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-- Helper function to get a parameter's value in a URL
function get_url_param( url, name )
local _, _, res = string.find( url, "[&?]"..name.."=([^&]*)" )
return res
end

function get_arturl( path, video_id )
if string.match( vlc.path, "iurl=" ) then
return vlc.strings( get_url_param( vlc.path, "iurl" ) )
end
if not arturl then
return "http://img.youtube.com/vi/"..video_id.."/default.jpg"
end
end

-- Probe function.
function probe()
if vlc.access ~= "http" then
return false
end
youtube_site = string.match( string.sub( vlc.path, 1, 8 ), "youtube" )
if not youtube_site then
-- FIXME we should be using a builtin list of known youtube websites
-- like "fr.youtube.com", "uk.youtube.com" etc..
youtube_site = string.find( vlc.path, ".youtube.com" )
if youtube_site == nil then
return false
end
end
return ( string.match( vlc.path, "watch%?v=" ) -- the html page
or string.match( vlc.path, "watch_fullscreen%?video_id=" ) -- the fullscreen page
or string.match( vlc.path, "p.swf" ) -- the (old?) player url
or string.match( vlc.path, "jp.swf" ) -- the (new?) player url (as of 24/08/2007)
or string.match( vlc.path, "player2.swf" ) ) -- another player url
end

-- Parse function.
function parse()
if string.match( vlc.path, "watch%?v=" )
then -- This is the HTML page's URL
while true do
-- Try to find the video's title
line = vlc.readline()
if not line then break end
if string.match( line, "<meta name=\"title\"" ) then
_,_,name = string.find( line, "content=\"(.-)\"" )
end
if string.match( line, "<meta name=\"description\"" ) then
-- Don't ask me why they double encode ...
_,_,description = vlc.strings.resolve_xml_special_chars(vlc.strings.resolve_xml_special_chars(string.find( line, "content=\"(.-)\"" )))
end
if string.match( line, "subscribe_to_user=" ) then
_,_,artist = string.find( line, "subscribe_to_user=([^&]*)" )
end
-- OLD: var SWF_ARGS = {hl:'en',BASE_YT_URL:'http://youtube.com/',video_id:'XPJ7d8dq ... mCMd3lq_AC'};
-- NEW: var SWF_ARGS = { "BASE_YT_URL": "http://youtube.com", "video_id": "OHVvVmUNBFc", "l": 88, "sk": "WswKuJzDBsdD6oG3IakCXgC", "t": "OEgsToPDskK3zO44y0QN8Fr5ZSAZwCQp", "plid": "AARGnwWMrmGkbpOxAAAA4AT4IAA", "tk": "mEL4E7PqHeaZp5OG19NQThHt9mXJU4PbRTOw6lz9osHi4Hixp7RE1w=="};
if string.match( line, "SWF_ARGS" ) and string.match( line, "video_id" ) then
if string.match( line, "BASE_YT_URL" ) then
_,_,base_yt_url = string.find( line, "\"BASE_YT_URL\": \"(.-)\"" )
end
_,_,t = string.find( line, "\"t\": \"(.-)\"" )
-- vlc.msg.err( t )
-- video_id = string.gsub( line, ".*&video_id:'([^']*)'.*", "%1" )
end
if name and description and artist --[[and video_id]] then break end
end
if not video_id then
video_id = get_url_param( vlc.path, "v" )
end
if not base_yt_url then
base_yt_url = "http://youtube.com/"
end
arturl = get_arturl( vlc.path, video_id )
-- fmt is the format of the video: 18 is HQ (mp4)
fmt = get_url_param( vlc.path, "fmt" )
if fmt then
format = "&fmt=" .. fmt
else
format = ""
end
if t then
return { { path = base_yt_url .. "get_video?video_id="..video_id.."&t="..t..format; name = name; description = description; artist = artist; arturl = arturl } }
else
-- This shouldn't happen ... but keep it as a backup.
return { { path = "http://www.youtube.com/v/"..video_id; name = name; description = description; artist = artist; arturl = arturl } }
end
else -- This is the flash player's URL
if string.match( vlc.path, "title=" ) then
name = get_url_param( vlc.path, "title" )
end
video_id = get_url_param( vlc.path, "video_id" )
arturl = get_arturl( vlc.path, video_id )
fmt = get_url_param( vlc.path, "fmt" )
if fmt then
format = "&fmt=" .. fmt
else
format = ""
end
if not string.match( vlc.path, "t=" ) then
-- This sucks, we're missing "t" which is now mandatory. Let's
-- try using another url
return { { path = "http://www.youtube.com/v/"..video_id; name = name; arturl = arturl } }
end
return { { path = "http://www.youtube.com/get_video.php?vi ... _url_param( vlc.path, "t" )..format; name = name; arturl = arturl } }
end
end

Did you try 1.1.0 nightlies?