Hi 
I'm making this batch script to download a video in MP4 from youtube using VLC with the command line. and it works fine for me.
VLC_Youtube_Downloader.bat
Code: [Select]echo off
REM Downloading a video from youtube using VLC with the command line by (c) Hackoo 2017
Title Si Lemhaf - Kharrej Legrinta Elli Fik by (c) Hackoo 2017
mode con:cols=65 lines=3 & COLOR 0E
Taskkill /IM "vlc.exe" /F >nul 2>&1
echo.
echo     Please wait a while ... The download is in progress ...
SET Title=Si Lemhaf - Kharrej Legrinta Elli Fik by (c) Hackoo 2017
set "VLC_URL=http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html"
set "URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDI1C27zEC0"
set "File=SiLmehaf.mp4"
IF /I "%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%"=="x86" (
        Set "vlc=%ProgramFiles%\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe"
    ) ELSE (
        Set "vlc=%ProgramFiles(x86)%\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe"
)

If Not Exist "%vlc%" (
Cls & COLOR 0C
echo.
Echo       "The VLC program is not installed on your system"
TimeOut /T 5 /NoBreak>nul
Start "" %VLC_URL%
Exit
)

"%vlc%" -vvv "%URL%" --qt-start-minimized --qt-notification=0 --sout=#transcode{vcodec="h264",vb="512",fps="23.97",scale="1",acodec="mpga",ab="128","channels=2",samplerate="44100"}:standard{access="file",mux=mp4,dst=%File%} vlc://QUIT"
REM Starting the video in fullscreen with VLC
Start "" "%vlc%" -f --meta-title="%Title%" %File% But, my problem is why some URLs from Youtube dosen't work ?
like this ONE :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGtWWb9emYI

I got this error from VLC program
 
Can not recognize the format of the input media
Lots of this in vlc log for that problem video
Code: [Select]http error: error: HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden Quote from: Salmon Trout on April 18, 2017, 01:23:23 PM

Lots of this in vlc log for that problem video
Code: [Select]http error: error: HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden