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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exebetche

4 years ago

Yeah, sure, I put it as a 2nd download (merged_playlist_youtube.lua). I just tested it very quickly though.

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dottelevision1

4 years ago

Thanks for the fix! But how did you get this to work? It's now loading the playlist, not shuffling anymore, but when I click on any of the videos in the playlist it only plays one of the videos.

I tried copying into the folder with youtube.lua and playlist_youtube.lua still there, and also tried replacing them with this script and still get the same result. Taking it back out brings me back to the endless shuffling.

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exebetche

4 years ago

You're absolutely right, this doesn't fix anything. I didn't pay attention because the intro of the videos in the playlist I tested was similar.

In fact I see no way to fix this in the script because the network functions are disabled in the vlc/lua playlist module. So you can just read the content of the url you provide, but you can't get the real video url from an other page. That's why you get the same video each time. Sorry to I gave you false hope.

I suggest you fill a bug report to the Vlc team about this.

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exebetche

4 years ago

As I said before, I merged the script youtube.lua and playlist_youtube.lua into one, so it retrieve the real url of the video directly.

You should replace playlist_youtube.lua with the new one (merged_playlist_youtube.lua).

As I said, I just tested it quickly but it works ok for me. You said Vlc doesn't shuffle anymore? What do you mean, it stops playing after the first video? Does it play the video in order?

Also make sure you use Vlc 2.2.

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dottelevision1

4 years ago

Thanks for the quick response! I just meant that the playlist doesn't shuffle endlessly anymore, it actually plays when you click on a video in the playlist.

However, regardless of which video I click Play on, the video that loads is always the same video (the first video in the playlist).

When I Right-Click on any video in the list and select Information, the Location URL is always the first video.

I'm on VLC 2.2 with the merged_playlist_youtube.lua and youtube.lua in the lua/playlist folder. Let me know if I can help debug this any further.

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99lool

4 years ago

Hey, thanks so much exebetche! Hope they fix this issue soon.

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exebetche

4 years ago

Just a ping, since the quick fix I posted may interest you.

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99lool

4 years ago

TY so much exebetche!!

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99lool

4 years ago

Hmm i put my playlist in but it dosnt seem to be working similar to last problem but with shuffle off it wont load video and keeps adding a copy of the video it tried to play to the playlist

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99lool

4 years ago

NVM< changed some files and some settings seems to work now? TY so much.

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irish66

4 years ago

Thank you.
although what would be nice would be something like a youtube search option within vlc

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Zelioom

4 years ago

Shuffle doesnt work properly, when shuffle is on, and I hit next, it just shuffles through all of the songs endlessly as if I keep hitting next.

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exebetche

4 years ago

Just a ping, since the quick fix I posted may interest you.

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borek123

4 years ago

Hello,
Can you send me the script too ?
I have problem to shuffle my playlist from YT
My email: XXXXXX
BTW. I have good speed, and stable internet connection but randomly my VLC YT hang. Any clue how to resolve this ?
Thank you in advance :)

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netquik

4 years ago

Hi all
I' didn't understand much of the code but i noticed (could be just cases) that some playlist didn't get parsed correctly or such according on if i load playlist url or first video playlist url... bye

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lotroj

4 years ago

Hi,
i have problem with playlist which i cannot solve. Here is log http://pastebin.com/gwQ0GkB9

Thank for help

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lotroj

4 years ago

single videos works fine

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exebetche

4 years ago

For me it's the opposite, the playlist is retrieved properly but single video won't work so as far as I'm concerned the problem come from the "youtube" script of vlc. (tested with Vlc 2.2 RC)

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lotroj

4 years ago

I try write all steps i do ...

I have vlc 2.1.5 (newest)
All steps are in C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist

1) Delete youtube.luac

2) Create new youtube.lua source is here http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc.git;a=blob_plain;f=share/lua/playlist/youtube.lua

3) create playlist_youtube.lua source is here http://addons.videolan.org/CONTENT/content-files/149909-playlist_youtube.lua

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lotroj

4 years ago

ok, i am just an idiot pls delete this, thank

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saiyaku

4 years ago

Hey guys i just found a fix for those that both updated the youtube.luac to the fixed youtube.lua and added this and urls are still not working - when you save the files, don't save them in UNICODE, even though the youtube.lua script requires you to "save information properly", just save them in default ANSII coding and it works!

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saiyaku

4 years ago

Hey guys i just found a fix for those that both updated the youtube.luac to the fixed youtube.lua and added this and urls are still not working - when you save the files, don't save them in UNICODE, even though the youtube.lua script requires you to "save information properly", just save them in default ANSII coding and it works!

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Vintilamiki

4 years ago

Hello, so here we go.
I used version 2.1.3 until now, when I dragged by mistake a link from youtube to vlc. And it oppened it. No stucks. Then I searched on google if I can play a playlist on VLC and i found this. I downloaded the youtube_playlist.lua file. I put it where it was supposed to be. And then i copied the playlist link and opened it with Ctrl+N, but only the first song worked. No playlist :(. I downloaded the youtube.lua and i replaced the .luac installed. Opened the VLC, copied the link but it wouldn't work. It was starting and stopping in a loop. So I updated vlc, same thing. I tried version 3.0.0 from the git site or whatever. It was playing just the first song, and that one was stopping from 2 to 2 seconds. Can I do something to fix this?

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exebetche

4 years ago

It seems youtube_playlist.lua, then youtube.lua are not found by Vlc, so:
- check the path, maybe try to switch all users/current user directory
- check the extension is ".lua" and your browser didn't add a ".txt" at the end

You could pastebin your full debug log, maybe there's an error:
https://github.com/exebetche/vlsub/wiki/Troubleshooting#if-the-extension-doesnt-appear-in-the-vlc-menu

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aispade

5 years ago

Thanks for the script, I really like it.
But I found some songs in the playlist can't play.
These songs can play at browser and not private video.
I have upload the debug log, URL: http://pastebin.com/C3SMe1YL
I test three songs, the first and third can play successfully, but the second (Shakira) failed.
Please help :)
Thank you

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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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