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alexcan · 2016-03-04, 19:05

(2016-03-04, 16:00)DarrenHill Wrote: One other thought/feature request suggestion, whilst this add-on is being worked on intensively before (hopefully) an update to the official repo.

How much work would it be to add a "use personal API key" option in the settings, with if selected pop-up box or entry line to enter your own YouTube API key to be used in place of the new default one (or pool of them, if that ever got implemented)?

At the moment the default new API key is working fine, but I fear once we get a repo upload and everyone starts using it we'll risk being back in the situation of API key overload and quota limits again. So it would be perhaps useful to allow the use of individual personal API keys without having to hack the add-on to enter them manually (and to repeat doing so every time it updates).

it's easy to add personal key in setting files, but it is not easy to input such a string as "AIzaSyAaDrlCyfrLe5sDXlYluPROB0Hsl2YwTPA" correctly

alexcan · 2016-03-04, 19:19

Are we still struggling with the API key issue after 100 pages discussion?

Now I have a new issue.

After 2 years super smooth and excellent playing, recently I found Kodi Youtube need very long buffer time to play 720P video.
It doesn't happen every time but quite often now.
no this kind of issue on SD video.
it seems only exist on my android box which chipset is AMLogic S802, Android 4.4, and Kodi is 14.2
anyone have any idea?
thanks

quan3t · 2016-03-04, 19:30

how do I force a relogin/activate? I install version .1 from Kolifanes after I deleted my data folder but am still running into issue. When I open my saved playlist it gave me error. I have the Sign Out enabled in setting but I don't see the button to sign out. Thanks

**jdf76** · Out of memory: 1 Aug 2020

oh, i misunderstood. once you delete the folder you'll just have the sign-in option. also if you go to addon and and highlight the youtube plugin you can hit C and then select addon settings, that should take you back to the setup.

Jeff

quan3t · 2016-03-04, 19:42

(2016-03-04, 19:35)jdf76 Wrote: oh, i misunderstood. once you delete the folder you'll just have the sign-in option. also if you go to addon and and highlight the youtube plugin you can hit C and then select addon settings, that should take you back to the setup.

Jeff

Even after I delete the data folder, it doesn't give me option to sign in/out.. I ran the setup wizard but all it ask for is the language and region.

**jdf76** · 2016-03-04, 19:57

ok lets just go all the way then, Lets delete

$KODI/userdata/addon_data/plugin.video.youtube folder

$KODI/addons/plugin.video.youtube

restart kodi.

What that will essentially do is delete youtube from your system completely.

Then reinstall the plugin from https://github.com/Kolifanes/plugin.vide...e/releases

you should be gold at that point, if it still doesn't work go ahead and get the kodi.log file.

see http://kodi.wiki/view/Log_file/Easy

Jeff

TMonte87 · 2016-03-04, 21:43

(2016-03-04, 19:57)jdf76 Wrote: ok lets just go all the way then, Lets delete

$KODI/userdata/addon_data/plugin.video.youtube folder

$KODI/addons/plugin.video.youtube

restart kodi.

What that will essentially do is delete youtube from your system completely.

Then reinstall the plugin from https://github.com/Kolifanes/plugin.vide...e/releases

you should be gold at that point, if it still doesn't work go ahead and get the kodi.log file.

see http://kodi.wiki/view/Log_file/Easy

Jeff

Is it possible to add the github as a repo or is that a negative??

xenyz · 2016-03-05, 01:13

(2016-03-04, 21:43)TMonte87 Wrote: Is it possible to add the github as a repo or is that a negative??

It is possible, that's how the Quasar add-on updates itself.

TMonte87 · 2016-03-05, 01:16

I usually add repo by file..Is there another way??

RedPenguin · 2016-03-05, 01:19

(2016-03-04, 19:57)jdf76 Wrote: ok lets just go all the way then, Lets delete

$KODI/userdata/addon_data/plugin.video.youtube folder

$KODI/addons/plugin.video.youtube

restart kodi.

What that will essentially do is delete youtube from your system completely.

Then reinstall the plugin from https://github.com/Kolifanes/plugin.vide...e/releases

you should be gold at that point, if it still doesn't work go ahead and get the kodi.log file.

see http://kodi.wiki/view/Log_file/Easy

Jeff

Just wanted to say thanks. I know this was meant to another person, but my YouTube addon refused to play Live streams and showed other odd symptoms. Doing this worked great for me, as Kodi refused to uninstall YT as other addons depend on it.

**jdf76** · 2016-03-05, 01:21

I think the owner of the github has to create the repo if i'm not mistaken and i couldn't answer that for him.

(2016-03-05, 01:16)TMonte87 Wrote: I usually add repo by file..Is there another way??

No problem, i'm glad to help!

(2016-03-05, 01:19)RedPenguin Wrote:
(2016-03-04, 19:57)jdf76 Wrote: ok lets just go all the way then, Lets delete

$KODI/userdata/addon_data/plugin.video.youtube folder

$KODI/addons/plugin.video.youtube

restart kodi.

What that will essentially do is delete youtube from your system completely.

Then reinstall the plugin from https://github.com/Kolifanes/plugin.vide...e/releases

you should be gold at that point, if it still doesn't work go ahead and get the kodi.log file.

see http://kodi.wiki/view/Log_file/Easy

Jeff

Just wanted to say thanks. I know this was meant to another person, but my YouTube addon refused to play Live streams and showed other odd symptoms. Doing this worked great for me, as Kodi refused to uninstall YT as other addons depend on it.

**[Ad0]** · 2016-03-05, 01:50

(2016-03-03, 23:39)nickr Wrote:
(2016-03-03, 12:26)[Ad0] Wrote: Kodi with broken YouTube support, ffs! This should be an integral part of kodi.

Users with entitlement issues. FFS.

Yup, world has changed / moved forward. Media centers have gone from being only for the bedroom coders and hackers who can cope to mainstream and the average Joe.
I suppose you don't have a spouse or children who can't download a zip and patch software addons by hand. I know it's open source and not your fault, but constantly babysitting / maintaining something isn't cool, it's just annoying. That being said, YouTube addon has been stable for a long time.

DarkHelmet · 2016-03-05, 02:00

This might be an unrealistic idea but has Google ever been approached with providing an addon for Kodi? Kodi made it to the play store so they might have a general idea about it even though play store and youtube are different departments.

nickr · 2016-03-05, 02:31

Youtube would probably want to include the ads.

DarkHelmet · (This post was last modified: 2016-03-05, 02:55 by DarkHelmet.)

Yeah. I could live that if that's the price of a stable and reliable addon. I mean adds are after all part of the business model of youtube.