Is it possible for now to watch live youtube video streams using vlc? I just don't want to use flash player.
I know that vlc can play youtube videos using link for the page where that video is located, but how about live youtube videos?
How to watch live youtube stream using vlc
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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.
The easiest way to get the URL of the video to paste into VLC that I found was in Firefox.
Go to the video using FF. Right click -> Page Info. Go to the Media tab and find the video URL. The type will be Video, and the URL should be av.vimeo.com/foobar. Right click -> Copy the URL. Paste into VLC and off you go
Best Answer
Yes, it works the exact same way as non-live streams. Just Ctrl+N (or
Media > Open Network Stream) and enter the youtube URL through the first parameter.An example of the first thing I saw on youtube live (pretty darn terribad):
Alternative
If you are just looking to avoid using
flashplayer, you could opt into YouTube's HTML5 Player.