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|YouTube 3.4-c|
* Quick n dirty hack to make most if not all videos play again *
|YouTube 3.4|
* Features Added *
- user playlists in user menu
- default user for playlists in settings
- find users playlist from a video through the context menu
- changed thumbnail list to panel, removed alternate views.
- thumbnail caching is now supported for fasting loading
- delete thumbnail cache from settings menu
- ability to go back and forward through feeds through the context menu
- incorporated gdata youtube library provided by google for gdata feed retrieval
- other minor improvmenets
* Bugs Fixed *
- list focus now works properly
- other minors fixes
* Misc *
- renamed "YouTube3" folder back to simply "YouTube"
|YouTube 3.31|
- Fixed script so it works again.
|YouTube 3.3|
- Graphics tweaked for Windows (and hopefully Linux version too)
- Settings menu added with ability to set high quality / regular / disable thumbs
- Some bugs fixed
|YouTube 3.2|
- Views tweaked, "order by" in context menu
|YouTube 3.1|
* Features Added *
- List view button
- Default, Alternate, Big Thumb views
* Bugs Fixed *
- List now properly maintains focus on selected item when playing a clip
* Technical Details *
- Lowered the number of per-page from 20 to 15 (this can be set in the youtube.py file)
- Added additional "thumbs" dialog to make it feel a bit more responsive
- Overlay removed
|YouTube 3.0|
* Features Added *
- Faster, more relevent search results, more feeds, and more!
- Thumbnails in main list view
- Video details shown in main list view, including duration, rating, # views, author
- Additional feeds, including Categories
- Added Next and Prev buttons which allow scrolling through the pages of results, or feeds
- Context allows you to see video responses, related videos
* Technical Details *
- Replaced guibuilder.py with WindowXML
- Uses new web interface done by Google
- Daniel Svensson's script YouTube2a was used as a base for this script
* Bugs,Questions,Comments,Feature Requests *
- Reply in the forum! :)
jmarshall
2008-08-31, 06:21
Nice work! It doesn't seem to play back video on windows build, but that may be something on the XBMC side (it seems to fail to identify the flv in the ffmpeg decoder).
Cheers,
Jonathan
When I'm trying run this script i'm getting info that "attributeerror:'module' object has no attribute 'windowsxml'. Does anyone know how to solve this?
jmarshall,
I am able to play back video fine on Atlantis 4 Windows, although I notice buffering takes considerably longer on the windows side versus my xbox.
shtas,
this script is tested on the 08-25 build of xbmc for Xbox, and Atlantis 4 for Windows. It sounds like you need to upgrade your build with the latest developer build
Playback on Atlantis 4 Windows works for me too, great work :)
jmarshall,
I am able to play back video fine on Atlantis 4 Windows, although I notice buffering takes considerably longer on the windows side versus my xbox.
shtas,
this script is tested on the 08-25 build of xbmc for Xbox, and Atlantis 4 for Windows. It sounds like you need to upgrade your build with the latest developer build
:laugh::laugh::laugh::grin::rofl:
You do realize jmarshall actually programs a great deal of XBMC and would be considered one of if not the main coder currently so we can assume his build is pretty much up to date :)
jmarshall,
I am able to play back video fine on Atlantis 4 Windows, although I notice buffering takes considerably longer on the windows side versus my xbox.
shtas,
this script is tested on the 08-25 build of xbmc for Xbox, and Atlantis 4 for Windows. It sounds like you need to upgrade your build with the latest developer build
thanks it helped. Your script is really great thing, at least it is possible to navigate beetwen multiply pages. But i have a little question, is it possible to sort video, e.g. after searching, in alfabetic order?
thanks it helped. Your script is really great thing, at least it is possible to navigate beetwen multiply pages. But i have a little question, is it possible to sort video, e.g. after searching, in alfabetic order?
No, it's not possible in current version. I'm just wondering why you want the results in alphabetical order, are you having trouble finding the result you are looking for?
gilgongo
2008-09-04, 01:19
Hi - I'm using 8.10a4-hardy3 (SVN:15111) and getting the following:
"attributeerror:'module' object has no attribute 'windowsxml'
Anyone know what's up with that?
TheBurner
2008-09-04, 22:23
I noticed comments about windows and xbox and this script. Has anyone tested in linux? I just sent it to my box and will test when i get home.
Video overlay on the lower left hand corner is covering up tabs, is there a way to disable video overlays?
idlerobbo
2008-09-08, 22:16
im trying to run this on the latestbuild in windows and I just get a 'downloading playlist file...' message - any ideas why? I've left this for a good ten minutes and nothing returned...
Hi,
I tried YouTube3 script on XBMC PC and on XBOX and it doesn't start.
Do I miss something on the way to use it(XBMC version compatibility ...) or is there an issue with the ucrrent version?
Here are the logs:
15:22:07 M: 34951168 INFO: Q:\scripts\YouTube3
15:22:07 M: 34930688 INFO:
15:22:07 M: 34930688 INFO: Traceback (most recent call last):
15:22:07 M: 34930688 INFO: File "Q:\scripts\YouTube3\default.py", line 881, in ?
15:22:07 M: 34930688 INFO:
15:22:07 M: 34930688 INFO: w = YouTubeGUI("youtube.xml", base_path, "DefaultSkin")
15:22:07 M: 34930688 INFO: TypeError
15:22:07 M: 34930688 INFO: :
15:22:07 M: 34930688 INFO: XML File for Window is missing
15:22:07 M: 34930688 INFO:
15:22:07 M: 34930688 ERROR: Scriptresult: Error
15:22:07 M: 34930688 INFO: Python script stopped
I hope it will help, and thnak you for your work :D
This script was tested on the Aug 25,08 T3CH build for XBOX, and Atlantis 4 for Windows. It has not been tested on Linux yet. The specific errors you are getting looks like its the result of using a build slightly too early.
I am considering making some changes which will attempt to detect the version of your XBMC, and be backwards compatible or worst case display an error message, so that this is more clear to end-users.
Hi,
I tried YouTube3 script on XBMC PC and on XBOX and it doesn't start.
Do I miss something on the way to use it(XBMC version compatibility ...) or is there an issue with the ucrrent version?
Here are the logs:
15:22:07 M: 34951168 INFO: Q:\scripts\YouTube3
15:22:07 M: 34930688 INFO:
15:22:07 M: 34930688 INFO: Traceback (most recent call last):
15:22:07 M: 34930688 INFO: File "Q:\scripts\YouTube3\default.py", line 881, in ?
15:22:07 M: 34930688 INFO:
15:22:07 M: 34930688 INFO: w = YouTubeGUI("youtube.xml", base_path, "DefaultSkin")
15:22:07 M: 34930688 INFO: TypeError
15:22:07 M: 34930688 INFO: :
15:22:07 M: 34930688 INFO: XML File for Window is missing
15:22:07 M: 34930688 INFO:
15:22:07 M: 34930688 ERROR: Scriptresult: Error
15:22:07 M: 34930688 INFO: Python script stoppedI hope it will help, and thnak you for your work :D
Just wanted to say thanks for this!
Adding the ability to scroll through results, making results relevant (the old search was TERRIBLE), and adding thumbnails made all the difference.
GREAT script!
Wes
Just wanted to say thanks for this!
Adding the ability to scroll through results, making results relevant (the old search was TERRIBLE), and adding thumbnails made all the difference.
GREAT script!
Wes
Does it work for you? Have you had any issue like mine on XML file missing?
Please see my earlier post. I believe your XBMC build is a bit too old, try a newer build.
Does it work for you? Have you had any issue like mine on XML file missing?
Thanks for the support. Now that I released it, there's a few more issues I'd really like to fix.
So far these are the issues I'd like to fix:
- Keeping the selected list choice after playing a video
- moving the overlay
- a message to users if their XBMC build is too old
- improving the download dialog to stay around for all of the work, proper indication of retrieving feed status
I'll get around to these fixes if time permits, job has really been keeping me busy lately
Just wanted to say thanks for this!
Adding the ability to scroll through results, making results relevant (the old search was TERRIBLE), and adding thumbnails made all the difference.
GREAT script!
Wes
Please see my earlier post. I believe your XBMC build is a bit too old, try a newer build.
Thank you very much borick for your answer. I was sure I was missing something. I tried it on a more recent version ans it works perfectly.
Congratulation and thank you for this beautiful :shocked:version of YouTube script, it is even more beautiful than I was expected! :nod:
Thank you very much borick for your answer. I was sure I was missing something. I tried it on a more recent version ans it works perfectly.
Congratulation and thank you for this beautiful :shocked:version of YouTube script, it is even more beautiful than I was expected! :nod:
Thanks!
On another note, I saw that there was another YouTube script released on XbmcScripts with some similar changes to mine about the paging, but without the other changes. the only reason I started this new "branch" of youtube script is to get it where I wanted for my own personal use, and give back to community who provided the script to me originally. If anyone wants to help contribute / maintain this script I would be more than pleased.
cybercisco
2008-09-21, 02:44
Hi,
I love this script :-) !!
Is there any way I can save some videos in a playlist and then play them in a loop?
Thanks.
Any way to add different views other than the list?
What I'm really looking for is bigger thumbnail previews, like on the AppleTV.
It's easy to read the description, but not easy to see the picture at all.
Maybe a scroll list with 6, 9 or 12 thumbnail previews on a screen?
Maybe just one of the above, with a way to cycle between the current list view and a "thumbnail" icon view with popup description or description underneath or something.
I dunno.
It's already so much better than it was, that it's hard to not be happy with it ;)
-Wes
has anyone had any success running this on the linux build? Using the latest hardy ppa it just stops at "(running)."
Hello all,
I did some updates and made a new release on the google code site for this script. My responses to some of your queries below:
touser,
unfortunately I haven't had a chance to run this on linux yet. I will make this my top priority for any future changes I will do, and ensure the next release is linux compatible.
waldo22,
i have added some views to the newest version on google code site. let me know what you think or you had any other views in mind.
cybercisco,
the feature you request would be cool, so I will try to add it in the future
Regards,
Boris
I'm working on another update. There's a branch in youtube versions going on! BernardO made another update to the YouTube2a script on xbmcscripts. BernardO, as mentioned on the google code page, I think we should combine our efforts. I am flexible on how we do this, my only wish is to make as good a script as possible :)
Features in next release (coming soon):
- add ability to change sort order
- attempt to make code more cross OS compatible
- tweak the views a bit to add additional views, remove any unnecessary ones
Other features at some point/if I have time :)
- add ability to queue up multiple videos in a row
Question:
do you guys like the big thumbnail view, or should I just remove it entirely?
If anyone makes or finds any good custom views for the list containers, please share!
Borick,
Thanks a ton for this.
I'm out of town until Thursday, but I'll try it then and report back.
This is great.
Good luck working with BernardO.
Wes
To get it working mostly linux, rename the "pal" directory in "resources/skins/DefaultSkin" to "PAL" (uppercase) I only had the chance to test this in Ubuntu hardy in a VM, so please report usability in linux.
This will fix the "XML File for Window not found" error
Thanks for the update borick. I renamed pal to PAL and now the script starts up and displays the interface, but quickly crashes back to xbmc. Before it would never get that far so its definitively an improvement :).
Thanks for the update borick. I renamed pal to PAL and now the script starts up and displays the interface, but quickly crashes back to xbmc. Before it would never get that far so its definitively an improvement :).
In my VM I had a black screen, but after clicking i was able to get past it and play a video. What version of linux are you using?
clean install of hardy, latest hardy ppa xbmc build. When i launch version 3.1 it will bring the gui up, go through the "downloading" pop up "view: full list" and then crash. If i cancel it before it has had time to complete it will stay in the scrips but as soon as i select anything it crashes.
BernardO
2008-09-25, 20:35
I'm working on another update. There's a branch in youtube versions going on! BernardO made another update to the YouTube2a script on xbmcscripts. BernardO, as mentioned on the google code page, I think we should combine our efforts. I am flexible on how we do this, my only wish is to make as good a script as possible :)
Hello Boris
Thanks for your offer to cooperate. Like yourself I am a busy guy. I made YouTube 2a 0.96 only because my search wasn't flexible enough, so I wanted an option to sort results by date added, relevance, view count and rating. That was the final thing to do for me in YouTube 2a far as I am concerned.
However, since you offer me to cooperate maybe we can do some brainstorming about reaching your goal which is to make youtube3 the best script possible. I don't think I will do some code for youtube3 because that is your baby. However, if you wanted me to I can't guarantee I will have the time. I hate the fact that I am always so busy, but unfortunately that's life for me at the moment. So if you are up to some brainstorming let's do it.
Here is an idea for you. What about a menu in which you can configure how to display your results ? For example, some users might not want to see your preview thumbs or some other things in the results. You could offer them an option to change that.
Kind regards,
BernardO
im trying to run this on the latestbuild in windows and I just get a 'downloading playlist file...' message - any ideas why? I've left this for a good ten minutes and nothing returned...
Have you managed to fix this?
I have just finished my media center pc, installed xbmc (latest version) and get the same problem (with all youtube scripts available)
My internet connection is working fine btw on the pc.
Thank you
quetzalcoatl
2008-10-05, 02:42
Thanks for the plugin, it's really outstanding.
Is it possible to select between youtube video quality (&fmt=18) and set it to the max?
it doesn't start on my xbox
when I try to start it nothing happens
Great script. Thank you !
I have some question. Is it possible to make a search in different languages ? Not only in English. I'm actually interested in Russian keyboard layout. :)
Thanks.
To those requesting higher quality...
Unfortunately, I haven't had my XBOX with me, I'm traveling on business trip for a few months so I can't test these changes.
Here's something you can try if you are technically inclined:
in the youtube.py file, on line 85... change the line to:
self.video_url = self.base_url + '/?fmt=18&v=%s'
The upload the file to your YouTube3 scripts folder
I haven't tested to see if this results in a higher quality format. This would hard-code to always try and use the higher quality, as far as I know. If anyone tries this and it works, please let me know and I will include an updated release.
ozzieguy
2008-11-15, 08:02
Yes borick it certainly made a difference.
Many thanks yet again.
timdog82001
2008-11-17, 03:02
clean install of hardy, latest hardy ppa xbmc build. When i launch version 3.1 it will bring the gui up, go through the "downloading" pop up "view: full list" and then crash. If i cancel it before it has had time to complete it will stay in the scrips but as soon as i select anything it crashes.
i have this same problem only with intrepid
I've been using v3.2 of the script on Linux (Mythdora and Atlantis) with great results. Many thanks for an excellent script.
The only issue I had was the same as watty, where the buttons (search, feeds, etc) overlapped the thumbs and descriptions. This was fixed if the <width> and <height> tags in youtube.xml were placed with the individual button parameters, as they weren't inherited from the group.
I found that to get high quality I also needed to add fmt=18 to line 84 of youtube.py as:
self.stream_url = self.base_url + '/get_video?video_id=%s&t=%s&fmt=18'
This had the unexpected bonus of decreasing the buffering time.
Cheers.
dobbley,
I'm very glad you got it working on Linux. If you like, you can e-mail me your changes or provide them to me, I can add that to a new release and give you full credit. Up to you.
Thanks & Regards,
Boris
I've been using v3.2 of the script on Linux (Mythdora and Atlantis) with great results. Many thanks for an excellent script.
The only issue I had was the same as watty, where the buttons (search, feeds, etc) overlapped the thumbs and descriptions. This was fixed if the <width> and <height> tags in youtube.xml were placed with the individual button parameters, as they weren't inherited from the group.
I found that to get high quality I also needed to add fmt=18 to line 84 of youtube.py as:
self.stream_url = self.base_url + '/get_video?video_id=%s&t=%s&fmt=18'
This had the unexpected bonus of decreasing the buffering time.
Cheers.
Volucris
2008-11-24, 00:42
Can't get it to work on my xbox so far. I did a fresh install of xbmc today (latest t3ch build) and put the youtube script v3.2 on it. When running the script, however, I see the script's main screen for like half a second and then it just closes, without any feedback.
The xbmc.log says this:
23:20:53 M: 16728064 NOTICE: -->Python Initialized<--
23:20:53 M: 16728064 NOTICE:
23:20:57 M: 23556096 WARNING: CUtil::GetMatchingSource... no matching source found for [?]
23:20:57 M: 23556096 ERROR: CVirtualDirectory::GetDirectory(?) matches no valid source, getting root source list instead
23:20:57 M: 23556096 ERROR: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory(?) failed
23:20:57 M: 19283968 NOTICE: Exception (init): exceptions.KeyError
23:20:57 M: 19283968 NOTICE: Traceback (most recent call last):
23:20:57 M: 19283968 NOTICE: File "Q:\scripts\YouTube\default.py", line 66, in onInit
23:20:57 M: 19283968 NOTICE: history = self.get_search_history()
23:20:57 M: 19283968 NOTICE: File "Q:\scripts\YouTube\default.py", line 169, in get_search_history
23:20:57 M: 19283968 NOTICE: history_list = pickle.load(f)
23:20:57 M: 19283968 NOTICE: File "Q:\system\python\python24.zlib\pickle.py", line 1390, in load
23:20:57 M: 19283968 NOTICE: File "Q:\system\python\python24.zlib\pickle.py", line 872, in load
23:20:57 M: 19283968 NOTICE: KeyError: '\n'
23:20:58 M: 14606336 NOTICE:
23:20:58 M: 14606336 NOTICE:
23:20:58 M: 14606336 ERROR: CLocalizeStrings::ClearBlock: Trying to clear non existent block Q:\scripts\YouTube
Any ideas, anyone?
timdog82001
2008-11-27, 03:33
It looks like this script now works in the newest version of the svn on linux. It wasnt working (for me, at least) with the Atlantis release.
timdog82001
2008-11-27, 10:15
After trying it out some more though, in linux at least all the videos have a video lag. The audio is pretty far out of sync.
After trying it out some more though, in linux at least all the videos have a video lag. The audio is pretty far out of sync.
I haven't had any problems with video lag on linux. With flash there is maybe 100-200ms, but with h.264 it is perfect. I'm using the 8.10_Atlantis-linux-osx-win32 branch from svn (16209), so there may have been some related fixes since the original release.
timdog82001
2008-11-28, 07:56
I haven't had any problems with video lag on linux. With flash there is maybe 100-200ms, but with h.264 it is perfect. I'm using the 8.10_Atlantis-linux-osx-win32 branch from svn (16209), so there may have been some related fixes since the original release.
I'm using even newer than that (built it myself from svn). I think i'm viewing it as flash, though. Most videos have a lag of at least 200ms at the start, and it seems to increase as the video continues
has anyone enhanced this script to allow to see the youtube uses's playlists in addition to the current supported list of users' videos and favorites?
It should be quite easy to add, I will add when I get back home in a few weeks time if anyone else hasn't done this yet
also if anyone is interested in help maintain and update this tool i can put the source in the repository, add users to it - just contact me
EDIT: er actually, its a two step process - first playlists for a user will have to be shown, then you would have to pick the playlist to see videos under that playlist. to show playlists in the list a seperate view may be needed, not sure. but anyway, i will make effort to add this in the feature due to the request.
has anyone enhanced this script to allow to see the youtube uses's playlists in addition to the current supported list of users' videos and favorites?
thanks Borick. That will be hugely helpful. I'll volunteer to help this maintain. But let me first come up to speed on python :)
timdog82001
2008-12-11, 16:36
has anyone else had problems with the thumbnails and file names overlapping the edge of the readable area? It looked like this on linux and windows for me. I tried figuring out how to fix it but I couldn't find it.
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9720/screenshot001js6.th.png (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot001js6.png)
EDIT: Actually, I just noticed that I think everything's shifted up and to the left, including the options on the left.
I was wondering why I don't see any text in Youtube3. I can see some video's and they playback allright, but I'm not able to see text.
Everything is in white. I've downloaded youtube3.2 from the first page of this thread.
I'm using the last version of XBMC on my Xbox.
Volucris, did you ever find an answer to the issue you were having?
YouTube3.2 was working perfectly for me before I upgraded the hard drive in my xbox. After a clean install of XBMC (12-07 svn build from T3CH, including YouTube3.2) the script refuses to work. I get the exact error that Volucris posted on Page 5. It seems to error on the location of the directory and then default.py reports several errors.
I've tried reinstalling YouTube3.2 a few times and the same error is reported each time. All other scripts work just fine.
I haven't tried swapping back to the original hard drive, but if that's the only solution I can find, then I can try seeing if that will again work correctly, which would isolate it to an issue on this install of UnleashX and XBMC.
Thanks for your help guys.
Aucard The 3rd
2009-01-06, 01:46
any updates? wide screen, High quality vids, hd vids support, etc?
Do you still experience this problem with the latest version?
I was wondering why I don't see any text in Youtube3. I can see some video's and they playback allright, but I'm not able to see text.
Everything is in white. I've downloaded youtube3.2 from the first page of this thread.
I'm using the last version of XBMC on my Xbox.
Please check out the latest version and let me know what you think or if you have any problems, thanks.
thanks the script is working great....
just a small request...
is it possible to add a default user for favorites, and add favorites to the main menu...
and another thing when we select one option send focus to video selection (now the focus remains in the menu)...
in my media center i use youtube to see some videos i have in my user favorites...
thanks :grin:
Do you mean the ability to "Add Favorites" to your user account?
I've added the defect/features you requested below to the issues list in google code repository, you can check out the status of the issues at: http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-youtube/issues/list
I encourage everyone to use this issues list on google code if they have any feature requests or problems to report, thanks!
thanks the script is working great....
just a small request...
is it possible to add a default user for favorites, and add favorites to the main menu...
and another thing when we select one option send focus to video selection (now the focus remains in the menu)...
in my media center i use youtube to see some videos i have in my user favorites...
thanks :grin:
Do you mean the ability to "Add Favorites" to your user account?
no i mean go to "my Favorites" to see the movies i have there :;):
thanks
ps: ok i will use http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-youtube/issues/list in the future...
ahh I see.. so right now there is a "User Favorites", instead you want a "My Favorites" which automatically takes you to your favorites set up in the settings. I was thinking instead, you could provide a default user, and then go to User -> Favorites, and the default user would be entered there, so there would be no need for a "My Favorites"... would this be acceptable? its only a cpl extra button clicks, and I would prefer to do it this way then i don't have to add a seperate menu... thoughts/comments?
no i mean go to "my Favorites" to see the movies i have there :;):
thanks
ps: ok i will use http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-youtube/issues/list in the future...
Volucris
2009-01-12, 23:01
Aalok, still no luck here... I guess I'll just have to keep updating both XBMC and the youtube script untill -hopefully- it just works one day. Don't really know what else I can do, but if I ever find out I'll be sure to post it :)
Volucris,
I would really like to solve this problem for both you and Aalok. Do you still have the same issue? Perhaps we can interface somehow and I can help you to solve this problem. One thing I would try doing would be to ensure you give the youtube script folder full write privileges, especially the data subdirectory. Otherwise e-mail me or send me a message on here, I would like to help solve this for you guys.
Edit: I mean, is the xbmc.log file the same as before?
Edit #2: Other things to try: rename the script folder - upload again - try on another platform - clear out the data directory
Aalok, still no luck here... I guess I'll just have to keep updating both XBMC and the youtube script untill -hopefully- it just works one day. Don't really know what else I can do, but if I ever find out I'll be sure to post it :)
I thought I'd jump in here, since I observe the same behavior as Volucris and Aalok. I'll try your suggestions and see if anything changes.
EDIT: and I'll jump right back out again, since installing 3.3 seemed to resolve the issue. Could be the new version, or that I used a different ftp client, or neither.
redrum77
2009-01-18, 14:57
Having slight issue with youtube 3.2 / 3.3, cant seem to view complete videos which are more than 5min long. Anyway to fix it ?
Xbox version 1.6
XBMC version : XBMC SVN 2008-11-13 (13th of November 2008) rev16144 ATLANTIS
Anumidium
2009-01-18, 20:47
Is there anything I can do to fix the video lag? This always happens to me with YouTube scripts, but this one is the worst (which is unfortunate, as it's the most current one it seems). With previous YouTube scripts I could restart the video which would fix the sync usually. This one is always out of sync, no matter what I do (both high and low quality vids). I'm running the current release version on OS X. Any help is appreciated. :)
Could you give me an example of a video that causes this problem and I can try to reproduce it? Also, what happens - does the video just freeze, or some other behaviour?
Having slight issue with youtube 3.2 / 3.3, cant seem to view complete videos which are more than 5min long. Anyway to fix it ?
Xbox version 1.6
XBMC version : XBMC SVN 2008-11-13 (13th of November 2008) rev16144 ATLANTIS
Volucris
2009-01-19, 18:11
Hooray, I can confirm that whatever went wrong for me no longer is an issue in 3.3! For the sake of diagnostics I neither updated xbmc nor used a different ftp client.
Cheers!
redrum77
2009-01-19, 20:30
Could you give me an example of a video that causes this problem and I can try to reproduce it? Also, what happens - does the video just freeze, or some other behaviour?
hi borick
youtube3.2 : [video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo3FMwE_-MU)]
Issue: auto stop and goes back to feed screen
youtube3.3 : [video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFfQWRbDl0U)]
Issue: video freeze . Need to press stop on my remote to go back to feed screen
xbmc log (http://pastebin.com/m72b9c813)
quetzalcoatl
2009-01-26, 05:37
Having slight issue with youtube 3.2 / 3.3, cant seem to view complete videos which are more than 5min long. Anyway to fix it ?
Xbox version 1.6
XBMC version : XBMC SVN 2008-11-13 (13th of November 2008) rev16144 ATLANTIS
Same here, the video suddenly freeze at a random point, if you press B it behaves normally and goes back to the list of the video.
I tried to pre-buffer the video pausing at the beginning but the issue is still here. I only tried video in high quality (480p, &fmt18) like this (http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=c2RP21z_cKs&fmt=18).
Did customize the background a little bit.
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/6153/screenshotor5.jpg
In XOT-uzg is it possible to save the customized skin like this as MediaStream in the script skin folder. So if your defaultskin is MediaStream, XOT will run that one.
Is this also possilble with You Tube 3 ???
Did already try folder names:
-MediaStream
-MediaStreamskin
Script broke, I fixed, please check the downloads page!
AaronG85
2009-02-17, 12:34
thanks love this script
I have encountered a problem.
When launching the Youtube script a window pops up saying "Downloading...", after which the Xbox freezes up. I tried launching the version in the XBMC build mentioned and it seemed to run ok - not taking into account that it's out of date. Have I done anything wrong upon 'installing' the script? All I've done is extracting the Youtube3 folder from the .zip and transferring the folder to the Xbox. In case you're going to suggest trying another XBMC skin; it did not work with the PM3 skin either.
XBMC build: T3CH XBMC 2009-02-18 SVN rev17820
Script version: YouTube3-15-02-09.zip
Skin MC360
http://bildr.no/thumb/351859.jpeg (http://bildr.no/view/351859)
I have encountered a problem.
When launching the Youtube script a window pops up saying "Downloading...", after which the Xbox freezes up. I tried launching the version in the XBMC build mentioned and it seemed to run ok - not taking into account that it's out of date. Have I done anything wrong upon 'installing' the script? All I've done is extracting the Youtube3 folder from the .zip and transferring the folder to the Xbox. In case you're going to suggest trying another XBMC skin; it did not work with the PM3 skin either.
XBMC build: T3CH XBMC 2009-02-18 SVN rev17820
Script version: YouTube3-15-02-09.zip
Skin MC360
http://bildr.no/thumb/351859.jpeg (http://bildr.no/view/351859)
So it freezes with the latest build, but not an earlier build? Can you reproduce this behavior every time? One thing to try would be to clear our your data directory in the script which contains settings.txt and other data files. Just delete all those files and restart the script. I'm going to have to give it a shot with the build you mentioned see if I can reproduce this on my XBOX.
Edit: I just noticed its a brand new build you mentioned, with some major changes as they relate to python scripts. I suspect these changes are causing the crashing behavior. If this really is a problem I'll have to fix it up really soon.
Thanks for the quick response!
It freezes with build XBMC-8.10-FINAL-T3CH-PROPER (latest stable build according to t3ch's site) as well.
Emptying the data folder had no influence on the freeze issue. It happens every time using YouTube3-15-02-09, previous versions load fine but won't get data from youtube.
I must be doing somthing wrong, the script loads under "scripts" and i can get the list of videos but not play them. When i go to "video" the script doesn't show up.....
same thing happens with the apple video script, but works under video plugins
-noob
Figured out my noob problem, but i am now getting the same problem as frikky.
Loads then downloads thumbs, as soon as i move my mouse over any of them it freezes. This is on a windows build
Great script! Just a small suggestion: it might be worthwhile to put a note on the very first page that this is a SCRIPT and not a PLUGIN, thus the app must be deployed into the SCRIPTS directory and not the PLUGINS.
Interestingly, I had it in the Plugins for quite some time and the feeling you are getting is that the app is just buggy and doesn't work (the first screen appears and the thumbs are loading, but after that the XBMC is freezing). In other words, you are not getting an error, but rather a freezing app :).
Also, I've noticed a minor glitch in the following scenario (using remote control):
- do the search
- navigate the found entries in the 'main' screen (up/down)
- click left to go to the sidebar
--- you'd end up on the very first item ('view')
- click 'down' to navigate the side bar down to the next entry ('Search')
- BUG: the 'Search' item will be skipped - you'll endup on 'History' tab
- pressing down again in a loop will bring to the 'Previous' and then, skipping the 'Next' - back to the 'View'
- keeping on pressing 'down' the sequence occurs again (ie, skipping 'Search' and 'Next' items)
- if you navigate 'up' then you can get to those items
Cheers,
Vlad
PS: using the 'YouTube3-15-02-09' version of plugin under 180xx XBMC SVN build, on Ubuntu Hardy 8.04.2
problem with that is, i stuck it in the scripts folder first and it loads and looks great. But you cant load any of the videos.
same with the apple movie script that comes with the build, it looks great when ran under scripts but don't function, it only works under the plugins/video
this is a windows build
problem with that is, i stuck it in the scripts folder first and it loads and looks great. But you cant load any of the videos.
same with the apple movie script that comes with the build, it looks great when ran under scripts but don't function, it only works under the plugins/video
this is a windows build
get the latest version from the website listed in the first page of this thread - the version which was released with XBMC is older and youtube changed something with their session ids, so it broke the old youtube scripts, the newest one on google code should fix the problem you are talking about, please let me know if it doesn't
I have the newest, downloaded it this past weekend, I am running the YouTube3-15-02-09 file on the XBMC for windows 8.10.
Go in to add source or just through video scripts it will load and start to download some things then lock up XBMC, gota CTRL-ALT-DEL out of it.
Hmm... Works fine for me under Linux.... Must be smth else then.
Download the latest script at:
http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-youtube/downloads/list
|YouTube 3.31|
- Fixed script so it works again.
Thank you very much!
Using the XBOX i can not get this to work. I am using the latest T3ch version and downloaded the 3.3 version of youtube. Plugin loads, opens list and freezes my xbox. Here is the relevant part to f the debug log.
http://pastebin.com/mb8532dc
Thanks for any help
I've release a new version of the script, if you had problems please try it out and let me know how it goes. It should be a lot more robust and error-free (hopefully) :)
Download at:
http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-youtube/downloads/list
Thank you so much for your great work, borick!
The script now works like a charm :O) It's great being able to watch Youtube videos again.
maybe i'm doing somthing wrong, what version is considered the lastest? The one offered from the main website or one from somewere else? ...if so were?
maybe i'm doing somthing wrong, what version is considered the lastest? The one offered from the main website or one from somewere else? ...if so were?
The one from http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-youtube/downloads/list is the latest version, the "Featured" download, the only one you should see listed.
If you experience crashes with this version, please post it in the thread even if you've posted before. Thanks
i'm sorry guys, i know i am cluddering up the wrong thread, i meant latest version of XBMC.....
i'm sorry guys, i know i am cluddering up the wrong thread, i meant latest version of XBMC.....
What platform are you talking about?
The links from the main website are the last supported and compiled versions.
For the very "latest" versions, you want to compile yourself from SVN or use a pre-compiled version.
Here are some Pre-compiled Windows versions from SVN:
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=35452
-Wes
sarahandkevin
2009-03-08, 16:08
hello
nice script, can you add mouse support please, i have to use enter on the keyboard to play a youtube video, i cant click the video and play the video
thanks
Nuka1195
2009-03-08, 17:06
mouse clicks are builtin, but were only recently fixed in xbmc. make sure your xbmc is upto date.
sarahandkevin
2009-03-08, 19:01
i think im using xbmc 8.10 atlantis
yeah, i can't get it to work on the 8.10 or the latest build
BernardO
2009-03-09, 15:50
Hey, Borick
Nice to see that your Youtube3 is growing and growing. I was wondering if you could add a configurable number of results per page. If you ask me it's a hassle to scroll through 28 results per page when only 8 results are visible. I think maybe other users could also benefit from a configurable number of results per page.
masta // thomas
2009-03-12, 16:06
FIX: you have to change the regex pattern for the "t" parameter in "youtube.py"!
e.g.:
self.session_pattern = re.compile('"t": "(.*?)"')
then the script works as usually :)
FIX: you have to change the regex pattern for the "t" parameter in "youtube.py"!
e.g.:
self.session_pattern = re.compile('"t": "(.*?)"')
then the script works as usually :)
What version of the script were you having problems with? This change shouldn't be required on the latest version of youtube script, I made similar fix long time ago... curious about this
Hey, Borick
Nice to see that your Youtube3 is growing and growing. I was wondering if you could add a configurable number of results per page. If you ask me it's a hassle to scroll through 28 results per page when only 8 results are visible. I think maybe other users could also benefit from a configurable number of results per page.
Thanks for feedback... currently you can adjust this in youtube.py self.per_page variable. I will make this customizable in settings menu at some point later, thanks again for the idea
masta // thomas
2009-03-12, 17:43
curious, i agree. just forget about it - seems like i've had an older version.. curious.. ;)
First great Script works perfectly except of the HighDef part, I can't see Videos in HD, the option in the settings are enabled, but every Video I tried the bad quality was shown. What am I doing wrong? or is the script not up2date? btw. I'm using the version 3.4 from March, so actually the newest version?!!.
Oh I see you know about this problem already:
http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-youtube/issues/detail?id=3
http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-youtube/issues/detail?id=5
First great Script works perfectly except of the HighDef part, I can't see Videos in HD, the option in the settings are enabled, but every Video I tried the bad quality was shown. What am I doing wrong? or is the script not up2date? btw. I'm using the version 3.4 from March, so actually the newest version?!!.
Oh I see you know about this problem already:
http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-youtube/issues/detail?id=3
http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-youtube/issues/detail?id=5
if i remember correctly theres high quality option in settings.. if this is on, high quality should work. maybe the feature broke? if so, please let me know - thanks
if i remember correctly theres high quality option in settings.. if this is on, high quality should work. maybe the feature broke? if so, please let me know - thanks
hehe thats why I wrote "the option in the settings are enabled" sry if my english skills aren't so good :)
For example this great song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slrs4EmyG7c , with your browser you are able to view this file in HD. But with the youtube 3.4 script it isnt' possible :(
I have to re-mention the terrible audio sync issues. Running a recent svn version (but it did happen on atlantis too) on linux every video is way out of sync, audio is at least one second to early. is there anything i can do about this?
hehe thats why I wrote "the option in the settings are enabled" sry if my english skills aren't so good :)
For example this great song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slrs4EmyG7c , with your browser you are able to view this file in HD. But with the youtube 3.4 script it isnt' possible :(
HD isn't supported currently (it lags out my xbox anyway) only high quality and regular quality. on youtube there is reg quality, high quality, and also HD. HD isn't currently supported (high quality does not refer to HD)
I have to re-mention the terrible audio sync issues. Running a recent svn version (but it did happen on atlantis too) on linux every video is way out of sync, audio is at least one second to early. is there anything i can do about this?
Sorry but I don't have linux anywhere but on a virtual machine to test... does problem occur on windows or xbox versions?
I will make the "player type" configurable in the next version, maybe by changing player type from mplayer to auto that could fix something, but i have no idea why. Really the script just interfaces with the XBMC player api... although if the same behaviour works perfectly with other scripts I can look into this scripts to see how they are performing differently.
Well that might help. As i'm no python guru i didn't have a look at the script for now. Is this script just calling mplayer or what? If so one might simply define an a/v sync value at commandline to solve this. From xbmc.log i get calls to the internal DVDPlayer of xbmc which seems to be used for playback.
sorry - i neither have an xbox nor windows to test if it behaves the same.
HD isn't supported currently (it lags out my xbox anyway) only high quality and regular quality. on youtube there is reg quality, high quality, and also HD. HD isn't currently supported (high quality does not refer to HD)
Ah ok, but would be great if you can implement an HD Option, I'm using XBMC on a Windows 2,5Ghz dualcore machine, which has enough power :o :o
Ah ok, but would be great if you can implement an HD Option, I'm using XBMC on a Windows 2,5Ghz dualcore machine, which has enough power :o :o
I will do this, I have put it as an enhancement on the google code page... but it may take a while
Some additional development info for anyone who is curious: I was gonna implement this because it should be very easy to add. However the problem was, when I changed the quality to HD (fmt=22) then any movie which did not have a HD option and had fmt=22 put in the url, would not play at all... so I need some way to detect whether a movie is HD or not, and modify the URL string accordingly.
Nuka1195
2009-03-14, 00:12
all you have to do is request the url. if it doesn't exist it will error.
def _check_video_url( self, url, quality ):
# only need the parameter for non standard quality
if ( quality ):
try:
# TODO: check for fmt=22 for 720p and verify all videos now support fmt=18 arg
# create the new url with the fmt parameter
check_url = url + "&fmt=%d" % ( quality, )
# we need to request the url with quality
request = urllib2.Request( check_url )
# create an opener object and validate the url
opener = urllib2.urlopen( request )
# close opener
opener.close()
# success, return the new url
return check_url
except urllib2.URLError, e:
# invalid quality
pass
# none or invalid quality, return the original url
return url
Thanks for the script - it works great on my XBOX. I wanted to be able to view my subscriptions easily, so I added the appropriate feed and menu item. The following changes were required:
./youtube.py
Added the following near line 104 after self.favorites_url = ...
self.subscriptions_url = self.gdata_url + '/feeds/api/users/%s/newsubscriptionvideos?max-results=' + str(self.per_page) + "&orderby=" + str(self.ordertypes[self.ordertype]) + "&start-index=" + str(self.per_page*self.page_number-self.per_page+1)
Added the following function near line 162 after the return statement of the function get_user_playlists:
def get_user_subscriptions(self, user):
self.initUrls()
url = self.subscriptions_url % user
return self.get_feed_data(url)
./default.py
Added the following near line 918 after self.get_user_playlists(self.yt.get_user_playlists , 'Playlists of', None, str(self.settings[4])):
elif ctrl is self.getControl(93):
self.get_user_videos(self.yt.get_user_subscription s, 'Subscriptions of', None, str(self.settings[4]))
Added the following near line 1059 after self.getControl(92).setVisible(visible):
self.getControl(93).setVisible(visible)
Added the following near line 1120 after self.getControl(92).setVisible(visible):
self.getControl(93).setVisible(visible)
./resources/skins/DefaultSkin/PAL/youtube.xml
Added the following near line 656 after <control type="button" id="92">...</control>:
<control type="button" id="93">
<description>User Subscriptions Button</description>
<label>User Subscriptions</label>
<posx>21</posx>
<posy>195</posy>
<onup>92</onup>
<ondown>203</ondown>
<onleft>202</onleft>
<onright>202</onright>
<width>165</width>
<height>20</height>
<texturefocus>yt-button-focus.png</texturefocus>
<texturenofocus>yt-button-nofocus.png</texturenofocus>
<textcolor>ffffffff</textcolor>
<disabledcolor>60ffffff</disabledcolor>
<textoffsetx>17</textoffsetx>
<aligny>center</aligny>
<font>font10</font>
</control>
I apologize in advance if it doesn't work for you, I may be be missing a change but I think I got them all. Enjoy :o
borick, very nice job on this script. Works lovely, thanks!
limaunion
2009-06-21, 20:44
Very nice script and working flawlessly under xbmc live; any chance of merging the HD code ? TIA.
noticed a bug today, and reproduced on two xboxes both running 9.04.1:
the "high quality" setting does not save/apply properly.
although the option remains "yes", clips actually play in low quality unless you toggle the option off and back on again. this has to be repeated every time the script is run, and i think after every search aswell, otherwise you always get low quality (flash version).
thanks for the continued dev on this script, its one of the best :)
edit: seems to have same issue on windows version aswell.. so def. a script issue? not sure
Restless
2009-06-25, 06:57
I had the same problem mentioned earlier in the thread. They simply wouldnt play when clicked. But i downloaded the latest build and it works GREAT.... Thanks
djcorvus
2009-07-26, 09:30
Hey guys,
I've downloaded this script and unzipped it, and placed the 'YouTube' folder inside my /scripts/ folder, but when I go to my 'scripts' section within XBMC, it doesn't detect any scripts.
Am I doing something wrong??
P.S. I'm running the latest built on my HTPC using Windows 7.
djcorvus
2009-08-02, 12:42
Ok guys,
I've fixed the problem by enabling hidden files and folders in windows 7. (really obvious mistake, my bad)
However, I'm noticing that this plugin doesn't have any option to view videos in HD.
I've tried multiple videos in my favorites that i KNOW are in HD, but even though 'high quality' is selected in the settings, they don't play in HD.
Any way to enable this?
I guess this is the scripts that is availble in SVN repo installer?
Is there any way to access the clips that I've addad as favorites in my account on youtube?
I've entered my login and psw in the plugin, but I don't understand how to access the specific account I've logged in with?
Thanks.
/Söder
I guess this is the scripts that is availble in SVN repo installer?
Is there any way to access the clips that I've addad as favorites in my account on youtube?
I've entered my login and psw in the plugin, but I don't understand how to access the specific account I've logged in with?
Thanks.
/Söder
Sorry.
1. The plugin in SVN Repo installer was NOT the same as mentioned here.
2. I just wasnt logged in with the plugin. When I was I found the menues.
3. This pluggin didnt work great for me.
/Söder
CaelThunderwing
2009-08-14, 09:32
im about to update to the latest version of the script but doe sit support the new "Full length movies" they're doing on youtube now?
djcorvus
2009-08-14, 09:55
I really need HD support for this plugin. Any news on when one will be available??
How about support for this .. Watch OLD tv shows and movies free on yutube ..
http://www.youtube.com/user/Crackle
Thanks for Youtube 3.4b...works perfect again!
Thanks for Youtube 3.4b...works perfect again!
Np... Youtube 3.4c plays more videos, make sure to grab it
Np... Youtube 3.4c plays more videos, make sure to grab it
Thanks,upgrading...
Does anyone else have issues using this youtube plugin on a ASROCK/ION setup?
I have just installed it and tried versions 3.4b & 3.4c but both have the same problem.
It loads into the youtube plugin fine and can see it download all the thumbnails but as soon as it's finishes caching them that's it my XBMC screen freezes causing me to restart xbmc.
I'm using a brand new install of XBOX Live on an ASROCK.
thanks
osmorphyus
2009-09-14, 20:19
busby, we may share a common issue. check this out:
i am running xbmc on the xbox with the default PJM3 skin. for a while, this script worked flawlessly. now tho, when i run the script, it downloads the thumbnails, and then looks like its still connecting youtube for who knows what reason - my status icon appears and my xbox hangs.
oddly enough, if i BROWSE to where the script is housed (dash/plugins..." and execute its default.py, it works!
its a weird issue that i cant figure out, and maybe we are both having the same problem and its with XBMC? as for my xbmc, i am using the current 'stable' release from tech, the babylon release. the bleeding edge release wouldnt even boot for me.
anyone else having the issue we are having? thumbnails load and then it appears as if the xbox is trying to communicate more and the system hangs?
osmorphyus
2009-09-14, 20:43
in fact, i just retested this out again: i redownloaded the plugin from the code.google.... page, reinstalled it in my video plugins. tested it first by executing the actual default.py - works fine. tested via navigating to the video plugins/youtube, and it executed, and hung up after downloading the thumbs.
this used to work just fine, i am not sure if it is an issue with the tech build of xbmc (the babylon release) or an issue with the plugin. anyone else who is having this issue?
Dare978Devil
2009-09-21, 18:31
noticed a bug today, and reproduced on two xboxes both running 9.04.1:
the "high quality" setting does not save/apply properly.
although the option remains "yes", clips actually play in low quality unless you toggle the option off and back on again. this has to be repeated every time the script is run, and i think after every search aswell, otherwise you always get low quality (flash version).
thanks for the continued dev on this script, its one of the best :)
edit: seems to have same issue on windows version aswell.. so def. a script issue? not sure
Hi,
I just installed the 3.4c version on my XBOX. Works great, tks, however I can also attest to this little bug. Whenever I launch the script, it is back in low qual mode. Each time I have to go into settings, set High Quality to NO, then back to YES, and then hit DONE. If I don't do this, I get the blocky low-qual video.
So thank Smiff for figuring out this quick workaround (my 8-year old daughter can now enjoy Taylor Swift videos without the "squares"), but thought I should mention it in case it is fixable in the script.
Thanks,
DD.
PantsOnFire
2009-09-23, 13:54
Does anyone else have issues using this youtube plugin on a ASROCK/ION setup?
I'm using a brand new install of XBOX Live on an ASROCK.
I have the same.
in fact, i just retested this out again: i redownloaded the plugin from the code.google.... page, reinstalled it in my video plugins.
osmorphyus,
this is a script, not a plugin. Thus, it should go in your scripts folder.
That should fix your issue.
-Wes
osmorphyus
2009-09-29, 05:19
i ran it from scripts and as well, it doesnt work right.
furthermore! at one time, it ran just fine *as a plugin*
in fact, a plugin would make a *helluva* lot more sense than a script, because you cant throw scripts into your video path like you can with plugins. browsing to the script area seems frivolous.
whats the difference between the two, anyway? they're *both* python scripts.
what happens, you ask? i'll recap:
the script executes, then hangs after displaying thumnails. it works, but breaks.
the *only* way to make it work all the way is to browse to wherever the script is located on your hard drive and physically execute the default.py script. i have redownloaded and reinstalled this many times, same results. do i smell a bug yet? or are the bug reporting staff still super arrogant?
Same here : Ubuntu jaunty desktop on Ion 330 - Freeze after thumbnails.
lookin' forward. regards chmee
Hi I've installed the script YouTube-3-4c.zip on my xbmc ubuntu 9.04 and I can watch movies from youtube, thanks for a great script:grin:. But I have this problem that the tumbnail images are not appearing at all only emty grey boxes with titles appear, seems that the images are not retrieved, should it be like that or do I need to install additional packages or the later version of existing package or xbmc verison?
I'm new to this xbmc area and would appreciate your help a lot with how to fix it step by step.
I have it installed on a ASUS Pundit P5-P4N9300.
I was wondering if your youtube plugin supports a "load in playlist" function. So that if you have a few youtube videos in amongst regular videos they load behind the running video for a smooth transition. Instead of having to wait 30 seconds for the thing to load.
I don't know its just an idea, aside from that its a great plugin and keep up the good work.
where it is banned from youtube how to program works on xbox
Thnx for a great script, i use this alot!
Great script. Thx!
There is one problem though, I have custom skin, and only Youtube has a default look.
How can I fix this, to use my skin?
Cheers...
Ok, I've found out that the script has it's own skinning, which is not so convenient.
It should better use users skin by default. Just a suggestion.
Restless
2009-11-11, 01:31
I love making playlists on my pc then watching them on TV.... Great Script!!
bittihuduga
2009-11-15, 22:21
when i launch youtube script, feeds is the first screen.
is it possible to open
a)open with users screen
or
b)open feeds of my videos?
pls guide
Hi,
I am new to XBMC and i am still struggling with a few things.
Could you please give me quick advice on how to install and use this youtube script? I've searched the web, the script site, this forum and could find not a single clue as to how to do it.
Thanks in advance,
Zirbes
Hello,
I have a bad experience where when you search for the video and then select it for play,
after video finishes it almost always returns you to a blank page instead of your searched video list from where you started the video.
Can this be fixed please?
Thank you in advance and respect for all the work so far o7
asphodel
2009-11-17, 22:35
zirbes :
I presume that you know how to copy files to your xbox; so unzip the above file to your xbmc directory (or simply your Q dir on your xbox) into the scripts folder. it should show up in the script options in xbmc..