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youtube-dl not working on mpv client inside syncplay #228

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brenolf opened this issue Mar 13, 2019 · 10 comments
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youtube-dl not working on mpv client inside syncplay #228

brenolf opened this issue Mar 13, 2019 · 10 comments
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@brenolf brenolf commented Mar 13, 2019

Whenever I try to add an URL to syncplay playlist to run, MPV will throw

[ytdl_hook] youtube-dl failed: unexpected error ocurred 
Failed to recognize file format.

This doesn't happen if I call mpv directly from the terminal, even if I pass --player-operation-mode=pseudo-gui to it, it will normally play the video. youtube-dl is on /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl and /usr/local/bin is on my PATH.
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@albertosottile albertosottile commented Mar 13, 2019

Thanks for reporting this. We need further information to reproduce the issue:

  • your Syncplay client version
  • your operative system version
  • your mpv version
  • (if possible) the URL that caused the problem, or another URL that causes the same problem
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@brenolf brenolf commented Mar 13, 2019

Syncplay: 1.6.2
youtube-dl: 2019.03.09
mpv: 0.29.1

Running on OSX Mojave 10.14.3

Any URL fail, for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrS6akzR3sk.
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@albertosottile albertosottile commented Mar 13, 2019 •
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Reproduced EDIT

My error message is quite different, though:

[ytdl_hook] youtube-dl failed: not found or not enough permissions 
Failed to recognize file format.
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@brenolf brenolf commented Mar 13, 2019

Sometimes I also get that error, which made me think youtube-dl was not in the PATH or that it didn't have the right permission. I tried changing it to 777 and creating a symlink inside ~/.config/mpv but none of these approaches worked.

Thanks for checking, though, and awesome work with Syncplay 🏆
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@albertosottile albertosottile commented Mar 13, 2019

I was wrong, the bug is reproducible at least on 10.13 and 10.14 (but probably also on older systems) and from Syncplay 1.5.0. So, thank you for reporting this!

We identified py2app as the culprit and I am currently drafting a workaround.
albertosottile added a commit to albertosottile/syncplay that referenced this issue Mar 14, 2019
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Run mpv subprocess with a system PYTHONPATH env on macOS.
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c2f3b1e 
youtube-dl relies on system python to run on macOS, but system
python cannot be executed in a subprocess created from the frozen
python3 executable. This makes youtube-dl unusable from frozen
versions of Syncplay on macOS. So, the environment of the mpv
subprocess is modified with system PYTHONPATH, allowing the
execution of /usr/bin/python (and hence, of youtube-dl)
from within the subprocess also in frozen executables.

Fixes: Syncplay#228
albertosottile added a commit to albertosottile/syncplay that referenced this issue Mar 14, 2019
@albertosottile
Run mpv subprocess with a system PYTHONPATH env on macOS.
Loading status checks…
ee46be3 
youtube-dl relies on system python to run on macOS, but system
python cannot be executed in a subprocess created from the frozen
python3 executable. This makes youtube-dl unusable from frozen
versions of Syncplay on macOS. So, the environment of the mpv
subprocess is modified with system PYTHONPATH, allowing the
execution of /usr/bin/python (and hence, of youtube-dl)
from within the subprocess in frozen executables.

Fixes: Syncplay#228
albertosottile added a commit to albertosottile/syncplay that referenced this issue Mar 14, 2019
@albertosottile
Run mpv subprocess with a system PYTHONPATH env on macOS.
Loading status checks…
0b8a8a0 
youtube-dl relies on system python to run on macOS, but system
python cannot be executed in a subprocess created from the frozen
python3 executable. This makes youtube-dl unusable from frozen
versions of Syncplay on macOS. So, the environment of the mpv
subprocess is modified with system PYTHONPATH, allowing the
execution of /usr/bin/python (and hence, of youtube-dl)
from within the subprocess in frozen executables.

Fixes: Syncplay#228
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@albertosottile albertosottile commented Mar 14, 2019

@brenolf Could you please test the fix on your system? If you are running Syncplay from the packed dmg, you can download an updated test version from my Bintray:
https://bintray.com/alby128/Syncplay/download_file?file_path=Syncplay_1.6.3.dmg
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@brenolf brenolf commented Mar 14, 2019

yes, it works! thanks @albertosottile!
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@albertosottile albertosottile commented Mar 14, 2019

Thank you for testing this. I am going to close this issue now. Remember to download the next official release of Syncplay with the included fix as soon as it is ready.
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@brenolf brenolf commented Mar 14, 2019

thanks for the fast fix! 🚀
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@brenolf brenolf commented Mar 22, 2019 •
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For other people that might face this problem: running on

Syncplay: 1.6.3
youtube-dl: 2018.XX.XX
mpv: 0.29.1
OSX Mojave 10.14.3

Caused error on some videos. Solved by upgrading youtube-dl to the newest version.
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