Can't play some youtube videos

[ze0ss]

Describe the bug The player can't play/open some youtube video links, it just gies blank and reverts to mpv's thumbnail.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open mpv.net
2. Paste a youtube link from your clipboard using "u" or "Right click --> Open --> Open URL"
3. Wait for some seconds
4. See error, it does't load or open.

Expected behavior Video loads and plays

Screenshots

Additional context Many links still work, and there's no problem with them, but nowadays, many of the links do not play, I think an update to the program is long overdue.

OS: Windows 10 x64 mpv.net version: 5.4.8.0

[bitsper2nd]

Some videos are private, have geographic restrictions or require an account o watch. Not really an mpv.net or mpv issue tbh.

[ze0ss]

I was able to play the very same videos in vlc, etc, the video is not really private.

I downloaded the latest youtube-dl .exe and pasted it in Mpv.net's DIR (in C:\Program Files\mpv.net) and tried playing the videos again, still no luck.

[bitsper2nd]

Not really an mpv.net issue. Rather a youtube-dl one. Look for possible solutions in their github repo.

[m4gnify]

Had same issue, updated youtube-dl from yesterday (14'th) and it works now at least.

[ze0ss]

@stax76 the solution for this is updating youtube-dl

and since mpv.net doesn't have it in it's install dir, I downloaded it manually from youtube-dl's Github page and pasted it there, and I update it manually using commands after an update is released. Any way to automatically update it, through mpv.net?

Also wanna ask: The default icon (when nothing is playing) has changed to the with a christmas (Santa hat), how did it happen? It updated automatically? but the version number stayed same.

[stax76]

Any way to automatically update it, through mpv.net?

No, except for users that know how to use a package manager like chocolatey or a scripting language like powershell or python, and know how to integrate it into the mpv.net menu. If you like you can make a feature request here or ask at the mpv section on reddit.

Also wanna ask: The default icon (when nothing is playing) has changed to the with a christmas (Santa hat), how did it happen? It updated automatically? but the version number stayed same.

It appears on a certain date and can be disabled with:

script-opts = osc-greenandgrumpy,...

[ze0ss]

No, except for users that know how to use a package manager like chocolatey or a scripting language like powershell or python, and know how to integrate it into the mpv.net menu. If you like you can make a feature request here or ask at the mpv section on reddit.

Ok, please add this feature

[kawakamitatsuya]

As of 2023/02/22, even with the latest .exe, I cannot play from the Youtube URL clipboard. but.... As of 2023/02/23, I found out about app ”yt-dlp.exe” and put it in and it was correct and played the youtube clip. I thank the development author.

[Kamek437]

lul, sorry