Cannot Open youtube video after update to version 1.1.2

[YuhaoT]

I recently just update iina to version 1.1.2 and suddenly it cannot load youtube playlist or youtube video. I tried to update my youtube-dl, but it doesn't solve the problem. Is there anything else that I can do?

[piratx]

I am having the same issue with the latest version of macOS 11.2.2 and IINA 1.1.2 (build 28). I always get the error "Cannot open file or stream!"
I've tried from the console forced the cli command and it's still the same error.

IINA.app/Contents/MacOS/iina-cli 'https://youtube.com/video-link'

[JayBrown]

First remark: IINA is currently at v1.2.0.

I have symlinked $HOME/Applications/IINA.app/Contents/MacOS/iina-cli as /usr/local/bin/iina with an absolute path.

In Firefox (via the OpenWith extension) I execute: /usr/local/bin/iina --no-stdin (note: OpenWith will automatically add the URL as arguments)

In iTerm I can execute either iina '<URL>' or iina --no-stdin '<URL>'. Both work fine.

[piratx]

Haven't updated to 1.2.0 yet.

I have the same symlinks :)

[JayBrown]

We had a similar issue here: #2086

One workaround before the fix was to install expect with Homebrew and execute:

unbuffer -p /usr/local/bin/iina '<URL>'
or
unbuffer -p /Applications/IINA.app/Contents/MacOS/iina-cli '<URL>'

But that was just a workaround for a non-interactive shell, which shouldn't be relevant for our case, i.e. executing it directly in iTerm/Terminal.

[JayBrown]

Uhm, I just checked the video from your screengrab, and the YouTube video is unavailable, so no wonder iina can't open it. ;D

[piratx]

What? :-P

It's working just fine here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqLYgzKKP0Q

[JayBrown]

Oh, right, sorry… TextSniper didn't get the ID correct: it had 00 instead of 0Q at the end.

[piratx]

Software isn't always better than 👀

[YuhaoT]

I can open the youtube link after brew upgrade iina. Looks like there are some packages were out-dated. Thanks guys :)

[piratx]

@YuhaoT It worked with unbuffer or just iina-cli?
I have upgraded everything here but still its a no-go :(

Big Sur 11.2.2 and IINA last version.

[YuhaoT]

I'm not familiar with the shell command so I just use the iina app downloaded through homebrew. But the issue that cannot open Youtube link on app version 1.1.2 has been fixed.

[piratx]

Open URL from the app doesn't work either here :(

[amitjethani]

I'm on IINA 1.1.2 and I'm unable to open a YouTube video via the Safari Extension as well

[piratx]

Same error?

[amitjethani]

@piratx yes. Steps to repro:

• Open any YouTube video
• Click on "Open in IINA" button on the Safari toolbar
• IINA launches and shows spinner with the correct YouTube link. "Opening stream..." with the spinner are shown.
• Error modal pops up: Error: Cannot open file or stream!

Environment: macOS Big Sur 11.2.2. Safari 14.0.3. IINA (installed via brew) 1.1.2 Build 128.

[piratx]

Yeap, same here! Have you tried the unbuffer solution?
#3337 (comment)

[amitjethani]

I just tried that and it did not work for me unfortunately :(

$ brew install expect
==> Pouring expect-5.45.4_1.big_sur.bottle.tar.gz
🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/expect/5.45.4_1: 49 files, 777.8KB

$ unbuffer -p /usr/local/bin/iina 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-TUIfpfjkM'

IINA opens up with the spinner. Same error "Cannot open file or stream!"

[piratx]

Ok, we have exactly the same problem.

[E8D08F]

I solve it by:

1. Upgrade youtube-dl and iina to the newest versions;
2. Copy the directory (NOT full path) from which youtube-dl to Preference > Network > Custom youtube-dl path field in IINA.app (like /usr/local/bin/).

BTW, if you want to execute iina with url in somewhere else, use the parametre --no-stdin like iina --no-stdin $(pbpaste).

[amitjethani]

@toto-minai this solution worked for me! That makes me think the bundled youtube-dl library is just out of date.

[piratx]

YES! YES! It worked!! 🥇
I had the full path instead of /usr/local/bin/

[cjamcu]

I solve it by:

1. Upgrade youtube-dl and iina to the newest versions;
2. Copy the directory (NOT full path) from which youtube-dl to Preference > Network > Custom youtube-dl path field in IINA.app (like /usr/local/bin/).

BTW, if you want to execute iina with url in somewhere else, use the parametre --no-stdin like iina --no-stdin $(pbpaste).

YES! YES! It worked!!. Thanks 😊

[Russ-McClelland]

I was able to get the app to play a song from the playlist. Be sure to put the trailing '/' (contrary this the example here: https://github.com/iina/iina/wiki/Use-youtube-dl-with-IINA).

When you paste a URL with a video, playlist, and index number, should it play the other songs in the list? Mine will only play the first song.

[Write]

Kinda unrelated but finally got yt-dlp working with IINA.

brew install yt-dlp
ln -s /opt/homebrew/bin/yt-dlp /opt/homebrew/bin/youtube-dl

And finally add /opt/homebrew/bin/ path in Preference > Network > Custom youtube-dl path

[YuhaoT]

If you cannot find the bin dir at/opt/homebrew/, try /usr/local/bin.
The approach is same for other youtube-dl forks and is described in #3180