v7.0.7

[MoojMidge]

Fixed

• Fixed not being able to re-refresh a directory listing that has already been refreshed
• Fixed various window and history nagivation issues
• Fixed http server idle shutdown not restarting if plugin is run but GUI is still idle
• Additional improvements to busy dialog crash workaround
• Workaround for new settings interface not updated correctly
• Fix bookmarks icon background colour
• Fix adding channel items directly to bookmarks
• Fixes for player monitoring preventing item being marked as watched 7.0.6.x do not correctly set watched status #746
• Fix invalid pageToken error by removing jump from unsupported listings Context menu « More… » : To Edit playlist #715
• Fix issues with post play refresh possibly causing loss of window history
• Fix bug that could lead to plugin continuously reloading A lightweight YouTube plugin #608
• Attempted fix for socket error 98 on Linux 7.0.6.x do not correctly set watched status #746
  • For error 10013 on Windows try either of the following:
    • Start-Process powershell -Verb runAs -ArgumentList "net stop winnat; net start winnat"
    • Start-Process powershell -Verb runAs -ArgumentList "net stop hns; net start hns"
• Fix changing fanart type on My Subscriptions My Subscriptions & Bookmarks doesn't respect fanart_type #751
• Fix not using thumbnail fanart for channels/subscriptions/playlists when enabled My Subscriptions & Bookmarks doesn't respect fanart_type #751
• Fix My Subscriptions threading issues Cannot load "My Subscriptions" #529
• Fix failing to login Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Can't login anymore to my account (API always used and working)... #759
• Improve resource usage
• Fix adding video to playlist Youtube 7.0.7+beta.1 : Add video broken #764
• Fix plugin settings raising exception in Kodi 19-20 7.0.7 beta 2 throws exception #769
• Fix location icon background colour

Changed

• Removed Settings > Advanced > Views > Show channel fanart
  • Now included as option in Settings > Advanced > Views > Show fanart
• MPEG-DASH for live streams only enabled by default in Kodi v21
• Make better use of reuselanguageinvoker and various memory usage improvements
• Use internal Kodi resume enable/disable for all playback Cant re-start watched videos #693
  • For playback where Kodi does not prompt to resume, the plugin will also no longer resume
  • For playback where Kodi does prompt to resume, the plugin will follow whatever is selected
• Cached data for My Subscriptions and Related Videos will be replaced due to changes in cached data
• Use channel fanart as backup to thumbnail fanart for channel items without thumbnails My Subscriptions & Bookmarks doesn't respect fanart_type #751

New

• Improvements to plugin page navigation Context menu « More… » : To Edit playlist #715
  • Refresh added to context menu of Next page item
  • Jump to page added to context menu of Next page item
    • Can also be used in plugin url: plugin://plugin.video.youtube/goto_page/<PAGE>/<PATH> [FEATURE/QUESTION] Pagination and request parameters #317
  • Home added to context menu of Next page item
  • Quick search added to context menu of Next page item
  • Next page item added to last page of directory list to go back to first page
• Add option to use channel name as studio and/or cast In Estouchy skin, when playing a video, it doesn't show the channel name. #717
  • Settings > Advanced > Views > Use channel name as
• Add option to use best available thumbnail quality
  • Settings > Advanced > Views > Thumbnail size
• Added option to use video thumbnail as fanart in Settings > Advanced > Views > Show fanart Setting for using thumbnail as fanart #716
  • Also added plugin url query parameter fanart_type to override settings
    • Can be used to set fanart for specific widgets only: plugin://plugin.video.youtube/<PATH>?fanart_type=<0/1/2/3>
    • Allowable values are the same as the setting:
      • 0: No fanart
      • 1: Default
      • 2: Channel
      • 3: Thumbnail
• Enable syncing of plugin watched state with Kodi watched state when using Kodi mark as (un)watched "Mark watched" doesn't work reliably #709
• Add website link to video descriptions More details in video description #721
• Update video filtering for live streams The ability to hide Live videos, similar to hiding shorts #755
  • Add options to filter/hide the following types of videos
    • shorts
    • upcoming videos (either live streams or premieres)
    • upcoming live streams
    • currently live streams
    • upcoming premieres
    • completed videos (previously either live or premieres)
  • No currently live streams will be shown in searches, only in the Live subfolder
  • No currently live or upcoming live streams will be shown in channels, only in the Live subfolder
    • Should also be much faster
  • Completed stream will continue to be shown in listings unless filtered out
  • Live subfolders will not be filtered by default
  • Filter selection dialog has option to also filter the Live subfolder
  • Most other listings will be filtered using whatever options have been set