Problem with YouTube H.264 FLV files

[VLC_help]

Any answers from the ticket that was opened 3 months ago?

I am guessing that the possible fix won't made to first 1.0.0 stable release, unless it is libavcodec issue and contrib update fixes it.

[IdontAgree]

Its this crap.
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 640x480
wtf is this?
Cant I just get a codec for this?

[IdontAgree]

So I download this.
http://www.afreecodec.com/26/h264-codec/download/
And now Media player Classic will play the GHEY h264 downloaded youtube videos.
It was so easy, perhaps if retarded people didn't decide to change things because they are ghey psychopaths.
It wont work in VLC though and I changed it to prefer system plugins over vlc.
Why wont vlc use the ffdshow h264 codec?
Tell me how to configure please because MPLAYER Classic is ghey.

[Lotesdelere]

Problem solved by switching back to version 0.9.4.

Confirmed.

I've just tried v0.9.4 and no problem so far with these files.

[Lotesdelere]

I have updated ticket #2590 since it's now proven that it's a regression.

Fingers crossed...

[VLC_help]

Why wont vlc use the ffdshow h264 codec?

Because VLC doesn't support DirectShow.

MPLAYER Classic is ghey

You should avoid using terms that might be interpreted as sexual slurs.

[IdontAgree]

Oh so I should avoid doing what you say then should I?
Perhaps you should reply with some decent useful information instead of spending your time telling other people what to do and say?
Rc1 still pops up asking for updates when you double click it from explorer windows.
This has a bug obviously although I expect to be told what to say and do about that.
Thanks.

[VLC_help]

Rc1 still pops up asking for updates when you double click it from explorer windows.

You have tried RC-2 or RC-3? And it pops up VLC update dialog? Or the privacy dialog?

[kovezett]

The new VLC 1.0 plays fine the &fmt=35 FLV videos, but the &fmt=18 and &fmt=22 mp4 (AVC/AAC) versions simply stop after a few seconds. E.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvVeZRTALTM&fmt=22, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U9gIr5aIyU&fmt=18. Almost any YouTube video has a &fmt=18 version, so you can try them.

There is no such problem if you download the videos and play them from your hard drive.

[Lotesdelere]

but the &fmt=18 and &fmt=22 mp4 (AVC/AAC) versions simply stop after a few seconds.

There is no such problem if you download the videos and play them from your hard drive.

Confirmed, same here.

[Guppy49]

They play fine without download to hard disk, but are you sure something changes when changing the last to digits of the URL:
It starts playing in my page whatever figure I put, or even when I remove the last part of the url.

[kovezett]

Open the abovementioned links in VLC 1.0.0.

[VLC_help]

access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
access_http debug: Content-Type: video/mp4
access_http debug: stream size=23200066,pos=337775,remaining=22862291
access_http debug: this frame size=22862291
access_http debug: Connection: close
access_http debug: Server: gvs 1.0
access_http debug: trying to seek to 325737
main debug: net: connecting to v1.cache7.googlevideo.com port 80
main debug: connection: Resource temporarily unavailable
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1716)

You get similar messages to VLC message log?

[kovezett]

Yes.

access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 206
access_http debug: Content-Type: video/mp4
access_http debug: stream size=47926912,pos=281951,remaining=47644961
access_http debug: this frame size=47644961
access_http debug: Connection: close
access_http debug: Server: gvs 1.0
main debug: Buffering 91%
qt4 debug: New caching: 91
access_http debug: trying to seek to 272418
main debug: net: connecting to v4.lscache8.googlevideo.com port 80
main debug: connection: Resource temporarily unavailable
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1860)

But there's no such problem with VLC 0.9.4.

[VLC_help]

I am guessing some changes were done to seeking. Trac opened
https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/2969

[kovezett]

Thank you!