The youtube plugin was working until recently. Now when I try to watch something I get the error sign in to confirm you are not a bot. I followed with the sign in process using the confirmation code shown on the screen. I enter the code at google.com/device then I get the message Access blocked: has not completed the Google verification process. I completed the Oath process but still I cannot get youtube to work.
Anyone else have or solve this problem?
Many have the problem. It’s an issue that only the addon developer can address. Not a problem OSMC is responsible for.
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=356934&pid=3223934#pid3223934
Download the beta version “v7.2.0+beta.4” of the YouTube addon from here
I used this file https://github.com/anxdpanic/plugin.video.youtube/releases/download/v7.2.0%2Bbeta.4/plugin.video.youtube-7.2.0+beta.4.zip
Uncompressed and replace the files located here “/home/osmc/.kodi/addons/plugin.video.youtube” on your OSMC install with the files from the zip.
Ensure you have a developer key which contains a YouTube API Key, Client ID and Client Secret.
Don not forget to login to your YouTube account via the YouTube addon. Reboot your OSMC and everything will work fine.
I already have the the beta version “v7.2.0+beta.4” installed.I did the sign in and it said Success! Then I look at OSMC and it asks me to sign in again with another code. I sign in to Google for the second time, and it says my device is not trusted so I selected the ADVANCED and signed it and it worked.
Glad that worked out for you.
I appreciate you taking the time to respond. Thanks!!
You are welcome. It was my pleasure and sorry for the delayed response. I had all intentions to respond much sooner.
Created an account just to say thank you. I spent the past two weeks trying different older versions, creating and recreating API/OAuth creds, turning off vpn, and searching far and wide for a solution. You are a life saver.
Welcome @testrak
Sam
FYI - there are click by click instructions for API key creation and YouTube add-on authentication here https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=356934&pid=3224383#pid3224383
@testrak , glad this helped.
I suppose it’s OK to let YT2020-12 have access to my YT account? Or should I create a new google account for this?
@grahamh Sorry I don’t know what you mean by YT2020-12. But I’m guessing you mean the YouTube add-on.
This is a question only you can answer based on the risk you are prepared to accept.
The configuration required for the YouTube add-on to work only allows access to the YouTube API which provides access to specific Google account data. See YouTube Data API | Google for Developers
As long as you securely manage/store the API credentials then this API access is limited to only your OSMC device.
However this assumes a degree of trust in the OSMC device/code and YouTube add-on code i.e. they aren’t behaving in a malicious manner.
Alternatively you may want to create a separate account so Google has a less complete profile of your activity (as it will be split across multiple separate accounts).
TLDR - If you’re paranoid create a separate account.
Works very well - Thank you
