Ubuntu: VLC exited with code 127

[Teskann]

Hi,

Description

Trying to open any stream / VOD with VLC fails. Output shows VLC exited with code 127.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Launch iptvnator from a terminal
2. Click on the + icon on top left corner
3. Click Add xtream code
4. Fill the information, click "Add"
5. Go in the settings
6. Chose VLC player (no need to set VLC path as it's correctly found by default)
7. Go back to Home
8. Launch any stream / VOD. This dialog box pops-up:
9. VLC is not open. In the terminal, you can see VLC exited with code 127

Expected behavior Step 9 should open VLC with the desired stream

Desktop:

• Electron application
• OS: Ubuntu 23.04
• Version: latest official snap, 0.15.1_amd64

Additional context

I installed Iptvnator using snap. I precise the URL of the stream is valid. I tried to rebuild the app and console.log() the information about the vlc command that is run in electron/api.ts:273. If I run the command outside iptvnator with the same vlc executable and the same argument (URL as string) it's working properly. I tried to launch the stream from command in /bin/sh shell (the one that is used by child_process.spawn() on Linux). It's working as well. It seems something prevents Iptvnator to launch VLC correctly...

Do you have any clue ?

Cheers,

[mickvv]

I have the same issue "VLC exited with code 127" with ubuntu 18.04.

[TayebAlsh]

Same issue here

[oscarmoraog]

Same issue here, issue with mpv and vlc.

Ubuntu 22:04 Linux 6.5.0-44-generic #44~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Jun 18 14:36:16 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Using MPV

(iptvnator:12535): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:04:04.902: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:1413:23: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name

(iptvnator:12535): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:04:04.905: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:3286:25: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name

(iptvnator:12535): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:04:04.906: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:3748:23: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name

(iptvnator:12535): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:04:05.028: Theme parsing error: gtk-dark.css:1413:23: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name

(iptvnator:12535): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:04:05.032: Theme parsing error: gtk-dark.css:3286:25: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name

(iptvnator:12535): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:04:05.033: Theme parsing error: gtk-dark.css:3748:23: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name
/usr/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids: No such file or directory
{
  errcode: 2,
  verbose: 'Binary not found',
  method: 'start()',
  arguments: [ '/usr/bin/mpv' ],
  stackTrace: 'Error\n' +
    '    at ErrorHandler.errorMessage (/snap/iptvnator/90/resources/app.asar/node_modules/node-mpv/lib/error.js:81:18)\n' +
    '    at /snap/iptvnator/90/resources/app.asar/node_modules/node-mpv/lib/util.js:108:33\n' +
    '    at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:210:21)'
}

Using VLC

(iptvnator:13071): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:09:28.672: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:1413:23: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name

(iptvnator:13071): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:09:28.676: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:3286:25: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name

(iptvnator:13071): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:09:28.676: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:3748:23: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name

(iptvnator:13071): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:09:28.795: Theme parsing error: gtk-dark.css:1413:23: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name

(iptvnator:13071): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:09:28.799: Theme parsing error: gtk-dark.css:3286:25: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name

(iptvnator:13071): Gtk-WARNING **: 19:09:28.800: Theme parsing error: gtk-dark.css:3748:23: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name
/usr/share/libdrm/amdgpu.ids: No such file or directory
VLC exited with code 127

[hbjastad]

I have the same problem with mpv..."Binary not found"

{
  errcode: 2,
  verbose: 'Binary not found',
  method: 'start()',
  arguments: [ '/usr/bin/mpv' ],
  stackTrace: 'Error\n' +
    '    at ErrorHandler.errorMessage (/snap/iptvnator/90/resources/app.asar/node_modules/node-mpv/lib/error.js:81:18)\n' +
    '    at /snap/iptvnator/90/resources/app.asar/node_modules/node-mpv/lib/util.js:108:33\n' +
    '    at FSReqCallback.oncomplete (node:fs:210:21)'
}

Has anyone found a solution?

[gpopesc]

In my case, I solved it by using Appimage version. It works straight away with VLC and MPV (installed in advance), without anything as path in settings. Somehow the snap version doesn't allow access to VLC, nor MPV binary. I am using Ubuntu 22.04

[Teskann]

Thank you @gpopesc for your input. The shell error 127 is a file not found error, like the path to the binary does not exist. Maybe it's a restriction from snap, that you can't run extra binaries for safety reasons. I will try to investigate a bit more on this, but now we have a workaround, it's less urgent.