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I have looked up this topic for others whom encountered similar problems, but they are outdated, so I am posting a new thread.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

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

Ok! I will later!

This is the link!

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

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?

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

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?

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

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).

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

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!

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.

Thanks allot! I will try soon!

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

ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

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

https://controlc.com/084b127a

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).

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