Youtube slow, VLC 1080p no prob

[valtam]

Use Minitube or VLC as mentioned. In VLC, Menu, Open Network Stream, copy and paste the Youtube link into the Network tab.
I wrote 'Youterm' a while ago that I used VLC to play YT videos in. Open a terminal, do:

Code:

leafpad yt

copy the below code into it:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# YouTerm by Jerry Bezencon, pdq 2013.
# Requirements: VLC Media Player

# check vlc is available
type vlc >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || {
   echo "Couldn't find VLC, which is required for this script." >&2
   exit 17
}


bold=`tput bold`
normal=`tput sgr0`
clear
echo "${bold}************************************************"
echo "YouTerm - Watch Youtube videos without a browser"
echo "************************************************${normal}"
echo ""

echo "This utility will also stream a number of other formats including:"
echo ".ogg .mp4 .mp3 .wmv .mov .mpeg .mpg .asf .rm"
echo ""
echo "Choose Option ${bold}'Other Streams'${normal} after inputting the url to stream the above formats."
echo ""

youterm_url() {
  echo -n "Input the url: "
   read url

   if [ "$url" = "" ]; then
      youterm_url
   fi
   
   echo ""
}

youterm_res() {
    echo "[1] 240p"
    echo "[2] 360p"
    echo "[3] 480p"
    echo "[4] 720p"
    echo "[5] 1080p"
    echo "[6] 1440p"
    echo "[7] 2160p (4k)"
    echo "[8] Other Streams"
    echo "[9] Exit"

   echo -n "Enter your menu choice [1-9]: "
   read res

   if [ "$res" = "" ]; then
      youterm_res
   fi

   case $res in

      1) vlc --preferred-resolution "240p" $url --play-and-exit ;;
      2) vlc --preferred-resolution "360p" $url --play-and-exit ;;
      3) vlc --preferred-resolution "480p" $url --play-and-exit ;;
      4) vlc --preferred-resolution "720p" $url --play-and-exit ;;
      5) vlc --preferred-resolution "1080p" $url --play-and-exit ;;
      6) vlc --preferred-resolution "1440p" $url --play-and-exit ;;
      7) vlc --preferred-resolution "2160p (4k)" $url --play-and-exit ;;
      8) vlc -vvv $url --play-and-exit ;;
      9) exit 9 ;;
      *) youterm_res ;;

   esac

}

while true
do
     youterm_url
    youterm_res
    exit 0
done

jerry@z800:~$ ./yt

************************************************
YouTerm - Watch Youtube videos without a browser
************************************************

This utility will also stream a number of other formats including:
.ogg .mp4 .mp3 .wmv .mov .mpeg .mpg .asf .rm

Choose Option 'Other Streams' after inputting the url to stream the above formats.

Input the url: https://www.youtubelinkhere

[1] 240p
[2] 360p
[3] 480p
[4] 720p
[5] 1080p
[6] 1440p
[7] 2160p (4k)
[8] Other Streams
[9] Exit
Enter your menu choice [1-9]: 4