(mpv,youtube-dl@10.6.8) [ytdl_hook] youtube-dl failed: not found or not enough permissions

[mrkapqa]

Hello ,

i am using an older xpi.plugin for firefox (external mpv handler) to playback video on youtube.

on snow leopard with mpv the playback does function, but when trying to use this add-on it would complain of not finding youtube-dl or not having enough permission

08/08/19 14.48.03	[0x0-0x23023].org.mozilla.firefox	Playing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jb6XnLzTEA
08/08/19 14.52.56	[0x0-0x45045].org.mozilla.firefox	[ytdl_hook] youtube-dl failed: not found or not enough permissions 

i presume that the youtube-dl is not actual enough or maybe there is another problem?

thank you

[mrkapqa]

The following ports are currently installed:
  youtube-dl @2019.01.30.1_0+ffmpeg+python37 (active)

[kencu (Ken)]

It's likely that /opt/local/bin is not on the search path for this app. Throw a symlink into /usr/local/bin or similar and try again to check. If that's it, then you can work on a way (maybe) to help the app find it without the symlink.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

The Milestone field is for use by Macports team members only, please do not set it.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

In the future, please add the port maintainer(s) to Cc (port info --maintainers youtube-dl), if any.

[mrkapqa]

thanks,

the path is set to /opt/local/bin/mpv

[mrkapqa]

08/08/19 15.04.26	[0x0-0x45045].org.mozilla.firefox	Playing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoXwIVyNvX0
08/08/19 15.04.27	[0x0-0x45045].org.mozilla.firefox	[ytdl_hook] youtube-dl failed: not found or not enough permissions 
08/08/19 15.04.27	[0x0-0x45045].org.mozilla.firefox	Failed to recognize file format.
08/08/19 15.04.27	[0x0-0x45045].org.mozilla.firefox	Exiting... (Errors when loading file)

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

...within the mpv program, there must be some place where you can specify a search path. That search path needs to include the place where youtube-dl is, namely /opt/local/bin. If you can't specify it, then mpv must be hardcoding it internally. Ken's suggestion to put a symlink of youtube-dl into /usr/local/bin/ is a good one, since that's a pretty standard location where another program might look. Let us know if that works.

Or maybe you can tell mpv the absolute path to youtube-dl (/opt/local/bin/youtube-dl).

You should also update your youtube-dl since it's months out of date; presumably your other ports are outdated too. sudo port upgrade outdated.

[kencu (Ken)]

the search path, and anything else you set in your .profile, only applies to the Terminal.app and programs you run inside it.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I'm closing this because it doesn't sound like this is a bug in the youtube-dl port, or that it relates to any port, but is rather a matter of user configuration.