[extractor/youtube:tab] Update tab handling for redesign (#5439)

Closes #5432, #5430, #5419
Authored by: coletdjnz, pukkandan

README.md

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ yt-dlp is a [youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl) fork based on t
     * Supports some (but not all) age-gated content without cookies
     * Download livestreams from the start using `--live-from-start` (*experimental*)
     * `255kbps` audio is extracted (if available) from YouTube Music when premium cookies are given
-    * Redirect channel's home URL automatically to `/video` to preserve the old behaviour
+    * Channel URLs download all uploads of the channel, including shorts and live
 
 * **Cookies from browser**: Cookies can be automatically extracted from all major web browsers using `--cookies-from-browser BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE][::CONTAINER]`
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ Some of yt-dlp's default options are different from that of youtube-dl and youtu
 * `playlist_index` behaves differently when used with options like `--playlist-reverse` and `--playlist-items`. See [#302](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/302) for details. You can use `--compat-options playlist-index` if you want to keep the earlier behavior
 * The output of `-F` is listed in a new format. Use `--compat-options list-formats` to revert this
 * Live chats (if available) are considered as subtitles. Use `--sub-langs all,-live_chat` to download all subtitles except live chat. You can also use `--compat-options no-live-chat` to prevent any live chat/danmaku from downloading
-* YouTube channel URLs are automatically redirected to `/video`. Append a `/featured` to the URL to download only the videos in the home page. If the channel does not have a videos tab, we try to download the equivalent `UU` playlist instead. For all other tabs, if the channel does not show the requested tab, an error will be raised. Also, `/live` URLs raise an error if there are no live videos instead of silently downloading the entire channel. You may use `--compat-options no-youtube-channel-redirect` to revert all these redirections
+* YouTube channel URLs download all uploads of the channel. To download only the videos in a specific tab, pass the tab's URL. If the channel does not show the requested tab, an error will be raised. Also, `/live` URLs raise an error if there are no live videos instead of silently downloading the entire channel. You may use `--compat-options no-youtube-channel-redirect` to revert all these redirections
 * Unavailable videos are also listed for YouTube playlists. Use `--compat-options no-youtube-unavailable-videos` to remove this
 * The upload dates extracted from YouTube are in UTC [when available](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/89e4d86171c7b7c997c77d4714542e0383bf0db0/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py#L3898-L3900). Use `--compat-options no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date` to prefer the non-UTC upload date.
 * If `ffmpeg` is used as the downloader, the downloading and merging of formats happen in a single step when possible. Use `--compat-options no-direct-merge` to revert this

test/test_youtube_lists.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
 from test.helper import FakeYDL, is_download_test
 from yt_dlp.extractor import YoutubeIE, YoutubeTabIE
+from yt_dlp.utils import ExtractorError
 
 
 @is_download_test
@@ -53,6 +54,18 @@ class TestYoutubeLists(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(video['duration'], 10)
         self.assertEqual(video['uploader'], 'Philipp Hagemeister')
 
+    def test_youtube_channel_no_uploads(self):
+        dl = FakeYDL()
+        dl.params['extract_flat'] = True
+        ie = YoutubeTabIE(dl)
+        # no uploads
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ExtractorError, r'no uploads'):
+            ie.extract('https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2yXPzFejc422buOIzn_0CA')
+
+        # no uploads and no UCID given
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ExtractorError, r'no uploads'):
+            ie.extract('https://www.youtube.com/news')
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()

yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py

@@ -4589,13 +4589,16 @@ class YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _extract_selected_tab(tabs, fatal=True):
-        for tab in tabs:
+        for tab_renderer in tabs:
-            renderer = dict_get(tab, ('tabRenderer', 'expandableTabRenderer')) or {}
+            if tab_renderer.get('selected'):
-            if renderer.get('selected') is True:
+                return tab_renderer
-                return renderer
+        if fatal:
-        else:
+            raise ExtractorError('Unable to find selected tab')
-            if fatal:
+
-                raise ExtractorError('Unable to find selected tab')
+    @staticmethod
+    def _extract_tab_renderers(response):
+        return traverse_obj(
+            response, ('contents', 'twoColumnBrowseResultsRenderer', 'tabs', ..., ('tabRenderer', 'expandableTabRenderer')), expected_type=dict)
 
     def _extract_from_tabs(self, item_id, ytcfg, data, tabs):
         playlist_id = title = description = channel_url = channel_name = channel_id = None
@@ -4897,8 +4900,7 @@ class YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             webpage, data = self._extract_webpage(url, item_id, fatal=webpage_fatal)
             ytcfg = ytcfg or self.extract_ytcfg(item_id, webpage)
             # Reject webpage data if redirected to home page without explicitly requesting
-            selected_tab = self._extract_selected_tab(traverse_obj(
+            selected_tab = self._extract_selected_tab(self._extract_tab_renderers(data), fatal=False) or {}
-                data, ('contents', 'twoColumnBrowseResultsRenderer', 'tabs'), expected_type=list, default=[]), fatal=False) or {}
             if (url != 'https://www.youtube.com/feed/recommended'
                     and selected_tab.get('tabIdentifier') == 'FEwhat_to_watch'  # Home page
                     and 'no-youtube-channel-redirect' not in self.get_param('compat_opts', [])):
@@ -5392,18 +5394,19 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'categories': ['News & Politics'],
             'tags': list,
             'like_count': int,
-            'release_timestamp': 1642502819,
+            'release_timestamp': int,
             'channel': 'Sky News',
             'channel_id': 'UCoMdktPbSTixAyNGwb-UYkQ',
             'age_limit': 0,
             'view_count': int,
-            'thumbnail': 'https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GgL890LIznQ/maxresdefault_live.jpg',
+            'thumbnail': r're:https?://i\.ytimg\.com/vi/[^/]+/maxresdefault(?:_live)?\.jpg',
             'playable_in_embed': True,
-            'release_date': '20220118',
+            'release_date': r're:\d+',
             'availability': 'public',
             'live_status': 'is_live',
             'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoMdktPbSTixAyNGwb-UYkQ',
-            'channel_follower_count': int
+            'channel_follower_count': int,
+            'concurrent_view_count': int,
         },
         'params': {
             'skip_download': True,
@@ -5538,16 +5541,14 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         ],
         'playlist_mincount': 101,
     }, {
-        'note': 'Topic without a UU playlist',
+        # Destination channel with only a hidden self tab (tab id is UCtFRv9O2AHqOZjjynzrv-xg)
+        # Treat as a general feed
         'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtFRv9O2AHqOZjjynzrv-xg',
         'info_dict': {
             'id': 'UCtFRv9O2AHqOZjjynzrv-xg',
             'title': 'UCtFRv9O2AHqOZjjynzrv-xg',
             'tags': [],
         },
-        'expected_warnings': [
-            'the playlist redirect gave error',
-        ],
         'playlist_mincount': 9,
     }, {
         'note': 'Youtube music Album',
@@ -5615,6 +5616,7 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'skip_download': True,
             'extractor_args': {'youtubetab': {'skip': ['webpage']}}
         },
+        'skip': 'Query for sorting no longer works',
     }, {
         'note': 'API Fallback: Topic, should redirect to playlist?list=UU...',
         'url': 'https://music.youtube.com/browse/UC9ALqqC4aIeG5iDs7i90Bfw',
@@ -5633,10 +5635,6 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ALqqC4aIeG5iDs7i90Bfw',
             'availability': 'public',
         },
-        'expected_warnings': [
-            'does not have a videos tab',
-            r'[Uu]navailable videos (are|will be) hidden',
-        ],
         'playlist_mincount': 101,
         'params': {
             'skip_download': True,
@@ -5715,13 +5713,155 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 50,
 
+    }, {
+        # Channel with a real live tab (not to be mistaken with streams tab)
+        # Do not treat like it should redirect to live stream
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEH7P7kyJIkS_gJf93VYbmg/live',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'UCEH7P7kyJIkS_gJf93VYbmg',
+            'title': 'UCEH7P7kyJIkS_gJf93VYbmg - Live',
+            'tags': [],
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 20,
+    }, {
+        # Tab name is not the same as tab id
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQvWX73GQygcwXOTSf_VDVg/letsplay',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'UCQvWX73GQygcwXOTSf_VDVg',
+            'title': 'UCQvWX73GQygcwXOTSf_VDVg - Let\'s play',
+            'tags': [],
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 8,
+    }, {
+        # Home tab id is literally home. Not to get mistaken with featured
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQvWX73GQygcwXOTSf_VDVg/home',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'UCQvWX73GQygcwXOTSf_VDVg',
+            'title': 'UCQvWX73GQygcwXOTSf_VDVg - Home',
+            'tags': [],
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 8,
+    }, {
+        # Should get three playlists for videos, shorts and streams tabs
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK9V2B22uJYu3N7eR_BT9QA',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'UCK9V2B22uJYu3N7eR_BT9QA',
+            'title': 'Uploads for UCK9V2B22uJYu3N7eR_BT9QA'
+        },
+        'playlist_count': 3,
+    }, {
+        # Shorts tab with channel with handle
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/@NotJustBikes/shorts',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'UC0intLFzLaudFG-xAvUEO-A',
+            'title': 'Not Just Bikes - Shorts',
+            'tags': 'count:12',
+            'uploader': 'Not Just Bikes',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0intLFzLaudFG-xAvUEO-A',
+            'description': 'md5:7513148b1f02b924783157d84c4ea555',
+            'channel_follower_count': int,
+            'uploader_id': 'UC0intLFzLaudFG-xAvUEO-A',
+            'channel_id': 'UC0intLFzLaudFG-xAvUEO-A',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0intLFzLaudFG-xAvUEO-A',
+            'channel': 'Not Just Bikes',
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 10,
+    }, {
+        # Streams tab
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3eYAvjCVwNHgkaGbXX3sig/streams',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'UC3eYAvjCVwNHgkaGbXX3sig',
+            'title': '中村悠一 - Live',
+            'tags': 'count:7',
+            'channel_id': 'UC3eYAvjCVwNHgkaGbXX3sig',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3eYAvjCVwNHgkaGbXX3sig',
+            'uploader_id': 'UC3eYAvjCVwNHgkaGbXX3sig',
+            'channel': '中村悠一',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3eYAvjCVwNHgkaGbXX3sig',
+            'channel_follower_count': int,
+            'uploader': '中村悠一',
+            'description': 'md5:e744f6c93dafa7a03c0c6deecb157300',
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 60,
+    }, {
+        # Channel with no uploads and hence no videos, streams, shorts tabs or uploads playlist. This should fail.
+        # See test_youtube_lists
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2yXPzFejc422buOIzn_0CA',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }, {
+        # No uploads and no UCID given. Should fail with no uploads error
+        # See test_youtube_lists
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/news',
+        'only_matching': True
+    }, {
+        # No videos tab but has a shorts tab
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/TKFShorts',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'UCgJ5_1F6yJhYLnyMszUdmUg',
+            'title': 'Shorts Break - Shorts',
+            'tags': 'count:32',
+            'channel_id': 'UCgJ5_1F6yJhYLnyMszUdmUg',
+            'channel': 'Shorts Break',
+            'description': 'md5:a6c234cf3d50d878ef8721e34457cd11',
+            'uploader': 'Shorts Break',
+            'channel_follower_count': int,
+            'uploader_id': 'UCgJ5_1F6yJhYLnyMszUdmUg',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgJ5_1F6yJhYLnyMszUdmUg',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgJ5_1F6yJhYLnyMszUdmUg',
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 30,
+    }, {
+        # Trending Now Tab. tab id is empty
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/feed/trending',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'trending',
+            'title': 'trending - Now',
+            'tags': [],
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 30,
+    }, {
+        # Trending Gaming Tab. tab id is empty
+        'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/feed/trending?bp=4gIcGhpnYW1pbmdfY29ycHVzX21vc3RfcG9wdWxhcg%3D%3D',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'trending',
+            'title': 'trending - Gaming',
+            'tags': [],
+        },
+        'playlist_mincount': 30,
     }]
 
     @classmethod
     def suitable(cls, url):
         return False if YoutubeIE.suitable(url) else super().suitable(url)
 
-    _URL_RE = re.compile(rf'(?P<pre>{_VALID_URL})(?(not_channel)|(?P<tab>/\w+))?(?P<post>.*)$')
+    _URL_RE = re.compile(rf'(?P<pre>{_VALID_URL})(?(not_channel)|(?P<tab>/[^?#/]+))?(?P<post>.*)$')
+
+    def _get_url_mobj(self, url):
+        mobj = self._URL_RE.match(url).groupdict()
+        mobj.update((k, '') for k, v in mobj.items() if v is None)
+        return mobj
+
+    def _extract_tab_id_and_name(self, tab, base_url='https://www.youtube.com'):
+        tab_name = (tab.get('title') or '').lower()
+        tab_url = urljoin(base_url, traverse_obj(
+            tab, ('endpoint', 'commandMetadata', 'webCommandMetadata', 'url')))
+
+        tab_id = (traverse_obj(tab, 'tabIdentifier', expected_type=str)
+                  or tab_url and self._get_url_mobj(tab_url)['tab'][1:])
+        if tab_id:
+            return tab_id, tab_name
+
+        # Fallback to tab name if we cannot get the tab id.
+        # XXX: should we strip non-ascii letters? e.g. in case of 'let's play' tab example on special gaming channel
+        # Note that in the case of translated tab name this may result in an empty string, which we don't want.
+        self.write_debug(f'Falling back to selected tab name: {tab_name}')
+        return {
+            'home': 'featured',
+            'live': 'streams',
+        }.get(tab_name, tab_name), tab_name
+
+    def _has_tab(self, tabs, tab_id):
+        return any(self._extract_tab_id_and_name(tab)[0] == tab_id for tab in tabs)
 
     @YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor.passthrough_smuggled_data
     def _real_extract(self, url, smuggled_data):
@@ -5730,14 +5870,8 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             urllib.parse.urlparse(url)._replace(netloc='www.youtube.com'))
         compat_opts = self.get_param('compat_opts', [])
 
-        def get_mobj(url):
+        mobj = self._get_url_mobj(url)
-            mobj = self._URL_RE.match(url).groupdict()
+        pre, tab, post, is_channel = mobj['pre'], mobj['tab'], mobj['post'], not mobj['not_channel']
-            mobj.update((k, '') for k, v in mobj.items() if v is None)
-            return mobj
-
-        mobj, redirect_warning = get_mobj(url), None
-        # Youtube returns incomplete data if tabname is not lower case
-        pre, tab, post, is_channel = mobj['pre'], mobj['tab'].lower(), mobj['post'], not mobj['not_channel']
         if is_channel:
             if smuggled_data.get('is_music_url'):
                 if item_id[:2] == 'VL':  # Youtube music VL channels have an equivalent playlist
@@ -5750,19 +5884,16 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
                                         get_all=False, expected_type=str)
                     if not murl:
                         raise ExtractorError('Failed to resolve album to playlist')
-                    return self.url_result(murl, ie=YoutubeTabIE.ie_key())
+                    return self.url_result(murl, YoutubeTabIE)
                 elif mobj['channel_type'] == 'browse':  # Youtube music /browse/ should be changed to /channel/
                     pre = f'https://www.youtube.com/channel/{item_id}'
 
-        original_tab_name = tab
+        original_tab_id = tab[1:]
         if is_channel and not tab and 'no-youtube-channel-redirect' not in compat_opts:
-            # Home URLs should redirect to /videos/
-            redirect_warning = ('A channel/user page was given. All the channel\'s videos will be downloaded. '
-                                'To download only the videos in the home page, add a "/featured" to the URL')
             tab = '/videos'
 
         url = ''.join((pre, tab, post))
-        mobj = get_mobj(url)
+        mobj = self._get_url_mobj(url)
 
         # Handle both video/playlist URLs
         qs = parse_qs(url)
@@ -5775,77 +5906,94 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
             # Common mistake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=playlist_id
             self.report_warning(f'A video URL was given without video ID. Trying to download playlist {playlist_id}')
             url = f'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list={playlist_id}'
-            mobj = get_mobj(url)
+            mobj = self._get_url_mobj(url)
 
-        if video_id and playlist_id:
+        if not self._yes_playlist(playlist_id, video_id):
-            if self.get_param('noplaylist'):
+            return self.url_result(
-                self.to_screen(f'Downloading just video {video_id} because of --no-playlist')
+                f'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={video_id}', YoutubeIE, video_id)
-                return self.url_result(f'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={video_id}',
-                                       ie=YoutubeIE.ie_key(), video_id=video_id)
-            self.to_screen(f'Downloading playlist {playlist_id}; add --no-playlist to just download video {video_id}')
 
         data, ytcfg = self._extract_data(url, item_id)
 
         # YouTube may provide a non-standard redirect to the regional channel
         # See: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/2694
+        # https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2976814#zippy=,conditional-redirects
         redirect_url = traverse_obj(
             data, ('onResponseReceivedActions', ..., 'navigateAction', 'endpoint', 'commandMetadata', 'webCommandMetadata', 'url'), get_all=False)
         if redirect_url and 'no-youtube-channel-redirect' not in compat_opts:
             redirect_url = ''.join((
                 urljoin('https://www.youtube.com', redirect_url), mobj['tab'], mobj['post']))
-            self.to_screen(f'This playlist is likely not available in your region. Following redirect to regional playlist {redirect_url}')
+            self.to_screen(f'This playlist is likely not available in your region. Following conditional redirect to {redirect_url}')
-            return self.url_result(redirect_url, ie=YoutubeTabIE.ie_key())
+            return self.url_result(redirect_url, YoutubeTabIE)
 
-        tabs = traverse_obj(data, ('contents', 'twoColumnBrowseResultsRenderer', 'tabs'), expected_type=list)
+        tab_results = []
-        if tabs:
+        tabs = self._extract_tab_renderers(data)
+        if is_channel and tabs and 'no-youtube-channel-redirect' not in compat_opts:
             selected_tab = self._extract_selected_tab(tabs)
-            selected_tab_url = urljoin(
+            selected_tab_id, selected_tab_name = self._extract_tab_id_and_name(selected_tab, url)  # NB: Name may be translated
-                url, traverse_obj(selected_tab, ('endpoint', 'commandMetadata', 'webCommandMetadata', 'url')))
+            self.write_debug(f'Selected tab: {selected_tab_id!r} ({selected_tab_name}), Requested tab: {original_tab_id!r}')
-            translated_tab_name = selected_tab.get('title', '').lower()
 
-            # Prefer tab name from tab url as it is always in en,
+            if not original_tab_id and selected_tab_name:
-            # but only when preferred lang is set as it may not extract reliably in all cases.
+                self.to_screen('Channel URLs download all uploads of the channel. '
-            selected_tab_name = (self._preferred_lang in (None, 'en') and translated_tab_name
+                               'To download only the videos in a specific tab, pass the tab\'s URL')
-                                 or selected_tab_url and get_mobj(selected_tab_url)['tab'][1:]  # primary
+                if self._has_tab(tabs, 'streams'):
-                                 or translated_tab_name)
+                    tab_results.append(self.url_result(''.join((pre, '/streams', post))))
+                if self._has_tab(tabs, 'shorts'):
+                    tab_results.append(self.url_result(''.join((pre, '/shorts', post))))
+                # XXX: Members-only tab should also be extracted
 
-            if selected_tab_name == 'home':
+                if not tab_results and selected_tab_id != 'videos':
-                selected_tab_name = 'featured'
+                    # Channel does not have streams, shorts or videos tabs
-            requested_tab_name = mobj['tab'][1:]
+                    if item_id[:2] != 'UC':
+                        raise ExtractorError('This channel has no uploads', expected=True)
 
-            if 'no-youtube-channel-redirect' not in compat_opts:
+                    # Topic channels don't have /videos. Use the equivalent playlist instead
-                if requested_tab_name == 'live':  # Live tab should have redirected to the video
+                    pl_id = f'UU{item_id[2:]}'
-                    raise UserNotLive(video_id=mobj['id'])
+                    pl_url = f'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list={pl_id}'
-                if requested_tab_name not in ('', selected_tab_name):
+                    try:
-                    redirect_warning = f'The channel does not have a {requested_tab_name} tab'
+                        data, ytcfg = self._extract_data(pl_url, pl_id, ytcfg=ytcfg, fatal=True, webpage_fatal=True)
-                    if not original_tab_name:
+                    except ExtractorError:
-                        if item_id[:2] == 'UC':
+                        raise ExtractorError('This channel has no uploads', expected=True)
-                            # Topic channels don't have /videos. Use the equivalent playlist instead
-                            pl_id = f'UU{item_id[2:]}'
-                            pl_url = f'https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list={pl_id}'
-                            try:
-                                data, ytcfg = self._extract_data(pl_url, pl_id, ytcfg=ytcfg, fatal=True, webpage_fatal=True)
-                            except ExtractorError:
-                                redirect_warning += ' and the playlist redirect gave error'
-                            else:
-                                item_id, url, selected_tab_name = pl_id, pl_url, requested_tab_name
-                                redirect_warning += f'. Redirecting to playlist {pl_id} instead'
-                        if selected_tab_name and selected_tab_name != requested_tab_name:
-                            redirect_warning += f'. {selected_tab_name} tab is being downloaded instead'
                     else:
-                        raise ExtractorError(redirect_warning, expected=True)
+                        item_id, url = pl_id, pl_url
+                        self.to_screen(
+                            f'The channel does not have a videos, shorts, or live tab. Redirecting to playlist {pl_id} instead')
+
+                elif tab_results and selected_tab_id != 'videos':
+                    # When there are shorts/live tabs but not videos tab
+                    url, data = ''.join((pre, post)), None
+
+            elif (original_tab_id or 'videos') != selected_tab_id:
+                if original_tab_id == 'live':
+                    # Live tab should have redirected to the video
+                    # Except in the case the channel has an actual live tab
+                    # Example: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEH7P7kyJIkS_gJf93VYbmg/live
+                    raise UserNotLive(video_id=mobj['id'])
+                elif selected_tab_name:
+                    raise ExtractorError(f'This channel does not have a {original_tab_id} tab', expected=True)
+
+                # For channels such as https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtFRv9O2AHqOZjjynzrv-xg
+                url = f'{pre}{post}'
 
-        if redirect_warning:
-            self.to_screen(redirect_warning)
         self.write_debug(f'Final URL: {url}')
 
         # YouTube sometimes provides a button to reload playlist with unavailable videos.
         if 'no-youtube-unavailable-videos' not in compat_opts:
             data = self._reload_with_unavailable_videos(item_id, data, ytcfg) or data
         self._extract_and_report_alerts(data, only_once=True)
-        tabs = traverse_obj(data, ('contents', 'twoColumnBrowseResultsRenderer', 'tabs'), expected_type=list)
+
+        tabs = self._extract_tab_renderers(data)
         if tabs:
-            return self._extract_from_tabs(item_id, ytcfg, data, tabs)
+            tab_results[:0] = [self._extract_from_tabs(item_id, ytcfg, data, tabs)]
+            tab_results[0].update({
+                'extractor_key': YoutubeTabIE.ie_key(),
+                'extractor': YoutubeTabIE.IE_NAME,
+                'webpage_url': url,
+            })
+
+        if len(tab_results) == 1:
+            return tab_results[0]
+        elif len(tab_results) > 1:
+            return self.playlist_result(tab_results, item_id, title=f'Uploads for {item_id}')
 
         playlist = traverse_obj(
             data, ('contents', 'twoColumnWatchNextResults', 'playlist', 'playlist'), expected_type=dict)
@@ -5857,8 +6005,7 @@ class YoutubeTabIE(YoutubeTabBaseInfoExtractor):
         if video_id:
             if mobj['tab'] != '/live':  # live tab is expected to redirect to video
                 self.report_warning(f'Unable to recognize playlist. Downloading just video {video_id}')
-            return self.url_result(f'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={video_id}',
+            return self.url_result(f'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={video_id}', YoutubeIE, video_id)
-                                   ie=YoutubeIE.ie_key(), video_id=video_id)
 
         raise ExtractorError('Unable to recognize tab page')
 
@@ -5891,12 +6038,13 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(InfoExtractor):
             'uploader_id': 'UCKSpbfbl5kRQpTdL7kMc-1Q',
             'description': 'md5:8fa6f52abb47a9552002fa3ddfc57fc2',
             'view_count': int,
-            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/user/Wickydoo',
+            'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/WickmanVT',
             'modified_date': r're:\d{8}',
             'channel_id': 'UCKSpbfbl5kRQpTdL7kMc-1Q',
             'channel': 'Wickman',
             'tags': [],
-            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/user/Wickydoo',
+            'channel_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/c/WickmanVT',
+            'availability': 'public',
         },
         'playlist_mincount': 29,
     }, {
@@ -5926,7 +6074,7 @@ class YoutubePlaylistIE(InfoExtractor):
             'uploader_url': 'https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEI1-PVPcYXjB73Hfelbmaw',
             'availability': 'public',
         },
-        'expected_warnings': [r'[Uu]navailable videos (are|will be) hidden'],
+        'expected_warnings': [r'[Uu]navailable videos? (is|are|will be) hidden'],
     }, {
         'url': 'http://www.youtube.com/embed/_xDOZElKyNU?list=PLsyOSbh5bs16vubvKePAQ1x3PhKavfBIl',
         'playlist_mincount': 455,