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I hope I'm not repeating someone else's report. I searched and did not find the specific problem/solution with playback. In fact the problem may simply be a feature VLC doesn't support. In any event here is my issue.

VLC streams perfectly from youtube if I enter the URL (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBuZsLSy6cQ). However, if I enter the URL with a time definition (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBuZsLSy6cQ&&t=25000s), VLC ignores the time and plays the stream from the current point in the stream, not 25000 seconds from the start of the stream. Am I missing a setup option or is this a problem? Is it a feature I should request.

Basically, VLC would be more useful for me recording streams if I could use Youtube's feature (&t=25000s) to go to a particular point in the stream.

In the Open Media dialogue (where you enter the URL), if you check 'Show more options' there is an option to specify the start time.

Maybe, and it's a maybe, because this video is 11 hours 54 minutes 55 seconds long, your start point is at 6 hours 56 minutes 40 seconds but for some reason VLC is showing a maximum length of 4 hours for this video stream.

In the Open Media dialogue (where you enter the URL), if you check 'Show more options' there is an option to specify the start time.

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried that in the past and tried again today. It doesn't work. Neither do the "Playback" menu options for "Jump Backward," "Jump Forward," or "Jump to a Specific Time." Everything far fails to allow a retreat to a specific stream point on YouTube. Frankly, I haven't tried time specific streaming on any other service. Maybe those controls work wonderfully on other services.

Does anyone else have advice? If not, may I request the option to handle YouTube streams as a feature?