VLC crashing when trying to play streaming media

[markaj311]

Hi and thanks for the help, VLC is crashing (not responding) whenever I try to play a url. I click Media>Open Network Stream>Paste the url>Play and it forces close. I've tried it with all sorts of streaming links, Youtube, etc... I just got this computer its got Windows 7 and I never had this problem with my old computer running XP. I tried with QuickTime and WMP and got errors there too. Anyone know how to fix this?

[VLC_help]

YouTube will crash VLC unless you update the Youtube.lua file.

[markaj311]

Its not just with YouTube videos its with any kind of flash video or streaming video. The thing I'm needing it to work for is Firstrowsports.tv, any idea how I can get that to work?

[markaj311]

I tried to update the swfargs file but I couldn't locate it anywhere. Checked the lua folder and did a search all throughout the VideoLAN folder and came up empty. Is there something else I can do?

[VLC_help]

If you want VLC to play Firstrowsports.tv, you have to write lua parser for it.

[markaj311]

I appreciate your help, could you elaborate on that? I have no idea what that means to be honest. I tried changing the .lua file as i found in a write up on this forum but that didn't work. Can you explain what you mean? thanks VLC_Help

[VLC_help]

You have to write something like the youtube.lua but instead you parse the Firstrowsports.tv website and recover the address of actual video file.
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=bl ... outube.lua

[dr_always]

You have to write something like the youtube.lua but instead you parse the Firstrowsports.tv website and recover the address of actual video file.
http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=bl ... outube.lua

Is it possible to use a lua parser generator or would one have to write the lua code from scratch and use 'VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\youtube.luac' as a template?

I just barely know Java structure and know less Java commands than one can count on both hands so I hardly know how to program, much less how to program in lua. If you would write the lua for a justin.tv ( http://www.justin.tv/mairj2345 ) stream, I would paypal you a $5 lunch! Then I would be able to dissect your code and piece together the lua for other like sites on my own.



Pleeeaase?

[VLC_help]

I don't do lua code. But it shouldn't be very hard if the Firstrowsports.tv doesn't obfuscate the URL (I haven't checked what the site does).

[markaj311]

obfuscate huh? this has gotten well beyond my knowledge of computers. I envy you! haha, I tried changing that .lua file once I doubt I'll be able to get this to work.

[VLC_help]

obfuscate huh?

Some site don't want their videos to be copied or played outside the site. So they try to prevent this with URL obfuscation and RTMP authentication stuff.

[Granger1680]

YouTube will crash VLC unless you update the Youtube.lua file.

I hate to beat a dead horse and join a conversation late, but I'm having a similar issue. I have investigated around the forums and it seems that I need this new "lua" code.

However, I don't know anything about codes, editing, parsing, et cetera. I feel confident in my copying and pasting abilities, but other than that, I have no clue. I can find the lua folder and the readme file in it... seems to be the most likely place for editing of this sort. Although I don't know what exactly I need to copy and paste, or where it needs to go within that document.

Just to clarify, my problem is that when I press play for a URL that I entered into the Open a network stream, it will bring up the video in a very tiny size and then it barely starts playing before the program closes. The next time I go to open the program, it asks me if I'd like to send a bug report.

If anyone would like to walk me through this step by step, I would be very grateful. Thank you in advance for taking the time to address my issue.

[VLC_help]

http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=bl ... outube.lua download that file, copy it to C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\ folder and replace the old file.

[Granger1680]

Thank you VLC_help.

I placed the file in the specified file path, but did not rename it. It is still share_lua_playlist_youtube. I did remove the original youtube file though. It has worked some times. There is still about every other time I try to play, the program will stop playing after 1 second. If you know what might alleviate that, I would give it a try.

Thanks again!

[VLC_help]

You can check the messages from Tools -> Messages (set Verbosity to 2).

[Manu ROSSI]

VLC toujours aussi fort!
Lit mieux les vidéos HD en streaming que mes navigateurs web. exemple en 1080p : http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... UEZCxBcM78
Félicitations!

Manque plus qu'à intégrer le bon fichier youtube.lua à la prochaine mise à jour...

Un grand merci, un de plus.

Manu