vlc 1.1.11 youtube crash

[colin]

when i try to play a youtube video it wont play i get this error message

main debug: adding item `watch?v=V7ScnFkfm38&feature=feedu' ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7ScnFkf ... ture=feedu )
main debug: rebuilding array of current - root Playlist
main debug: rebuild done - 1 items, index -1
main debug: processing request item watch?v=V7ScnFkfm38&feature=feedu node Playlist skip 0
main debug: resyncing on watch?v=V7ScnFkfm38&feature=feedu
main debug: watch?v=V7ScnFkfm38&feature=feedu is at 0
main debug: starting new item
main debug: creating new input thread
main debug: Creating an input for 'watch?v=V7ScnFkfm38&feature=feedu'
main debug: thread (input) created at priority 22 (../../src/input/input.c:220)
main debug: thread started
main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB
main debug: using timeshift path '/tmp'
main debug: `http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7ScnFkf ... ture=feedu' gives access `http' demux `' path `www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7ScnFkfm38&feature=feedu'
main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='' path='www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7ScnFkfm38&feature=feedu'
main debug: looking for access_demux module: 0 candidates
main debug: no access_demux module matched "http"
macosx debug: input has changed, refreshing interface
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 49.900 ms - Total 49.900 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 49.900 ms)
main debug: creating access 'http' path='www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7ScnFkfm38&feature=feedu'
main debug: looking for access module: 2 candidates
access_http debug: http: server='www.youtube.com' port=80 file='/watch?v=V7ScnFkfm38&feature=feedu'
main debug: net: connecting to www.youtube.com port 80
main debug: no fetch required for (null) (art currently (null))
main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 14)
access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 200
access_http debug: Server: wiseguy/0.6.10
access_http debug: Accepting Cookie: use_hitbox=72c46ff6cbcdb7c5585c36411b6b334edAEAAAAw; path=/; domain=.youtube.com
access_http debug: Accepting Cookie: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=T2y6nqMB9t4; path=/; domain=.youtube.com; expires=Wed, 04-Apr-2012 13:50:00 GMT
access_http debug: Accepting Cookie: recently_watched_video_id_list=a5e46470edf97d9b79dc6e585d3639d8WwEAAABzCwAAAFY3U2NuRmtmbTM4; path=/; domain=.youtube.com
access_http debug: Accepting Cookie: GEO=b276f35f85a04a8e68518a7ca0f5632ecwsAAAAzVVNjGpBATj/piA==; path=/; domain=.youtube.com
access_http debug: Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
access_http debug: Transfer-Encoding: chunked
main debug: using access module "access_http"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 748.117 ms - Total 748.117 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 748.117 ms)
main debug: Using AStream*Stream
main debug: pre buffering
main debug: received first data after 0 ms
main debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 12345 KiB/s
main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 5 candidates
main debug: no stream_filter module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.195 ms - Total 0.195 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.195 ms)
main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 1 candidate
main debug: using stream_filter module "stream_filter_record"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.105 ms - Total 0.105 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.105 ms)
main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='' path='www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7ScnFkfm38&feature=feedu'
main debug: looking for demux module: 52 candidates
ts warning: TS module discarded (lost sync)
avcodec debug: couldn't guess format
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Users/colinwarburton/Library/Application Support/org.videolan.vlc/lua/playlist
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/anevia_streams.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/anevia_xml.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/appletrailers.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/bbc_co_uk.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/break.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/canalplus.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/cue.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/dailymotion.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/france2.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/googlevideo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/jamendo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/joox.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/katsomo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/koreus.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/lelombrik.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/megavideo.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/metacafe.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/metachannels.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/mpora.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/pinkbike.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/rockbox_fm_presets.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/youtube_homepage.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/share/lua/playlist
vobsub debug: this doesn't seem to be a vobsub file
ps warning: this does not look like an MPEG PS stream, continuing anyway
main debug: using demux module "ps"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 36.853 ms - Total 36.853 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 36.853 ms)
main debug: looking for meta reader module: 2 candidates
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Users/colinwarburton/Library/Application Support/org.videolan.vlc/lua/meta/reader
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/meta/reader
lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/meta/reader/filename.luac
lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/share/lua/meta/reader
main debug: no meta reader module matching "any" could be loaded
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.717 ms - Total 0.717 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.717 ms)
main debug: `http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7ScnFkf ... ture=feedu' successfully opened
ps warning: garbage at input, trying to resync...
main debug: EOF reached
main debug: removing module "ps"
main debug: removing module "stream_filter_record"
main debug: removing module "access_http"
main debug: waitpipe: object killed
main debug: thread ended
main debug: dead input
main debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1)
main debug: nothing to play
macosx debug: input has stopped, refreshing interface
main debug: TIMER input launching for 'watch?v=V7ScnFkfm38&feature=feedu' : 837.066 ms - Total 837.066 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 837.066 ms)

i copied casketizers youtube.lua code

[Casketizer]

@Jerbear

Tools-->Messages or Ctrl+M to open Log.
Verbosity = 2 = debugging messages enabled.

Does vlc crash or just not play?

The steps you describe are ok.

If it just doesn't play. I can only think of vlc being blocked by win firewall.
Sorry if I sounded a bit harsh earlier....

[Casketizer]

@colin

Are you using vlc 1.1.10 or 1.1.11 ?

It looks like you are using an old version. Please upgrade.

[colin]

1.1.11

[Casketizer]

Then It seems mac uses precompiled lua (.luac) and not uncompiled plaintext (.lua).
No idea. I dont use macs. If you have luac on your mac you can try to precompile it. Ask in the mac section.

[Jerbear]

[Sorry if this turns out as a double post. My first 'submit' returned an error]

It's an actual crash (VLC will disappear and generate a crashdump file in %appdata%/vlc). The same thing happens on my Win7 64 bit machine.

Can't seem to get logging-to-file working...or maybe it's just not flushing output to the log file before it crashes.

The Ctrl+M log disappears upon crash (d'oh).
Attaching a debugger (no source at the mo...I'll sort that out later...just to catch the crash so I can peek at the state of the log pane), I see the last output message in the log pane relates to youtube_homepage.lua. That just happens to be last *.lua in VLC/lua/playlist.

So maybe it's just iterated through all the Lua scripts and crashes at the end because something unexpectedly ended up as NULL.

I don't believe VLC is blocked by Windows Firewall (Vlc.exe is in the Exceptions tab, and the auto-updater worked, so Vlc can clearly see the rest of the universe), though I've never really understood Windows Firewall.

Any suggestions on what I can do to produce something to help me diagnose the error?

(I appreciate the apology btw, though I don't blame you - my posts usually have idiot=true set)

[Jerbear]

Double post (would edit the other one but it's being moderated or something, and I want this message to come through quickly xD).

Seems to work now (both machines).
Not sure what changed, but I did a fresh uninstall, then install.
Also installed a Lua compiler/interpreter, but I doubt that would make a difference.

Sorry for wasting your time. Weirdness.

[colin]

My vlc isnt playing youtube videos even since i put in the latest patch, it seems like youtube is always changing their page format which is causing VLC to not play them

[japnukeplant]

Hi Casketizer,
I used your edited lua and I am able to stream videos, but when I try to save videos, only a small % are captured correctly. Most videos are captured with only the audio and no video. I have noticed that the videos that are successful saved are videos with poor resolutions (360p, low pixels). Any ideas why?

[ekeup]

I believe it's 'broke' again...

Can anyone else confirm we need a new youtube.lua?

[Lotesdelere]

Can anyone else confirm we need a new youtube.lua?

This one is still working fine for me:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=89164&start=20#p307990

[HAARP]

I tried the patch provided by Casketizer. When I load the URL into the device the video plays temporarily for about 2 seconds then freezes up. This happens 1/4 of the time with the same URL (I've tried 5 so far). I'm no longer receiving a crash message when the video doesn't play but instead i get the following error message from VCL.
---------------------------------
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'http://o-o.preferred.dfw06s08.v20.lscac ... cf76d3b27d'. Check the log for details.
----------------------------------
VCL might be timing out as a result of my internet connection (I have a 3g mifi router) The same URL will eventually load but like i said only briefly. I've also tried the vcl plugin for mozilla and vcl still indicates a crash on youtube via message.

[jm-deagot]

I tried downloading the Mediafire file and overwriting the existing lua file.

VLC no longer crashes, but, I am now getting the following error :

File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file "www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3wPec4Xp7c".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL '://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3wPec4Xp7c'. Check the log for details.


Can anyone help? Please???

[HAARP]

VLC no longer crashes, but, I am now getting the following error :

File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file "www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3wPec4Xp7c".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL '://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3wPec4Xp7c'. Check the log for details.

Can anyone help? Please???

Try this.

Open VCL got to tools-> messages then set the verbostity to 2. Close then open VCL to ensure changes were made. Check the message box under toos-> messages. If empty, try loading the youtube URL again. Wait for error message then go to tools-> messages and check the message box. If empty then you might need to search for vlc-log.txt, which i assume is in the VCL directory. If you find the messages save them in a file then post them here. I cant diagnose the errors but maybe someone else can. Im still a noob:D

[Ruper]

Hey,

i've tried to start youtube videos but it wont work. I replaced also the old youtube.lua with the new one but it still wont work. What shall I do?

If I try to start the video, nothing happens. It just loads for 1 second but it doesn't starts.

I am getting this message:

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main debug: processing request item http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wVQ-TQSzAQ node Wiedergabeliste skip 0 main debug: resyncing on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wVQ-TQSzAQ main debug: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wVQ-TQSzAQ is at 1 main debug: starting new item main debug: creating new input thread main debug: Creating an input for 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wVQ-TQSzAQ' main debug: thread (input) created at priority 1 (../.././src/input/input.c:220) main debug: thread started main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB main debug: using timeshift path 'C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp' main debug: `http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wVQ-TQSzAQ' gives access `http' demux `' path `www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wVQ-TQSzAQ' main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='' path='www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wVQ-TQSzAQ' main debug: looking for access_demux module: 0 candidates main debug: no access_demux module matched "http" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms) main debug: creating access 'http' path='www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wVQ-TQSzAQ' main debug: looking for access module: 2 candidates access_http debug: http: server='www.youtube.com' port=80 file='/watch?v=9wVQ-TQSzAQ' main debug: net: connecting to www.youtube.com port 80 qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1436) access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 200 access_http debug: Server: wiseguy/0.6.10 access_http debug: Accepting Cookie: use_hitbox=72c46ff6cbcdb7c5585c36411b6b334edAEAAAAw; path=/; domain=.youtube.com access_http debug: Accepting Cookie: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=xOWEoP88API; path=/; domain=.youtube.com; expires=Tue, 08-May-2012 14:42:42 GMT access_http debug: Accepting Cookie: recently_watched_video_id_list=86a8943fc9aaa06e9360b5f374403d9bWwEAAABzCwAAADl3VlEtVFFTekFR; path=/; domain=.youtube.com access_http debug: Accepting Cookie: PREF=f1=50000000; path=/; domain=.youtube.com; expires=Wed, 08-Sep-2021 14:42:42 GMT access_http debug: Accepting Cookie: GEO=187c8aa78a8c0cc14b32801212879be4cwsAAAAzREVP/9m9TmzI4g==; path=/; domain=.youtube.com access_http debug: Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 access_http debug: Transfer-Encoding: chunked main debug: using access module "access_http" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 276.000 ms - Total 276.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 276.000 ms) main debug: Using AStream*Stream main debug: pre buffering main debug: received first data after 0 ms main debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 1000000 KiB/s main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 2 candidates main debug: no stream_filter module matching "any" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms) main debug: looking for stream_filter module: 1 candidate main debug: using stream_filter module "stream_filter_record" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.000 ms - Total 0.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.000 ms) main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='' path='www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wVQ-TQSzAQ' main debug: looking for demux module: 52 candidates ts warning: TS module discarded (lost sync) lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\playlist lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\anevia_streams.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\anevia_xml.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\appletrailers.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\bbc_co_uk.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\break.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\canalplus.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\cue.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\dailymotion.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\france2.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\googlevideo.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\jamendo.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\joox.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\katsomo.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\koreus.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\lelombrik.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\megavideo.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\metacafe.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\metachannels.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\mpora.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\pinkbike.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\rockbox_fm_presets.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\vimeo.lua lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\youtube.lua lua warning: Error loading script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\youtube.lua: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\youtube.lua:1: unexpected symbol near '�' lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\youtube_homepage.lua avcodec debug: couldn't guess format vobsub debug: this doesn't seem to be a vobsub file ps warning: this does not look like an MPEG PS stream, continuing anyway main debug: using demux module "ps" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 64.000 ms - Total 64.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 64.000 ms) main debug: looking for meta reader module: 2 candidates lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\vlc\lua\meta\reader lua debug: Trying Lua scripts in C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader lua debug: Trying Lua playlist script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\meta\reader\filename.lua main debug: no meta reader module matching "any" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 5.000 ms - Total 5.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 5.000 ms) main debug: `http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wVQ-TQSzAQ' successfully opened ps warning: garbage at input, trying to resync... main debug: EOF reached main debug: removing module "ps" main debug: removing module "stream_filter_record" main debug: removing module "access_http" main debug: waitpipe: object killed main debug: thread ended main debug: dead input main debug: thread times: real 0m0.392000s, kernel 0m0.000000s, user 0m0.046800s main debug: changing item without a request (current 1/2) main debug: nothing to play qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input main debug: TIMER input launching for 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wVQ-TQSzAQ' : 348.000 ms - Total 348.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 348.000 ms)

[VLC_help]

lua warning: Error loading script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\youtube.lua: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\youtube.lua:1: unexpected symbol near '�'

You have some garbage inside the youtube.lua.

[HAARP]

Hey,

i've tried to start youtube videos but it wont work. I replaced also the old youtube.lua with the new one but it still wont work. What shall I do?

[/code]

Try replacing the file over again. Delete all of the old file before you paste the new file. Don't leave out any of the new file when you copy and paste.

[Ruper]

Hey

I've used notepad++ instead of windows editor, then it worked correctly. People told me that the windows editor, does inivisible signs in the code.

[dm01]

Hi,

Unfortunately I was not able to fix the issue following Casketizer's work, but actually nothing changed for me: VLC still crashing as before
I am not sure if this new lua file needs to be registered somewhere? (I simply put it under lua\playlist and renamed the old one).
I cannot get the output messages, as the box disappears very quickly at the crash. And I don't have any vlc-log file anywhere...

Thanks!

[kirukisu]

WordPad works just fine editing lua, text is in order.

[VLC_help]

(I simply put it under lua\playlist and renamed the old one).

Remove the old one. Otherwise they will fight from same file.

[dm01]

Remove the old one. Otherwise they will fight from same file.

Yes!!
Thanks, I did not imagine that it scanned also the files content and not only the filenames

[sef80033]

Casketizer

I owe you lunch...works perfectly.

[dr_always]

Casketizer

I owe you lunch...works perfectly.

Same here. Hopefully the developers incorporate Casketizer's work into an upcoming build and I'd say he's well deserved of a credit in the Help -> About section. This feature is pretty neat once fixed.

[mederi]

Right. Casketizer's script works. Thanks.
Does anybody know how to change format? &fmt=xx parameter in URL does not work for me.