Can't sign into YouTube (Pi 3B+, August release)

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This may well be an add-on issue, but the same add-on on two other Kodi devices (Vero 4K+ and Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K) isn’t exhibiting the problem, so I thought it was worth checking that there isn’t something happening on the OSMC side.

I’ve gone through the process of generating some YouTube API keys. On the Vero 4K+ I’ve installed them (via the API web interface) and they work perfectly there. I’ve also copied and pasted the keys to another device in the past (Fire Stick) doing a c&p between the API web pages, and that also works perfectly.

But copying the same keys into the Pi’s API web page and then signing in gives me an error: “Client Id is incorrect. Settings - API - APi Id”. I’ve checked the API Id several times, and it’s definitely the same as the one on the Vero 4K+.

Any ideas?

Logs: https://paste.osmc.tv/orolezayoy

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Check .kodi/userdata/addon_data/plugin.video.youtube/api_keys.json if content is correct

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@anxdpanic is the YouTube add-on developer, so he probably knows if there are issues.

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Hmph. Having gone into the maintenance section of the add on and deleted everything again and then re-entered the keys again, now, all of a sudden, the damn thing is working. Quite what I did the fourth time that I didn’t do any of the first three times, I have no idea. I hate it when things do that. :angry:

Well, close thread, nothing more to see here…

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Experienced exactly the same in an fresh installation of OSMC with the youtube addon. Rebooting the device twice with the correct API key implemented ‘solved’ the issue.