Unable to Play YouTube Videos

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Unable to Play YouTube Videos

Postby pmdricihij » 25 Jun 2016 23:53

I copied a YouTube URL and pasted it into VLC's Open Network Stream input field. The play button opens for a second but the video doesn't play. I've tried with a dozen different URLs. None will play.

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Re: Unable to Play YouTube Videos

Postby fkuehne » 13 Jul 2016 11:29

VLC on iOS and tvOS does not support playback of YouTube URLs and won't do so for the foreseeable future. The technical reason for this is that VLC's lua extension support was not ported to these platforms yet and for parsing YouTube URLs, lua is currently required.
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Re: Unable to Play YouTube Videos

Postby pmdricihij » 14 Jul 2016 17:17

Thanks for the reply and explanation. Can you recommend an alternative media player that can play videos at 1.X speed?

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Re: Unable to Play YouTube Videos

Postby fkuehne » 15 Jul 2016 18:32

Sorry, I'm not aware of any competing app offering that feature.

As a work-around, you can of course download videos from YouTube and play those with VLC.
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Re: Unable to Play YouTube Videos

Postby pmdricihij » 16 Jul 2016 23:27

Can I download the videos in iOS, or do I need to do that on a computer?

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Re: Unable to Play YouTube Videos

Postby fkuehne » 17 Jul 2016 18:01

If I remember correctly, Apple prohibits YouTube Downloader apps on their store now, so I fear that you'll need to use some sort of computer.
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