From 2d1507f24ab878d7ab5eb4af873dad57da2c8b95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DarkSun Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 00:53:06 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=E9=80=89=E9=A2=98:=2020191230=20Fixing=20?= =?UTF-8?q?=E2=80=9CVLC=20is=20Unable=20to=20Open=20the=20MRL=E2=80=9D=20E?= =?UTF-8?q?rror=20[Quick=20Tip]?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit sources/tech/20191230 Fixing -VLC is Unable to Open the MRL- Error -Quick Tip.md --- ...nable to Open the MRL- Error -Quick Tip.md | 102 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 102 insertions(+) create mode 100644 sources/tech/20191230 Fixing -VLC is Unable to Open the MRL- Error -Quick Tip.md diff --git a/sources/tech/20191230 Fixing -VLC is Unable to Open the MRL- Error -Quick Tip.md b/sources/tech/20191230 Fixing -VLC is Unable to Open the MRL- Error -Quick Tip.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d8bbaf3185 --- /dev/null +++ b/sources/tech/20191230 Fixing -VLC is Unable to Open the MRL- Error -Quick Tip.md @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +[#]: collector: (lujun9972) +[#]: translator: ( ) +[#]: reviewer: ( ) +[#]: publisher: ( ) +[#]: url: ( ) +[#]: subject: (Fixing “VLC is Unable to Open the MRL” Error [Quick Tip]) +[#]: via: (https://itsfoss.com/vlc-is-unable-to-open-the-mrl/) +[#]: author: (Abhishek Prakash https://itsfoss.com/author/abhishek/) + +Fixing “VLC is Unable to Open the MRL” Error [Quick Tip] +====== + +One of the [VLC tips][1] is to play YouTube and other online videos with [VLC][2]. This could help you [watch online videos with subtitles][3]. + +But things may not always be simple because at times you’ll encounter this error when trying to open YouTube video with VLC: + +**Your input can’t be opened: +VLC is unable to open the MRL ‘. Check the log for details.** + +![VLC error while playing YouTube videos][4] + +The thing here is that Google doesn’t want you to use any third party application for watching YouTube because then they cannot collect data properly. + +So, they keep changing stuff from their side to make it harder for third party devs to work with YouTube. + +Take [youtube-dl][5] for example. You’ll notice that you cannot [download YouTube videos][6] with it all of a sudden and the simplest solution is to have the latest version of youtube-dl installed. + +Same goes for VLC. If you [install the latest VLC in Ubuntu][7] or whichever operating system you are using, you probably won’t see this error. + +### Fixing “VLC is unable to open the MRL” error + +Let me show you the steps to fix this problem for YouTube at least. + +Go to this page and use Ctrl+S to save the file from the official GitHub repository of VLC media player: + +[Download youtube.lua file][8] + +Now, what you need to do is to replace the youtube.luac (mind the ‘c’ in luac) in lib/vlc/lua/playlist directory with this downloaded file. + +#### Steps for Linux + +If you are using Linux, open the terminal and use the [locate command][9] to find the exact location of youtube.luac file: + +``` +locate youtube.luac +``` + +When you get the path of the file, you just replace that file with your downloaded file. I trust you to handle this simple task. + +For me, it showed the path of the file here: + +``` +[email protected]:~$ locate youtube.lua +/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/playlist/youtube.luac +``` + +So all I did was to move the downloaded file to this location and replace the content of the file: + +``` +sudo cp ~/Downloads/youtube.lua /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/vlc/lua/playlist/youtube.luac +``` + +You should be able to play the YouTube videos in VLC now. + +#### Steps for Windows + +If you are using Windows, you should follow these steps: + + * Rename the downloaded youtube.lua file to youtube.luac + * Now copy this file and paste it to C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\ + + + +That’s it. + +If you have trouble with Dailymotion or other video streaming websites, you can download their respective lua files from the VLC repository [here][10] and replace the existing one in your VLC install. + +I hope this quick tip fixed the problem with VLC unable to play YouTube videos for you. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://itsfoss.com/vlc-is-unable-to-open-the-mrl/ + +作者：[Abhishek Prakash][a] +选题：[lujun9972][b] +译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]: https://itsfoss.com/author/abhishek/ +[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972 +[1]: https://itsfoss.com/simple-vlc-tips/ +[2]: https://www.videolan.org/index.html +[3]: https://itsfoss.com/penguin-subtitle-player/ +[4]: https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/vlc_error_input_cant_be_played.png?ssl=1 +[5]: https://itsfoss.com/download-youtube-linux/ +[6]: https://itsfoss.com/download-youtube-videos-ubuntu/ +[7]: https://itsfoss.com/install-latest-vlc/ +[8]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/videolan/vlc/master/share/lua/playlist/youtube.lua +[9]: https://linuxhandbook.com/locate-command/ +[10]: https://github.com/videolan/vlc/tree/master/share/lua/playlist