VLC 3.0.17.3 can't play YouTube streams smoothly: I see grey pixelation and it's stuttering every couple of seconds or so, very similar to contrived buffering. The issue arises in all macOS I run from 10.7 to 10.14.
Posting the stats collected during streaming.
https://imgur.com/a/tIZWorE
Jerky streaming of YouTube videos
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scrutinizer1
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Re: Jerky streaming of YouTube videos
A little clarification: the jerky streaming manifests with 720p videos. The playback is smooth when it's SD.
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fkuehne
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- VLC version: 0.4.6 - present
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Re: Jerky streaming of YouTube videos
We have the feeling that YouTube is throtteling playback through VLC. We are currently investigating if we can workaround their serverside change and how.
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Felix Paul Kühne
Medic. VLC developer for appleOS since before you were born.
Blog: https://www.feepk.net
Felix Paul Kühne
Medic. VLC developer for appleOS since before you were born.
Blog: https://www.feepk.net
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