On Mon, 8 Dec 2025 22:28:53 -0000 (UTC), bp wrote:
Copying a YouTube URL into vlc media player causes an error, which starts with
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'https://rr2---sn-nvopjoxu-25ve.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1765254131&ei=k083aZHbLNaMlu8PvrCu0As&ip=50.1.20.31&id=o-AJ-TWnr5nbiu1saDbbnTkT--M44S09bXDdhPGEg1........
but I suppose that some deliberate access control by Youtube.
Could just be that VLCrCOs attempt at extracting media URLs from YouTube isnrCOt as up-to-date as that in a dedicated downloader like youtube-dl, yt-dlp etc al.
You could get the media URL from one of those, and then see if VLC
will play it.
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