can't save subtitles

[damianatorrpm]

works with non-flatpak vlc
doesnt work with flatpak vlc
vlc is not allowed to save the subtitle file with flatpak

[MatMaul]

@damianatorrpm After a quick investigation it seems to be a bug when the folder where it stores the subs is not already created.
Can you try to do mkdir ~/.var/app/org.videolan.VLC/cache/vlc ? It fixes the problem for me. I'll work on a real fix for VLC.

[damianatorrpm]

@MatMaul Thank you for the response. I don't know why but it is fixed in fedora rawhide with latest VLC flatpak for me anyways.

[MatMaul]

@damianatorrpm can you try to do rm ~/.var/app/org.videolan.VLC/cache/vlc and report the result ? It should break it again.
This folder was probably created by the use of another functionality of VLC using it, hence the fact that it works for you now.
Just do a mkdir to get back to a working state ;)
Thanks.

[damianatorrpm]

@MatMaul Yes it breaks it again!
recreating the folder, restarting vlc, and trying again fixes the issue ones again.

Thank you for the solution.

[nazar2sfive]

mkdir ~/.var/app/org.videolan.VLC/cache/vlc

it solved for me in clear linux.

[LargePrime]

mkdir ~/.var/app/org.videolan.VLC/cache/vlc

it solved for me in clear linux.

thanks for the fix

[ItaloQualisoni]

Thanks! This has solved my issue too for flatpak VLC in Fedora 32

mkdir ~/.var/app/org.videolan.VLC/cache/vlc

it solved for me in clear linux.

[pacho2]

Supposedly it should create the needed paths... but it fails.

  openSub.conf.dirPath = vlc.config.userdatadir()
  local subdirs = { "lua", "extensions", "userdata", "vlsub" }
  for _, dir in ipairs(subdirs) do
    local res, err = vlc.io.mkdir( openSub.conf.dirPath .. slash .. dir, "0700" )
    if res ~= 0 and err ~= vlc.errno.EEXIST then
      vlc.msg.warn("Failed to create " .. openSub.conf.dirPath .. slash .. dir )
      return false
    end
    openSub.conf.dirPath = openSub.conf.dirPath .. slash .. dir
  end

That is from share/lua/extensions/VLSub.lua from vlc-3.0.10 sources