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YouTube playback doesn't work

I'm unable to play YouTube videos via the YouTube app's "Share" feature, using "Play with VLC". Nothing happens when I use this feature.

Description

When I'm trying to play a YouTube music video in VLC, it doesn't work. Nothing happens. I have tried several music videos. The stream is added to the list of network streams in the VLC app, but trying to play it back just briefly shows "0:00" in the bottom bar, and then nothing happens. No playback, no error message either. Logs suggest the lib responsible for YouTube playback can't find the video link on the page.

Logs: https://pastebin.com/PybnHqm5 libvlc stream: Couldn't extract youtube video URL, please check for updates to this script

Expected behavior

The stream should play. If it can't be played, some error message should be displayed.

Actual behavior

No playback, no error message.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open the YouTube app, find this video using search: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGyt9Jgib7A
  2. Tap on Share, tap Play with VLC

Screenshot / video

n/a

Context

App version

3.5.2 2022-09-19

Android version

13

Device model

Google Pixel 6