Using "Share" -> "Play with VLC" with Newpipe doesn't play the video (with everything else does)

[LukasThyWalls]

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Affected version

0.25.1

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Select any video and press Share
2. It pop-up a share dialog, and select "Play with VLC"

Expected behavior

With apps like Firefox, Youtube, etc., sharing a Youtube URL to VLC, it tries to play the video.

Actual behavior

With Newpipe, sharing the video to VLC, VLC instead to play the video, it shows during almost 10 seconds the thumbnail and close.
However, when you share to other apps like Firefox, it opens the Youtube video URL as normal.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

Here is the screenshot of the "Share" dialog in NewPipe.
You can see is also sharing the thumbnail with "android_share_sheet_image_preview.jpg" and maybe is what VLC is taking instead the Youtube URL.

Logs

No response

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 10 (MIUI 12.0.10)

Affected device model

Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite

Additional information

Maybe is a VLC issue, but because sharing to VLC with other app works, it's the first step.

Thanks.

[opusforlife2]

Which Share button are you using?

[LukasThyWalls]

The "Share" options from Newpipe ("Compartir" in Spanish as their are shown in the screenshots), both the menu at a video list and the icon in the video itself brings that share dialog i uploaded in the screenshot above in the first post.

[opusforlife2]

Wow, that's very odd. Try toggling on the External Player setting. And then use VLC.

[androidfan-code]

@opusforlife2 I have the same issue.

Sharing still doesn't work after toggling the external player setting. However, if you press play in newpipe it will let you pick an external player and VLC will work but with no sound.

[SameenAhnaf]

VLC never supported streaming YouTube URLs through sharing. Please open a feature request on VLC repo.

For now, consider toggling on external player settings and click on thumbnail. Unfortunately, I could find no open source alternative for using "Share" option. However, KMplayer and PlayIt work.