Stream and Download YouTube video not working.

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Stream and Download YouTube video not working.

Postby g725s » 31 Dec 2022 19:01

First off, I am on a Windows 10 PC and using VLC version 3.0.12 Vetinari

I used to be able to copy a YouTube URL and paste it into...

Open Network Stream > Network

But am now immediately getting an Error popup that will not go away. In fact, even when I close the Network Error Popup it keeps popping up again and again. The only way to stop it is to completely close VLC.

Here is a YouTube showing the process I used to use, that I cannot now get past the first step of inputting the network stream...
https://youtu.be/keqSrdtWt0k

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Re: Stream and Download YouTube video not working.

Postby Rémi Denis-Courmont » 31 Dec 2022 20:30

VLC 3.0.12 is too old to deal with today's YouTube. You need to update.
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