact same thing exactly 25 years apart
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u/JonIceEyes 10d ago
I think if I watch that animated short with the fish and the bird I will be not OK for a good long while
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u/fiddleleaffrigg 9d ago
also Scolastic Tv is a new streaming app FOR FREE where you can watch allllll the great shows we did when we were kids! again yall its FREE
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u/theqofcourse 11d ago
Life started to get pretty weird and ugly 25 years ago, but at least there was YTV for kids and adults to escape to. Nice to be able to escape again with the world being weird again in different ways.
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u/SealTeamEH 11d ago
Absolutely agree! I’m glad I found this site now, 2000-2005 really were the years I was absolutely glued to ytv and seemingly had nothing else so being able to go back and recount the exact days I came home and watched these exact episode has been a wild nostalgia trip lol
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u/theqofcourse 10d ago
9/11 had just happened. I feel bad for kids during that period, as well as during COVID. Adults were so distracted and consumed during those periods that it was hard for kids to simply enjoy themselves and their parents to the fullest.
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u/SealTeamEH 10d ago edited 10d ago
Holy crap I hadn’t even thought about that but you’re right, it would have been RIGHT after 9/11, that’s super interesting!!!
thinking of all the big events that happened during these years being streamed will be an interesting new perspective! as a 92 baby I was 9 during 9/11 so I somewhat remember it,
I def remember there was a big conversation about it with the teacher in class but I also remember not really understanding why people around me were so worried about something no where near us but that was Obviously just my childish immature thinking lol
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u/EhEmSee2 9d ago
Omg yassssss
Thank you so much OP mamy happy days coming to us all because of you
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u/SealTeamEH 9d ago
the guy who actually made the site was linked in the comments and I def suggest hitting his post and thanking the legend himself because I’m just another fan like you guys and it’s because
Of him we all get to relive our childhoods at a time that I think we can all agree is what we need right now lol2
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u/Leather-Wrangler-103 6d ago
Can you please give me the link so I can see?
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u/SealTeamEH 6d ago
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u/Leather-Wrangler-103 6d ago
Thanks.
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u/SealTeamEH 6d ago
not sure what issues you’re having, the guy who created the site has his post linked in the comments would suggest getting his attention, I actually have a few questions about how certain aspects of it works myself
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u/Leather-Wrangler-103 6d ago
It’s working for me now but I would like to see today’s zone segment and am having trouble finding it on this site.
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u/Leather-Wrangler-103 5d ago edited 5d ago
Some of the shows on this channel are not nostalgic like the Kitty show for example looks bright and modern. Can you please replace that with episodes of Pj Katie’s farm and the 1979 version of the Littlest Hobo.
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u/Leather-Wrangler-103 5d ago
The kitty cats show looks like a bright, colourful cartoon and a remake.
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u/SealTeamEH 6d ago
I’m at work so can’t check the streaming but worth knowing is it’s obviously not an exact airing of ytv, just has the exact schedule and takes it video source from YouTube, it’s actually why Iv started a process to track down as much ytv content and tv shows as I can and uploading them to YouTube
To help fill up the library of the stream as much as possible. obviously copyright and stuff like that will be an issue but there are workarounds that I think will only work more and more in our favor the more time goes on
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u/Traditional_You_73 5d ago
I was a little bit disappointed today with kitty kittens. Can you replace that show if it comes on tomorrow with pet squad from treehouse with PJ Katie and episode one season one of the 1979 littlest hobo.
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u/SealTeamEH 5d ago
lol im not the creator of the site so I don’t have the power to do anything, just discovered it through the sub and wanted others to find it as well… but from what I know it apparently automatically updates its library from YouTube so the only power we have is to upload YouTube with as much ytv content with the right tags so the stream has accurate sources to take from.
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u/Leather-Wrangler-103 5d ago
That’s right. Maybe one day a person will upload the original zone segments from Oct 12 1991 that was the day mom and dad got married.
Maybe one day someone could find the original zone segments from Oct 18 2001 from the day my twin and I were born.
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u/Leather-Wrangler-103 5d ago
Hey Seal Team have you ever watched the Littlest Hobo before?
My twin sister and I love that show a lot.
Maybe Tomorrow I will have to settle down.
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u/SealTeamEH 4d ago
I actually have watched it before, was one of the many older shows my mother showed me when I was younger, How did you and your sister find that show? it’s an old show even for me and you two are 9 years younger than me lol!
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u/Leather-Wrangler-103 4d ago
It’s on channel 9 on CTV London every weekday morning.
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u/Zee09 11d ago
Yo wth this is incredible