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Why does youtube-transcript-api return TranscriptsDisabled for videos that clearly have captions? [closed]
I'm building a web application that retrieves transcripts from public YouTube videos.
I'm using the Python package youtube-transcript-api, and it works for many videos. However, for some videos that ...
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How can I extract YouTube caption tracks using the YouTube IFrame Player API?
I'm building a web application that works with publicly available YouTube videos.
I can embed and control videos using the YouTube IFrame Player API, but I also need to determine whether captions are ...
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Does the YouTube Data API 30-day storage rule (Developer Policies III.E.4) apply to public view/like counts, and is there an approved retention path?
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As part of a non-commercial personal fan project, I use the YouTube Data API to record daily view and like counts for a few channels.
I'd like to retain this time-series data for over a ...
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YouTube Data API quota extension review stalled for 8 weeks — what is the escalation path?
What is the correct escalation path when a YouTube Data API audit and quota extension review has stalled with no communication from the reviewing team for an extended period?
Timeline of my case:
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Youtube Upload Quota
I've been using youtube api v3 for a while now, and I was able to upload up to 100 videos a day. But in May, this limit suddenly dropped, and I can only upload 7 to 10 vídeos a day.
I don't know what ...
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Remove YouTube pause button
I have an autoplaying YouTube video that I have embedded via the API. When the page loads it shows the youtube pause icon for a few seconds and then it hides itself. This is the case even if I leave ...
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Youtube think I'm associated with many project but I'm not
I got following message from YouTube API Operations <[email protected]> that I'm identified many project which I do not recognize.
I only recognize one out of 138 projects youtube has listed......
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videoThumbnailImpressionsClickRate returns 400 "query not supported" in YouTube Analytics API — only via Reporting API?
I'm building a creator-facing analytics tool using the YouTube Analytics API (reports.query) with ids=channel==MINE and proper OAuth (yt-analytics.readonly scope). Basic metrics like "views" ...
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How to disable Stable Volume in youtube iframe video player?
Is there any parameter somewhere to add in an html player where an iframe is used to play a YouTube video (the general common way), but I want the Stable Volume option to be disabled, not finding a ...
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Make Youtube API order : date go on chronological order
Youtube's order: date on search.list gets the result in an antichronological way, making the latest videos appear first. For my project, I would need it to go on chronological order since I want to ...
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How can I make YouTube IFrame API seekTo() calls silent without setting controls: 0?
I'm building a video app where users navigate by clicking timestamps in a side panel, each calling player.seekTo(seconds, true). Until the embed redesign rolled out in late March 2026, this was silent:...
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How should I follow up on a pending YouTube Data API quota/compliance review after submitting the requested screencast?
I am working on a private internal publishing tool that uses the YouTube Data API to upload videos to our own organization’s YouTube channel.
The client uses OAuth 2.0 authorization and `videos.insert`...
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YouTube IFrame API: Is conditional autoplay queue progression required when document.visibilityState is 'hidden'?
I'm building a video archive site that uses the YouTube IFrame Player API to embed VODs from official channels. The site has a user-toggleable "autoplay next video" feature similar to ...
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How can I exclude archived livestreams but keep premieres that appear in /videos?
I’m trying to match a channel’s public Videos tab. I want archived livestreams excluded and premieres that appear in /videos kept.
These two public videos reproduce the problem:
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YouTube Data API v3 returns youtube#channel results even when type=video is specified
I’m using the YouTube Data API v3 search endpoint and explicitly filtering for videos using type=video, but I still receive results where id.kind is youtube#channel:
Request:
curl \
'https://youtube....