Is VLC is no longer playing Youtube links?

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Is VLC is no longer playing Youtube links?

Postby swervydude » 23 Apr 2022 22:05

My VLC is updated to 3.0.16, but every time I try to play a youtube video, I receive "Your input can't be opened
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'https://rr4---sn-q4flrnsk.googlevideo.c ... gRw8JQ0qOA'. Check the log for details." I have used VLC in the past, but even the other links I used are not opening. I searched the forums and found this link for Windows: https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.ph ... 67#p507838", but the instruction seem different for mac. Is it a bug? It has worked before.

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Re: Is VLC is no longer playing Youtube links?

Postby fkuehne » 24 Apr 2022 13:33

Download VLC 3.0.17 from our website manually or wait until tomorrow to have the update automatically :)
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Re: Is VLC is no longer playing Youtube links?

Postby maddanj » 12 May 2022 22:27

I have that version and it doesn't work.

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Re: Is VLC is no longer playing Youtube links?

Postby elitedata » 13 May 2022 01:24

here is an example why YT links dont parse properly.
its a link to another link, to another link until it finally resolves to the actual link hosting the media content.
to add to this issue, there are separate video and audio streams, VP9 (VP90) for video and OPUS for audio, respectively.
the example below is opening the OPUS audio stream from a YT music video (VP9 & OPUS).
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