Support for webm(vp9/opus) streams

[monarc99]

Is it possible to support the webm streams (vp9&opus)?

e.g. all available streams for yYanlaOOpsQ
Youtube Addon can only play the old formats and the dash formates in the mpd (only mp4 streams).

youtube-dl -F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYanlaOOpsQ
[youtube] yYanlaOOpsQ: Downloading webpage
[youtube] yYanlaOOpsQ: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] yYanlaOOpsQ: Extracting video information
[youtube] yYanlaOOpsQ: Downloading MPD manifest
[info] Available formats for yYanlaOOpsQ:
format code extension resolution note
249 webm audio only DASH audio 57k , opus @ 50k, 10.15MiB
250 webm audio only DASH audio 74k , opus @ 70k, 13.18MiB
171 webm audio only DASH audio 124k , vorbis@128k, 23.08MiB
140 m4a audio only DASH audio 129k , m4a_dash container, mp4a.40.2@128k (44100Hz), 27.29MiB
251 webm audio only DASH audio 142k , opus @160k, 25.71MiB
160 mp4 256x144 DASH video 118k , avc1.4d400c, 30fps, video only, 18.03MiB
278 webm 256x144 144p 119k , webm container, vp9, 30fps, video only, 19.17MiB
133 mp4 426x240 DASH video 255k , avc1.4d4015, 30fps, video only, 52.80MiB
242 webm 426x240 240p 273k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 42.00MiB
243 webm 640x360 360p 494k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 79.37MiB
134 mp4 640x360 DASH video 655k , avc1.4d401e, 30fps, video only, 108.26MiB
244 webm 854x480 480p 911k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 146.15MiB
135 mp4 854x480 DASH video 1219k , avc1.4d401f, 30fps, video only, 208.31MiB
247 webm 1280x720 720p 2083k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 298.86MiB
136 mp4 1280x720 720p 2495k , avc1.4d401f, 30fps, video only, 422.04MiB
302 webm 1280x720 720p60 3160k , vp9, 60fps, video only, 492.94MiB
298 mp4 1280x720 DASH video 3636k , avc1.4d4020, 60fps, video only, 646.10MiB
248 webm 1920x1080 1080p 4335k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 544.22MiB
137 mp4 1920x1080 1080p 4658k , avc1.640028, 30fps, video only, 780.56MiB
303 webm 1920x1080 1080p60 5438k , vp9, 60fps, video only, 856.81MiB
299 mp4 1920x1080 DASH video 6024k , avc1.64002a, 60fps, video only, 1.08GiB
264 mp4 2560x1440 DASH video 10779k , avc1.640032, 30fps, video only, 1.86GiB
271 webm 2560x1440 1440p 10833k , vp9, 30fps, video only, 1.77GiB
308 webm 2560x1440 1440p60 15585k , vp9, 60fps, video only, 2.60GiB
17 3gp 176x144 small , mp4v.20.3, mp4a.40.2@ 24k
36 3gp 320x180 small , mp4v.20.3, mp4a.40.2
43 webm 640x360 medium , vp8.0, vorbis@128k
18 mp4 640x360 medium , avc1.42001E, mp4a.40.2@ 96k
22 mp4 1280x720 hd720 , avc1.64001F, mp4a.40.2@192k (best)
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the streams can be found in -> adaptive_fmts : https://github.com/jdf76/plugin.video.youtube/blob/master/resources/lib/youtube_plugin/youtube/helper/video_info.py#L598

greetings
monarc

[anxdpanic]

Cannot be done atm. They are 'video only' and Kodi doesn't provide support for muxing, an inputstream add-on may provide this functionality in the future.

[greystashh]

Has there been any news for inputstream compability?

[anxdpanic]

It looks like there are some AML VP9 support PR's to kodi master, but I believe the way inputstream.adaptive works VP9 support will have to be added there. Which I haven't seen any movement on.

[greystashh]

As I see you have created a commit yesterday concerning webm. Does vp9 work already?

[anxdpanic]

They don't work, but including them in the manifest with latest versions of inputstream.adaptive doesn't cause an issue either. So I've included them in the manifest for the newer versions, so when they are working we hopefully shouldn't need any additional changes.

[Leon99]

Knock-knock. Any news on this? I'm considering a switch to watching YouTube via Kodi, and the first thing I noticed is that the video quality is somewhat inferior here, I figured out the reason is the codec. Is there any hope to get webm support any time soon?

[greystashh]

@anxdpanic peak3d has integrated vp9 playback for the Netflix addon. Maybe this is now possible for YouTube as well including HDR?

[anxdpanic]

I tried this out, and it's not working for YouTube (the webm streams don't show even in manual selection). I will get everything together and reach out to peak3d when I get a chance next.

[anxdpanic]

I've got a testing version of the add-on ready. https://github.com/anxdpanic/plugin.video.youtube/releases/tag/6.2.3-webm-toggle hopefully have time to do the rest tomorrow.

[greystashh]

Is it working already with this version?

[anxdpanic]

not working, but it allows adding those streams so it can be tested easier

[anxdpanic]

Thank you for the ping on this, I thought I had already reached out to peak. Done now though 👍

[anxdpanic]

Netflix is using vp9 in an mp4 container which is currently supported. The webm container YouTube is using is currently still unsupported and is on the todo list for inputstream.adaptive.

[alsteiner]

Times change. I have created a tutorial in which I show how it is possible for everyone to publish high-quality sound (opus @ 160kbps) on YouTube. See here: '2019 How to Upload Best Audio Quality to YouTube. Opus for All. ' → https://youtu.be/yjBIzNId5Yk

[anxdpanic]

6.4.0 enables webm-vp9, requires inputstream.adaptive >= 2.3.14
https://github.com/jdf76/plugin.video.youtube/wiki/Installation
Submitted and waiting review to the Official repository as well

Closing this, #257 will contain follow up when opus/vorbis and av1 support are available.