Youtube Play/Pause/Rewind

[Pablo Bertu]

Hi!

Is there a way to programatically play, pause and (ideally) set the position point in a youtube video being played? I don´t care about the video, I´m only interested in the audio.

For MP3s local files I can use Taifun´s Player extension. But for Youtube.. not a clue!

Can we download a youtube audio to SD (saving it as MP3) without playing it? That would be a workaround.

Here are some apps that claim to do so:

https://imusic.aimersoft.com/download-music/youtube-to-mp3-converter-app-for-android.html

Thanks in advance!

Bertu

[SteveJG]

I do not know.  The following might help you figure this out:

1)  Use the Search for messages block at the top of this page to see what previous discussion of Youtube have taken place.   Your issue might already have been solved.  Search   YouTube.

2)   YouTube has an api.  What anyone can do using any compiler is described here 

YouTube | Google Developers

using INTENTS ...what an App Inventor developer uses when he/she uses the Activity Starter.  

might be possible ...   https://developers.google.com/youtube/android/player/reference/com/google/android/youtube/player/YouTubeIntents 

I expect what you want to do might not be possible but have never tried.  So try.  Also return here to the Forum as others might have a specific solution.

Good luck.

Regards,

Steve

[Pablo Bertu]

Thanks Steve!

I did the search before posting, but could not find anything like what I´m trying to do.

I think that the limitation of intents using ActivityStarter is that once that you launch the activity, you lose most control over it. I couldn´t find how to pause a youtube VIEW intent, for instance. Also I would like to keep control of the playing inside the AI2 app (play, pause, rewind X seconds).

Maybe it´s just something not supported. AI2 is great anyway!! :)

Best regards,

Bertu

[SteveJG]

Yes, using AS leaves the AI environment.

Perhaps try:  

• To be able to play Youtube videos in the webviewer, you have to edit the manifest and add android:targetSdkVersion="14" or higher. See this thread how to do it.Thank you Boban! See also this tutorial by Juan Antonio.

[Pablo Bertu]

 I guess it would be the same situation... by calling the Webviewer, you lose control of the video playing -in terms of the AI2 app, I mean.

It looks that I will have to restrain operation to 1) save youtube to MP3 local file using an external app, and 2) control the playing of the MP3 file with Taifun´s extension (because it can set the playing instant, so it´s easy to rewind or fast forward).

Thanks again, Steve!

Bertu

[Juan Antonio]

Here an extension about Youtube (paid) (stop, pause, play)

https://community.thunkable.com/t/youtube-extension-paid-version/8799

other extension (free) but without controls

https://community.thunkable.com/t/youtube-extension/5164

[Pablo Bertu]

Gracias Juan!

I´m checking with Andres (the developer) if ithe paid version can set the position in the video timeline.

Saludos,

Bertu

[Pablo Bertu]

No, it can´t  :(