[vlc-devel] [3.0] lua/playlist: remove broken youtube.lua (!7984)

[Felix Paul Kühne]

Hello Pierre,

It’s probably best to express your concerns directly within that merge request.

Best regards,

Felix

> On 6. Jan 2026, at 18:44, Pierre Ynard via vlc-devel <vlc-devel at videolan.org> wrote:
> 
> https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/merge_requests/7984
> 
> As documented in #27227 youtube.lua still works fine to play YouTube
> live streams, and I still use it for that. This removal is a loss of
> useful functionality.
> 
> Is it possible to download a live stream with yt-dlp?... Sounds awkward.
> Is it possible to play a YouTube live stream through VLC's yt-dlp
> plugin, on platforms where it's available?
> 
> -- 
> Pierre Ynard
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