Package: vlc Version: 3.0.5-1 Severity: normal I started noticing issues with playing YouTube videos through VLC as soon as I upgraded to version 3.0.4-4. When trying to play multiple YouTube videos, one after the other, VLC throws in an error saying it's unable to open the link. This happens as follows: Open new VLC session -> Paste in a video URL -> Plays video -> The video ends -> Paste in another video URL -> Error -> Paste the same video URL, or another one -> Error -> Rinse & Repeat -> Error
This however doesn't happen if I enqueue the video URLs, for example: Open new VLC session -> Paste in a video URL -> Pauses video playback after it starts -> Paste in a video URL (or multiple ones), and hit 'Enqueue' instead of Play -> Resumes playback -> Video ends -> Plays next video without errors Another thing that curiously doesn't trigger the error is if: Open new VLC session -> Paste in a video URL -> Plays video -> Stops the video before it finishes -> Hit play again, making VLC replay the same video Hopefully my explanation makes sense. Not sure if this is an issue only at my end, or a proper bug. Here's what's displayed in the error window: > Your input can't be opened: > VLC is unable to open the MRL 'https://www.youtube.com > /watch?v=PBFPJ3_6ZWs'. Check the log for details. Here's the verbose log from the "Messages" window: https://hastebin.com/raw/edobizocov -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages vlc depends on: ii vlc-bin 3.0.5-1 ii vlc-plugin-base 3.0.5-1 ii vlc-plugin-qt 3.0.5-1 ii vlc-plugin-video-output 3.0.5-1 Versions of packages vlc recommends: ii vlc-l10n 3.0.5-1 ii vlc-plugin-notify 3.0.5-1 ii vlc-plugin-samba 3.0.5-1 ii vlc-plugin-skins2 3.0.5-1 ii vlc-plugin-video-splitter 3.0.5-1 ii vlc-plugin-visualization 3.0.5-1 vlc suggests no packages. 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