Play youtube videos in vlc in 1080p quality
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Since neither firefox nor chrome seem to use hardware acceleration for youtube videos I am now trying to play them using vlc. That does work but I am experiencing two problems:
- When I jump to a given position using the slider the playback does not seem to resume normally from that position but it is constantly buffering and then playing a few seconds. Does anybody know why this is?
- Regardless of what the quality setting are the video always plays in 720p quality. Can I somehow force vlc to play in 1080p? I also downloaded livestreamer and interestingly this program also doesn't list 1080p as available for a video that can clearly be played in 1080p via the youtube webpage.
Thanks for your help! :)
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asked Oct 19 '16 at 20:50
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Since neither firefox nor chrome seem to use hardware acceleration for youtube videos I am now trying to play them using vlc. That does work but I am experiencing two problems:
- When I jump to a given position using the slider the playback does not seem to resume normally from that position but it is constantly buffering and then playing a few seconds. Does anybody know why this is?
- Regardless of what the quality setting are the video always plays in 720p quality. Can I somehow force vlc to play in 1080p? I also downloaded livestreamer and interestingly this program also doesn't list 1080p as available for a video that can clearly be played in 1080p via the youtube webpage.
Thanks for your help! :)
video vlc youtube
asked Oct 19 '16 at 20:50
ChrisChris
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I believe the lack of 1080p is that Youtube uses separate streams for video and audio at that quality (Known as DASH) - there is a way to watch 1080p videos in VLC though: reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/3ijei1/… There's also a desktop youtube application for Linux, see webupd8.org/2015/02/youtube-viewer-complete-youtube-client.html, which may be of interest. There's also various Youtube downloader apps, maybe you could download the videos first, and then watch them ? About the seeking issue in VLC: I don't know.
– JonasCz
Oct 20 '16 at 6:09
Thanks for the useful tips! I had a look at the youtube-viewer and that seems to be a quite handy tool to watch youtube videos. For the moment I'll stick to that. :) The seeking issue in VLC puzzles me... i didn't see that with the other players that I've tried.
– Chris
Oct 20 '16 at 19:57
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Since neither firefox nor chrome seem to use hardware acceleration for youtube videos I am now trying to play them using vlc. That does work but I am experiencing two problems:
- When I jump to a given position using the slider the playback does not seem to resume normally from that position but it is constantly buffering and then playing a few seconds. Does anybody know why this is?
- Regardless of what the quality setting are the video always plays in 720p quality. Can I somehow force vlc to play in 1080p? I also downloaded livestreamer and interestingly this program also doesn't list 1080p as available for a video that can clearly be played in 1080p via the youtube webpage.
Thanks for your help! :)
video vlc youtube
asked Oct 19 '16 at 20:50
ChrisChris
10614
Since neither firefox nor chrome seem to use hardware acceleration for youtube videos I am now trying to play them using vlc. That does work but I am experiencing two problems:
- When I jump to a given position using the slider the playback does not seem to resume normally from that position but it is constantly buffering and then playing a few seconds. Does anybody know why this is?
- Regardless of what the quality setting are the video always plays in 720p quality. Can I somehow force vlc to play in 1080p? I also downloaded livestreamer and interestingly this program also doesn't list 1080p as available for a video that can clearly be played in 1080p via the youtube webpage.
Thanks for your help! :)
video vlc youtube
video vlc youtube
asked Oct 19 '16 at 20:50
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asked Oct 19 '16 at 20:50
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ChrisChris
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asked Oct 19 '16 at 20:50
ChrisChris
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asked Oct 19 '16 at 20:50
ChrisChris
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I believe the lack of 1080p is that Youtube uses separate streams for video and audio at that quality (Known as DASH) - there is a way to watch 1080p videos in VLC though: reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/3ijei1/… There's also a desktop youtube application for Linux, see webupd8.org/2015/02/youtube-viewer-complete-youtube-client.html, which may be of interest. There's also various Youtube downloader apps, maybe you could download the videos first, and then watch them ? About the seeking issue in VLC: I don't know.
– JonasCz
Oct 20 '16 at 6:09
Thanks for the useful tips! I had a look at the youtube-viewer and that seems to be a quite handy tool to watch youtube videos. For the moment I'll stick to that. :) The seeking issue in VLC puzzles me... i didn't see that with the other players that I've tried.
– Chris
Oct 20 '16 at 19:57
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I believe the lack of 1080p is that Youtube uses separate streams for video and audio at that quality (Known as DASH) - there is a way to watch 1080p videos in VLC though: reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/3ijei1/… There's also a desktop youtube application for Linux, see webupd8.org/2015/02/youtube-viewer-complete-youtube-client.html, which may be of interest. There's also various Youtube downloader apps, maybe you could download the videos first, and then watch them ? About the seeking issue in VLC: I don't know.
– JonasCz
Oct 20 '16 at 6:09
Thanks for the useful tips! I had a look at the youtube-viewer and that seems to be a quite handy tool to watch youtube videos. For the moment I'll stick to that. :) The seeking issue in VLC puzzles me... i didn't see that with the other players that I've tried.
– Chris
Oct 20 '16 at 19:57
I believe the lack of 1080p is that Youtube uses separate streams for video and audio at that quality (Known as DASH) - there is a way to watch 1080p videos in VLC though: reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/3ijei1/… There's also a desktop youtube application for Linux, see webupd8.org/2015/02/youtube-viewer-complete-youtube-client.html, which may be of interest. There's also various Youtube downloader apps, maybe you could download the videos first, and then watch them ? About the seeking issue in VLC: I don't know.
– JonasCz
Oct 20 '16 at 6:09
I believe the lack of 1080p is that Youtube uses separate streams for video and audio at that quality (Known as DASH) - there is a way to watch 1080p videos in VLC though: reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/3ijei1/… There's also a desktop youtube application for Linux, see webupd8.org/2015/02/youtube-viewer-complete-youtube-client.html, which may be of interest. There's also various Youtube downloader apps, maybe you could download the videos first, and then watch them ? About the seeking issue in VLC: I don't know.
– JonasCz
Oct 20 '16 at 6:09
Thanks for the useful tips! I had a look at the youtube-viewer and that seems to be a quite handy tool to watch youtube videos. For the moment I'll stick to that. :) The seeking issue in VLC puzzles me... i didn't see that with the other players that I've tried.
– Chris
Oct 20 '16 at 19:57
Thanks for the useful tips! I had a look at the youtube-viewer and that seems to be a quite handy tool to watch youtube videos. For the moment I'll stick to that. :) The seeking issue in VLC puzzles me... i didn't see that with the other players that I've tried.
– Chris
Oct 20 '16 at 19:57
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You should try SMPlayer (it supports DASH via mpv, via youtube-dl).
answered Jan 29 '17 at 14:10
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! I recommend editing this answer to expand it with specific details about how to play Youtube videos in SMPlayer. (See also How do I write a good answer? for general advice about what sorts of answers are considered most valuable on AskUbuntu.)
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You should try SMPlayer (it supports DASH via mpv, via youtube-dl).
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! I recommend editing this answer to expand it with specific details about how to play Youtube videos in SMPlayer. (See also How do I write a good answer? for general advice about what sorts of answers are considered most valuable on AskUbuntu.)
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You should try SMPlayer (it supports DASH via mpv, via youtube-dl).
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! I recommend editing this answer to expand it with specific details about how to play Youtube videos in SMPlayer. (See also How do I write a good answer? for general advice about what sorts of answers are considered most valuable on AskUbuntu.)
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You should try SMPlayer (it supports DASH via mpv, via youtube-dl).
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You should try SMPlayer (it supports DASH via mpv, via youtube-dl).
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! I recommend editing this answer to expand it with specific details about how to play Youtube videos in SMPlayer. (See also How do I write a good answer? for general advice about what sorts of answers are considered most valuable on AskUbuntu.)
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! I recommend editing this answer to expand it with specific details about how to play Youtube videos in SMPlayer. (See also How do I write a good answer? for general advice about what sorts of answers are considered most valuable on AskUbuntu.)
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! I recommend editing this answer to expand it with specific details about how to play Youtube videos in SMPlayer. (See also How do I write a good answer? for general advice about what sorts of answers are considered most valuable on AskUbuntu.)
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! I recommend editing this answer to expand it with specific details about how to play Youtube videos in SMPlayer. (See also How do I write a good answer? for general advice about what sorts of answers are considered most valuable on AskUbuntu.)
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I believe the lack of 1080p is that Youtube uses separate streams for video and audio at that quality (Known as DASH) - there is a way to watch 1080p videos in VLC though: reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/3ijei1/… There's also a desktop youtube application for Linux, see webupd8.org/2015/02/youtube-viewer-complete-youtube-client.html, which may be of interest. There's also various Youtube downloader apps, maybe you could download the videos first, and then watch them ? About the seeking issue in VLC: I don't know.
– JonasCz
Oct 20 '16 at 6:09
Thanks for the useful tips! I had a look at the youtube-viewer and that seems to be a quite handy tool to watch youtube videos. For the moment I'll stick to that. :) The seeking issue in VLC puzzles me... i didn't see that with the other players that I've tried.
– Chris
Oct 20 '16 at 19:57