15 replies to this topic

[Zalman Kravitz]

Hello,

I am trying to setup a page using a youtube playlist as the source. I have tried both setting it in the settings and with the following shortcode.

[tubepress mode="playlist" playlistValue="061D914B66D2A0AF"]

The actual URL is http://www.youtube.c...61D914B66D2A0AF

Note that i omitted the PL part as per recent discussion.

Any ideas whats causing this. We are running WP version 3.1.4 (for the time being we cant upgrade for a few days because of other upgrades going on)

Best,

-Yosef

[eric]

It seems that over the past 24 hours YouTube has introduced a change in their API which is causing all sorts of breakage for anyone using TubePress to display a playlist. If you're reading this, that probably means you!

• As this appears to be a problem on YouTube's end, I have filed a bug report with them. Please star this issue to draw their attention!
  
  
• I've also posted a question on stackoverflow, as this is YouTube's official support forum for their API. Please vote on this question to draw attention to it!.

Please, before you continue reading this post, take action on the two items above. The more noise we can make about this, the faster it will be addressed by YouTube! Now, here is a workaround:

• Open up tubepress/sys/classes/org/tubepress/impl/bootstrap/TubePressBootstrapper.class.php with your favorite text editor.
  
  
• Comment out lines 145 and 146. That will change the code in that area from
  
  

  $pm->registerFilter(org_tubepress_api_const_plugin_FilterPoint::OPTION_SET_PRE_VALIDATION,    $ioc->get('org_tubepress_impl_plugin_filters_prevalidationoptionset_StringMagic'));$pm->registerFilter(org_tubepress_api_const_plugin_FilterPoint::OPTION_SET_PRE_VALIDATION,    $ioc->get('org_tubepress_impl_plugin_filters_prevalidationoptionset_YouTubePlaylistPlPrefixRemover'));

  to
  
  

  $pm->registerFilter(org_tubepress_api_const_plugin_FilterPoint::OPTION_SET_PRE_VALIDATION,    $ioc->get('org_tubepress_impl_plugin_filters_prevalidationoptionset_StringMagic'));//$pm->registerFilter(org_tubepress_api_const_plugin_FilterPoint::OPTION_SET_PRE_VALIDATION,//    $ioc->get('org_tubepress_impl_plugin_filters_prevalidationoptionset_YouTubePlaylistPlPrefixRemover'));

  
  
• Ensure that your anytime you use a playlist ID with TubePress, it is prefixed with "PL". i.e. this will work
  
  

  [tubepress mode="playlist" playlistValue="PL83FF64CDA043CBC4"]

  while the following will not work
  
  

  [tubepress mode="playlist" playlistValue="PL83FF64CDA043CBC4"]

This is ugly and hacky, but it will restore your playlist-based galleries to working order - at least until YouTube addresses this issue.

[rodmusic]

Under part 3 of your workaround the "will work" and "won't work" look the same to me. I added the PL prefix to my playlist ID numbers and the videos are now showing. I didn't comment out the code, though, but it worked anyway.

[Liam kaid]

With "PL" or without "PL" is not working for me since today :(

[Eric Alexander]

I have always used the Playlist ID prefixed "PL" and the video gallery was working, but since this morning, even with the "PL" prefix the videos have disppeared and what we see is "Playlist not found"

I have installed Tubepress 2.4.4. whereas 2.4.5 is now available. If I upgrade to 2.4.5., will the Playlist start working again ?

[Eric Alexander]

One more question and that is, how and by whom can this problem be fixed ? Is it Youtube/Google or Tube Press that can fix it ?

[John L]

Thank you for your support - Changing the code as you described worked for me.

[Nancy Nangeroni]

Thanks VERY much for this hack, it worked for me too, on www.TransPeopleSpeak.org

[John Donovan]

Hi, I'm kinda new to any kind of messing with code and I'm having a hard time finding how to access the lines so I can make the switch. I thought I could get to it from my web hosts' control panel, but I can't find it there. Could you please point me in the right direction? Thanks.

http://medicinebreath.com/?page_id=90

Never mind, found it and it worked. Thanks!

[Raya Pomelkova]

Thanks Eric - your instructions worked like a charm!

[mekong cilture]

Thanks a lot. I have the same problem and I open :tubepress/sys/classes/org/tubepress/impl/bootstrap/TubePressBootstrapper.class.php with notepad---->delete line 145& 146--->coppy and pase://$pm->registerFilter(org_tubepress_api_const_plugin_FilterPoint::OPTION_SET_PRE_VALIDATION,
// $ioc->get('org_tubepress_impl_plugin_filters_prevalidationoptionset_YouTubePlaylistPlPrefixRemover'));

it worked for me too, on http://www.mekongculture.com/?p=4450

[Osvaldo Gomez]

How about for Tubepress pro? It doesn't seem to be working for us even after implementing these changes.

[Ron Brajkovich]

I am also having the playlist problem. I need some guidance as to where I can change the code as Eric suggested.

[eric]

According to Google, this has been fixed as of a few minutes ago. Some local testing leads me to believe that things are back to normal. If you're still experiencing trouble, please open up a new discussion thread here in the forum and we'll get you squared away.

Thanks!

[Liam kaid]

So i did the TubePressBootstrapper.class.php modification and that worked... So I changed lots of playlists to add the "PL"

But now since the Youtube fix everything is working and I have some playlists with "PL" and others withoult the "PL" all working... So should I change the playlists code? Should I remove or add the "PL" in the next playlists?

[eric]

So i did the TubePressBootstrapper.class.php modification and that worked... So I changed lots of playlists to add the "PL"

But now since the Youtube fix everything is working and I have some playlists with "PL" and others withoult the "PL" all working... So should I change the playlists code? Should I remove or add the "PL" in the next playlists?

There's no need to change your playlist identifiers, even if you performed the modification to TubePressBootstrapper.class.php. YouTube claims that they will accept the leading "PL" and simply ignore it.