1. how do i determine which region (usa, china, etc) a YT video belongs to ?
2. how do i determine if a video is priviate ?
3. is there such a url parser for decoding video streaming (ie, youtube, rtmp, etc) ?

could it be inside the 11-char URL string ?
if its inside the url string, then maybe i could filter those out of the search results.
both 1 and 2 (and a few more errors) prevent me from seeing the video.
and, 3, the parser, i am also working on that, too. YT has there own, but i just learned that google does too. so if there is none, then i will create my own.

the reason i ask is because i am attempting to build a basic youtube (software) player based on simple search terms. the search results will turn into a history db playlist.

thank you for any responses.