[BUG] Microsoft.Playwright.PlaywrightException: Executable doesn't exist at ~\AppData\Local\ms-playwright\ffmpeg-1007\ffmpeg-win64.exe

[infinitejest69]

Context:

• Playwright Version: 1.18.1
• Operating System: Windows
• .NET version: 6
• Browser: Chrome / All
• Extra:

Code Snippet

              //BrowserContext
                BrowserNewContextOptions browserNewContextOptions = new();
                browserNewContextOptions.StorageStatePath = "state.json";
                if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(BaseConfig.Device))
                {
                    browserNewContextOptions = _playwright.Devices[BaseConfig.Device];
                }
                if (BaseConfig.Video)
                {
                    browserNewContextOptions.RecordVideoDir = VideoPath;
                    browserNewContextOptions.RecordVideoSize = new RecordVideoSize() { Height = 720, Width = 1280 };
                }
                if (BaseConfig.HAR)
                {
                    browserNewContextOptions.RecordHarPath = ResultsPath + $@"{ResultsPath}/HAR/{_scenarioContext.ScenarioInfo.Title}.har";
                }
                browserNewContextOptions.ViewportSize = new ViewportSize() { Height = 720, Width = 1280 };
                var browserContext = await _browser.NewContextAsync(browserNewContextOptions);

Describe the bug

After updating and running playwright install it appears to be looking for a different folder name for ffmpeg
if i rename the folder in appdata it works
for some reason even deleting all browsers and re-running playwright install still downloads 1006 and we need 1007

Microsoft.Playwright.PlaywrightException: 'Executable doesn't exist at C:\Users<myusername>\AppData\Local\ms-playwright\ffmpeg-1007\ffmpeg-win64.exe
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[mxschmitt]

Try installing the browsers and dependencies with: pwsh bin\Debug\net6.0\playwright.ps1 install.

[infinitejest69]

No luck,
i added .dotnet\tools to my PATH and rebooted.

.\bin\Debug\net6.0\playwright.ps1
Unable to find type [Microsoft.Playwright.Program]. At C:\Users\<myusername>\source\repos\<name of my Repo>\bin\Debug\net6.0\playwright.ps1:5 char:6 CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Microsoft.Playwright.Program:TypeName) [], RuntimeException FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeNotFound

[mxschmitt]

Try this:

# If the pwsh command does not work (throws TypeNotFound), make sure to use an up-to-date version of PowerShell.
dotnet tool update --global PowerShell

(we have it soon in the docs)

[changhuixu]

In our servers (not our development workstations), there's no .NET SDK nor PowerShell permission.
Thus, if it possible to include these executables in a similar fashion like Node executable?

[infinitejest69]

Try this:

# If the pwsh command does not work (throws TypeNotFound), make sure to use an up-to-date version of PowerShell.
dotnet tool update --global PowerShell

(we have it soon in the docs)

This Solved the issue, updating PowerShell. is the CLI not the preferred method for downloading the browsers now ?
Happy to close this issue

[mxschmitt]

Yes, we did not continue with advertising the CLI because the CLI injects itself into the global PATH and the PowerShell approach is not global and more relative to the project.