diff --git a/src/invidious/videos/description.cr b/src/invidious/videos/description.cr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4c60a84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/invidious/videos/description.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+require "json"
+require "uri"
+
+def parse_command(command : JSON::Any?, string : String) : String?
+ on_tap = command.dig?("onTap", "innertubeCommand")
+
+ # 3rd party URL, extract original URL from YouTube tracking URL
+ if url_endpoint = on_tap.try &.["urlEndpoint"]?
+ youtube_url = URI.parse url_endpoint["url"].as_s
+
+ original_url = youtube_url.query_params["q"]?
+ if original_url.nil?
+ return ""
+ else
+ return "#{original_url}"
+ end
+ # 1st party watch URL
+ elsif watch_endpoint = on_tap.try &.["watchEndpoint"]?
+ video_id = watch_endpoint["videoId"].as_s
+ time = watch_endpoint["startTimeSeconds"].as_i
+
+ url = "/watch?v=#{video_id}&t=#{time}s"
+
+ # if text is a timestamp, use the string instead
+ if /(?:\d{2}:){1,2}\d{2}/ =~ string
+ return "#{string}"
+ else
+ return "#{url}"
+ end
+ # hashtag/other browse URLs
+ elsif browse_endpoint = on_tap.try &.dig?("commandMetadata", "webCommandMetadata")
+ url = browse_endpoint["url"].try &.as_s
+
+ # remove unnecessary character in a channel name
+ if browse_endpoint["webPageType"]?.try &.as_s == "WEB_PAGE_TYPE_CHANNEL"
+ name = string.match(/@[\w\d]+/)
+ if name.try &.[0]?
+ return "#{name.try &.[0]}"
+ end
+ end
+
+ return "#{string}"
+ end
+
+ return "(unknown YouTube desc command)"
+end
+
+def parse_description(desc : JSON::Any?) : String?
+ if desc.nil?
+ return ""
+ end
+
+ content = desc["content"].as_s
+ if content.empty?
+ return ""
+ end
+
+ if commands = desc["commandRuns"]?.try &.as_a
+ description = String.build do |str|
+ index = 0
+ commands.each do |command|
+ start_index = command["startIndex"].as_i
+ length = command["length"].as_i
+
+ if start_index > 0 && start_index - index > 0
+ str << content[index..(start_index - 1)]
+ index += start_index - index
+ end
+
+ str << parse_command(command, content[start_index, length])
+ index += length
+ end
+ if index < content.size
+ str << content[index..content.size]
+ end
+ end
+ return description
+ end
+
+ return content
+end
diff --git a/src/invidious/videos/parser.cr b/src/invidious/videos/parser.cr
index 608ae99d..3a342a95 100644
--- a/src/invidious/videos/parser.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/videos/parser.cr
@@ -284,8 +284,10 @@ def parse_video_info(video_id : String, player_response : Hash(String, JSON::Any
description = microformat.dig?("description", "simpleText").try &.as_s || ""
short_description = player_response.dig?("videoDetails", "shortDescription")
- description_html = video_secondary_renderer.try &.dig?("description", "runs")
- .try &.as_a.try { |t| content_to_comment_html(t, video_id) }
+ # description_html = video_secondary_renderer.try &.dig?("description", "runs")
+ # .try &.as_a.try { |t| content_to_comment_html(t, video_id) }
+
+ description_html = parse_description(video_secondary_renderer.try &.dig?("attributedDescription"))
# Video metadata