Important
Complete all steps of the Setup Wizard to apply appropriate plugin settings and minimise avoidable operational issues.
v7.0.8 for Kodi v19+ (Matrix/Nexus/Omega)
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Official version:
plugin.video.youtube-7.0.8.zip -
Unofficial version:
plugin.video.youtube-7.0.8+unofficial.1.zip
v7.0.8 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-7.0.8+leia.1.zip -
Unofficial version:
plugin.video.youtube-7.0.8+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
- Update selection and sorting of streams to fix missing live streams
- Fix using cached settings for XbmcContext.use_inputstream_adaptive
- Wakeup http server on playback start if required #746
- Improve handling of context menu play items
- Use consistent return values for function cache to avoid caching errors #782
- Attempt to fix PlaylistPlayer race condition error #704
- Fix not reloading access manager when performing user actions #780
- Fix page jump when page_token is not used
- Ensure container is always refreshed when required and available
- Fix incorrect comparison after cd45122
- Fix various caching issues #786 #797
- Fix including un-redacted IP address in debug logs
- Additional fixes for redacting IP addresses in debug logs #801
- Various minor fixes for external player use
- Fix trying to access playlists for account that has no Youtube channel #803
- Poll for http server restart when required for playback #746 #808
- Fix unsubscribe from My Subscriptions #809
- Fix Python2 UnicodeDecodeError when removing/renaming searches #815
- Fix not catching socket.error in Python2 when force shutting down socket
- Fix deleting window property with multiple threads causing hang on exit #813
Changed
- Update icons
- Only enable recommendations when logged in
- Improve sync with internal Kodi watched state #709
- Align default value for watched percentage with Kodi default #746
- Limit need to check window property for sleep and wakeup
- Only show Next Page listitem linking to first page when in the GUI #787
- Use youtu.be urls with external players to work with different types of videos
- Test not starting/checking for http server until required for playback #746
- Invalidate portion of playlist cache if item added to playlist #797
- Update 720p preset in Setup Wizard #807
- Update itags found in HLS playlists and exclude them in quality selection #806
New
- Cache and update My Subscriptions content per channel feed #785 #786
- Use separate database for My Subscription feed history #785
- Enable action parameter in play playlist route
- Use placeholder in empty listings to provide info and allow refreshing #797
- Enable subtitles for alternative client 2 #806
Changelog for this release: v7.0.8+beta.5...v7.0.8
Full changelog since last release: v7.0.7...v7.0.8