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# torttube — RETIRED 2026-05-23
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This addon has been retired. We reinvented an existing wheel.
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**Use these instead, both via official sources:**
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- [`plugin.video.youtube`](https://github.com/anxdpanic/plugin.video.youtube) — playback. Has years of work on multi-Innertube-client fallback and proper DASH MPD construction.
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- [`script.service.sponsorblock`](https://github.com/siku2/script.service.sponsorblock) — SponsorBlock skips for ALL YouTube playback in Kodi, including phone-cast. Polished settings UI, multi-backend support (pv.youtube, Invidious, Piped, sendtokodi), works silently in the background.
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## What torttube was
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A LibreELEC Kodi addon for the home TVs — Rust sidecar (`rustypipe` + `yt-dlp` + SponsorBlock client) + Python plugin UI for browse/search/channels/subscriptions/watch-later. Built across 2026-05-23 in response to YouTube blocking anonymous playback on Kodi via `plugin.video.youtube`.
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The architecture peaked at v1.0.4:
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- Bundled `plugin.video.youtube` 7.4.3 zip + auto-install on first run
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- Service-level SponsorBlock for all YouTube playback (including phone cast)
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- Rustypipe-backed browse UI (search / channels / subs / WL)
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- Native DASH MPD path (parked — audio-sync drift on long videos)
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- yt-dlp progressive 360p fallback
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By the time v1.0.4 shipped, every job we did had an existing addon doing it better:
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- Playback: pv.youtube (we were already delegating to it 100% of the time)
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- SponsorBlock-for-all-YT-playback: `script.service.sponsorblock` (we wrote essentially the same code as their `Monitor` + `PlayerCheckpointListener`)
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- The only piece we built that wasn't a duplicate was the rustypipe browse UI — which we only used when navigating torttube on the TV remote, not when casting from the phone
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Lessons in the [v1.0.0 → v1.0.4 commits](/Sulkta-Coop/torttube/commits/branch/main) and [closed PRs](/Sulkta-Coop/torttube/pulls?state=closed).
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## Repo state
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- Latest tag: `v1.0.4`
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- Build artifact: `dist/plugin.video.torttube-<version>.zip` from `scripts/build-addon-zip.sh`
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- Sidecar Rust source: `sidecar/crates/torttube-sidecar/` (aarch64-musl cross-compile)
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- Vendored: `plugin.video.youtube-7.4.3.zip`
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Repo archived 2026-05-23.
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