Realized during M6 packaging that the rustypipe path returns separate
audio + video DASH streams (Opus 251 + AV1 401 on the smoke video). Kodi
can't sync those without an inputstream.adaptive DASH manifest, which
would need server-side manifest generation — M3+ territory.
Stopgap for shippable M3: new sidecar op resolve_play that asks yt-dlp
for -f best[ext=mp4]/best — one combined audio+video URL Kodi plays as
plain HTTP. ~3-5s overhead vs rustypipe but reliable sync.
main.py _play() now calls resolve_play. resolve still exists for
metadata + browse paths (M4 will use it).
Rebuilt aarch64-musl binary, repackaged plugin.video.torttube-0.0.1.zip
(38.7MB, md5 f2c08aed130b1c1bd231a9b6cbfac93c). Live at:
smb://fileserver/downloads/torttube/plugin.video.torttube-0.0.1.zip
scripts/build-addon-zip.sh runs the whole pipeline from a host with ssh build-host:
- one-shot messense/rust-musl-cross:aarch64-musl container builds the
sidecar static (6.2MB stripped). Doesn't mutate the build container.
- fetches yt-dlp_linux_aarch64 from the upstream release page so Tier 2
+ Tier 3 work on the Pi (LibreELEC ships no Python YouTube tools)
- packages everything into plugin.video.torttube.zip with the Kodi
install-from-zip layout
- drops the zip at /srv/downloads/torttube/ on the file share
Cargo.toml swaps rustypipe to default-features=false +
rustls-tls-webpki-roots so the cross-compile is openssl-free.
addon.xml drops the unused script.module.requests requirement — main.py
only uses Python stdlib + Kodi's own modules.
docs/install.md walks the Kodi UI flow + a smoke curl that fires
Player.Open via JSON-RPC. Pi-side smoke is pending install on
kodi-host.
main.py now handles the standard Kodi plugin-URL routing:
plugin://plugin.video.torttube/?action=play&id=<yt-id>
plugin://plugin.video.torttube/?action=play&url=<full-url>
Either form calls the sidecar resolve op, picks a stream URL from the
response (rustypipe video_stream preferred, yt-dlp combined fallback),
and hands it to Kodi via xbmcplugin.setResolvedUrl.
URL parser accepts watch?v=, youtu.be/, /shorts/, /embed/, /live/, and
bare 11-char IDs. setResolvedUrl flags inputstream.adaptive for .mpd
and .m3u8 manifests so DASH/HLS streams play with the right demuxer.
This makes 'share to TV' work over Kodi's existing JSON-RPC API on
:8080 — Player.Open with a plugin URL is all the remote client needs.
No new server, no app — Kore / Yatse / curl / HA all already work.
docs/remote-control.md captures the curl recipe + Android share-target
plan for the eventual companion app.
Kodi addon (plugin.video.torttube) shell with Cargo workspace for the
rustypipe-backed sidecar binary. No working extraction yet — addon.xml
parses, main.py is a notification stub, sidecar's main.rs prints scaffold
banner. See MILESTONES.md for M1..M6.
License: GPL-3.0-or-later (matches rustypipe + NewPipeExtractor).
