YouTube iOS SDK: correct GTLQueryYouTube parameters to filter out videos which can't be played on mobile?

Question

I\'m trying to find the right GTLQueryYouTube parameters to filter out videos which can\'t be played on mobile (in an iOS UIWebView). The videoEmbeddable and videoSyndicated pa

Answer 1

One possible solution (admittedly, not very elegant) is to make two GTLQueryYouTube calls:

1. videoSyndicated off (or set to all): search for the keyword "VEVO" in the description field of GTLYouTubeSearchResultSnippet, return top search result

2. videoSyndicated on (set to true): best search result (with appropriate filters of your choice).

If the first query returns a null result, then you assume that there is no VEVO video, and you use the next best playable video (2).