[otinley]

JNRW,

Not asking would be a quiet way to be 'sounding thick'.

Look here:

https://imgur.com/a/5h1RUTf

Hope it helps.

[JNRW]

OK, found the page and altered it correctly. Signed in but only once as it said success go to your device. So I opened YT in Kodi and started the set up wizard which on the second step threw up a window headed HTTP Server in which it said Waiting for network to connect. I am definitely connected to the internet.

Unfortunately the bot notification comes up again. I am obviously missing something. I am extremely grateful to you both,@otinley and @kaminix, for your help and patience.

[otinley]

OK, found the page and altered it correctly. Signed in but only once as it said success go to your device. So I opened YT in Kodi and started the set up wizard which on the second step threw up a window headed HTTP Server in which it said Waiting for network to connect. I am definitely connected to the internet.

Unfortunately the bot notification comes up again. I am obviously missing something. I am extremely grateful to you both,@otinley and @kaminix, for your help and patience.

I will admit that the console is not user friendly, it is for developers after all.
And it is really difficult for anyone to provide assistance remotely when one can't see what you are doing.
Try again, the 'publishing' part had eluded you, what else could be amiss?

New doc: https://github.com/anxdpanic/plugin.vide...2613975245

[kaminix]

OK, found the page and altered it correctly. Signed in but only once as it said success go to your device. So I opened YT in Kodi and started the set up wizard which on the second step threw up a window headed HTTP Server in which it said Waiting for network to connect. I am definitely connected to the internet.

Unfortunately the bot notification comes up again. I am obviously missing something. I am extremely grateful to you both,@otinley and @kaminix, for your help and patience.

Hi JNRW, if you are only getting to sign in once then you are probably still on version 7.1.1.6. You need to have the newer beta versions installed to sign in properly. And if you do have the correct version installed and it reads "success go to your device" after the first sign in you still need to go back to your device which should be showing you a different new device code which you need to use to sign in a second time and go to the advance word at the bottom of the screen like previously mentioned.

[JNRW]

OK, found the page and altered it correctly. Signed in but only once as it said success go to your device. So I opened YT in Kodi and started the set up wizard which on the second step threw up a window headed HTTP Server in which it said Waiting for network to connect. I am definitely connected to the internet.

Unfortunately the bot notification comes up again. I am obviously missing something. I am extremely grateful to you both,@otinley and @kaminix, for your help and patience.

Hi JNRW, if you are only getting to sign in once then you are probably still on version 7.1.1.6. You need to have the newer beta versions installed to sign in properly. And if you do have the correct version installed and it reads "success go to your device" after the first sign in you still need to go back to your device which should be showing you a different new device code which you need to use to sign in a second time and go to the advance word at the bottom of the screen like previously mentioned.

SUCCESS! I was and am using 7.2.0 beta 5 but the need to sign in twice with the new code had evaded me. I would never have found it without your help. If I could uptick you and @otinley a hundred times I would. I am “chuffed to bits”, to use an obscure English expression on this international forum.

Many thanks again. Great stuff.

[kaminix]

OK, found the page and altered it correctly. Signed in but only once as it said success go to your device. So I opened YT in Kodi and started the set up wizard which on the second step threw up a window headed HTTP Server in which it said Waiting for network to connect. I am definitely connected to the internet.

Unfortunately the bot notification comes up again. I am obviously missing something. I am extremely grateful to you both,@otinley and @kaminix, for your help and patience.

Hi JNRW, if you are only getting to sign in once then you are probably still on version 7.1.1.6. You need to have the newer beta versions installed to sign in properly. And if you do have the correct version installed and it reads "success go to your device" after the first sign in you still need to go back to your device which should be showing you a different new device code which you need to use to sign in a second time and go to the advance word at the bottom of the screen like previously mentioned.

SUCCESS! I was and am using 7.2.0 beta 5 but the need to sign in twice with the new code had evaded me. I would never have found it without your help. If I could uptick you and @otinley a hundred times I would. I am “chuffed to bits”, to use an obscure English expression on this international forum.

Many thanks again. Great stuff.

Awesome JNRW, yes it's always the tiniest thing that was missed that ends up fixing the issue. The people on here have been very helpful and glad I could pass along what I had learned from them. Cheers

[SpottedDog]

I am using Kodi Matrix on a Linux Mint 22 PC.I am having problems logging onto Youtube with an error message “Login Failed:Unkown Reponse” poping up after I choose sign in. Just before the error I get a popup asking me to enable two applications to authenicate but I get no codes.
Steps I tried
I upgraded Youtube from the repository version to version 7.1.1.6
I created a new project on the developers page and entered the keys into the addon using file manager
Here is my Kodi log
https://pastebin.com/w8HUkGRn

[otinley]

@SpottedDog 
You missed updating to 7.20 Beta 5 as well I guess.

https://github.com/MoojMidge/plugin.vide...e/releases

[Patkino]

[quote='Patkino' pid='3223055' dateline='1737582944']
"recieving 378498288... objects". This exact thing happens only on betas.
Is ther a way to fix it?

 Ve figured out, that endless counter is the Addon loading "Recommendations".
Just cannot stop doing this. As my Arctic Fuse 2 skin has Yotube recommendations widget at the homepage - this starts as soon as skin reloads the widget.
It didnt happen on stable versions, but happens on every beta.
How i can manually restrict a certain amount of recommendations loaded by the addon?

[SpottedDog]

@SpottedDog 
You missed updating to 7.20 Beta 5 as well I guess.

https://github.com/MoojMidge/plugin.vide...e/releases

Tried upgrading to 7.20 Beta 5 and same result. I did keep the config settings when I unistalled the old version
EDIT:Success. I ran the setup up page again and it works...Thanks

[jbrid]

Yes, it is now required to provide a Google account in order to use API keys, as Google has recently started asking who belongs to its testers that have access to the Developer API keys.

I see the danger that some Google accounts could be suspended if they believe they are violating community guidelines. This particularly affects users who, as No-Premium users, permanently watch YouTube videos without ads. A suspension on the main account can have serious consequences. There would be no access to photos taken with the phone, phone contacts, since these are also synchronized with Google's servers. All purchased apps would also be at risk. They can now track in detail which account user is doing this.

Therefore, I recommend creating a separate Google account for using KODI in conjunction with the YouTube add-on.

Thanks for bringing this up. Is there a precedent for this happening like this? Meaning, would Google suspend an account without warning for violating community guidelines? Also, is using an API key to access YT through a third-party app such as this one a violation?

[Alyyy]

@MoojMidge

What method are you talking about ? Because I tried but it doesn't work. If you have to try several techniques it will be complicated.

[Luterin]

@Luterin - both your issues are caused by the same thing - you are either not using any OAuth credentials or are trying to use OAuth credentials and/or sign in using a Google account that does not have a YouTube account associated with it. The snippet you have provided of a non-debug log is insufficient to provide any more assistance.

It has been working fine for a vey long time with my keys, but suddenly it stopped working. Perhaps something changed with the keys and/or account? I know I have an unusual account since my YouTube account is on my Google Account, but not the default account. So my Gmail is one thing and my YouTube is another thing. This is since my YouTube account is really old and it became like this when they merged YouTube and Google accounts. When I click my account icon in YouTube I can select "Switch Account" and there I see both my old YouTube account, which is the one I am still using for YouTube, and my Google account, which is used for pretty much everything else Google related, but not YouTube.

I've had issues before with this and I never bothered to move all my things from the YouTube part of the account to the Google part, since that would require tons of manual work.

I will try to make new credentials during the week, and if that does not work I will post a full debug log and see if there is anything you can figure out.

EDIT:
I just tried again, and now all the playlists are working again, including my "Watch Later KODI", but it is still not integrated into the "Watch Later" feature of the YouTube addon, so I might go ahead and make new credentials anyway.

[DjDiabolik]

The answer is no.

However to anyone worried about their device spontaneously combusting because the CPU usage has increaased you can enable YouTube addon > Settings > Advanced > HTTP Server > Stream redirect.

No support is offered for use of this setting, enable at your own risk.

If you do end up get blocked again because you enabled this setting, too bad, but at least you can take some solace in knowing that your CPU usage will be much less because you won't be able to watch anything using this addon.

If I understand correctly i can made a little recap of situation:
When you start to obtain the message "Sign in to verify you are not a BOT" you are already blocked. In that case use the actual 7.2.0 beta 4 can help you to bypass this block. is this correct?

at the same time if you use the 7.2.0 beta 4 can help you or prevent your ip it's been blocking.. but all this currently requires a slightly higher CPU usage than in the past (unless YouTube decides to backtrack and remove some unnecessary added controls on its platform).

Although at the same time I don't understand why..... why youtube? It allows us to create and use our "API Keys" but for those who do so you are simply putting a spoke in their wheels. lol..the situation is ironic.

[MoojMidge]

None of the discussion seems to address this particular error.

Please take the time to read through the recent posts, or at least perform a search:
https://forum.kodi.tv/search.php?action=...d+code+401.

It has been discussed numerous times already. See https://github.com/anxdpanic/plugin.vide...2613975245 - you haven't completed step 8.2

Hi, sorry I could not find the answer in this long thread.
...
How do I get the second request to login?

Please take the time to read through the recent posts. Three posts before yours is this:

The two device code prompts are in the current beta version. The first one is not actually used for anything, but if you are only seeing one then that means you are still using v7.1.1.6

Now that the Youtube app is signed in and working on the Android does the Google/Chrome app outside of Kodi on the Android need to remain signed in?

No, you do not need to remain signed in on the web browser once the sign in process has been completed in Kodi.

It didnt happen on stable versions, but happens on every beta.
How i can manually restrict a certain amount of recommendations loaded by the addon?

The same thing has occurred since the recommendations were re-enabled around a year ago. The only difference now is that there is a background progress dialog because it can take a long time to populate. There is currently no pagination of recommendations.

Meaning, would Google suspend an account without warning for violating community guidelines? Also, is using an API key to access YT through a third-party app such as this one a violation?

It is unrelated to community guidelines, but you will need to do your own research as to whether usage in this manner meets the required of the YouTube Data API ToS https://developers.google.com/youtube/te...of-service

Note that the account that you use to create API access for the addon, use of which is goverened by the ToS, does not need to be the same account that is used to login i.e. your YouTube account

Do not take this as a definitive statement, recommendation, or advise (legal or otherwise) regarding the applicability of the ToS to your usage of the addon. The addon code is offerred under the terms of the GPL-2.0 license.

Can't comment any further on this matter either.

I know I have an unusual account since my YouTube account is on my Google Account, but not the default account. So my Gmail is one thing and my YouTube is another thing. This is since my YouTube account is really old and it became like this when they merged YouTube and Google accounts.

Yes, this is the problem, as mentioned before. You are trying to login or using OAuth credentials for a Google account that does not have a YouTube account associated with it, so you cannot access anything associated with your YouTube account such as your Watch Later playlist.

You can create the API keys and OAuth details using your Google account, but the user account that you authorise as a test user and/or use to login with needs to be your YouTube account. I think - there are definitely issues with this but you will need to test it out for yourself.


@DjDiabolik - there are various blocks that have been implemented. The higher CPU usage during playback is actually unrelated to the bot verification error that occurs before playback. They are two different things, and one or both can apply.


To everyone providing help and guidance to others in this thread - you have my thanks for the assistance.