[ruuk]

- Moved youtube playing to WebViewer 0.9.16 (now uses youtube-dl for video URL extraction)

Hi ruuk,
first - thanks for all your work.
I'm really interested in the youtube-dl thing. I'm using 2 (self written) addons to watch youtube and dailymotion videos.
Currently, I'm using the youtube/dailymotion addon for playback.

It would be great, if I can use script.module.youtube.dl for url resolving instead of using the youtube plugin.
There are a lot of addons that could use it. For example, youtube playback is currently broken, but youtube-dl has already fixed the problem.
So, if I could use your script, I would be able to watch youtube videos again. While using the youtube plugin, I need to wait for a fixed version (which could take some time).

Could you please give me some examples on how to update your script.module.youtube.dl to the latest version,
and also an example on how to resolve urls with it would be great.

I guess, a lot of addon developers could make use of it...

Thanks,
triomaes

Add this to your addon.xml to use the latest version. You will need to update this for new versions of the addon because I'm not sure module addons will update otherwise. If you could test this out with your addon and all is well, I will submit this to the official repository. I've only really had my own testing and I would like someone else's feedback before I submit.
To get the latest version initially, it might be easier to download the addon and install it manually. https://ruuks-repo.googlecode.com/svn/tr....519.1.zip

Code:

<import addon="script.module.youtube.dl" version="14.519.1"/>

Getting playable streams:

Code:

import YDStreamExtractor
YDStreamExtractor.disableDASHVideo(True) #XBMC only plays the video for DASH streams, so you don't want these normally. Of course these are the only 1080p streams on YouTube

url = "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yVv9dx88x0" #a youtube ID will work as well and of course you could pass a dailymotion url
vid = YDStreamExtractor.getVideoInfo(url,quality=1) #quality is 0=SD, 1=720p, 2=1080p and is a maximum
stream_url = vid.streamURL() #This is what XBMC will play

For sites that can have multiple streams (ie different trailers for the same video URL) you would use:

Code:

choices = []
if vid.hasMultipleStreams():
    for s in vid.streams():
        title = s['title']
        choices.append(title)
    index = some_function_asking_the_user_to_choose(choices)
    vid.selectStream(index) #You can also pass in the the dict for the chosen stream
stream_url = vid.streamURL()

Also:

Code:

#This will return True if the URL points (probably) to a video without actually fetching all the stream info.
YDStreamExtractor.mightHaveVideo(url)

And to download a video:

Code:

import YDStreamUtils
import YDStreamExtractor
YDStreamExtractor.disableDASHVideo(True)

url = "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yVv9dx88x0"
vid = YDStreamExtractor.getVideoInfo(url,quality=1)
path = "/directory/where/we/want/the/video"

with YDStreamUtils.DownloadProgress() as prog: #This gives a progress dialog interface ready to use
    try:
        YDStreamExtractor.setOutputCallback(prog)
        result = YDStreamExtractor.downloadVideo(vid,path)
        if result:
            #success
            full_path_to_file = result.filepath
        elif result.status != 'canceled':
            #download failed
            error_message = result.message
    finally:
        YDStreamExtractor.setOutputCallback(None)

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PS: When I do submit this to the official repository, I will update the core to the latest youtube-dl version. I'll also start a support thread for the addon and in the future I will update the core every so often, or earlier if someone requests it because there is a fix or something else is needed from a new version.

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PSS: YDStreamExtractor.py has some documentation for the functions if you need more detail.