Mpv is not playing all video files from youtube anymore, even though youtube-dl has no problem downloading them. I've tried with streamlink+vlc and it says that the video is protected so it gave me the culprit and it is not a regional protection in question but something else I don't understand.
E.g. this clip is protected
Is there some way to modify mpv.conf and configure youtube-dl to download such clips for viewing in mpv?
12 Answers
Because you have youtube-dl installed, a possible workaround will be to stream the output of youtube-dl to the mpv player:
youtube-dl -f best -o - "{youtube-video-url}" | mpv -
# with your video example:
youtube-dl -f best -o - "" | mpv -you can stream directly from youtube unto mpv by grepping direct video url
mpv $(youtube-dl -g -f '18')
