Important
On first run the Setup Wizard will activate.
Complete all steps of the Setup Wizard to apply appropriate plugin settings and minimise avoidable operational issues.
v7.0.6.1 for Kodi v19+ (Matrix/Nexus/Omega)
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Official version:
plugin.video.youtube-7.0.6.1.zip -
Unofficial version:
plugin.video.youtube-7.0.6.1+unofficial.1.zip
v7.0.6.1 for Kodi v18 (Leia)
Important
The Kodi v18 releases are offered as-is, and no support will be provided for them, except at the discretion of the maintainers
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Official version:
plugin.video.youtube-7.0.6.1+leia.1.zip -
Unofficial version:
plugin.video.youtube-7.0.6.1+leia.unofficial.1.zip
What are the unofficial versions?
- Refer to the FAQ in the Wiki.
Which file to use and how to install manually?
- Refer to the manual installation guide in the Wiki.
Fixed
- Improve updating containers and (re)loading windows #681
- 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 #704
- Update error checks to avoid unnecessary retries of player requests
- Fix adding and viewing items to internal bookmarks and watchlater list #720
- Fix error checks to prevent prematurely stopping retries of player requests #730
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 #692
- Enable OPUS audio by default #537
- Enable MPEG-DASH for live streams by default #680
- 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 #699
New
- Add recommended settings in Setup Wizard for Raspberry Pi 1/2 class devices #688
- Added Bookmarks
- Save videos, channels, playlists to Bookmarks
- Bookmarked channels will be checked for updates in My Subscriptions
- Data is stored locally, without needing to be logged in
Changelog for this release: v7.0.6...v7.0.6.1
Full changelog since last release: v7.0.5...v7.0.6.1