VPN interferes with Snip's work

dlrudie / Snip

Snip will get the artist, track, and album information from Spotify and iTunes, and save the information to a text file.

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VPN interferes with Snip's work #487

Closed gmsam closed 1 year ago

gmsam commented 2 years ago

I turn on VPN in Windows and Snip stops working - covers and text in OBS are not displayed. I turn off the VPN - everything works as it should. This problem appeared a couple of weeks ago, although before that VPN did not interfere with the correct operation of Snip. I turn on another VPN, which does not work through Windows, and Snip works as it should. What can be wrong?

dlrudie commented 2 years ago

If it works with one VPN and not another, and works without a VPN entirely, could it be that the one that exhibits the problem is either blocking Spotify, Snip, or localhost access?

Snip only tries to access two things online and one local connection.

github to check if there's a new version
Spotify's account and API addresses
localhost (I'm not actually sure Spotify even uses this anymore, Spotify has been constantly updated while Snip hasn't)

As a test, while connected to the VPN that has a problem, using your web browser, try to access both of these URLs. https://api.github.com/repos/dlrudie/snip/releases/latest https://accounts.spotify.com/ https://api.spotify.com/

gmsam commented 2 years ago

I turned on the problematic VPN, clicked on all the links that you sent me - all the links opened without problems

dlrudie commented 2 years ago

I couldn't say why it wouldn't work then.

Do you have Snip running before connecting to the VPN? It may be that when you connect to the VPN, and if Snip is already running, it may try to still access the internet through your normal network interface and not the VPN interface. Have you tried launching Spotify and Snip after the connection to that VPN is already established?

gmsam commented 2 years ago

I closed Spotify and Snip. Turned on the VPN. Recorded a video of the whole process https://skr.sh/vCTnofHfDMf?a

gmsam commented 2 years ago

An example of a video when the VPN is completely turned off and everything works as it should https://skr.sh/vCTUR36K8km?a

gmsam commented 2 years ago

I turn on the VPN, which works by itself, and not through Windows - Snip works as it should https://skr.sh/vCTTD57klkA?a

gmsam commented 2 years ago

when the problematic VPN is turned on, the inscription "switched to spotify" appears

dlrudie commented 1 year ago

Fixed in 6944341afd2400513eec2131192931f4fce53966