I have an aggregated list (queried from mySql db) of YouTube videos in an HTML 5 media player playlist. But over time, YouTube will disable certain videos due to copyright or judgement issues, but the links are still in my list. Can anyone recommend a JS or other solution or article that sees if the video link does not start in x amount of time to initiate a skip or next action. Please advise.
No solutions, because extensive googling has no suggestions.
my basic logic is if video does not play after x seconds, then skip, otherwise play.
// THIS ACTUALLY CHECKS PLAYTIME AND ADD TO A COUNTER - CAN I USE SOMETHING SIMILAR?
var counter = 0;
var currentIndex_inc = 0;
function onProgress() {
if(player.currentTime() <= 1){
counter = 0;
}
//-- ------------------------------------- -->
// ----- COUNTER - If track plays longer than 30 seconds - add 1 --------
//-- ------------------------------------- -->
if(player.currentTime() >= 30 && trackURL != ''){
if(counter==0){
counter = 1;
var playlist_name = "<?php echo $playlist ; ?>";
var play_type = "<?php echo $type ; ?>";
var trackURL = player.currentSrc();
track_source = trackURL.src ;
if(typeof(track_source)==="undefined"){
track_source = trackURL;
};
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "_inc/2018_process_counter.php",
dataType: "text",
data: {
playlist_name: playlist_name,track_source:track_source }
}).done(function( data ) {
});
}
return false;
}
Logic:
If (video link does not start || video link == live){
skip
} else if (video link does start || video link == dead) {
play
}
List Code with Queru - based on successful reply. The answer works for a single id but not a list... See my code below:
if ($result_a->num_rows > 0) {
// output data of each row
while($row = $result_a->fetch_assoc()) {
$id = $row['id'];
$share_key = $row['share_key'];
echo $row['id'];
echo '<br>';
echo $row['artist'];
echo '<br>';
echo $row['title'];
echo '<br>';
echo $row['source_url'];
echo '<br>';
$my_link = $row['source_url'];
$testlink = substr($my_link, strrpos($my_link, '/' )+1)."\n";
echo '<p style="color:#ff0000">';
echo $testlink;
echo '</p>';
//# is ERROR = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5mpcDWpYSA
// $url = "https://www.youtube.com/oembed?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5mpcDWpYSA"; //# test video deleted.
//# is OK = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLuh_O4mYbA
$url = "https://www.youtube.com/oembed?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=".$testlink; //# test working (not deleted).
echo $url;
echo '<br>';
try
{
set_error_handler(function() { /* # temp ignore Warnings/Errors */ });
$fop = fopen($url, "rb");
if ( !$fop && $fop==false) { throw new Exception(); }
restore_error_handler(); //# restore Warnings/Errors
echo "OK 200 ::: Youtube video was found";
}
catch ( Exception $e )
{ echo "Error 404 ::: Youtube video not found (deleted or bad link)"; }
echo '<hr>';
}
} else {
// echo "0 results";
}
"...YouTube will disable certain videos due to copyright or judgement issues, but the links are still in my list. Can anyone recommend a JS or other solution or article that sees if the video link does not start in x amount of time to initiate a skip or next action. Please advise."
Since you're already involving PHP code, then one possible option is these steps:
1) Make a request to https://www.youtube.com/oembed? + Youtube video URL.
Example request:
https://www.youtube.com/oembed?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5mpcDWpYSA
2) Use fopen to check video availability. Note a file_exists($url) will not work correctly with Youtube servers (they always return some page content, even if video itself has been removed).
Testable example code below :
(will echo "OK 200" or "ERROR 404", depending on video status...)
<?php
//# is ERROR = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5mpcDWpYSA
$url = "https://www.youtube.com/oembed?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5mpcDWpYSA"; //# test video deleted.
//# is OK = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLuh_O4mYbA
//$url = "https://www.youtube.com/oembed?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLuh_O4mYbA"; //# test working (not deleted).
try
{
set_error_handler(function() { /* # temp ignore Warnings/Errors */ });
$fop = fopen($url, "rb");
if ( !$fop && $fop==false) { throw new Exception(); }
restore_error_handler(); //# restore Warnings/Errors
echo "OK 200 ::: Youtube video was found";
}
catch ( Exception $e )
{ echo "Error 404 ::: Youtube video not found (deleted or bad link)"; }
?>
Option 2:
You can also achieve same result by using file_get_contents with a request to Youtube's get_video_info?.
Example request :
https://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?video_id=R5mpcDWpYSA
Example code :
<?php
//# ERROR = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5mpcDWpYSA
$url = "https://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?video_id=R5mpcDWpYSA"; //# test video deleted.
//# OK = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLuh_O4mYbA
//$url = "https://www.youtube.com/get_video_info?video_id=mLuh_O4mYbA"; //# test working (not deleted).
$src = file_get_contents($url);
//# find text... playabilityStatus%22%3A%7B%22status%22%3A%22OK ...
$str1 = "playabilityStatus%22%3A%7B%22status%22%3A%22";
$pos = strpos($src, $str1);
$result = substr( $src, $pos + (strlen($str1)), 5);
if( $result{0} == "O" && $result{1} == "K" )
{ echo "OK 200 ::: Youtube video was found"; }
else
{ echo "Error 404 ::: Youtube video not found (deleted or bad link)"; }
?>