Youtube playlist

VLC Playlist Parsers

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Description:

Import a youtube video / playlist into VLC.


INSTALLATION:
- click on the download button below
- when the file appears click on the menu file > save as... of your browser
- put the file in the vlc /lua/playlist folder, by default:
* Windows (all users): %ProgramFiles%VideoLANVLCluaplaylist
* Windows (current user): %APPDATA%vlcluaplaylist
* Linux (all users): /usr/lib/vlc/lua/playlist/
* Linux (current user): ~/.local/share/vlc/lua/playlist/
* Mac OS X (all users): /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/playlist/
(create directories if they don't exist)
/! Some browser (Chrome...) may change the file extension for ".txt" instead of ".lua", so make sure you choose "All extensions" in the dialog box when you save the file on your computer.

USAGE:
- Copy the URL of the youtube video or playlist (must contain "list=PL...")
- Start VLC, press Ctrl+N, paste the url then click on "Play" (or Alt+P then Enter), the video /playlist should start

Troubleshooting:
/! Follow this steps if and only if you have already install the script and it doesn't work..
/! for the actual script see the "download" button (playlist_youtube.lua) below.
If the videos list appears in the Vlc "playlist" view but the videos won't start, follow this steps:
1) delete the file "youtube.luac" in [vlc directory]/lua/playlist directory (ex: c:Program FilesVideoLANVLCluaplaylistyoutube.luac)
2) get the latest version of thr "youtube" script from here:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/videolan/vlc/master/share/lua/playlist/youtube.lua
3) place the file in the directory [vlc directory]/lua/playlist (where "youtube.luac" was)

/!/!/! Please do not paste your raw error log here, use a pastebin service like pastebin.com.
Last changelog:

7 years ago

- display clean video title and thumbnail
- Add support for playlist with 100+ videos
- fix change in youtube playslists

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seneral

20 days ago

Official version does not work with 200+ videos, so I fixed it (based of previous fixes posted here) and verified it works in VLC 3.0.4 with any playlist (tested 1000+). Special care had to be taken to avoid duplicates.
FYI a request with index x will return videos from index x-100 to x+99, but if index it out of range (over playlist length), it will return 0-199. So it starts of with x=100 to get 0-199, then x=200 to get 100-299, etc. To avoid missing the last (up to 100) elements you with taking 200-jumps. In turn I had to revisit the duplication detection to avoid those hundreds of duplicates.
https://gist.github.com/Seneral/bd64281ae30a6010e97d956ecd63238e

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dokisame

1 month ago

Strange things... Worked for VLC 3.04, but not 3.07 (used both the github patch and original file, always give blank screen). I'm on Ubuntu 18.04 64 bit

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hackpro

1 month ago

Add at the end of line 44 the following validation

and string.match(vlc.path, "action_get_list") == nil

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mantra

2 days ago

does not work for me

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mantra

2 days ago

sorry my mistake, that fixed it!

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markostamcar

1 month ago

Thanks, that fixed it!

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ahmedpop910

5 months ago

9 +

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4nrg0t

6 months ago

Some youtube streams won't load, e.g.: https://youtu.be/lrX6ktLg8WQ
Hopefully the author reads this and will fix that. Thank you.

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eaeman

6 months ago

This version of the file worked for me.
https://gist.github.com/seraku24/db42e0e418b2252f2136d2d7f1656be5
Download and keep only this one.

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dooberdoober

6 months ago

Also worked for me. Excellent!

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asafe

1 month ago

Also worked for me. I'm using version 3.0.7 and put the file in ~/.local/share/vlc/lua/playlist/

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kameyo

6 months ago

The plugin is not working with last update v3.0.6
What version of VLC will work with is this plugin? and also, should I use vlc x86 or x64 is just fine?

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kameyo

6 months ago

9 +

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o3690132

8 months ago

.luac version of the fixed youtube.lua file, which I compiled, since newer youtube releases doesn't seem to use youtube.lua anymore (at least for me) https://www.dropbox.com/s/wuzp49xniy3baqo/youtube.luac?dl=0

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dokuganryu

10 months ago

lua warning: error running script C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\playlist_youtube.lua: function parse(): ...Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\playlist_youtube.lua:69: attempt to index field 'root' (a nil value)

Using VLC 3.0.4 64-bit for Win7

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haadiabdul504

11 months ago

Fantastic goods from you, man. I've understood your stuff previous to and you're just too fantastic. I actually like what you've acquired here.

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undeadmockingbird

11 months ago

9 +

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anhtuan23

1 year ago

there is a fix for VLC 3.0 on Github. You can get it at https://github.com/rennsport/vlc_youtubeplaylist

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greencake

7 months ago

Thx a lot for this fix (also work for VLC 3.0.5).

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etorfa

1 year ago

Beatiful, working. all good

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CJOR

1 year ago

Interesting, it works with this version 2.2.8-2~xenial3
https://launchpad.net/~mc3man/+archive/ubuntu/xerus-media
In this version, the latest path is also used
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/playlist/

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m0rtadelo

1 year ago

Doesn't work on Mac 2.2.8

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esbrinartot

1 year ago

Doesn't work. Only works with a single video. I use Debian testing and I'm using the versión 3.0.1

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todoesnormal

1 year ago

EXEBETCHE, please, upgrade to VLCx64 3.0.1 on Windows10 x64. Don't work

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LyrielAlkimie

1 year ago

Only work with a single video, not work with playlist.

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7 years ago

- display clean video title and thumbnail
- Add support for playlist with 100+ videos
- fix change in youtube playslists

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