HLS Playback Regression for Non-Live YouTube Videos After Updating to v0.4

[hiropome]

In version 0.2.9, even non-live YouTube videos could be played by obtaining the HLS stream URL from youtube.livestream.

However, after updating to version 0.4, I can still obtain the HLS stream URL for non-live videos from youtube.livestream, but trying to play it now results in a 403 error.

As a workaround, I’ve routed non-live videos to the regular (non-HLS) stream instead, but that path takes significantly longer to load, so I’d like to avoid it if possible.

[hliang]

I have similar issue.

v0.2.9 actually has been working fine for me.

After upgrading to v0.4.4, I encountered a 403 error ("You do not have permission to access the requested resource") when using the youtube.livestreams URL.

I attempted to use the youtube.streams URL as a workaround, but that results in high latency; it is slow and frequently freezes when seeking.

Guess I'll stick with 0.2.9 for now.