video is not playing

[trappedinspacetime]

Hi, thank you for developing this application. I am on Ubuntu 16.04 platform. I cloned the repo and did npm i, finally launched the application with npm start, I also entered youtube api it lists the video thumbnails when I type in the search box but it fails to play videos when I click the thumbnail, I get a blank window where it should be playing the video.

[PrestonN]

Hey there. I'll have to look at this later tonight. In the meantime, could you try cloning down the development branch and see if that works better? It should be more updated than the master branch right now. If you're still having issues, I will look into this when I'm available.

[trappedinspacetime]

@PrestonN thank you for responding. I just tried the development branch, the result is the same, blank video page.

[trappedinspacetime]

I forgot to add, I am using multiarch enabled distribution, it's a 32 bit installation but using 64 bit kernel. By the way, I just tested released package FreeTube-linux-x64.tar.xz it works well.

[cg-alves]

Can confirm the bug on Arch Linux. Everything seems work fine, except the video page which loads nothing.

[PrestonN]

Hey I've figure out the issue. My master branch is a little wonky right now because of some code refactoring. When I do a merge to master during (hopefully) this weekend's release, then the issue will be fixed. In the mean time, please use the tar file included in the release section like you've already mentioned. If you are still keen on running FreeTube using the command line, here's some quick instructions that should at least get you up and running.

While in the FreeTube directory:

Switch to the development branch

git checkout development

Pull down the latest changes just in case.

git pull

Install Dependencies

npm install

Start FreeTube

npm start

Let me know if this works for you. If it does, please close the issue. Thanks.

[trappedinspacetime]

@PrestonN I just tested development branch, video is still not playing.

[PrestonN]

@kensully could you open up the Chrome Dev tools (Press Alt to open the menu) and let me know what the error in the console says? If the error has something to do with toggleLoading() not being a function, then I do not believe you are on the development branch. I was only able to encounter the error when I try to run on the master branch.

[trappedinspacetime]

@PrestonN you are right about it, I get

      player.js? [sm]:33 Uncaught ReferenceError: toggleLoading is not defined
      at playVideo (player.js? [sm]:33)
      at HTMLImageElement.onclick (index.html:1)

but I did switch to development branch. Anyway I try again and let you know.

[trappedinspacetime]

I am sorry for bothering you, I successfully cloned the development branch and I launched the application but this time I encounter another error: There was an issue calling youtube-dl

   Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'player' of undefined
at Object.success (file:///home/**/NewDesktop/Mart-2018/FreeTube/src/js/videos.js:257:36)
at fire (/home/**/NewDesktop/Mart-2018/FreeTube/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js:3268:31)
at Object.fireWith [as resolveWith] (/home/**/NewDesktop/Mart-2018/FreeTube/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js:3398:7)
at done (/home/**/NewDesktop/Mart-2018/FreeTube/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js:9305:14)
at XMLHttpRequest.<anonymous> (/home/**/NewDesktop/Mart-2018/FreeTube/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js:9548:9)
  youtubeApi.js:38 Error: Command failed: /home/**/NewDesktop/Mart-2018/FreeTube/node_modules/youtube-dl/bin/youtube-dl --dump-json -f best --all-subs --geo-bypass http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[object Object]
  WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
  ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://www.youtube.com/


  at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:282:12)
  at emitTwo (events.js:125:13)
  at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:213:7)
  at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:921:16)
  at Socket.stream.socket.on (internal/child_process.js:348:11)
  at emitOne (events.js:115:13)
  at Socket.emit (events.js:210:7)
  at Pipe._handle.close [as _onclose] (net.js:549:12)
  events.js:76 16
  events.js:76 17
  events.js:76 73

[PrestonN]

Hey there. I don't know if you're still around, but does the latest update fix this issue?

[trappedinspacetime]

Thank you, you are kind.
I just tried development branch and it works now. I ll use it because I prefer such standalone approachs.
Now that you fixed the error I close the issue.
Regards