Unable to use YouTube plugin after LibreElec upgrade

jane_t · April 13, 2020 at 12:42 PM

I have not used my LibreElec option for a while, but when I did it upgraded.

The Youtube plugin had an error so I tried reinstalling but it failed.

I have done a manual upgrade using LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-9.2.1.img.gz, but it still fails when trying to install the plugin

The full log is here http://ix.io/2hQy

I wondered if these errors are the problem

Code

2019-04-11 16:28:48.731 T:2641355632   ERROR: ## LibreELEC Addon ## oe::load_url(https://update.libreelec.tv/updates.php?i=NOSTATS&d=LibreELEC&pa=RPi4.arm&v=9.2.1&f=00b03111) ## ERROR: (URLError(SSLError(1, u'[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:727)'),))
2019-04-11 16:28:48.732 T:2641355632   ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
                                              File "/var/lib/jenkins/LE/build5/workspace/RPi4/build.LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-9.2.1/LibreELEC-settings-6f6ca1e46c230d1e5045e6bb92a03889e1f1c71a/.install_pkg/usr/share/kodi/addons/service.libreelec.settings/oe.py", line 361, in load_url
                                              File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 154, in urlopen
                                              File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 429, in open
                                              File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 447, in _open
                                              File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
                                              File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 1241, in https_open
                                              File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 1198, in do_open
                                            URLError: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:727)>
2019-04-11 16:28:48.734 T:2641355632   ERROR: ## LibreELEC Addon ## updates::check_updates_v2 ## ERROR: (TypeError('expected string or buffer',))
2019-04-11 16:28:48.734 T:2641355632   ERROR: Traceback (most recent call last):
                                              File "/var/lib/jenkins/LE/build5/workspace/RPi4/build.LibreELEC-RPi4.arm-9.2.1/LibreELEC-settings-6f6ca1e46c230d1e5045e6bb92a03889e1f1c71a/.install_pkg/usr/share/kodi/addons/service.libreelec.settings/resources/lib/modules/updates.py", line 564, in check_updates_v2
                                              File "/usr/lib/python2.7/json/__init__.py", line 339, in loads
                                              File "/usr/lib/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 364, in decode
                                            TypeError: expected string or buffer
2020-04-13 11:28:16.827 T:2863498096   ERROR: CCurlFile::Open failed with code 404 for https://mirrors.kodi.tv/addons/leia/plugin.video.youtube/plugin.video.youtube-6.5.1.zip:
2020-04-13 11:28:16.827 T:2863498096   ERROR: Could not fetch addon location and hash from https://mirrors.kodi.tv/addons/leia/plugin.video.youtube/plugin.video.youtube-6.5.1.zip
2020-04-13 11:28:16.827 T:2863498096   ERROR: CAddonInstallJob[plugin.video.youtube]: failed to resolve addon install source path

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jane_t · April 13, 2020 at 2:47 PM

Just to add an update for this, I manually downloaded the latest version of the plug in 6.7 and that installed, but I have given up as I was not able to work out all the hoops to get a google outh api set of keys to go with it.

I think I will just stick to using Cast To Kodi for now. I think the Certificate error on the update list might need sorting though.

**blueribb** · April 13, 2020 at 3:21 PM

Fresh installs now require your own API Keys. You should post your problem in the Kodi / YouTube Forum here:

Kodi / YouTube Plug-in Thread

LE23 · April 14, 2020 at 5:20 AM

Quote from blueribb

Fresh installs now require your own API Keys.

Quote from jane_t

I was not able to work out all the hoops to get a google outh api set of keys

For anyone who needs it, the installation instructions are provided here. Most problems are related to the following issues:

1) If you want to generate API keys, you must sign-in with a Google account. (If you already have a Google account, you may want to create a separate account for Kodi).

2) If the YouTube add-on does not work, verify that the API Key / API Id / API Secret are typed exactly as shown on the APIs & services page of your Google account.

Just for reference, there is an open source YouTube client for Android which does not require API keys.

NewPipe - a free YouTube client

**CvH** · April 14, 2020 at 11:01 AM Official Post

Quote from LE23

Just for reference, there is an open source YouTube client for Android which does not require API keys.

Everyone that uses the APi needs api keys, ofc you could include them into the addon. But like we already saw they expire really quick due the amount of users.

Unable to use YouTube plugin after LibreElec upgrade

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