How to Play Youtube in Vlc Player to Get Greater Volume to a Max 300%

How to get VLC add-on to play Youtube Playlists and Videos

Official plugin page.   

INSTALLATION

Get the latest version of the "Youtube" script from here:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/videolan/vlc/master/share/lua/playlist/youtube.lua


Download when the file appears click on the menu file > save as... of your browser
put the file in the vlc /lua/playlist folder, by default:

* Windows (all users): %ProgramFiles%\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\
* Windows (current user): %APPDATA%\vlc\lua\playlist\
/!\ Some browser (Chrome...) may change the file extension for ".txt" instead of ".lua", so make sure you choose "All extensions" in the dialog box when you save the file on your computer.

/!\ Reboot your VLC Player, maybe more than once.

USAGE

Copy the URL of the youtube video or playlist (must contain "list=PL...")

Start VLC, press Ctrl+N, paste the url then click on "Play" (or Alt+P then Enter), the video /playlist should start

Troubleshooting:

Follow this steps if and only if you have already install the script and it doesn't work..
for the actual script see the "download" button (playlist_youtube.lua) below.

If the videos list appears in the Vlc "playlist" view but the videos won't start, follow this steps:

1) delete the file "youtube.luac" in [vlc directory]/lua/playlist directory (ex: c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\youtube.luac)

2) get the latest version of thr "youtube" script from here:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/videolan/vlc/master/share/lua/playlist/youtube.lua
3) place the file in the directory [vlc directory]/lua/playlist (where "youtube.luac" was)

UPDATE March 7, 2019 

1. https://gist.github.com/seraku24/db42e0e418b2252f2136d2d7f1656be5Download  to 149909-playlist_youtube-vlc3patch.lua and
   copy to c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\
2. Remove old 149909-playlist_youtube.lua, or rename to 149909-playlist_youtube.xxxxlua
3. Mixes (auto generated by Google do not work now this must be a playlist)

GETTING THE RIGHT PLAYLIST LINK 

TIP! If you cannot find the playlist link

Right-click on page and View Page Source and search for the following

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL 

Copy and past resultant URL  into VLC (using Ctrl-N). 

INCREASING MAX VOLUME in VLC Player to 300%

For laptops and headphone users, increase poor audio sources to higher volumes was a savior!