Bump version to v0.3.2

Introduce primary_client, fallback_client, and last_resort_client variables for better configurability.
Replace hardcoded 'android_vr' with primary_client in fetch_player_response call.

youtube/comments.py

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def request_comments(ctoken, replies=False):
                 'hl': 'en',
                 'gl': 'US',
                 'clientName': 'MWEB',
-                'clientVersion': '2.20240328.08.00',
+                'clientVersion': '2.20210804.02.00',
             },
         },
         'continuation': ctoken.replace('=', '%3D'),
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def single_comment_ctoken(video_id, comment_id):
 
 def post_process_comments_info(comments_info):
     for comment in comments_info['comments']:
-        comment['author'] = strip_non_ascii(comment['author'])
+        comment['author'] = strip_non_ascii(comment['author']) if comment.get('author') else ""
         comment['author_url'] = concat_or_none(
             '/', comment['author_url'])
         comment['author_avatar'] = concat_or_none(
@@ -189,10 +189,10 @@ def video_comments(video_id, sort=0, offset=0, lc='', secret_key=''):
                 comments_info['error'] += '\n\n' + e.error_message
             comments_info['error'] += '\n\nExit node IP address: %s' % e.ip
         else:
-            comments_info['error'] = 'YouTube blocked the request. IP address: %s' % e.ip
+            comments_info['error'] = 'YouTube blocked the request. Error: %s' % str(e)
 
     except Exception as e:
-        comments_info['error'] = 'YouTube blocked the request. IP address: %s' % e.ip
+        comments_info['error'] = 'YouTube blocked the request. Error: %s' % str(e)
 
     if comments_info.get('error'):
         print('Error retrieving comments for ' + str(video_id) + ':\n' +

youtube/static/js/watch.js

@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ function changeQuality(selection) {
     let videoPaused = video.paused;
     let videoSpeed = video.playbackRate;
     let srcInfo;
-    if (avMerge)
+    if (avMerge && typeof avMerge.close === 'function') {
         avMerge.close();
+    }
     if (selection.type == 'uni'){
         srcInfo = data['uni_sources'][selection.index];
         video.src = srcInfo.url;

youtube/static/watch.css

@@ -128,6 +128,29 @@ header {
     background-color: var(--buttom-hover);
 }
 
+.live-url-choices {
+    background-color: var(--thumb-background);
+    margin: 1rem 0;
+    padding: 1rem;
+}
+
+.playability-error {
+    position: relative;
+    box-sizing: border-box;
+    height: 30vh;
+    margin: 1rem 0;
+}
+
+.playability-error > span {
+    display: flex;
+    background-color: var(--thumb-background);
+    height: 100%;
+    object-fit: cover;
+    justify-content: center;
+    align-items: center;
+    text-align: center;
+}
+
 .playlist {
     display: grid;
     grid-gap: 4px;
@@ -622,6 +645,9 @@ figure.sc-video {
         max-height: 80vh;
         overflow-y: scroll;
     }
+    .playability-error {
+        height: 60vh;
+    }
     .playlist {
         display: grid;
         grid-gap: 1px;

youtube/util.py

@@ -840,6 +840,8 @@ def call_youtube_api(client, api, data):
 
 def strip_non_ascii(string):
     ''' Returns the string without non ASCII characters'''
+    if string is None:
+        return ""
     stripped = (c for c in string if 0 < ord(c) < 127)
     return ''.join(stripped)
 

youtube/version.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-__version__ = 'v0.3.1'
+__version__ = 'v0.3.2'

youtube/watch.py

@@ -367,32 +367,42 @@ def fetch_watch_page_info(video_id, playlist_id, index):
     watch_page = watch_page.decode('utf-8')
     return yt_data_extract.extract_watch_info_from_html(watch_page)
 
+
 def extract_info(video_id, use_invidious, playlist_id=None, index=None):
+    primary_client = 'android_vr'
+    fallback_client = 'ios'
+    last_resort_client = 'tv_embedded'
+
     tasks = (
         # Get video metadata from here
         gevent.spawn(fetch_watch_page_info, video_id, playlist_id, index),
-        gevent.spawn(fetch_player_response, 'android_vr', video_id)
+        gevent.spawn(fetch_player_response, primary_client, video_id)
     )
     gevent.joinall(tasks)
     util.check_gevent_exceptions(*tasks)
-    info, player_response = tasks[0].value, tasks[1].value
+
+    info = tasks[0].value or {}
+    player_response = tasks[1].value or {}
 
     yt_data_extract.update_with_new_urls(info, player_response)
 
-    # Age restricted video, retry
+    # Fallback to 'ios' if no valid URLs are found
-    if info['age_restricted'] or info['player_urls_missing']:
+    if not info.get('formats') or info.get('player_urls_missing'):
-        if info['age_restricted']:
+        print(f"No URLs found in '{primary_client}', attempting with '{fallback_client}'.")
-            print('Age restricted video, retrying')
+        player_response = fetch_player_response(fallback_client, video_id) or {}
-        else:
+        yt_data_extract.update_with_new_urls(info, player_response)
-            print('Player urls missing, retrying')
+
-        player_response = fetch_player_response('tv_embedded', video_id)
+    # Final attempt with 'tv_embedded' if there are still no URLs
+    if not info.get('formats') or info.get('player_urls_missing'):
+        print(f"No URLs found in '{fallback_client}', attempting with '{last_resort_client}'")
+        player_response = fetch_player_response(last_resort_client, video_id) or {}
         yt_data_extract.update_with_new_urls(info, player_response)
 
     # signature decryption
-    decryption_error = decrypt_signatures(info, video_id)
+    if info.get('formats'):
-    if decryption_error:
+        decryption_error = decrypt_signatures(info, video_id)
-        decryption_error = 'Error decrypting url signatures: ' + decryption_error
+        if decryption_error:
-        info['playability_error'] = decryption_error
+            info['playability_error'] = 'Error decrypting url signatures: ' + decryption_error
 
     # check if urls ready (non-live format) in former livestream
     # urls not ready if all of them have no filesize
@@ -406,21 +416,21 @@ def extract_info(video_id, use_invidious, playlist_id=None, index=None):
 
     # livestream urls
     # sometimes only the livestream urls work soon after the livestream is over
-    if (info['hls_manifest_url']
+    info['hls_formats'] = []
-        and (info['live'] or not info['formats'] or not info['urls_ready'])
+    if info.get('hls_manifest_url') and (info.get('live') or not info.get('formats') or not info['urls_ready']):
-    ):
+        try:
-        manifest = util.fetch_url(info['hls_manifest_url'],
+            manifest = util.fetch_url(info['hls_manifest_url'],
-            debug_name='hls_manifest.m3u8',
+                debug_name='hls_manifest.m3u8',
-            report_text='Fetched hls manifest'
+                report_text='Fetched hls manifest'
-        ).decode('utf-8')
+            ).decode('utf-8')
-
+            info['hls_formats'], err = yt_data_extract.extract_hls_formats(manifest)
-        info['hls_formats'], err = yt_data_extract.extract_hls_formats(manifest)
+            if not err:
-        if not err:
+                info['playability_error'] = None
-            info['playability_error'] = None
+            for fmt in info['hls_formats']:
-        for fmt in info['hls_formats']:
+                fmt['video_quality'] = video_quality_string(fmt)
-            fmt['video_quality'] = video_quality_string(fmt)
+        except Exception as e:
-    else:
+            print(f"Error obteniendo HLS manifest: {e}")
-        info['hls_formats'] = []
+            info['hls_formats'] = []
 
     # check for 403. Unnecessary for tor video routing b/c ip address is same
     info['invidious_used'] = False