[jmh2002]

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS & USEFUL INFORMATION

* PERSONAL API KEYS - EXTRA INFO

* Why do I get "Daily Limit Quota Exceeded" Errors when I try to use the YouTube addon?

The YouTube addon uses the Google API to access YouTube. 
There are "API Keys" for this, but these keys have a fixed daily quota, and these keys are shared between all the users. 
The addon contains some magic to help with this, however the addon is very popular so the quota is still sometimes reached. 

The best solution is to make your own set of Personal API Keys.

* Please use my Instructions in Post #2 above to create your own YouTube Personal API Keys.

This will totally fix any "Daily Limit Quota Exceeded" errors, and it will also reduce the load on the shared keys for other users.

* HOW TO TEST IF YOUR PERSONAL API KEYS ARE WORKING:

- Restart Kodi, go to YouTube > My Subscriptions
- Click HERE - https://console.cloud.google.com/home/dashboard
- You should see a 'spike' on the API Requests graph with the date and time that you retrieved My Subscriptions
NB: sometimes there is a delay and you might need to wait for the Dashboard page to update. But normally it's instant.



* HOW TO VIEW YOUR PERSONAL API QUOTA DAILY USAGE HISTORY:

- Click HERE - https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/api/youtube/usage





* WHY DO I NEED TO ACTIVATE THE YOUTUBE ADDON TWICE?

This is necessary because you are activating different parts of YouTube:
- One is for My Subscriptions
- The Other is for the rest of YouTube

* RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOMMENDED, and RECOMMENDED FOR YOU

Recommendations is not the same as Recommended or Recommended for You, currently Recommendations is the only one working that I know of - anxdpanic (http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=...pid2455455)

* HOW TO USE THE CUSTOM WATCH LATER and CUSTOM HISTORY FEATURE

* The YouTube API no longer supports the full use of Watch Later and History preventing correct syncing and editing.
But the YouTube addon has a work around to enable you to use Playlists that you create instead.
NB:
With this method both Watch Later and History will be totally separate between Kodi and YouTube on the web.
But, both are standard Playlists so you can of course still view these via YouTube on the web (or your mobile device)
To use Watch Later, manually add videos. For History, your videos will be automatically added. Editing works per normal.

* To Use this Feature do the Following:
- Click HERE: https://www.youtube.com > Library > New Playlist (The name does not matter, eg: My Watch Later)
- Copy and Save the Playlist ID. You will need this later.
(the Playlist ID is the alphanumeric code that you will now see in the address bar of your browser after: playlist?list=)

- Repeat the procedure to create another New Playlist  (The name does not matter, eg: My History)
- Copy and Save the Playlist ID. You will need this later.

* After Creating your New Playlists on youtube.com:
- Go to the YouTube Addon > Settings > Folders
- Enter the Playlist IDs where you see Custom Watch Later Playlist ID, and Custom History Playlist ID > Click OK
* OR
- With Kodi shut down, Paste both Playlist IDs into: Kodi / userdata / addon_data / plugin.video.youtube / settings.xml
in the following lines of code:

<setting id="youtube.folder.watch_later.playlist" value="Playlist ID" />
<setting id="youtube.folder.history.playlist" value="Playlist ID" />

* WHY CAN'T I CHOOSE THE VIEW IN THE ADDON SETTINGS ANYMORE?
* WHY DO I ONLY HAVE 'LIST', 'BIG LIST' & 'THUMBNAIL' VIEWS AVAILABLE NOW?
* HOW CAN I SET THE 'MEDIA INFO' VIEW AGAIN?

As part of ongoing improvements and corrections of hacks and work arounds Team Kodi is now enforcing a previously existing policy that Views should be set by Skins, not by Addons. YouTube v5.3.6 onwards was updated to comply with this policy.

^^^ This is why you can't set the view in the addon settings anymore.

NB: To set Views inside your Skin open the 'Side Blade' on the left hand side (stock Kodi Confluence Skin).

Team Kodi is now also enforcing a policy that videos from addons like YouTube are not TV Show type 'Episodes'. 
YouTube and similar addons now need to Set Content Type as "Videos".

^^^ This is why only 'List', 'Big List', and 'Thumbnail' views are available now.

Changes have been pushed to github for the Confluence Skin by Team Kodi member @Hitcher (thanks Hitcher!) to allow the Media Info view to be available (again) to addons such as YouTube that will now need to Set Content Type as "Videos".

This official change should also now be adopted by Skin Developers to complete the policy changes and make everything work like before (except in line with this enforcement, views will be set by skins, and not by addons).

* How can I set the 'Media Info' View again?

Your Skin probably needs updating first. Please inform your Skin Developer about these changes and refer them to this FAQ.

NB: 
As temporary work around users may install the 'Unofficial' YouTube version from Post #1 on Page 1 of this thread. 
This will give you back the possibility to chose the view in the addon settings.

For technical reference (for Skin and Addon Developers) I will also put further links regarding this subject here:

- GitHub Discussion
- Summary Discussion in the YouTube thread
- Thread by @phil65: "Heads-up: How to deal with content types / media types"

* WHY DOESN'T THE MARK AS WATCHED / UNWATCHED 'TICK' WORK ANYMORE?

This is a consequence of the above changes that require the YouTube addon to Set Content Type as "Videos".
Due to a bug the 'Mark as Watched / UnWatched Tick' doesn't seem to be available to Content Type "Videos"
This should be solved when Skins are updated and/or any necessary background changes are made to Kodi.

NB: Some Skin Developers may have taken a 'non-official' approach to a fix, however this may cause unknown behaviour.

For reference, from the 'Summary Discussion in the YouTube thread' mentioned above:

In addition there seems to be further situation in relation to 'Mark as Watched/Hide Watched', detailed here:

I'm going to try to sum up the user side of this to hopefully help with some clarity on this.

Core/skins lack a default view per content type. (override view)
'Mark as Watched/Hide Watched' is not available to videos (wasn't aware of this until users presented it)

and here:

If there is indeed an issue now with watched/unwatched we'll have to fix that and not hack around the problem.

* HOW TO DELETE THE YOUTUBE ADDON AND DO A CLEAN INSTALL

* Totally deleting YouTube may not be necessary. First try the following:

- Go to the YouTube Addon > Settings > Maintenance > Delete settings.xml > Click Ok (you will lose your settings)
- Execute Setup Wizard > Yes
- Go to Settings > Configure all your Settings > Ok
(don't forget to enter Personal API Keys again if you have them)
- Sign In again (with the normal 2 x web activation)

* If this does not work? The installation may be corrupted. You can do a Clean Install as follows:

- With Kodi shut down, Delete the following 2 folders:
- Kodi / addons / plugin.video.youtube
- Kodi / userdata / addon_data / plugin.video.youtube
- Download the latest version of the YouTube addon from Post #1 on Page 1
- Then > Start Kodi > Go to Kodi Settings > Addons > "Install from Zip File" 
- Browse to the previously downloaded latest version zip file and install it
- Go to the YouTube Addon > Execute Setup Wizard > Yes
- Go to Settings > Configure all your Settings > Ok
(don't forget to enter Personal API Keys again if you have them)
- Sign In again (with the normal 2 x web activation)



More Frequently Asked Questions & Useful Information to follow in the future... (please post suggestions in the forum)