Add Deno JavaScript runtime support for yt-dlp YouTube extraction#168
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yt-dlp requires a JS runtime (Deno) to solve YouTube's bot challenges.
This adds deno_manager.py to handle locating and downloading the Deno
binary, and wires it into the yt-dlp options in service.py.
Two settings are exposed in the addon configuration:
- Enable Deno (deno_enabled, default: on) — controls whether Deno is
used at all. Disable this to run yt-dlp without any JS runtime.
- Auto-download Deno (deno_autodownload, default: on, advanced) —
when enabled, automatically downloads the Deno binary from GitHub
Releases if not already present, and updates it whenever DENO_VERSION
in deno_manager.py changes (i.e. on addon updates). When disabled,
only an existing installation is used.
Deno is downloaded to:
special://profile/addon_data/plugin.video.sendtokodi/deno/
Also fixes a silent failure mode where createListItemFromVideo raising
an exception (e.g. no supported streams found) left setResolvedUrl
uncalled, causing Kodi to silently do nothing instead of showing an error.
Tested on Raspberry Pi 4 running LibreELEC.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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thx |
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worked for me on linux as well |
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@firsttris can you please check? |
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@glogiotatidis i checked, worked in my machine (bazzite) |
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yt-dlp requires a JS runtime (Deno) to solve YouTube's bot challenges. This adds deno_manager.py to handle locating and downloading the Deno binary, and wires it into the yt-dlp options in service.py.
Two settings are exposed in the addon configuration:
Enable Deno (deno_enabled, default: on) — controls whether Deno is used at all. Disable this to run yt-dlp without any JS runtime.
Auto-download Deno (deno_autodownload, default: on, advanced) — when enabled, automatically downloads the Deno binary from GitHub Releases if not already present, and updates it whenever DENO_VERSION in deno_manager.py changes (i.e. on addon updates). When disabled, only an existing installation is used.
Deno is downloaded to:
special://profile/addon_data/plugin.video.sendtokodi/deno/
Also fixes a silent failure mode where createListItemFromVideo raising an exception (e.g. no supported streams found) left setResolvedUrl uncalled, causing Kodi to silently do nothing instead of showing an error.
Tested on Raspberry Pi 4 running LibreELEC.