Is it possible to stream a particular YouTube video's content with VLC?
The scenario is that you could paste a YouTube URL into a VLC dialog, and then have VLC stream the video as if it were a local media file.
Current version – when trying to open a file or network stream results in
VLC can't recognize the input's format:
The format of 'http://www.youtube.com/v/foo' cannot be detected. Have a look at the log for details.
Any existing features in VLC, or workarounds that you know of to accomplish this streaming idea?
Best Answer
Yes. If you grab the actual video stream file (using a youtube downloader site, or firefox add-in), and pasting the URL into VLC, it will stream/play the file.
I do this all the time from an OS that doesn't support Flash (easily), but does support VLC & Firefox.