[Python] Youtube video is not playable from a created playlist

I have python program that creates random playlists from my subscriptions that I play with youtube music. It works just fine. Some of the videos that get added to the the playlists are not playable and I want to figure out how to test for them in the program before they get into the playlist.

Example video https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=5AxTF5cuYPM

I pulled up the api list for the video using these parts:

contentDetails,id,liveStreamingDetails,localizations,paidProductPlacementDetails,player,recordingDetails,snippet,statistics,status,topicDetails

And got this result: (had to chop out the chinese to get it to post)

{
"kind": "youtube#videoListResponse",
"etag": "zsqqOTGDedIqdo5o5kiqjG7uQsk",
"items": [
{
"kind": "youtube#video",
"etag": "t9kElYNA6IX_5ftRajSbHWjLiZg",
"id": "5AxTF5cuYPM",
"snippet": {
"publishedAt": "2020-05-08T13:00:03Z",
"channelId": "UCOYbuyJtfv9ks4lvlv-VuBg",
"title": chopped out,
"description": chopped out,
"thumbnails": {
"default": {
"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5AxTF5cuYPM/default.jpg",
"width": 120,
"height": 90
},
"medium": {
"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5AxTF5cuYPM/mqdefault.jpg",
"width": 320,
"height": 180
},
"high": {
"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5AxTF5cuYPM/hqdefault.jpg",
"width": 480,
"height": 360
},
"standard": {
"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5AxTF5cuYPM/sddefault.jpg",
"width": 640,
"height": 480
},
"maxres": {
"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5AxTF5cuYPM/maxresdefault.jpg",
"width": 1280,
"height": 720
}
},
"channelTitle": "蘇慧倫 TarcySu",
"categoryId": "22",
"liveBroadcastContent": "none",
"localized": {
"title": chopped out,
"description": chopped out
}
},
"contentDetails": {
"duration": "PT3M40S",
"dimension": "2d",
"definition": "hd",
"caption": "false",
"licensedContent": false,
"contentRating": {},
"projection": "rectangular"
},
"status": {
"uploadStatus": "processed",
"privacyStatus": "public",
"license": "youtube",
"embeddable": true,
"publicStatsViewable": true,
"madeForKids": false
},
"statistics": {
"viewCount": "2297",
"likeCount": "89",
"favoriteCount": "0",
"commentCount": "3"
},
"player": {
"embedHtml": "\u003ciframe width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/5AxTF5cuYPM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c/iframe\u003e"
},
"topicDetails": {
"topicCategories": [
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Asia"
]
},
"recordingDetails": {},
"paidProductPlacementDetails": {
"hasPaidProductPlacement": false
}
}
],
"pageInfo": {
"totalResults": 1,
"resultsPerPage": 1
}
}


Nowhere in the results do I see anything that would prevent the video from playing so I have nothing to test for.

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