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plugins.youtube: fix live playback #3268

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plugins.youtube: fix live playback
Billy2011 Oct 19, 2020
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check for valid canonical URL
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12 changes: 10 additions & 2 deletions src/streamlink/plugins/youtube.py
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Expand Up @@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ def _find_video_id(self, url):
log.debug("Video ID from currentVideoEndpoint")
return video_id
for x in search_dict(data, 'videoRenderer'):
if x.get("viewCountText", {}).get("runs"):
if x.get("videoId"):
log.debug("Video ID from videoRenderer (live)")
return x["videoId"]
for bstyle in search_dict(x.get("badges", {}), "style"):
if bstyle == "BADGE_STYLE_TYPE_LIVE_NOW":
if x.get("videoId"):
Expand All @@ -266,8 +270,12 @@ def _find_video_id(self, url):
if link.attributes.get("rel") == "canonical":
canon_link = link.attributes.get("href")
if canon_link != url:
log.debug("Re-directing to canonical URL: {0}".format(canon_link))
return self._find_video_id(canon_link)
if canon_link.endswith("v=live_stream"):
log.debug("The video is not available")
break
else:
log.debug("Re-directing to canonical URL: {0}".format(canon_link))
return self._find_video_id(canon_link)

raise PluginError("Could not find a video on this page")

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