[plugin.video.youtube@matrix] 7.0.6.3

[anxdpanic]

Add-on details:

• General

  • Add-on name: YouTube
  • Add-on ID: plugin.video.youtube
  • Version number: 7.0.6.3
  • Kodi/repository version: matrix

• Code location

  • URL: https://github.com/anxdpanic/plugin.video.youtube

YouTube is one of the biggest video-sharing websites of the world.

Description of changes:

v7.0.6.3

Fixed

• Improve updating containers and (re)loading windows
• Fix refreshing video listing also forcing next pages to refresh when loaded
• Fix overflow error resulting from parsing hashtags as episode numbers
• Fix 6s delay on video playback start
• Further fixes for multiple busy dialog crash workaround
  • Possibly fix issues reported in comments of
• Update error checks to avoid unnecessary retries of player requests
• Fix adding and viewing items to internal bookmarks and watchlater list
• Fix error checks to prevent prematurely stopping retries of player requests
• Disable using android client player request by default

Changed

• Setup Wizard default settings now disable pre-downloading subtitles if MPEG-DASH is enabled
• Ask for quality, Play with subtitles, Play audio only context menu items only displayed if associated setting is not already enabled
• Only make extra request for subtitles for Android client when all subtitle languages are enabled
• Overhaul alternative player support due to Kodi changes and also improve external player support
• Make "Support alternative player" and "Use YouTube website urls with default player" mutually exclusive options
• Enable OPUS audio by default
• Enable MPEG-DASH for live streams by default
• Setup Wizard will prompt to run when plugin first opens after updating, in order to update default settings
• http server will shutdown on idle timeout
• Update client details used for player requests

New

• Add r

Checklist:

• My code follows the add-on rules and piracy stance of this project.
• I have read the CONTRIBUTING document
• Each add-on submission should be a single commit with using the following style: [plugin.video.foo] v1.0.0