{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Syncplay/syncplay/issues/91","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Syncplay/syncplay/issues/91/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Syncplay/syncplay/issues/91/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/Syncplay/syncplay/issues/91/events","html_url":"https://github.com/Syncplay/syncplay/issues/91","id":124194074,"number":91,"title":"Tries to run /Application/VLC.app","user":{"login":"thigan","id":16475072,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16475072?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/thigan","html_url":"https://github.com/thigan","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thigan/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thigan/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thigan/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thigan/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thigan/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thigan/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thigan/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thigan/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/thigan/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":3,"created_at":"2015-12-29T10:50:59Z","updated_at":"2016-01-19T15:56:53Z","closed_at":"2016-01-19T15:56:53Z","body":"I follow the instructions to install syncplay.\r\nWith mpv I can see the movie but with VLC y get:\r\n\r\n     File \"/Users/eald/syncplay/syncplay/players/vlc.py\", line 205, in run\r\n        vlc = VlcPlayer(client, VlcPlayer.getExpandedPath(playerPath), filePath, args)\r\n      File \"/Users/eald/syncplay/syncplay/players/vlc.py\", line 55, in __init__\r\n        self._listener = self.__Listener(self, playerPath, filePath, args, self._vlcready, self._vlcclosed)\r\n      File \"/Users/eald/syncplay/syncplay/players/vlc.py\", line 317, in __init__\r\n        self.__process = subprocess.Popen(call, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)\r\n      File \"/Users/eald/miniconda2/envs/syncplay/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py\", line 710, in __init__\r\n       errread, errwrite)\r\n      File \"/Users/eald/miniconda2/envs/syncplay/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py\", line 1335, in _execute_child\r\n        raise child_exception\r\n    exceptions.OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied\r\n\r\nAfter some exploration syncplay tries to run `/Application/VLC.app` which is the text that is show by default in the UI. I assume it is related.\r\n\r\nI don't know the reason for this to happen or if you don't consider a problem but when I go back and select the complete path of VLC it works. I'm not used to how mac works but I would assume that some people will find the error and it is just an UI issue, to make it clear that you have to select the full path of the binary or to deduce the path of the binary."}}