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Python script, takes yt url, parses for something yt will accept, executes yt with newly discovered url. Usage: ./yt.py https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvIctUYRDtY # yt.py #!/usr/bin/python3 # Launch VLC with an (almost) arbitrary Youtube URL. # Assumes Python > 3.5 (or something) ''' Copyright 2019...

Another fix can be realized by updating the youtube.luac file with a copy of the latest version from http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=blob_plain;f=share/lua/playlist/youtube.lua;hb=HEAD In my case, running vlc 2.2.0 (2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4): # move old script aside: $ sudo mv /usr/lib/vlc/lua/pl...

Though not ideal, streamlink (https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink) can differentiate the available streams for feeding into vlc: streamlink -O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBtBD9zQjUs 360p | ffmpeg -i - -vcodec copy -tune zerolatency -acodec copy -preset fast -f mpegts - 2>/dev/null | vlc fo...

Tried the current VLC Daily Build of stable branch version 2.2.7 Umbrella (2.2.2+git20170721+r59033+56~ubuntu16.04.1) with same result. Also tried current VLC Daily Build of master branch, media player 3.0.0-git Vetinari (revision 3.0.0~~git20171118+r72557+91~ubuntu16.04.1): same. None of the three ...

Long time user of VLC 2.2.2 under Ubuntu 16.04.03 LTS. (2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.4) In advanced settings under input/codecs , I have the preferred video resolution set to SD (576 or 480 lines). Until 20-Nov-2017, streaming youtube videos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBtBD9zQjUs) resulted in the desi...