VLC "Open Network" not working

[Pk49]

Using VLC Media Player 2.2.8 Mac OS 10.12.6.
For several years I have used VLC to convert Youtube videos to audio .wav files, pasting the URL into VLC File/Open Network, opening and saving as CD
Now nearly all attempts to open the video gets the error message -

Your input can't be opened
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'https://r2---sn-ppoxu-hxas.googlevideo. ... eoplayback?
mm=31%2C29&requiressl=yes&ratebypass=yes&fvip=2&ipbits=0&clen=6400998&mime=video%2Fwebm&gir=yes&mn=sn-ppoxu-hxas%2Csn-ntq7yned&key=yt6&itag=43&mv=m&mt=1518732739&ms=au%2Crdu&dur=0.000&ei=7AWGWo6MGIHNgAOio7ygBA&lmt=1280195903621171&ip=121.45.253.252&pcm2cms=yes&expire=1518754380&id=o-AGwKXnY5MzW0NBgxAuznMAxcNpZRSV4a6D7SecUBK81F&c=WEB&initcwndbps=832500&source=youtube&sparams=clen%2Cdur%2Cei%2Cgir%2Cid%2Cinitcwndbps%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Clmt%2Cmime%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cpcm2cms%2Cpl%2Cratebypass%2Crequiressl%2Csource%2Cexpire&pl=20&signature=3919C4633E5EFF67501C099E6257C5E99D83E459A2.148CB044501F7BA7157AD6780AA4D0F3DCDEE24B24B'.
Check the log for details.

This started yesterday, I have not seen this in the last 2 years.

Can anyone offer any suggestions?

I have upgraded to V 3.0.0, same thing, 95% of Youtube clips will not open.

[dfuhrmann]

Youtube sometimes changes their website which break our parsing plugins.

But today this was already corrected in our code again, so I hope it should work again with the uplcoming VLC 3.0.1

[Pk49]

Thanks for the reply.
However, I'm still unable to convert tunes, I need to learn and practice, which involves changing key, which is where VLC and Amadeus Pro are indispensable.
Can you give me an idea when VLC might be working with Youtube again?