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hi analogdigital. thanks for that tip. I'll have to try that once i get a chance to do more testing.

ron

(typing on touch screen. forgive capitalization.) that's a bummer. don't know why. just looked up a ragtime piano link on YT and filtered by HD. tried to stream that in vlc and got a 360p version. then searched for hd video test and picked one with nature scenes. vlc streamed that at 720p h.264. i d...

Hello, I recently posted a 2 part procedure to get vlc to play youtube videos in hi def if available. It's a bit convoluted but maybe it will help. I tried it on Raspbian (Raspberry Pi) but it should work on other systems. Link to pt 1 https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=150085#p49756...

This may help. I haven't read it myself and don't know about any software they mention.

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/change-file-associations-windows

Ron

Hello, I recently posted a 2 part procedure to get vlc to play youtube videos in hi def if available. It's a bit convoluted but maybe it will help. Link to pt 1 https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=150085#p497567 Link to pt 2 https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=150085#p4...

This is not a direct answer to your question. Many people have had problems playing youtube videos recently. I've found a way to play them which worked as of the time I posted the following messages. It's not particularly easy. Also I'm still figuring out how to download them. Use the following as y...

Part 2 of 2 by rfrazier. This then takes you to a (usually) large table with the specs on all the different video files for this url that you put in. At the bottom is a list of complete video files with audio. In my example, there is only one of medium quality, so it doesn't help me since I want HD....

Part 1 of 2 by rfrazier. Hello, my name is Ron. I'm a newbie to the forum but am a long time user of VLC on multiple platforms including Windows, Linux, and now Raspbian (Raspberry Pi.) What I'm about to describe was done on my Raspberry Pi but I think it's applicable to other OS's. At the bottom, I...

Part 2 of 2 by rfrazier. This then takes you to a (usually) large table with the specs on all the different video files for this url that you put in. At the bottom is a list of complete video files with audio. In my example, there is only one of medium quality, so it doesn't help me since I want HD....

Part 1 of 2 by rfrazier. (I believe the following can be done on Windows even though I did it on Raspbian.) Hello, my name is Ron. I'm a newbie to the forum but am a long time user of VLC on multiple platforms including Windows, Linux, and now Raspbian (Raspberry Pi.) What I'm about to describe was ...

Part 2 of 2 by rfrazier. This then takes you to a (usually) large table with the specs on all the different video files for this url that you put in. At the bottom is a list of complete video files with audio. In my example, there is only one of medium quality, so it doesn't help me since I want HD....

Part 1 of 2 by rfrazier. Hello, my name is Ron. I'm a newbie to the forum but am a long time user of VLC on multiple platforms including Windows, Linux, and now Raspbian (Raspberry Pi.) What I'm about to describe was done on my Raspberry Pi but I think it's applicable to other OS's. At the bottom, I...