This stand-alone open-source plug-in for the VLC media player provides seamless integration with YoutubeDL inside the VLC and LibVLC-based applications.
An improved variant of this plug-in is already integrated into the work-in-progress version 4.0 of VLC. As such in the future, it will no longer be necessary (or even possible) to install separately.
Run the following commands from the shell:
# sudo apt-get install gcc flex bison git libvlccore-dev youtube-dl
# git clone https://git.remlab.net/git/vlc-plugin-ytdl.git
# cd vlc-plugin-ytdl
# make
# sudo make install-strip
For more details, refer to the README
within the
source tree.
Any active VLC instance (or other LibVLC application) must be restarted to detect the newly installed plug-in.
The plug-in runs automatically whenever an HTTP or HTTPS URL is opened in the player. As an example, you can use Open Location from clipboard under the Media menu.