Failed to load stream on v0.8.0.0 about lively

[rocksdanister]

https://github.com/rocksdanister/lively/wiki/Youtube-Wallpaper

youtube-dl requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 to run, install it if its not working.

The error is saying that mpv.exe exited immediately without any window appearing, most likely means youtube-dl failed to fetch video information.

Open mpv.exe - try dropping a youtube video link, if it does not work then youtube-dl is failing to start & hence mpv is exiting.

[twosheep0603]

Open mpv.exe - try dropping a youtube video link, if it does not work then youtube-dl is failing to start & hence mpv is exiting.

Sorry for the low-resolution gif and I think mpv.exe worked correctly.

[rocksdanister]

are you trying a youtube link? try setting stream quality to Best.

also try opening mpv.exe in Type page as Other app then for arguments give :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojhjBrzmNjo --force-window=yes --loop-file --keep-open --hwdec=yes --ytdl-format bestvideo[height<=720]+bestaudio/best[height<=720]

Also to see whats happening with mpv, do the same as above but add -log-file

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojhjBrzmNjo --force-window=yes --loop-file --keep-open --hwdec=yes --ytdl-format bestvideo[height<=720]+bestaudio/best[height<=720] -log-file log.txt

the file log.txt will be saved in mpv folder.

[twosheep0603]

I tried opening mpv.exe as Other app with -log-file argument but nothing happend, so I wondered if there're some issues with the newest version of mpv player.
Then I reinstall the stable version (mpv-0.32.0-x86_64.7z) instead of the new one (mpv-x86_64-20200202) and it works perfectly now.
Thank you!

[rocksdanister]

Something must have changed for the arguments syntax, will update it.
For the time being recommends older version of mpv in wiki.