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Access Linked Videos, Channels, and Playlists
Ever watch a video and the host references another video or channel or playlist and says "The links are in the description", then get frustrated at not being able to get to those resources? Now you can.

I have modified the YouTube addon to extract links from the description and make them available. You can access the source at https://github.com/schlameel/youtube-xbmc-plugin or get the ZIP at http://github.com/schlameel/youtube-xbmc...master.zip

To access linked resources, enable it in Settings -> Advanced -> Linked Resources. Then on any video in the listing, open the context menu and, if the video has links, select 'Linked Resources'. A list of:
  • Linked Channels
  • Linked Playlists
  • Linked Videos
will appear if there are any of those categories.

Please offer any feedback, suggestions, requests, or questions.

Known Limitations:
  • Sometimes the links people put in the descriptions of their videos are bad or incorrect. For performance reasons, I don't validate the links. I've tried to make it fail gracefully.
  • English only (I retained none of my high school French)
Tested Platforms
  • Linux
    • Ubuntu 12.10
    • Linux Mint 15
  • Mac OS X 10.7.5
  • Android 4.2.2
Installation:
  1. Download the repository zip file at https://github.com/schlameel/xbmc-youtub...-1.0.1.zip
  2. Install the repository
    1. System
    2. Add-ons
    3. Install from zip file
    4. Select the downloaded zip file
  3. Video
  4. Add-ons
  5. Get More...
  6. YouTube - Linked
I'm unsure if this is the proper place for notification. I've also posted this in the YouTube Addon thread