Regarding arm and x86 VLC dependency differences, loaded gst-plugins-base.tcz and still unable to stream youtube. The TC 6 repository does not have extensions for SDL_image (just SDL), libcaca or libcddb, so couldn't load those for testing.
Not sure if this is what beerstein meant, but tried streaming youtube via both:
- media > network stream > paste youtube URL > click play
- media > stream > network > paste youtube URL > click stream
A URL paste example right in VLC's media > open network stream dialogue is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=video_number (not real link)
...so it is designed to stream youtube and it is designed to basically be paste and play. Note the http example, not https, however. Youtube appears to be all https now.
gordon64 - The videos i've been trying to stream in VLC all worked fine via Firefox Flash, so i know they work. Video performance on old hardware is much better streamed via VLC or SMPlayer, so that's my preference.
At a loss, will probably forget it and move along. Misalf's build of SMPlayer streams youtube videos absolutely perfectly and even allows for updates to youtube streaming code so any changes from youtube shouldn't break this SMPlayer feature. If anyone has any other suggestions please let me know.