Ubuntu
vlc package

youtube streams quit playing

Bug #1843650 reported by Hiflux Seven
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vlc (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Seems youtube changed the format of their metadata *again*, breaking vlc, youtube-dl, etc.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: vlc 3.0.8-0ubuntu18.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-27.28~18.04.1-generic 5.0.21
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Wed Sep 11 16:56:42 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-11-02 (1043 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
SourcePackage: vlc
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-10-23 (323 days ago)

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Hiflux Seven (highflux7) wrote :
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Doug McMahon (mc3man) wrote :

Can't reproduce, if you have a specific url that used to work but now fails please add to your report

Changed in vlc (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Hiflux Seven (highflux7) wrote :

Youtube reverted changes to their url structure system after 24hr "experiment" so it was just "broken" for a day and magically "fixed" itself.

Folks over at youtube-dl hustled out patches fairly quickly.. which they then had to revert again 12hrs later or something when youtube switched back. Sigh.

Thanks for looking into this.

Sebastian Ramacher (s-ramacher)
Changed in vlc (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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