[Bug]: Opening external player in Windows requires Running as Administrator

[dragonfleas]

Preflight checklist

• I have searched the issue tracker for a bug report that matches the one I want to file, without success.
• I have searched the frequently asked questions for a solution that fixes this problem, without success.
• I have checked that I'm using the latest stable version of the app.

What app version are you using?

v5.1.4

What operating system version are you using?

Windows

Expected Behavior

I expect the executable to be invoked without the need to run as administrator, as long as I have proper permissions to launch it.

If this is intended behavior, do you think we could add a new note to the setting card in section in

miru/common/views/Settings/PlayerSettings.svelte

Lines 152 to 157 in 8902833

	<SettingCard title='Enable External Player' description='Tells Miru to open a custom user-defined video player to play video, instead of using the built-in one.'>
	<div class='custom-switch'>
	<input type='checkbox' id='player-external-enabled' bind:checked={settings.enableExternal} />
	<label for='player-external-enabled'>{settings.enableExternal ? 'On' : 'Off'}</label>
	</div>
	</SettingCard>

Like Requires running as administrator on Windows

If this is a bug, can you assign this to me? I'd like to fix it myself.

Actual Behavior

Process is not invoked, there are no error messages or indications telling you that as well. Default player is black, content is loading in, but player (in this case mpv) is not launched.

Screenshots

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[dragonfleas]

I'm going to test out using the electron native way of spawning a child_process instead of utilizing node's native spawn function. Could be some strange windows permission discrepancy between the two. I think utilityProcess is a 1:1 with node's spawn API so it should work.

[ThaUnknown]

administrator isnt needed for this tho?

[dragonfleas]

administrator isnt needed for this tho?

This ended up being that I happened to select multiple torrents that's streams didn't complete and on the next launch as administrator it circumstantially finished the download. Disregard this issue, I'll close it. Whoops! lmao