From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   Lawrence D’Oliveiro  wrote at 02:57 this Sunday (GMT):   
   > On Mon, 8 Dec 2025 22:28:53 -0000 (UTC), bp wrote:   
   >   
   >> Copying a YouTube URL into vlc media player causes an error, which  starts   
   with   
   >> Your input can't be opened:   
   >> VLC is unable to open the MRL 'https://rr2---sn-nvopjoxu-25ve   
   googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1765254131&ei=k083aZHbLNaMl   
   8PvrCu0As&ip=50.1.20.31&id=o-AJ-TWnr5nbiu1saDbbnTkT--M44S09bXDdhPGEg1........   
   >> but I suppose that some deliberate access control by Youtube.   
   >   
   > Could just be that VLC’s attempt at extracting media URLs from YouTube   
   > isn’t as up-to-date as that in a dedicated downloader like youtube-dl,   
   > yt-dlp etc al.   
   >   
   > You could get the media URL from one of those, and then see if VLC   
   > will play it.   
      
      
   If you're willing to try another player, mpv can play youtube videos if   
   yt-dlp is installed.   
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