Vlc doesn't play YouTube

Good morning, after the massive blackout in Spain that fried all my computer components, I’m back with a new system, although I’ve switched to the Xeon E5 trend, specifically the 2011 v2 series. Now that everything is installed, and with the Chaotic repository added, I wanted to briefly test a YouTube video in VLC, but I’m getting the following error: vlc https://youtu.be/vl5LOT_0Qto?si=Mu8YvvuZ3eU3t3v0 VLC media player 3.0.21 Default (revision 3.0.21-0-gdd8bfdbabe8) [000055d7d59d1590] main libvlc: Run VLC with the default interface. Use “cvlc” to use VLC without the interface. [00007fa3280015d0] http stream error: local stream 1 error: Cancellation (0x8) I don’t quite understand the last error message. I’ve also tried other video players (mpv, kaffeine, celluoid, haruna) and everything works perfectly. I don’t know what to do anymore, so I’m adding my inxi -Fxxx command.

inxi -Fxxx
System:
Host: XEON-E5 Kernel: 6.17.9-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
v: 15.2.1 clocksource: hpet
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.4 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: N/A model: Intel X79 serial:
uuid: Firmware: UEFI vendor: American Megatrends
v: 4.6.5 date: 07/17/2019
CPU:
Info: 12-core model: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
smt: enabled arch: Ivy Bridge rev: 4 cache: L1: 768 KiB L2: 3 MiB L3: 30 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1819 min/max: 1200/3500 cores: 1: 1819 2: 1819 3: 1819
4: 1819 5: 1819 6: 1819 7: 1819 8: 1819 9: 1819 10: 1819 11: 1819 12: 1819
13: 1819 14: 1819 15: 1819 16: 1819 17: 1819 18: 1819 19: 1819 20: 1819
21: 1819 22: 1819 23: 1819 24: 1819 bogomips: 129307
Flags-basic: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Radeon RX
470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] vendor: Sapphire driver: amdgpu v: kernel
arch: GCN-4 pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1, DP-2, DVI-D-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67df
class-ID: 0300 temp: 40.0 C
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: Samsung res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60
scale: 105% (1.05) to: 1829x1029 dpi: 102 size: 160x90mm (6.3x3.54")
diag: 551mm (21.7") modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi
wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.3.1-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 570 Series (radeonsi
polaris10 ACO DRM 3.64 6.17.9-arch1-1) device-ID: 1002:67df
display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.335 layers: 6 surfaces: N/A device: 0
type: discrete-gpu hw: amd driver: mesa radv device-ID: 1002:67df
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: radeontop wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX
470/480 / 570/580/590] vendor: Sapphire driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 02:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aaf0
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Creative Labs CA0108/CA10300 [Sound Blaster Audigy Series]
driver: snd_emu10k1 v: kernel bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 1102:0008
class-ID: 0401
API: ALSA v: k6.17.9-arch1-1 status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: b000
bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp10s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:e0:4c:0f:68:82
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) driver: btusb
v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-1.2:4
chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: 00:1A:7D:DA:71:13
bt-v: 4.0 lmp-v: 6 class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 5.5 TiB used: 18.78 GiB (0.3%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: KIOXIA model: EXCERIA G2 SSD size: 931.51 GiB
speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: 144A30MVK78S fw-rev: ECFA17.3
temp: 40.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: A-Data model: LEGEND 710 size: 953.87 GiB
speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: 4O4520451786 fw-rev: VC400618
temp: 31.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/nvme2n1 vendor: Lexar model: SSD NM7A1 1TB size: 953.87 GiB
speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: NL4307R004917P2209
fw-rev: SN11778 temp: 35.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM008-2UB102 size: 1.82 TiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: ZFL8PMQX fw-rev: 0001
scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST31000528AS size: 931.51 GiB
speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: 6VP0EP4C fw-rev: CC34
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 133.51 GiB used: 15.13 GiB (11.3%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 2 GiB used: 328 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
ID-3: /home size: 779.28 GiB used: 3.66 GiB (0.5%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 19.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 40.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1694
Info:
Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est. available: 62.7 GiB used: 2.7 GiB (4.3%)
Processes: 392 Power: uptime: 15m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical
Packages: 1604 pm: pacman pkgs: 1599 pm: flatpak pkgs: 5 Compilers:
clang: 21.1.6 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.40

since its a new Install I’ll ask did you install
vlc-plugins-all Arch broke the VLC package up into a bunch of smaller packages and you need to install this to get it back to what it was before they split them.

Nope, all plugins installed but message show this: (sorry 4 my english, im spanish)

vlc https://youtu.be/vl5LOT_0Qto?si=Mu8YvvuZ3eU3t3v0
VLC media player 3.0.21 Vetinari (revision 3.0.21-0-gdd8bfdbabe8)
[000055e94c684590] main libvlc: Ejecutar vlc con la interfaz predeterminada. Use «cvlc» para usar vlc sin interfaz.
[00007f8f64001630] http stream error: local stream 1 error: Cancellation (0x8)
[00007f8f64001630] http stream error: local stream 1 error: Stream closed (0x5)
[miguel@XEON-E5 ~]$ cvlc https://youtu.be/vl5LOT_0Qto?si=Mu8YvvuZ3eU3t3v0
VLC media player 3.0.21 Vetinari (revision 3.0.21-0-gdd8bfdbabe8)
[00005636491a2470] dummy interface: using the dummy interface module…
[00007f4ae0001630] http stream error: local stream 1 error: Cancellation (0x8)

I can´t understand this. :slight_smile:

I don’t use vlc so I am not sure what is going on however there seems to be a clue here

[00007f8f64001630] http stream error: local stream 1 error: Cancellation (0x8)
[00007f8f64001630] http stream error: local stream 1 error: Closed stream (0x5)

This could be a network issue. seems like the stream is being disconnected.

I see that the libavcodec library is missing.

And other players do work over the network; in fact, mpv, celluloid, and Haruna are working fine online.

This is very strange.