youtube.lua no longer grabbing best quality version?

[master-hax]

I don't know how long this has been happening, but I tried viewing a YouTube video today in VLC & the resolution is always 640x360, even though the source video is available in 1080p on the YouTube website. I tried with a bunch of other 1080p video with the same result: VLC codec info shows 640x360 video resolution.

Did something change on YouTube's side that broke the youtube.lua script? Anyone else experiencing this?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Youtube changed.

[T800]

Can we expect a fix for this issue sometime?

[mederi]

Use the latest VLC version or even better the latest VLC nightly build: http://nightlies.videolan.org/
Check following settings in VLC preferences: Tools > Preferences > Show settings=All >
> Input/Codecs: Preferred video resolution
> Input/Codecs \ Demuxers \ Adaptive: ...

[T800]

Thank you for your input. I tried the latest stable (3.0.11) and the most recent nightly build from the 4.x branch too, then - like you suggested - checked the settings (were already correct btw.), but still no luck. VLC opens 720p by all means, instead of the 1080p one. I even replaced youtube.lua to the latest available from the github repo. Any other suggestions, please?

[Lotesdelere]

AFAIK this is still valid:
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=127921