VLC can't play video streamed from youtube

[shogun1234]

I want to play a video. So I do

Media > Open Network Stream > Paste link to 'Please enter a network URL'

But console prints following error

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[00007f37ec03fe50] lua stream error: Couldn't extract youtube video URL, please check for updates to this script

How can I check for updates to this lua script? What command (e.g. apt-get) I need to execute for updating the script?

vlc version VLC media player 3.0.7.1 Vetinari (revision 3.0.7.1-0-gf3940db4af)
Debian is bullseye/sid

Thanks

[Sante]

Check this out. Expect to be disappointed though. Best luck

https://itsfoss.com/vlc-is-unable-to-open-the-mrl/

[stevepusser]

I discovered this about a month ago, and posted a manual fix, plus to a link to a patched VLC I built that included the fix, here on these very forums.

So, how much searching of these forums have you done for "vlc + Youtube"?

http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? ... be#p714122

VLC is also 3.0.8 upstream and back to Stretch, not 3.0.7.

https://packages.debian.org/search?keyw ... ection=all

What did you do to end up with that version?