[Bug]: Cannot open video in external player (VLC)

[MStankiewiczOfficial]

Guidelines

• [X] I have encountered this bug in the latest release of FreeTube.
• [X] I have encountered this bug in the official downloads of FreeTube.
• [X] I have searched the issue tracker for open and closed issues that are similar to the bug report I want to file, without success.
• [X] I have searched the documentation for information that matches the description of the bug I want to file, without success.
• [X] This issue contains only one bug.

Describe the bug

The default external player is set to VLC.

1. Open any video in PT
2. Click Open in vlc
3. An error appears:

Expected Behavior

The VLC player should open.

Issue Labels

content not loading, inconsistent behavior, visual bug

FreeTube Version

0.22.0

Operating System Version

macOS Sequoia 15.1 (24B83)

Installation Method

.dmg

Primary API used

Local API

Last Known Working FreeTube Version (If Any)

No response

Additional Information

No response

Nightly Build

• [ ] I have encountered this bug in the latest nightly build.

[absidue]

It sounds like you didn't configure the path to the VLC binary in FreeTube's external player settings which is why FreeTube is failing to launch it.

[MStankiewiczOfficial]

I added it, but there is still the same error.

[absidue]

As mentioned in my message above you need to specify the path to the actual binary, /Applications/VLC.app is a folder. FreeTube trusts that your input is correct, it doesn't do all the extra magic that macOS does to treat the folder as an app.