Exclude premiers

[derekantrican]

YouTube "premiers" (videos that have been published, but aren't available to watch yet) still show up in the RSS feed:

It looks like, since the video can't be watched yet, the "views" is 0:

<media:group>
  <media:title>No Armor Hardcore - Episode 4 - End Fight</media:title>
  <media:content url="https://www.youtube.com/v/vFQBd60xjPo?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="390"/>
  <media:thumbnail url="https://i3.ytimg.com/vi/vFQBd60xjPo/hqdefault.jpg" width="480" height="360"/>
  <media:description>Where I get my music: -Epidemic Sound- https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/hdky6e/</media:description>
  <media:community>
    <media:starRating count="266" average="5.00" min="1" max="5"/>
    <media:statistics views="0"/>  <-------------
  </media:community>
</media:group>

Perhaps we can have an "exclude premiers" setting (similar to "exclude shorts") that will ignore RSS feed items where the view count is zero

[derekantrican]

May be worth noting that, in the current system, people will be alerted (post processors) for the premier (as if it is a regular upload), but they won't be alerted again when it actually premiers (is watchable). This feature would allow them to be alerted only when the video is watchable

[derekantrican]

Something that may throw a wrench in this method: YouTube Premium videos will show up in the RSS feed, but will have 0 views

[derekantrican]

Ok, here's an update:

• Premiere videos have 0 views, but can still have a "starRating" (which is just a reflection of "Likes")
• Premium videos (YouTube Premium) have 0 views, but also a 0 starRating (at least, for the premium content I checked)
• Member's Only videos (which don't usually appear in UULF* playlists, but can be seen in UUMO* playlists) has have 0 views and non-zero starRating

[derekantrican]

However, here's a "Free with Ads" video that is totally watchable, but has all the same indicators of a "Premiere":

<entry>
  <id>yt:video:GImRfiEE3Hs</id>
  <yt:videoId>GImRfiEE3Hs</yt:videoId>
  <yt:channelId>UCqVDpXKLmKeBU_yyt_QkItQ</yt:channelId>
  <title>Weird City - Ep 2 "A Family"</title>
  <link rel="alternate" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GImRfiEE3Hs"/>
  <author>
    <name>YouTube Originals</name>
    <uri>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqVDpXKLmKeBU_yyt_QkItQ</uri>
  </author>
  <published>2019-02-13T17:00:34+00:00</published>
  <updated>2025-06-05T12:57:22+00:00</updated>
  <media:group>
    <media:title>Weird City - Ep 2 "A Family"</media:title>
    <media:content url="https://www.youtube.com/v/GImRfiEE3Hs?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="390"/>
    <media:thumbnail url="https://i4.ytimg.com/vi/GImRfiEE3Hs/hqdefault.jpg" width="480" height="360"/>
    <media:description>Kicked out of his Pomegranate Electrolyte Juice addiction support group and fired from his job, failure Tawny (Michael Cera) joins ShapeCult gym hoping to find the acceptance he so desperately needs. Unfortunately, his psychotic obsession with approval puts him at odds with his gym trainer Delt (Rosario Dawson). Available with YouTube Premium - https://www.youtube.com/premium/originals. To see if Premium is available in your country, click here: https://goo.gl/A3HtfP 0:00 The Support Group 3:39 Fired 6:02 Finding Shapecult 12:06 Week One 14:30 Ripped and Ready 19:59 Ultimate Circle of Life 22:36 The Delt Smoothie</media:description>
    <media:community>
      <media:starRating count="105400" average="5.00" min="1" max="5"/>
      <media:statistics views="0"/>
    </media:community>
  </media:group>
</entry>