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Display videos from youtube playlists in roku channel

Hi Everyone,

I am new to the roku development. And I am have a question how add the videos from my youtube playlists to roku channel.

How can I get the youtube video url and list all the videos in roku channel.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.
I am using Roku 4 - 4400X Model.
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TheEndless
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Re: Display videos from youtube playlists in roku channel

You cannot. While there are ways to pull YouTube videos for playback on Roku, it is disallowed by the YouTube Terms of Service. If you want to stream videos, you'll need to host them on your own CDN.
"YouTube TOS, Section 4.C." wrote:
You agree not to access Content through any technology or means other than the video playback pages of the Service itself, the Embeddable Player, or other explicitly authorized means YouTube may designate.
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Re: Display videos from youtube playlists in roku channel

Thank you for the info TheEndless.
I am using Roku 4 - 4400X Model.
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