[Bug]: External Player iina failed to start.

[sopans]

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Guidelines

• [X] I have encountered this bug in the latest release of FreeTube.
• [X] I have searched the issue tracker for a bug report that matches the one I want to file, without success.

Describe the bug

1. Go to the settings menu.
2. Go to "External Player Settings".
3. Set external player to "iina"
4. Press the button to open a video in an external player.
5. Receive error¹ 6.Attempted to change Custom External Player Executable to /Applications/iina.app to another error.²

Expected Behavior

On step 4, I expected the video to open in the iina media player.

Issue Labels

content not loading, usability issue

FreeTube Version

v0.16.0 Beta

Operating System Version

MacOS Monterey 12.3 (21E230)

Installation Method (If applicable)

other

Last Known Working FreeTube Version (If Any)

Not sure.

Primary API used

Invidious API

Additional Information

¹A JavaScript error occurred in the main process Uncaught Exception: Error: spawn iina ENOENT at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:282:19) at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:477:16) at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)

²Uncaught Exception: Error: spawn /Applications/iina.app EACCES at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:282:19) at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:477:16) at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)

Nightly Build

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

[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

@sopans is this still an issue for u on v0.17.1?

[rootedetc]

@sopans is this still an issue for u on v0.17.1?

Not the original author, but can confirm that issue still exists in 0.17.1-nightly-1915.

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[elesto]

This issue is still happening in 0.17.1!

[lothar-cell]

It is still an issue on 0.18.0.

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[efb4f5ff-1298-471a-8973-3d47447115dc]

Hi, can you try a nightly build and check if u can still reproduce the bug? https://docs.freetubeapp.io/development/nightly-builds

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[mhwice]

I can confirm this problem still exists with v0.19.0 Beta