Are youtube videos playable by mplayer?
by stf92 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4Y4MJ)
Hi: I tried withCode:$ mplayer [youtube video clip URL]This is the output:Code:bill@darkstar/almacen/Nonsoft/libros$ mplayer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OJ2guQYJVA
MPlayer SVN-r38101 (C) 2000-2018 MPlayer Team
225 audio & 464 video codecs
do_connect: could not connect to socket
connect: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
Playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OJ2guQYJVA.
libavformat version 58.12.100 (external)
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Exiting... (End of file)
bill@darkstar/almacen/Nonsoft/libros$Perhaps youtube videos can't be played by a movie player?
MPlayer SVN-r38101 (C) 2000-2018 MPlayer Team
225 audio & 464 video codecs
do_connect: could not connect to socket
connect: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.
Playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OJ2guQYJVA.
libavformat version 58.12.100 (external)
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Cannot seek backward in linear streams!
Exiting... (End of file)
bill@darkstar/almacen/Nonsoft/libros$Perhaps youtube videos can't be played by a movie player?