youtube-dl not working on mpv client inside syncplay

[brenolf]

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.

[albertosottile]

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

[brenolf]

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.

[albertosottile]

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.

[brenolf]

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 🏆

[albertosottile]

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]

@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

[brenolf]

yes, it works! thanks @albertosottile!

[albertosottile]

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.

[brenolf]

thanks for the fast fix! 🚀

[brenolf]

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.