(2025-01-09, 01:13)SrTaronja Wrote: Hello everyone,

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EDIT: Kodi version 21.1; YT addon version 7.1.1.6

Thank you in advance.

(2024-12-31, 22:04)Brainwasterjas Wrote: When I'm watching Linus Tech Tips I used yo search for it and it brought up.loads of videos, I'f then go to Channels and would get a list of channes witj LTT at the top and related channels bekow. I'd click on the LTT channel and the vid would be shown but now I ckick chsnnels and it just shows the original list of the searched videos. Can someone see iftheirs is the same.

(2025-01-07, 07:31)jim_p Wrote: I wanted to have a look on how a video is identified as short

(2025-01-07, 08:04)fatsteve Wrote: Also, I believe MoojMidge mentioned that it is being fixed in the next version.

(2025-01-09, 01:13)SrTaronja Wrote: This is the "params" value I pass, and as I say, it picks one video of the list (different each time thanks to the "shuffle" option), but one only:
{"item": {"directory":"plugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?playlist_id=PLC_**********&order=shuffle&play=1", "media":"video"}}

(2025-01-09, 13:55)SrTaronja Wrote: 1) after invoking such command with the option "audio_only=1" in the params JSON-RPC, and despite not opening any video, when executing the addon directly from the kodi's interface later on, it will play any video as "audio only", even though the corresponding addon setting is disabled (at least that's how it's displayed when consulting the settings)

(2025-01-09, 13:55)SrTaronja Wrote: 2) consulting the kodi.log I noticed that the addon processes the YT list (though it plays 1 only - or none - of the elements), but it only takes 50 elements which - I guess - is due to the "Items per page" setting; despite this setting makes sense to searches across the whole YT, I think lists should be fully processed (as it already happens when played through the kodi's UI), not limited to X elements when processed through JSON-RPC.

(2025-01-09, 13:55)SrTaronja Wrote: After updating the addon to 7.2.0.0 beta 2 now the JSON-RPC Player.Open command does not open anything (with that params value)

(2025-01-10, 01:42)MoojMidge Wrote:

(2024-12-31, 22:04)Brainwasterjas Wrote: When I'm watching Linus Tech Tips I used yo search for it and it brought up.loads of videos, I'f then go to Channels and would get a list of channes witj LTT at the top and related channels bekow. I'd click on the LTT channel and the vid would be shown but now I ckick chsnnels and it just shows the original list of the searched videos. Can someone see iftheirs is the same.

Can't replicate this. All works fine for me. Try getting a debug log showing this happening and I can take a look.

 

(2025-01-07, 07:31)jim_p Wrote: I wanted to have a look on how a video is identified as short

I don't believe there is an official way to identify a video as such, apart from checking whether it shows up in a shorts playlist.

 

(2025-01-07, 08:04)fatsteve Wrote: Also, I believe MoojMidge mentioned that it is being fixed in the next version.

The current beta version have a setting to adjust the minimum duration that the video runtime needs to be shorter than to be classified as a "Short", also includes more advanced filtering rules as detailed in https://github.com/anxdpanic/plugin.video.youtube/issues/984 if you want to adjust it further.

 

(2025-01-09, 01:13)SrTaronja Wrote: This is the "params" value I pass, and as I say, it picks one video of the list (different each time thanks to the "shuffle" option), but one only:
{"item": {"directory":"plugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?playlist_id=PLC_**********&order=shuffle&play=1", "media":"video"}}

In Kodi there is a difference between a playlist file (e.g. a m3u8 file), a directory listing, a plugin directory listing, and the actual Kodi playlist that contains the items that are currently playing.

The JSON-RPC command you are using is for a directory listing, while the plugin url you are using directly modifies the Kodi playlist.

If you want to use that plugin url format then you will need to use Addon.ExecuteAddon but you will need to provide the correct parameters for the JSON-RPC call i.e. addonid and path.

If you want to use Player.Open with a directory path then you need to provide a directory listing to it. You can do this by adding &action=list to the YouTube plugin url you are using.
 

(2025-01-09, 13:55)SrTaronja Wrote: 1) after invoking such command with the option "audio_only=1" in the params JSON-RPC, and despite not opening any video, when executing the addon directly from the kodi's interface later on, it will play any video as "audio only", even though the corresponding addon setting is disabled (at least that's how it's displayed when consulting the settings)

This parameter was intended for use through the GUI (there are various technical reasons for this but essentially the GUI is used as an means of passing information between different invocations of the plugin). When you are trying to use it without the GUI and the playback fails then the information is stored and not reset correctly. Try the latest development version, and see if it works: https://github.com/MoojMidge/plugin.video.youtube/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
 

(2025-01-09, 13:55)SrTaronja Wrote: 2) consulting the kodi.log I noticed that the addon processes the YT list (though it plays 1 only - or none - of the elements), but it only takes 50 elements which - I guess - is due to the "Items per page" setting; despite this setting makes sense to searches across the whole YT, I think lists should be fully processed (as it already happens when played through the kodi's UI), not limited to X elements when processed through JSON-RPC.

This is not a realistic expectation as a plugin does not know how it is being called. The items per page setting only applies to paginated listings. If you are playing a playlist (/play?playlist_id=xxxx) then this pagination is not used. If you are browsing through a playlist then it is used, but the plugin url format for doing so is different, and it is up to the end user to choose which url they want to use.

As mentioned above, if you want to list a full playlist add &action=list to the play playlist url.

(2025-01-09, 13:55)SrTaronja Wrote: After updating the addon to 7.2.0.0 beta 2 now the JSON-RPC Player.Open command does not open anything (with that params value)

Can you get a log of this if it still occurs when using the latest development versions?

(2025-01-10, 03:22)SrTaronja Wrote: I tried the "Addons.ExecuteAddon with the following params, but nothing was really played (kodi just navigates into the addon main screen):
{"wait":false, "addonid":"plugin.video.youtube", "params":{"action":"play_list", path"/play/", "playlist_id"="PLC_***********", "order":"shuffle"}}

I also tried with "action":"playlist" and "action":"list", but also without success, in both 7.1.1.6 and 7.2.0.0b2 versions.

(2025-01-10, 01:42)MoojMidge Wrote: If you want to use Player.Open with a directory path then you need to provide a directory listing to it. You can do this by adding &action=list to the YouTube plugin url you are using.

(2025-01-10, 04:38)MoojMidge Wrote:

(2025-01-10, 03:22)SrTaronja Wrote: I tried the "Addons.ExecuteAddon with the following params, but nothing was really played (kodi just navigates into the addon main screen):
{"wait":false, "addonid":"plugin.video.youtube", "params":{"action":"play_list", path"/play/", "playlist_id"="PLC_***********", "order":"shuffle"}}

I also tried with "action":"playlist" and "action":"list", but also without success, in both 7.1.1.6 and 7.2.0.0b2 versions.

There is no point trying random JSON-RPC and plugin parameters and value combination that you just made up - this will obviously not do anything. The easiest way is to just do this:
 

(2025-01-10, 01:42)MoojMidge Wrote: If you want to use Player.Open with a directory path then you need to provide a directory listing to it. You can do this by adding &action=list to the YouTube plugin url you are using.

(2025-01-10, 11:46)SrTaronja Wrote:

(2025-01-10, 04:38)MoojMidge Wrote:

(2025-01-10, 03:22)SrTaronja Wrote: I tried the "Addons.ExecuteAddon with the following params, but nothing was really played (kodi just navigates into the addon main screen):
{"wait":false, "addonid":"plugin.video.youtube", "params":{"action":"play_list", path"/play/", "playlist_id"="PLC_***********", "order":"shuffle"}}

I also tried with "action":"playlist" and "action":"list", but also without success, in both 7.1.1.6 and 7.2.0.0b2 versions.

There is no point trying random JSON-RPC and plugin parameters and value combination that you just made up - this will obviously not do anything. The easiest way is to just do this:
 

(2025-01-10, 01:42)MoojMidge Wrote: If you want to use Player.Open with a directory path then you need to provide a directory listing to it. You can do this by adding &action=list to the YouTube plugin url you are using.

Hello, I can confirm that "Player.Open" + adding the "&action=list" works, but - from the two versions I've been playing with - only in version 7.2.0.0b2, not in version 7.1.1.6 (where only 1 video from the list is still loaded). I have already updated the PC where I was still using 7.1.1.6
Thank you very much for your help!!!!
Just for the curiosity of learning something new, is there any place where the YT inner add-on parameters - and their possible values - for the Addons.ExecuteAddon are listed? I didn't find them (I supposed they where the same than the STRM URL ones XD).

EDIT: I also confirm that the full list is loaded (not just the 50 first elements as I feared) and that "audio_only" in the URL only takes place during that reproduction (after that, the corresponding setting is used)

(2025-01-10, 01:42)MoojMidge Wrote: [quote='Brainwasterjas' pid='3220626' dateline='1735675490']
When I'm watching Linus Tech Tips I used yo search for it and it brought up.loads of videos, I'f then go to Channels and would get a list of channes witj LTT at the top and related channels bekow. I'd click on the LTT channel and the vid would be shown but now I ckick chsnnels and it just shows the original list of the searched videos. Can someone see iftheirs is the same.

(2025-01-10, 11:46)SrTaronja Wrote: Just for the curiosity of learning something new, is there any place where the YT inner add-on parameters - and their possible values - for the Addons.ExecuteAddon are listed? I didn't find them (I supposed they where the same than the STRM URL ones XD).

(2025-01-11, 12:06)SrTaronja Wrote: for some reason the next/previous buttons on the left side, or the list one on the right (among others), are not shown (on the right side the missing buttons have been replaced by others). Despite the corresponding buttons are not available and it seems that only one video is being reproduced, the list is in fact being played (next video is properly launched when the current one finishes, also with the missing/replaced buttons)

(2025-01-13, 19:02)znemo Wrote: What am i doing wrong? Error is "Sign in to confirm you not a bot".

(2025-01-13, 19:06)Brainwasterjas Wrote: I can replicate it every time, oddly if I search in incognito mode it works fine!. I'll try and get a debimug log tonight