YT videos don't play with this plugin installed

[scrutinizer11]

Hello,

I installed it as instructed and now any video doesn't play. Moreover, adding dkjson hasn't helped either. VLC 3.0.12 on macOS 10.7. Are you sure no other configurations needed? I run a proxy. Do I need to specifically set it to send all the traffic through it?

[mjasny]

I'm sorry I don't own a mac nor know how the proxy settings there work. If you're able to open network urls in VLC the plugin should also work.

[Vingolf]

Hi @mjasny

If you're able to open network urls in VLC the plugin should also work.

I'm using
VLC 3.0.7.1 on
Windows 7.

I can open network urls, 😃
but when I copy youtube-dl.lua to the playlist folder, youtube links don't work anymore. ☹️

Read.me
A working youtube-dl installation (youtube-dl must be in $PATH):frowning_face:

A youtube-dl is on my system and I know its path, but I'm not sure, what $PATH on windows does mean.:confused:
It might be that vlc does not find the path of youtube-dl? 🤔
Do I neet to specify the path of youtube-dl for vlc or youtube-dl.lua? Where can this be done?

[Vingolf]

Hi @mjasny

If you're able to open network urls in VLC the plugin should also work.

I have added the path of youtube-dl to the path in Windows environment variables
and I have used the current youtube.lua (03 Apr 2021).

It's still the same behaviour.

I can open network urls,
but when I copy youtube-dl.lua to the playlist folder, youtube links don't work anymore. 😏

[mjasny]

@Vingolf can you try the most recent commit? It sets the locale to C to fix some problems with dkjson.