Public bug reported: Only get thumbnail. Output of vlc -vvv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga3maNZ0x0w attached.
This line from the output seems to show the root cause: [00007f8dd0070c10] adaptive stream error: Failed reading https://manifest.googlevideo.com:443/api/manifest/webvtt/id/Ga3maNZ0x0w.3/itag/133/source/yt_live_broadcast/requiressl/yes/ratebypass/yes/live/1/cmbypass/yes/captions/1/lang/en/caps_ts_bits/33/hls_chunk_host/r5---sn-ab5l6n67.googlevideo.com/playlist_type/DVR/ei/VCjFWsDSNIuG8wTXio3oDA/gcr/us/initcwndbps/9240/mm/32/mn/sn-ab5l6n67/ms/lv/mv/m/pl/32/keepalive/yes/mt/1522870288/ip/2604:2000:6b0a:2700:131:9207:ca63:b818/ipbits/0/e: HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: vlc 3.0.1-3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-13.14-generic 4.15.10 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Wed Apr 4 15:23:55 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-23 (12 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180306.1) SourcePackage: vlc UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: vlc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1761285 Title: Youtube live stream does not play To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/1761285/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
