YouTube channel mixes no longer exist

It looks like YT removed this around autumn 2024

Other mentions: https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1dhuvyo/channel_mixes_disappeared/

Author: litetex

extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/playlist/PlaylistInfo.java

@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@ public enum PlaylistType {
          */
         MIX_MUSIC,
 
-        /**
-         * A mix made only of streams from (or related to) the same channel, for example YouTube
-         * channel mixes
-         */
-        MIX_CHANNEL,
-
         /**
          * A mix made only of streams related to a particular (musical) genre, for example YouTube
          * genre mixes

extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeParsingHelper.java

@@ -359,16 +359,6 @@ public static boolean isYoutubeMusicMixId(@Nonnull final String playlistId) {
         return playlistId.startsWith("RDAMVM") || playlistId.startsWith("RDCLAK");
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Checks if the given playlist id is a YouTube Channel Mix (auto-generated playlist)
-     * Ids from a YouTube channel Mix start with "RDCM"
-     *
-     * @return Whether given id belongs to a YouTube Channel Mix
-     */
-    public static boolean isYoutubeChannelMixId(@Nonnull final String playlistId) {
-        return playlistId.startsWith("RDCM");
-    }
-
     /**
      * Checks if the given playlist id is a YouTube Genre Mix (auto-generated playlist)
      * Ids from a YouTube Genre Mix start with "RDGMEM"
@@ -399,11 +389,6 @@ public static String extractVideoIdFromMixId(final String playlistId)
         } else if (isYoutubeMusicMixId(playlistId)) {
             return playlistId.substring(6);
 
-        } else if (isYoutubeChannelMixId(playlistId)) {
-            // Channel mixes are of the form RMCM{channelId}, so videoId can't be determined
-            throw new ParsingException("Video id could not be determined from channel mix id: "
-                    + playlistId);
-
         } else if (isYoutubeGenreMixId(playlistId)) {
             // Genre mixes are of the form RDGMEM{garbage}, so videoId can't be determined
             throw new ParsingException("Video id could not be determined from genre mix id: "
@@ -438,8 +423,6 @@ public static PlaylistInfo.PlaylistType extractPlaylistTypeFromPlaylistId(
             throw new ParsingException("Could not extract playlist type from empty playlist id");
         } else if (isYoutubeMusicMixId(playlistId)) {
             return PlaylistInfo.PlaylistType.MIX_MUSIC;
-        } else if (isYoutubeChannelMixId(playlistId)) {
-            return PlaylistInfo.PlaylistType.MIX_CHANNEL;
         } else if (isYoutubeGenreMixId(playlistId)) {
             return PlaylistInfo.PlaylistType.MIX_GENRE;
         } else if (isYoutubeMixId(playlistId)) { // normal mix

extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/linkHandler/YoutubePlaylistLinkHandlerFactory.java

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.youtube.linkHandler;
 
-import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ContentNotSupportedException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.LinkHandler;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.linkhandler.ListLinkHandler;
@@ -57,14 +56,6 @@ public String getId(final String url) throws ParsingException, UnsupportedOperat
                         "the list-ID given in the URL does not match the list pattern");
             }
 
-            if (YoutubeParsingHelper.isYoutubeChannelMixId(listID)
-                    && Utils.getQueryValue(urlObj, "v") == null) {
-                // Video id can't be determined from the channel mix id.
-                // See YoutubeParsingHelper#extractVideoIdFromMixId
-                throw new ContentNotSupportedException(
-                        "Channel Mix without a video id are not supported");
-            }
-
             return listID;
         } catch (final Exception exception) {
             throw new ParsingException("Error could not parse URL: " + exception.getMessage(),

extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/youtube/YoutubeMixPlaylistExtractorTest.java

@@ -336,72 +336,6 @@ void invalidVideoId() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
-    public static class ChannelMix {
-        private static final String CHANNEL_ID = "UCXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw";
-        private static final String VIDEO_ID_OF_CHANNEL = "mnk6gnOBYIo";
-        private static final String CHANNEL_TITLE = "Linus Tech Tips";
-
-
-        @BeforeAll
-        public static void setUp() throws Exception {
-            YoutubeTestsUtils.ensureStateless();
-            YoutubeParsingHelper.setConsentAccepted(true);
-            NewPipe.init(DownloaderFactory.getDownloader(RESOURCE_PATH + "channelMix"));
-            extractor = (YoutubeMixPlaylistExtractor) YouTube
-                    .getPlaylistExtractor("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" + VIDEO_ID_OF_CHANNEL
-                            + "&list=RDCM" + CHANNEL_ID);
-            extractor.fetchPage();
-        }
-
-        @Test
-        void getName() throws Exception {
-            final String name = extractor.getName();
-            ExtractorAsserts.assertContains("Mix", name);
-            ExtractorAsserts.assertContains(CHANNEL_TITLE, name);
-        }
-
-        @Test
-        void getThumbnails() throws Exception {
-            YoutubeTestsUtils.testImages(extractor.getThumbnails());
-            extractor.getThumbnails().forEach(thumbnail ->
-                    ExtractorAsserts.assertContains(VIDEO_ID_OF_CHANNEL, thumbnail.getUrl()));
-        }
-
-        @Test
-        void getInitialPage() throws Exception {
-            final InfoItemsPage<StreamInfoItem> streams = extractor.getInitialPage();
-            assertFalse(streams.getItems().isEmpty());
-            assertTrue(streams.hasNextPage());
-        }
-
-        @Test
-        void getPage() throws Exception {
-            final byte[] body = JsonWriter.string(prepareDesktopJsonBuilder(
-                    NewPipe.getPreferredLocalization(), NewPipe.getPreferredContentCountry())
-                    .value("videoId", VIDEO_ID_OF_CHANNEL)
-                    .value("playlistId", "RDCM" + CHANNEL_ID)
-                    .value("params", "OAE%3D")
-                    .done())
-                    .getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-
-            final InfoItemsPage<StreamInfoItem> streams = extractor.getPage(new Page(
-                    YOUTUBEI_V1_URL + "next?" + DISABLE_PRETTY_PRINT_PARAMETER,
-                    null, null, dummyCookie, body));
-            assertFalse(streams.getItems().isEmpty());
-            assertTrue(streams.hasNextPage());
-        }
-
-        @Test
-        void getStreamCount() {
-            assertEquals(ListExtractor.ITEM_COUNT_INFINITE, extractor.getStreamCount());
-        }
-
-        @Test
-        void getPlaylistType() throws ParsingException {
-            assertEquals(PlaylistInfo.PlaylistType.MIX_CHANNEL, extractor.getPlaylistType());
-        }
-    }
-
     public static class GenreMix {
         private static final String VIDEO_ID = "kINJeTNFbpg";
         private static final String MIX_TITLE = "Mix – Electronic music";