From 235d83fb7316a3e7e3add15feaa1758e2540bf69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ho=C3=A0ng=20Gia=20B=E1=BA=A3o?=
 <70064328+YT-Advanced@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:21:45 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] perf(Alternative Thumbnails): Skip verify still images of
 live videos

---
 .../alternativethumbnails/AlternativeThumbnailsPatch.java    | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/extensions/shared/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/alternativethumbnails/AlternativeThumbnailsPatch.java b/extensions/shared/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/alternativethumbnails/AlternativeThumbnailsPatch.java
index aa97508533..6f7b3a9b02 100644
--- a/extensions/shared/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/alternativethumbnails/AlternativeThumbnailsPatch.java
+++ b/extensions/shared/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/alternativethumbnails/AlternativeThumbnailsPatch.java
@@ -293,16 +293,17 @@ public static String overrideImageURL(String originalUrl) {
                 return originalUrl;
             }
 
+            final boolean shouldUseStillImages = option.useStillImages && !originalUrl.contains("live");
             String sanitizedReplacementUrl;
             final boolean includeTracking;
             if (option.useDeArrow && canUseDeArrowAPI()) {
                 includeTracking = false; // Do not include view tracking parameters with API call.
-                final String fallbackUrl = option.useStillImages
+                final String fallbackUrl = shouldUseStillImages
                         ? buildYoutubeVideoStillURL(decodedUrl, qualityToUse)
                         : decodedUrl.sanitizedUrl;
 
                 sanitizedReplacementUrl = buildDeArrowThumbnailURL(decodedUrl.videoId, fallbackUrl);
-            } else if (option.useStillImages) {
+            } else if (shouldUseStillImages) {
                 includeTracking = true; // Include view tracking parameters if present.
                 sanitizedReplacementUrl = buildYoutubeVideoStillURL(decodedUrl, qualityToUse);
             } else {