Youtube help

[Lotesdelere]

I'm getting the highest available resolution with VLC v1.1.2.

For instance when using the link Kovezett has posted I automatically get 720p:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy2uHAS-el0

[kovezett]

I'm getting the highest available resolution with VLC v1.1.2.

For instance when using the link Kovezett has posted I automatically get 720p:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy2uHAS-el0

Yes, great improvement in the new youtube.lua script!

What a pity that the Mozilla plugin can't handle it...

[migawka]

I'm getting the highest available resolution with VLC v1.1.2.

For instance when using the link Kovezett has posted I automatically get 720p:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy2uHAS-el0

bug. when I use Open location from clipboard Ctr + V and Play VLC jumps to the first position on the playlist
v1.1.2

[lamosca]

Hello all. I wrote a shell script for mac to sort of automate the process of opening youtube vids in vlc. I call it 'YouSuck'; inspired by 'rtmpsuck' and my general feelings towards flash performance on my mac. I'm extremely new to shell scripting so this is anything but perfect, however it does make the process a little easier. Any tips or edits are welcome. Also you may need to install ngrep if you don't already have it.

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#!/bin/sh function vlc(){ open -a /Applications/VLC.app $1 } function vsearch(){ printf "Open a YouTube video and press 'Enter' in Terminal" echo ngrep -q -W byline | grep -Eiom 2 'http.+watch\?v=.+(channel|related|[^\?\.])' >> "/tmp/UNSORTED.m3u" read awk '!x[$0]++' /tmp/UNSORTED.m3u > /tmp/YOUTEMPS.m3u vlc /tmp/YOUTEMPS.m3u } if [ -f /tmp/YOUTEMPS.m3u ]; then printf "Open recently watched videos? [y/n] " read -n 1 answer if [ "$answer" = "y" ]; then echo open -a /Applications/VLC.app "/tmp/YOUTEMPS.m3u" exit 1 elif [ "$answer" = "n" ]; then echo vsearch fi else vsearch fi

Here is a vid of it in action. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoE9az9NIsQ. Watch it in vlc

[kartal]

I had no idea about Youtube feature. Accidentally ended up here. Thank you for the fix and the Youtube support

[jm-deagot]

I'm using VLC 1.1.11, and am getting the following error when trying to watch Youtube videos :

File reading failed:
VLC could not open the file "www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPXD4ipoMQ8".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL '://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPXD4ipoMQ8'. Check the log for details.

I've tried the lua patch, but, that didn't seem to fix it

I am slightly hard of hearing, so, VLC would be a lifeline for me as so many Youtube videos are so quiet.

Can anyone help?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

I appreciate that you like to use VLC, but you don't need VLC to increase the volume. You just need to adjust the volume knob on your PC speakers.

[osmium]

I'm assuming anyone who uses VLC to boost video volume does so for the same reason as me: because even with system, application, youtube, and speaker volumes all the way up, some videos are still barely audible due to improper mixing when the video was made. VLC allows you to bring the volume up to 200% making these videos audible.

I'm running into playback issues with VLC 2.0.8 Twoflower for only SOME videos. In my case VLC is able to determine the name of the video, but not play it. An example of a problem is with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V85OykSDT8. The error I get in VLC in level 2 (debug) logging mode is

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main debug: processing request item: http://r14---sn-q4f7dnls.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?id=f55f393b29120d3f&cp=U0hWTFhNU19HUUNONl9QR1dFOlVGc1pYY1YzM3d6&source=youtube&upn=UNj1R-tDWYg&fexp=931312%2C911403%2C923002%2C914047%2C916623%2C929117%2C929121%2C929906%2C929907%2C929922%2C929127%2C929129%2C929131%2C929930%2C936403%2C925726%2C925720%2C925722%2C925718%2C929917%2C906945%2C929933%2C920302%2C913428%2C920605%2C904830%2C919373%2C930803%2C908536%2C904122%2C938701%2C936308%2C909549%2C900816%2C912711%2C904494%2C904497%2C900375%2C906001&ms=au&itag=45&sver=3&mt=1377802223&ratebypass=yes&sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&expire=1377825427&ip=173.219.117.156&mv=m&ipbits=8&key=yt1&signature=A98A7A8359C1D9817918F312954C76301BAF7812.3C3C8F9DBDD2FD6DA123C4918BEBA8A02AA36706, node: Playlist, skip: 0 main debug: resyncing on http://r14---sn-q4f7dnls.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?id=f55f393b29120d3f&cp=U0hWTFhNU19HUUNONl9QR1dFOlVGc1pYY1YzM3d6&source=youtube&upn=UNj1R-tDWYg&fexp=931312%2C911403%2C923002%2C914047%2C916623%2C929117%2C929121%2C929906%2C929907%2C929922%2C929127%2C929129%2C929131%2C929930%2C936403%2C925726%2C925720%2C925722%2C925718%2C929917%2C906945%2C929933%2C920302%2C913428%2C920605%2C904830%2C919373%2C930803%2C908536%2C904122%2C938701%2C936308%2C909549%2C900816%2C912711%2C904494%2C904497%2C900375%2C906001&ms=au&itag=45&sver=3&mt=1377802223&ratebypass=yes&sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&expire=1377825427&ip=173.219.117.156&mv=m&ipbits=8&key=yt1&signature=A98A7A8359C1D9817918F312954C76301BAF7812.3C3C8F9DBDD2FD6DA123C4918BEBA8A02AA36706 main debug: http://r14---sn-q4f7dnls.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?id=f55f393b29120d3f&cp=U0hWTFhNU19HUUNONl9QR1dFOlVGc1pYY1YzM3d6&source=youtube&upn=UNj1R-tDWYg&fexp=931312%2C911403%2C923002%2C914047%2C916623%2C929117%2C929121%2C929906%2C929907%2C929922%2C929127%2C929129%2C929131%2C929930%2C936403%2C925726%2C925720%2C925722%2C925718%2C929917%2C906945%2C929933%2C920302%2C913428%2C920605%2C904830%2C919373%2C930803%2C908536%2C904122%2C938701%2C936308%2C909549%2C900816%2C912711%2C904494%2C904497%2C900375%2C906001&ms=au&itag=45&sver=3&mt=1377802223&ratebypass=yes&sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&expire=1377825427&ip=173.219.117.156&mv=m&ipbits=8&key=yt1&signature=A98A7A8359C1D9817918F312954C76301BAF7812.3C3C8F9DBDD2FD6DA123C4918BEBA8A02AA36706 is at 1 main debug: starting playback of the new playlist item main debug: resyncing on http://r14---sn-q4f7dnls.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?id=f55f393b29120d3f&cp=U0hWTFhNU19HUUNONl9QR1dFOlVGc1pYY1YzM3d6&source=youtube&upn=UNj1R-tDWYg&fexp=931312%2C911403%2C923002%2C914047%2C916623%2C929117%2C929121%2C929906%2C929907%2C929922%2C929127%2C929129%2C929131%2C929930%2C936403%2C925726%2C925720%2C925722%2C925718%2C929917%2C906945%2C929933%2C920302%2C913428%2C920605%2C904830%2C919373%2C930803%2C908536%2C904122%2C938701%2C936308%2C909549%2C900816%2C912711%2C904494%2C904497%2C900375%2C906001&ms=au&itag=45&sver=3&mt=1377802223&ratebypass=yes&sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&expire=1377825427&ip=173.219.117.156&mv=m&ipbits=8&key=yt1&signature=A98A7A8359C1D9817918F312954C76301BAF7812.3C3C8F9DBDD2FD6DA123C4918BEBA8A02AA36706 main debug: http://r14---sn-q4f7dnls.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?id=f55f393b29120d3f&cp=U0hWTFhNU19HUUNONl9QR1dFOlVGc1pYY1YzM3d6&source=youtube&upn=UNj1R-tDWYg&fexp=931312%2C911403%2C923002%2C914047%2C916623%2C929117%2C929121%2C929906%2C929907%2C929922%2C929127%2C929129%2C929131%2C929930%2C936403%2C925726%2C925720%2C925722%2C925718%2C929917%2C906945%2C929933%2C920302%2C913428%2C920605%2C904830%2C919373%2C930803%2C908536%2C904122%2C938701%2C936308%2C909549%2C900816%2C912711%2C904494%2C904497%2C900375%2C906001&ms=au&itag=45&sver=3&mt=1377802223&ratebypass=yes&sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&expire=1377825427&ip=173.219.117.156&mv=m&ipbits=8&key=yt1&signature=A98A7A8359C1D9817918F312954C76301BAF7812.3C3C8F9DBDD2FD6DA123C4918BEBA8A02AA36706 is at 1 main debug: creating new input thread main debug: Creating an input for 'http://r14---sn-q4f7dnls.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?id=f55f393b29120d3f&cp=U0hWTFhNU19HUUNONl9QR1dFOlVGc1pYY1YzM3d6&source=youtube&upn=UNj1R-tDWYg&fexp=931312%2C911403%2C923002%2C914047%2C916623%2C929117%2C929121%2C929906%2C929907%2C929922%2C929127%2C929129%2C929131%2C929930%2C936403%2C925726%2C925720%2C925722%2C925718%2C929917%2C906945%2C929933%2C920302%2C913428%2C920605%2C904830%2C919373%2C930803%2C908536%2C904122%2C938701%2C936308%2C909549%2C900816%2C912711%2C904494%2C904497%2C900375%2C906001&ms=au&itag=45&sver=3&mt=1377802223&ratebypass=yes&sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&expire=1377825427&ip=173.219.117.156&mv=m&ipbits=8&key=yt1&signature=A98A7A8359C1D9817918F312954C76301BAF7812.3C3C8F9DBDD2FD6DA123C4918BEBA8A02AA36706' main debug: using timeshift granularity of 50 MiB, in path 'C:\Users\STEPHE~1.QFT\AppData\Local\Temp' main debug: `http://r14---sn-q4f7dnls.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?id=f55f393b29120d3f&cp=U0hWTFhNU19HUUNONl9QR1dFOlVGc1pYY1YzM3d6&source=youtube&upn=UNj1R-tDWYg&fexp=931312%2C911403%2C923002%2C914047%2C916623%2C929117%2C929121%2C929906%2C929907%2C929922%2C929127%2C929129%2C929131%2C929930%2C936403%2C925726%2C925720%2C925722%2C925718%2C929917%2C906945%2C929933%2C920302%2C913428%2C920605%2C904830%2C919373%2C930803%2C908536%2C904122%2C938701%2C936308%2C909549%2C900816%2C912711%2C904494%2C904497%2C900375%2C906001&ms=au&itag=45&sver=3&mt=1377802223&ratebypass=yes&sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&expire=1377825427&ip=173.219.117.156&mv=m&ipbits=8&key=yt1&signature=A98A7A8359C1D9817918F312954C76301BAF7812.3C3C8F9DBDD2FD6DA123C4918BEBA8A02AA36706' gives access `http' demux `' path `r14---sn-q4f7dnls.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?id=f55f393b29120d3f&cp=U0hWTFhNU19HUUNONl9QR1dFOlVGc1pYY1YzM3d6&source=youtube&upn=UNj1R-tDWYg&fexp=931312%2C911403%2C923002%2C914047%2C916623%2C929117%2C929121%2C929906%2C929907%2C929922%2C929127%2C929129%2C929131%2C929930%2C936403%2C925726%2C925720%2C925722%2C925718%2C929917%2C906945%2C929933%2C920302%2C913428%2C920605%2C904830%2C919373%2C930803%2C908536%2C904122%2C938701%2C936308%2C909549%2C900816%2C912711%2C904494%2C904497%2C900375%2C906001&ms=au&itag=45&sver=3&mt=1377802223&ratebypass=yes&sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&expire=1377825427&ip=173.219.117.156&mv=m&ipbits=8&key=yt1&signature=A98A7A8359C1D9817918F312954C76301BAF7812.3C3C8F9DBDD2FD6DA123C4918BEBA8A02AA36706' main debug: creating demux: access='http' demux='' location='r14---sn-q4f7dnls.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?id=f55f393b29120d3f&cp=U0hWTFhNU19HUUNONl9QR1dFOlVGc1pYY1YzM3d6&source=youtube&upn=UNj1R-tDWYg&fexp=931312%2C911403%2C923002%2C914047%2C916623%2C929117%2C929121%2C929906%2C929907%2C929922%2C929127%2C929129%2C929131%2C929930%2C936403%2C925726%2C925720%2C925722%2C925718%2C929917%2C906945%2C929933%2C920302%2C913428%2C920605%2C904830%2C919373%2C930803%2C908536%2C904122%2C938701%2C936308%2C909549%2C900816%2C912711%2C904494%2C904497%2C900375%2C906001&ms=au&itag=45&sver=3&mt=1377802223&ratebypass=yes&sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&expire=1377825427&ip=173.219.117.156&mv=m&ipbits=8&key=yt1&signature=A98A7A8359C1D9817918F312954C76301BAF7812.3C3C8F9DBDD2FD6DA123C4918BEBA8A02AA36706' file='\\r14---sn-q4f7dnls.c.youtube.com\videoplayback?id=f55f393b29120d3f&cp=U0hWTFhNU19HUUNONl9QR1dFOlVGc1pYY1YzM3d6&source=youtube&upn=UNj1R-tDWYg&fexp=931312,911403,923002,914047,916623,929117,929121,929906,929907,929922,929127,929129,929131,929930,936403,925726,925720,925722,925718,929917,906945,929933,920302,913428,920605,904830,919373,930803,908536,904122,938701,936308,909549,900816,912711,904494,904497,900375,906001&ms=au&itag=45&sver=3&mt=1377802223&ratebypass=yes&sparams=cp,id,ip,ipbits,itag,ratebypass,source,upn,expire&expire=1377825427&ip=173.219.117.156&mv=m&ipbits=8&key=yt1&signature=A98A7A8359C1D9817918F312954C76301BAF7812.3C3C8F9DBDD2FD6DA123C4918BEBA8A02AA36706' main debug: looking for access_demux module: 0 candidates main debug: no access_demux module matched "http" main debug: TIMER module_need() : 0.169 ms - Total 0.169 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 0.169 ms) main debug: creating access 'http' location='r14---sn-q4f7dnls.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?id=f55f393b29120d3f&cp=U0hWTFhNU19HUUNONl9QR1dFOlVGc1pYY1YzM3d6&source=youtube&upn=UNj1R-tDWYg&fexp=931312%2C911403%2C923002%2C914047%2C916623%2C929117%2C929121%2C929906%2C929907%2C929922%2C929127%2C929129%2C929131%2C929930%2C936403%2C925726%2C925720%2C925722%2C925718%2C929917%2C906945%2C929933%2C920302%2C913428%2C920605%2C904830%2C919373%2C930803%2C908536%2C904122%2C938701%2C936308%2C909549%2C900816%2C912711%2C904494%2C904497%2C900375%2C906001&ms=au&itag=45&sver=3&mt=1377802223&ratebypass=yes&sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&expire=1377825427&ip=173.219.117.156&mv=m&ipbits=8&key=yt1&signature=A98A7A8359C1D9817918F312954C76301BAF7812.3C3C8F9DBDD2FD6DA123C4918BEBA8A02AA36706', path='\\r14---sn-q4f7dnls.c.youtube.com\videoplayback?id=f55f393b29120d3f&cp=U0hWTFhNU19HUUNONl9QR1dFOlVGc1pYY1YzM3d6&source=youtube&upn=UNj1R-tDWYg&fexp=931312,911403,923002,914047,916623,929117,929121,929906,929907,929922,929127,929129,929131,929930,936403,925726,925720,925722,925718,929917,906945,929933,920302,913428,920605,904830,919373,930803,908536,904122,938701,936308,909549,900816,912711,904494,904497,900375,906001&ms=au&itag=45&sver=3&mt=1377802223&ratebypass=yes&sparams=cp,id,ip,ipbits,itag,ratebypass,source,upn,expire&expire=1377825427&ip=173.219.117.156&mv=m&ipbits=8&key=yt1&signature=A98A7A8359C1D9817918F312954C76301BAF7812.3C3C8F9DBDD2FD6DA123C4918BEBA8A02AA36706' main debug: looking for access module: 2 candidates access_http debug: http: server='r14---sn-q4f7dnls.c.youtube.com' port=80 file='/videoplayback?id=f55f393b29120d3f&cp=U0hWTFhNU19HUUNONl9QR1dFOlVGc1pYY1YzM3d6&source=youtube&upn=UNj1R-tDWYg&fexp=931312%2C911403%2C923002%2C914047%2C916623%2C929117%2C929121%2C929906%2C929907%2C929922%2C929127%2C929129%2C929131%2C929930%2C936403%2C925726%2C925720%2C925722%2C925718%2C929917%2C906945%2C929933%2C920302%2C913428%2C920605%2C904830%2C919373%2C930803%2C908536%2C904122%2C938701%2C936308%2C909549%2C900816%2C912711%2C904494%2C904497%2C900375%2C906001&ms=au&itag=45&sver=3&mt=1377802223&ratebypass=yes&sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&expire=1377825427&ip=173.219.117.156&mv=m&ipbits=8&key=yt1&signature=A98A7A8359C1D9817918F312954C76301BAF7812.3C3C8F9DBDD2FD6DA123C4918BEBA8A02AA36706' main debug: net: connecting to r14---sn-q4f7dnls.c.youtube.com port 80 main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1416) qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 500 access_http error: error: HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error access_http debug: switching to HTTP version 1.0 main debug: net: connecting to r14---sn-q4f7dnls.c.youtube.com port 80 main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1416) access_http debug: protocol 'HTTP' answer code 500 access_http error: error: HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error main debug: net: connecting to r14---sn-q4f7dnls.c.youtube.com port 80 main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1416) access_mms error: error: HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error main debug: no access module matching "http" could be loaded main debug: TIMER module_need() : 577.809 ms - Total 577.809 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 577.809 ms) main error: open of `http://r14---sn-q4f7dnls.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?id=f55f393b29120d3f&cp=U0hWTFhNU19HUUNONl9QR1dFOlVGc1pYY1YzM3d6&source=youtube&upn=UNj1R-tDWYg&fexp=931312%2C911403%2C923002%2C914047%2C916623%2C929117%2C929121%2C929906%2C929907%2C929922%2C929127%2C929129%2C929131%2C929930%2C936403%2C925726%2C925720%2C925722%2C925718%2C929917%2C906945%2C929933%2C920302%2C913428%2C920605%2C904830%2C919373%2C930803%2C908536%2C904122%2C938701%2C936308%2C909549%2C900816%2C912711%2C904494%2C904497%2C900375%2C906001&ms=au&itag=45&sver=3&mt=1377802223&ratebypass=yes&sparams=cp%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Cratebypass%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire&expire=1377825427&ip=173.219.117.156&mv=m&ipbits=8&key=yt1&signature=A98A7A8359C1D9817918F312954C76301BAF7812.3C3C8F9DBDD2FD6DA123C4918BEBA8A02AA36706' failed main debug: dead input main debug: changing item without a request (current 1/2) main debug: nothing to play qt4 debug: IM: Deleting the input main debug: TIMER input launching for 'http://r14---sn-q4f7dnls.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?id=f55f393b29120d3f&cp=U0hWTFhNU19HUUNONl9QR1dFOlVGc1pYY1YzM3d6&source=youtube&upn=UNj1R-tDWYg&fexp=931312%2C911403%2C923002%2C914047%2C916623%2C929117%2C929121%2C929906%2C929907%2 : 631.627 ms - Total 631.627 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 631.627 ms)

Most videos play just fine. I'm not entering the URL any differently into VLC.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

200% is not very much compared to what you can do with the mixer or speaker amplifier...

[osmium]

Obviously if I had external speakers this wouldn't be a problem. Like I said, I have the volumes all the way up in the Windows mixer and I have the volume all the way up on the YouTube player. I know what I'm doing. Bringing to the volume up in VLC to 200% doubles the gain. I've used this method for numerous videos when dealing with my little built-in speakers.

THAT ASIDE, I'm looking for a resolution for the fact that VLC is unable to play some YouTube videos. Did you try it for yourself with the URL I provided?

[JSLover]

An example of a problem is with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V85OykSDT8.

...this video doesn't work, cuz format 45 is effed up on YouTube (I don't know how or why). Format 45 (aka &fmt=45, or &itag=45) is the 1st listed format for this video, by being listed 1st, it's the default one VLC chooses...

This URL doesn't work (explicitly choosing fmt=45)...

• youtube.com/watch?v=9V85OykSDT8&fmt=45 (720p webm)

These URLs do work...

• youtube.com/watch?v=9V85OykSDT8&fmt=22 (720p mp4)
  youtube.com/watch?v=9V85OykSDT8&fmt=44 (480p webm)
  youtube.com/watch?v=9V85OykSDT8&fmt=35 (480p mp4)

...(note: this video has other formats, that I chose not to link to: 43, 34, 18, 5, 36, 17).

[osmium]

Thanks, JSLover! I didn't know anything about the formatting URL suffixes. Is there a way I can see available formats in the future for a given video?