Unable to play Youtube Videos

[ashlee123542]

I am new to the forum, so please forgive me if this isn't the correct thread for this particular topic.

I have looked up this topic for others whom encountered similar problems, but they are outdated, so I am posting a new thread.

I usually convert Youtube Videos with VCL Media Player. Today I encountered an error when trying to play a YouTube video with VCL Media Player!

This is the error message I received:

Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'https://r1---sn-5uaeznrz.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1575703272&ei=iP7qXaa8DKyQkATOiJTACQ&ip=47.134.68.201&id=o-ADiaIYCpUXuW-vGZ8lcMuuoWirK4enmZHZCXS43iRWg2&itag=18&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mm=31%2C26&mn=sn-5uaeznrz%2Csn-p5qlsndr&ms=au%2Conr&mv=m&mvi=0&pl=17&initcwndbps=1962500&mime=video%2Fmp4&gir=yes&clen=66025129&ratebypass=yes&dur=717.450&lmt=1571002149580202&mt=1575681531&fvip=1&fexp=23842630%2C23860863&c=WEB&txp=5531432&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cmime%2Cgir%2Cclen%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&lsparams=mm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AHylml4wRQIgaDSqAQD1RYQ1m9_0ii-s_IQnl9iqHvRXW7EVDGXRqe4CIQD3NbkQjr3jyrL8z4xhJWIASw_cuAXIRPxducuF9dxcQA%3D%3D&signature=FNY%3DY4swFW3pUej_K_huiYxpR6qZMDcv3xdyPbpHbgRFuNtAEiAiN7D7QE%3DTRaLAvvO4gVQU2icQFI7pheuXqIsTw8jurJAhIgRww2IxgLA'. Check the log for details.

[mederi]

Please provide youtube link of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=150515#p494808

[ashlee123542]

Ok! I will later!

[ashlee123542]

This is the link!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e2lmyKE9vjU

[mederi]

There is no problem with the https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e2lmyKE9vjU in VLC-3.0.8-win32 on Vista. The video (Bananarama... cover art video + audio) plays very well. Do you try to play a saved playlist?

[ashlee123542]

No, I don't believe so...I can check and make sure

[ashlee123542]

No, I couldn't see anything that would suggest that there is a saved playlist...Maybe my Firewall is blocking VCL Media Player? I did "allow" VCL Media player in the Firewall, but maybe there is something else I need to do.
That reminds me, that my brother downloaded Anti-malware before the VCL Media Player problems started to occur. Maybe that blocked something? I did uninstall the Anti-Malware, but maybe there was more that needed to be done?

[ashlee123542]

Here is a video that I recorded of the problem! I hope this isn't breaking forum rules :/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK6GvRrqleM&feature=youtu.be

[mederi]

Try to reset preferences in VLC (also delete %appdata%\vlc folder). You can try a nightly build of VLC 3.0.9 containing upgraded youtube script http://nightlies.videolan.org You could check the logs Tools > Messages > Verbosity: [2 (debug)] and share them (pastebin.com) with more information (OS and VLC version).

[ashlee123542]

Thank you! I will try your suggestions! Sorry for late reply, I have been busy!

[ashlee123542]

I uninstalled VLC Media Player, then downloaded a nightly version of VLC Media Player(the one you suggested), and I went into tools>Messages>Verbosity, and set it to 2. I tried playing a Youtube video(didn't work) and got a log. Could you send the VLC Media Player pastebin link? Thanks!

[mederi]

Then share your logs so somebody can check them for you. If they are too long, then you can use pastebin service and provide a link here.

[ashlee123542]

Thanks allot! I will try soon!

[ashlee123542]

the Pastebin website seems to be down. It says refused to connect when I tried loading the website....

ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

[ashlee123542]

I did find a website that is similar to Pastebin! The link to my error message is here:

https://controlc.com/084b127a

[xaerolimit]

Greetings!

OS: Windows 10 Pro (fully updated)
CPU: AMD FX-8350 8-Cores@4.01GHz
RAM: 32GB.
VLC: 3.0.8 (Windows port).

I tried creating a playlist of YouTube URL's (no problems here), but when I go to play them, I get some funky juju going on.

Debug LOG: https://pastebin.com/6WRzfWFF

Hopefully, this is sufficient information, if not, let me know (despite the fact that this thread is ~2 months old).

[Lotesdelere]

https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?p=499882#p499882