Brian Lough | YouTube Live Stream API on the ESP32/ESP8266 @BrianLough | Uploaded July 2021 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
The Youtube Live Stream API kind of sucks, but we can still use it to build some cool things.
Some twitch channels have these impressive setups where the live stream chat can interact with physical objects on the stream in real time and I wanted to see if I could achieve similar with the Youtube API directly on an arduino, and while it's never going to be as good as twitch for reasons explained in the video, I wrote a library for it that can be used to build some interesting things. In this video I show you some of the methods and tricks I used to make the library actually usable, including presumably straight up abusing the API terms of service!
00:00 - Intro
00:51 - Issue 1 - How to deal with a larger response
02:54 - Issue 2 - Alternative to the API when they are being unfair
06:09 - Issue 3 - When they don't give you enough credits, we got to get creative
08:33 - What would you build?
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Links:
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YouTube Livestream Library - github.com/witnessmenow/youtube-livestream-arduino
D1 Mini TFT Shield - github.com/witnessmenow/D1-Mini-TFT-Shield
Josue's SPI Display Array - tindie.com/products/savageelectronics/spi-display-array
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My Discord:
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Some people have said they would prefer a once off way of supporting the channel, here is a Paypal link if you would prefer that!
paypal.me/bloughyt
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Instagram - instagram.com/brian_lough
Instructables: witnessmenow - instructables.com/member/witnessmenow
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Ender 3 Pro 3d Printer - I got one of these recently and I love it!
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Ts-100 Soldering Iron - I have this a couple of years and I love it, I thinking about getting a second!
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The Youtube Live Stream API kind of sucks, but we can still use it to build some cool things.
Some twitch channels have these impressive setups where the live stream chat can interact with physical objects on the stream in real time and I wanted to see if I could achieve similar with the Youtube API directly on an arduino, and while it's never going to be as good as twitch for reasons explained in the video, I wrote a library for it that can be used to build some interesting things. In this video I show you some of the methods and tricks I used to make the library actually usable, including presumably straight up abusing the API terms of service!
00:00 - Intro
00:51 - Issue 1 - How to deal with a larger response
02:54 - Issue 2 - Alternative to the API when they are being unfair
06:09 - Issue 3 - When they don't give you enough credits, we got to get creative
08:33 - What would you build?
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Links:
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YouTube Livestream Library - github.com/witnessmenow/youtube-livestream-arduino
D1 Mini TFT Shield - github.com/witnessmenow/D1-Mini-TFT-Shield
Josue's SPI Display Array - tindie.com/products/savageelectronics/spi-display-array
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My Discord:
---------------------------------
Come hang out and talk about this video or any project you are working on!
discord.gg/nnezpvq
---------------------------------
Github Sponsorship:
---------------------------------
I have set up a Github Sponsorship page, it's similar style thing to patreon. Github sponsorships help support videos like these plus the open source projects I create.
github.com/sponsors/witnessmenow
Some people have said they would prefer a once off way of supporting the channel, here is a Paypal link if you would prefer that!
paypal.me/bloughyt
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Other Platforms:
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Twitter: @witnessmenow - twitter.com/witnessmenow
Instagram - instagram.com/brian_lough
Instructables: witnessmenow - instructables.com/member/witnessmenow
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My Tools & Kit*:
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Ender 3 Pro 3d Printer - I got one of these recently and I love it!
- UK : amzn.to/31bebXT
- US : amzn.to/2IlSLid
Ts-100 Soldering Iron - I have this a couple of years and I love it, I thinking about getting a second!
- UK : amzn.to/2nlOF23
- US : amzn.to/2jDcyxl
Logitech C920 HD 1080p Pro webcam - I use one of these for my videos
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- US: amzn.to/2BsLMiF
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![[TMT] - Using The Reset Button Of An ESP8266 As An Input](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l9Gl1yKvMNg/hqdefault.jpg "[TMT] - Using The Reset Button Of An ESP8266 As An Input
I think this a great solution to how to force config mode when using the WiFiManager library.
Apologies, Im a little over the two minute mark here, but I was pretty happy with what I had covered so I thought an extra few seconds would be worth not cutting anything!
Also I upgraded to windows 10 recently and Im just noticing that I have not increased the font size in the Arduino IDE so its a little small.
Dobule Reset Detector library by datacute
https://github.com/datacute/DoubleResetDetector/
Example from YouTubeApi library:
https://github.com/witnessmenow/arduino-youtube-api/blob/master/examples/ESP8266/ChannelStatisticsWithWifiManagerAndDoubleReset/ChannelStatisticsWithWifiManagerAndDoubleReset.ino
Esp8266 Modules (affiliate links):
Wemos D1 Mini (Clone - the one in the video): http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/uzFUnIe
NodeMCU (doesnt require soldering): http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/AAyvJiA")
![Reducing latency between two ESP8266s for a blimp project! [Was live on Twitch]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p01qalPt3Js/hqdefault.jpg "Reducing latency between two ESP8266s for a blimp project! [Was live on Twitch]
I met Sophi Kravits at Dublin Hackaday Unconference and she was saying she was having some issues with latency on the her ESP8266 blimp project and I said we could take a look at what improvements we could make.
More info on Sophis project here:
https://hackaday.io/project/25509-remote-control-mini-blimp
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My Tools & Kit*:
Ts-100 Soldering Iron
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Logitech C920 HD 1080p Pro webcam
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Blue Snowball USB Microphone
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Self Adjusting Wire Strippers
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![Why I use the Portable Arduino IDE [Two Minute Tidbit]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sTTY_w7Cuzk/hqdefault.jpg "Why I use the Portable Arduino IDE [Two Minute Tidbit]
Two Minute Tidbits are roughly two minute long videos that try show you something interesting about working with Arduino.
In this video I’m going to show you the Portable version of the Arduino IDE and explain why it’s actually really useful, I even exclusively use the portable version where I can. It is really useful if you have library conflicts between different sketches
You basically just download a zipped version of the IDE and create a portable folder, but what I think is more interesting is why you might want to use it.
Links:
Arduino Portable Page: https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/PortableIDE
Arduino Download Page: https://www.arduino.cc/en/main/software
Potential workaround for Macs (I have not tested this!): https://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=539551.msg3678998#msg3678998
My Discord:
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Github Sponsorship:
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https://github.com/sponsors/witnessmenow/
Some people have said they would prefer a once off way of supporting the channel, here is a Paypal link if you would prefer that!
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My Tools & Kit*:
Ender 3 Pro 3d Printer - I got one of these recently and I love it!
- UK : https://amzn.to/31bebXT
- US : https://amzn.to/2IlSLid
Ts-100 Soldering Iron - I have this a couple of years and I love it, I thinking about getting a second!
- UK : http://amzn.to/2nlOF23
- US : http://amzn.to/2jDcyxl
Logitech C920 HD 1080p Pro webcam - I use one of these for my videos
- UK: http://amzn.to/2pnxk9Z
- US: http://amzn.to/2BsLMiF
Blue Snowball USB Microphone
- UK: http://amzn.to/2C0x4TH
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