Subscriptions Not Loading

[agentgodzilla]

Context

Please provide any relevant information about your setup

• Add-on Version: 7.0.9.2 and 7.1.0.1
• Kodi Version: 21.1
• Kodi GUI Language: English
• Operating System: CoreELEC-Amlogic-ng.arm-21.1.1-Omega_nightly_20241026-Generic
• Operating System Language: English

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Expected Behavior

Please describe the behavior you are expecting.

I'm expecting to be able to navigate to the addon, select my subscriptions and show the videos in my subscription feed.

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Current Behavior

What is the current behavior?

Currently the screen just flashes for a second and doesn't load.

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Steps to Reproduce

Please provide detailed steps for reproducing the issue.

1. Navigate to Addons
2. Select Video Addons
3. Select Youtube
4. Select My Subscriptions "Folder"/Page

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Log

Please include a complete debug log.

https://pastebin.com/qjWFn3bW

Additional Information

Please provide any additional information that may be helpful.

I've had this issue for a while now but I've done everything I can think of on my end to try to resolve it without completely factory resetting device. I can search/watch videos fine, issue is just my subscriptions from what I can tell.

Debugging Steps Attempted

• Reinstall Youtube Addon
• Try different Addon version
• Manually purge all traces of youtube addon following an uninstall via SSH
• Reset Kodi DB
• Upgrade OS
• Going back to default Kodi theme
• Logging out and in again

Prior to resetting Kodi DB the error was a python stacktrace with a message similar to the file is not a DB and some line number, but it has been weeks since this and I don't have this log anymore. Now all I can see in debug logs is a generic message likeGetDirectory - Error getting plugin://plugin.video.youtube/special/my_subscriptions/?category_label=My%20Subscriptions

[MoojMidge]

Odd.

If you open your Subscriptions folder (not My Subscriptions) does anything show up?

[agentgodzilla]

Subscriptions folder doesn't show anything. It opens unlike "My Subscriptions" but it is empty.

2024-11-03 10:23:59.506 T:3934    debug <general>: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory (plugin://plugin.video.youtube/subscriptions/list/?category_label=Subscriptions)
2024-11-03 10:23:59.506 T:3934    debug <general>:   ParentPath = [plugin://plugin.video.youtube/]
2024-11-03 10:23:59.506 T:5526    debug <general>: Thread waiting start, auto delete: false
2024-11-03 10:23:59.511 T:5172    debug <general>: CAddonDatabase::SetLastUsed[plugin.video.youtube] took 4 ms
2024-11-03 10:23:59.511 T:5526    debug <general>: CScriptRunner: running add-on script YouTube('plugin://plugin.video.youtube/subscriptions/list/', '48', '?category_label=Subscriptions')
2024-11-03 10:23:59.511 T:5526    debug <general>: GetLanguageInvoker - Reusing LanguageInvokerThread 102 for script /storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.youtube/resources/lib/plugin.py
2024-11-03 10:23:59.511 T:5468    debug <general>: initializing python engine.
2024-11-03 10:23:59.511 T:5468    debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(102, /storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.youtube/resources/lib/plugin.py): start processing
2024-11-03 10:23:59.511 T:5468    debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(102): adding args:
2024-11-03 10:23:59.512 T:5468    debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(102):  plugin://plugin.video.youtube/subscriptions/list/
2024-11-03 10:23:59.512 T:5468    debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(102):  48
2024-11-03 10:23:59.512 T:5468    debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(102):  ?category_label=Subscriptions
2024-11-03 10:23:59.512 T:5468    debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(102):  resume:false
2024-11-03 10:23:59.512 T:5468    debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(102, /storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.youtube/resources/lib/plugin.py): entering source directory /storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.youtube/resources/lib
2024-11-03 10:23:59.512 T:5468    debug <general>: CPythonInvoker(102, /storage/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.youtube/resources/lib/plugin.py): instantiating addon using automatically obtained id of "plugin.video.youtube" dependent on version 3.0.0 of the xbmc.python api
2024-11-03 10:23:59.513 T:5468    debug <general>: [plugin.video.youtube] Starting Kodion framework by bromix...
2024-11-03 10:23:59.513 T:5468     info <general>: [plugin.video.youtube] Running: YouTube (7.0.9.2) on Omega (Kodi-21.1) with Python 3.11.9
                                                   Path: /subscriptions/list/
                                                   Params: {'category_label': 'Subscriptions'}
2024-11-03 10:23:59.516 T:5468    debug <general>: [plugin.video.youtube] API request:
                                                   version: |3|
                                                   method: |GET|
                                                   path: |subscriptions|
                                                   params: |{'order': 'alphabetical', 'maxResults': '50', 'part': 'snippet', 'mine': 'true', 'prettyPrint': 'false'}|
                                                   post_data: |None|
                                                   headers: |{'Host': 'www.googleapis.com', 'Accept-Charset': 'ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7', 'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip, deflate', 'Accept-Language': 'en-US,en;q=0.5', 'Authorization': '|logged in|', 'Accept': '*/*', 'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; SM-G981B) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/80.0.3987.162 Mobile Safari/537.36', 'DNT': '1'}|
2024-11-03 10:23:59.607 T:3934    debug <general>: ------ Window Init (DialogBusy.xml) ------
2024-11-03 10:23:59.767 T:5468    debug <general>: [plugin.video.youtube] API response: |200|
                                                   headers: |{'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8', 'Vary': 'Origin, X-Origin, Referer', 'Content-Encoding': 'gzip', 'Date': 'Sun, 03 Nov 2024 16:23:59 GMT', 'Server': 'scaffolding on HTTPServer2', 'Cache-Control': 'private', 'X-XSS-Protection': '0', 'X-Frame-Options': 'SAMEORIGIN', 'X-Content-Type-Options': 'nosniff', 'Alt-Svc': 'h3=":443"; ma=2592000,h3-29=":443"; ma=2592000', 'Transfer-Encoding': 'chunked'}|
2024-11-03 10:23:59.768 T:5468    debug <general>: [plugin.video.youtube] Get |youtube.view.hide_videos|: "[]" (str list, success)
2024-11-03 10:23:59.768 T:5468  warning <general>: [plugin.video.youtube] v3 response: Items list is empty
2024-11-03 10:23:59.769 T:5468    debug <general>: [plugin.video.youtube] Converting DirectoryItem |plugin://plugin.video.youtube/kodion/command/Action%28ParentDir%29/|
2024-11-03 10:23:59.770 T:5468    debug <general>: [plugin.video.youtube] Applying content-type: |files| for |/subscriptions/list/|
2024-11-03 10:23:59.770 T:5468    debug <general>: [plugin.video.youtube] Get |youtube.view.label.details|: True (bool, success)

[MoojMidge]

So that explains why My Subscriptions is empty - there are no Subscriptions being fetched so there is nothing to update.

Do you actually have any Subscriptions? Would need to login using an official client or on the website and double check if anything shows up there

[agentgodzilla]

So I do have subscriptions, and I 've gotten it loading now. It seems to be some weird interaction of sub/brand accounts on YouTube.

So I have a Google Account A with sub/brand Account B for YouTube.
I'm 99.9% certain subscriptions are under Account B.
If I log in to client with Account B I get no subscriptions
But if i log into Account A my subscriptions show up correctly.
If I log in on a browser in an incognito tab Account A isn't even an option.

I'm more than willing to label this a weird inconsistency on Googles side (Google Account vs YouTube account) and label this resolved, but I'm willing to investigate more with you if you would like. I might have merged the accounts at some point and that could be another source of weirdness but Account B is an option on google.com/device while authenticating.

[MoojMidge]

If I log in on a browser in an incognito tab Account A isn't even an option.

Can you clarify this a bit more? Are you unable to login to YouTube using Account A? Or you can but the subscriptions don't show up?

[agentgodzilla]

Sorry for delay in getting back to you. Both accounts work, but my subscriptions are under different accounts whether I'm using Youtube in browser or Kodi.

When logging in on Kodi I need to select the top option to get my subscriptions (account that is fully pixelated)

When logging in on browser I need to select the top option to get my subscriptions (picture of the pokemon Miltank)

[jemiller00]

I think I'm running into the exact same problem. I had an alias on YouTube from before Google bought them out and linked the accounts together. I have all my subscriptions under my alias account, not my official Google account. When I login with my password, it is using my Gmail username, but, it lets me select the other alias after that. I don't think this YouTube addon has been tested for that and doesn't support it, or, it's a bug.

On my YouTube screen in KODI, I have a Sign In link at the top. The Sign In link doesn't work. It says "Please log in twice! You must enable two applications so that YouTube is functioning properly." What is that supposed to mean?

I already entered all the API keys, etc. I'm able to search and view videos, but, "My Subscriptions" is empty. History is empty also. Also, I enabled "Update playback history on YouTube" and anything I watch using the KODI addon isn't getting into my History.

One other unrelated thing I am having trouble with is that if I change the Viewtype and sort order on screens, they constantly reset themselves. I want to change the view on the search results page and sort it by date in descending order. It is very frustrating not having those settings retained.

[jemiller00]

Why is it that the Sign In screen doesn't let you sign in with your username and password? And if I am already logged in, why is that link even there? I would have expected there to be a Sign Out link if I am already signed in.

[MoojMidge]

I think I'm running into the exact same problem.

Maybe. It seems more like a bit of confusion/misunderstanding.

When I login with my password, it is using my Gmail username, but, it lets me select the other alias after that. I don't think this YouTube addon has been tested for that and doesn't support it, or, it's a bug.

This addon has nothing to do with your login process. How your login works, what your accounts are used for, and what the OAuth credentials provide access for is entirely up to you and Google/YouTube.

On my YouTube screen in KODI, I have a Sign In link at the top. The Sign In link doesn't work. It says "Please log in twice! You must enable two applications so that YouTube is functioning properly." What is that supposed to mean?

The wording has been clarified in later versions, but it simply means that you need to login in twice in a browser to grant access to two different applications - for this addon as well as for the YouTube TV app. In later versions the authorisation for the YouTube TV app has been removed because it no longer works. Simply follow the on-screen instruction to continue with the login process.

I already entered all the API keys, etc. I'm able to search and view videos, but, "My Subscriptions" is empty. History is empty also. Also, I enabled "Update playback history on YouTube" and anything I watch using the KODI addon isn't getting into my History.

Why is it that the Sign In screen doesn't let you sign in with your username and password? And if I am already logged in, why is that link even there? I would have expected there to be a Sign Out link if I am already signed in.

This is because you haven't logged in. Simply providing an API key is different to logging in to use your YouTube account details in the addon. Being logged in on a browser is different from providing authorisation to the addon.

You cannot just sign-in with a username and password because Google/YouTube won't allow that, and for good reason, because otherwise you would be providing complete access to your entire account to this addon or any other application that tried to do that. It is like asking why you can't pay for things online by simply providing any online store with your bank/credit card account username and password.

One other unrelated thing I am having trouble with is that if I change the Viewtype and sort order on screens, they constantly reset themselves. I want to change the view on the search results page and sort it by date in descending order. It is very frustrating not having those settings retained.

This is a Kodi issue unfortunately.

[jemiller00]

Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure what I did previously, but, it must not have signed in properly at first. I tried again today, entering the activation codes twice, and now I can see my subscriptions, etc. However, now, I'm onto another problem. It's givnig me a "Playback Failed" "One or more items failed to play. Check the log for more information about this message" error for any video that I try to play. Previously, although I wasn't logged in properly, I was able to play the videos without problem under Search.

When I did the activation, first I chose my main Google account, even though I normally choose a secondary name when I login using the YouTube web app. I did this because I wasn't sure if using the second account had anything to do with my original problem. I did that and got in, but, my History list was empty. So, i signed out and than activated twice, this time choosing the secondary name that I normally login as. I was able to login under that name as well, but, History was still empty.

[jemiller00]

I was able to fix the problem by updating to the latest release using the zip file install.

The only problem I have now is that it isn't updating my History on YouTube. I have "Use local playback history (watched, resume tracking)" and "Update playback history on YouTube" enabled under Advanced settings.

[jemiller00]

Also, if you have auto-play recommended. It appears to not include that in the local history.