[misty01]

I found this in my Raspberry Pi2 with OSMC:

Code:

osmc@osmc:~$ ls -la .kodi/userdata/addon_data/
total 48
drwxr-xr-x 12 osmc osmc 4096 Feb 29 13:25 .
drwxr-xr-x  9 osmc osmc 4096 Nov  1 17:47 ..
drwxr-xr-x  3 osmc osmc 4096 Nov  1 00:58 net.rieter.xot
drwxr-xr-x  3 osmc osmc 4096 Feb 29 13:23 plugin.video.nasa
drwxr-xr-x  2 osmc osmc 4096 Feb 29 13:25 plugin.video.ted.talks
drwxr-xr-x  2 osmc osmc 4096 Jun  9  2015 plugin.video.tv3play.dk
drwxr-xr-x  3 osmc osmc 4096 Feb 29 13:24 plugin.video.youtube
drwxr-xr-x  2 osmc osmc 4096 Jun  9  2015 script.module.buggalo
drwxr-xr-x  2 osmc osmc 4096 Jun  9  2015 script.module.osmcsetting.pi
drwxr-xr-x  2 osmc osmc 4096 Jun 10  2015 script.module.osmcsetting.updates
drwxr-xr-x  2 osmc osmc 4096 Jun  9  2015 script.skinshortcuts
drwxr-xr-x  2 osmc osmc 4096 Nov  1 17:48 script.xbmcbackup

Notice the sub-directory addon_data where it all resides.
I am here trying to figure out why the youtube video does not work....
Do I have to install youtube in another way than from inside KODI?
Why in that case?

Did you manually unzipped the downloaded file and put it into the kodi/userdata/addon_data/ folder? This is not where the downloaded addon will install. Yes you will have kodi/userdata/addon/plugin.video.youtube after you install properly via zip method. Kodi creates it automatically at first run of the addon. The youtube folder in userdata/addon is used to hold individual addon settings only. Delete that folder, then install using install from zip method (see below).

so, i'm confused, i'm on a fiestick , what is the addy i would have to put in to install from zip? to fix this

tia

DO NOT unzip the downloaded file and try to install it manually. There are reasons why you might have to unzip and manually install, but this is NOT one of those cases.
If you have youtube already installed with a lower version number, then install from zip will overwrite the current installation.

Install from zip...

Kodi Main screen > System > Settings > Add-ons > Install from zip file

Navigate to where ever you downloaded the zip file.