Sidecar Playlist op via rustypipe playlist(). Returns playlist metadata
block (id, name, channel, video_count) + items array. Verified live
against LTT's 'Consumer Advocacy' (PL8mG-RkN2uTzwoF72GqeqAJMI-N7scqtI):
returns the single video with full metadata.
Addon ?action=playlist&id=PL... lists items via _add_video_items reuse.
Verified via Files.GetDirectory JSON-RPC.
resources/settings.xml gains a 'dash_enabled' toggle (boolean, default
off). main.py checks ADDON.getSettingBool('dash_enabled') OR the
TORTTUBE_DASH env fallback before attempting the DASH path. Toggle via
Kodi Settings → Add-on settings → torttube, OR via
Addons.SetSettings JSON-RPC.
docs/upstream.md: filed a 'watching' entry for rustypipe PR #77
(Schmiddiii's late-May YouTube parsing fixes) with our independent
test data — player(), search(), and channel_videos() all still work
against current YouTube on 0.11.4, suggesting the PR fixes code paths
torttube doesn't yet exercise. Endorsement comment pending: gated on
creating a Sulkta-Coop codeberg account.
Observation from kodi.log: plugin.video.youtube successfully parsed a
DASH MPD with 26 streams via inputstream.adaptive on this same Pi —
proves DASH is solvable on our setup, just need to match the URL
pattern they use. M7 stabilization carrying forward.
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torttube milestones
M0 — Scaffold [current]
Sulkta-Coop/torttubeon LAN Gitea- Layout:
addon/(Python) +sidecar/(Rust workspace) - GPL-3.0 license headers
- crafting-table build target produces a static aarch64 sidecar binary
M1 — sidecar resolve (three-tier)
- reads
{"op":"resolve","id":"<yt-id>"}from stdin - Tier 1: rustypipe →
{"streams":[…],"title":"…","duration_s":N,"source":"rustypipe"} - Tier 2: on Tier-1 failure, shell out to
yt-dlp -j <url>→ same JSON shape with"source":"yt-dlp" - Tier 3: new op
{"op":"rip","id":"<yt-id>","dest":"/storage/.kodi/temp/torttube/<id>.<ext>"}invoked by addon on Tier-1+2 stream failures or 403-mid-play; yt-dlp downloads file, sidecar returns local path - typed errors for age-restricted / region-restricted / private (not panics)
- sig decoding verified against a known-good video
- DASH manifest URL or per-itag direct stream URL — whichever inputstream.adaptive prefers
M2 — SponsorBlock
{"op":"sponsorblock","id":"<yt-id>"}→ segments array- SHA-256 prefix lookup (privacy-preserving — only send first 4 hex chars)
- category filter honoured from addon settings (skip / mute / show only)
- cache per-session
M3 — Kodi addon plays one video
addon.xml+main.pyregister as video pluginmain.pyhandlesplugin://plugin.video.torttube/?action=play&id=<id>and?url=<full-url>— wired so JSON-RPCPlayer.Openfrom any LAN client (phone, HA, curl) triggers resolve + play. See docs/remote-control.md.- cross-compile sidecar for aarch64, drop into
bin/of addon dir - install + smoke on LibreELEC RPi at
192.168.0.158 - (later) hardcoded list of 3 test videos for in-Kodi navigation
M4 — search + channel browse [PARTIAL]
- sidecar
searchop via rustypipequery().search::<VideoItem,_>() - root directory listing in Kodi addon (Search + Play by URL entries)
?action=searchaccepts inlineq=(for JSON-RPC) or prompts keyboard- result labels show title · channel · duration · view-count, with
IsPlayable=true, thumbnails, video InfoLabels - verified via JSON-RPC:
Files.GetDirectoryreturns 19+ formatted results for "linus tech tips" - channel browse →
{"op":"channel_videos","id":"…"}— verified 30 videos returned for LTT's UCXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw via JSON-RPC - context-menu entry on every result: "Go to " → channel listing
- playlist browse →
{"op":"playlist","id":"…"}— verified with LTT's "Consumer Advocacy" playlist, returns playlist metadata (name, channel, video_count) + items array - paginated results (currently capped at limit=30/50/100)
- search history
M5 — SponsorBlock skipping [DONE]
SponsorBlockMonitor(xbmc.Monitor subclass) pollsPlayer().getTime()every 0.5s after playback starts; seeks past each segment exactly once (UUID dedup); exits cleanly on abort or playback stop- toast on skip (
SponsorBlock — Skipped <category> (<duration>s)) - only segments with
actionType: skipare honored (mute/etc. ignored for now — adding those is a multi-pass M5+ pass) - category toggles + skip-counter in settings.xml (deferred — defaults currently: sponsor, selfpromo, interaction skipped automatically)
M6 — install + cross-compile [DONE]
- cross-compile sidecar for aarch64-musl static via throwaway
messense/rust-musl-cross:aarch64-muslcontainer. 6.2MB stripped static binary. Builds clean fromscripts/build-addon-zip.sh. - bundle yt-dlp's universal Python zipapp (~3MB, not the PyInstaller
binary — that breaks on LibreELEC's armhf userspace because the
aarch64 dynamic loader doesn't exist; Python zipapp runs on
/usr/bin/python3which is always there). - zip layout matches Kodi "install from zip" expectations
- addon.zip dropped at
smb://lucy/downloads/torttube/ - install + smoke recipe documented at
docs/install.md - installed on Livingroom Pi (
192.168.0.158) via SSH +systemctl restart kodi+Addons.SetAddonEnabled - JSON-RPC
Player.Opensmoke verified — Rick Astley played end-to-end with audio + video synced (yt-dlp-f best[ext=mp4]/bestpicked format 18, 360p H.264+AAC progressive) - armv7 build for older Pis (deferred — current TV is aarch64-capable and my static sidecar runs on it even though userspace is armhf)
- 720p+ playback (DASH WIP — see "M7 — DASH/HD" below) — itag 22 (720p
progressive) is deprecated by YouTube; higher quality needs DASH
manifest generation. Code path exists, gated behind
TORTTUBE_DASH=1.
M7 — DASH / HD playback [WIP]
- sidecar
resolve_dashop returns rustypipe's fullvideo_only_streams+audio_streamsarrays (16+ representations) - addon
_build_dash_mpdconstructs valid on-demand MPD with H.264 video reps from 360p → 1080p + best AAC audio rep (XML-escaped URLs, properSegmentBase indexRange+Initialization range) - serve MPD over localhost HTTP — inputstream.adaptive's libcurl
can't open
file://URLs. ThreadingHTTPServer + Player monitor lifecycle is sketched but caused Kodi's "two concurrent busydialogs" fatal during rapid retries. Needs more work on lifecycle + retry backoff before re-enabling. - handle session-cookie / poToken inheritance — googlevideo URLs may need the same client signature across MPD + segment fetches
- graceful fallback to progressive if MPD load fails mid-playback
Upstream PR work (parallel lane — every bug evaluated for "fix it upstream?")
This isn't a separate milestone, it's a posture. Every sidecar bug we diagnose: ask "is this rustypipe / NPE / yt-dlp's bug?" — if yes, fix lands upstream too. Log every filed PR in docs/upstream.md.
Opening shortlist:
- rustypipe PR #77 — review + help land
- NPE #1357 (JDoc) — smallest credible PR, opens the relationship
- NPE #1444 (typed errors) — clean signal/contract change
- NPE #1360 (refactor link handlers, "help wanted")
- rustypipe ↔ NPE port — anything one project has that the other lacks