[bug#35033] [PATCH] gnu: mpv: Set absolute path to 'youtube-dl'.

[Timo Eisenmann]

On Wed, 03 Apr 2019 22:24:12 +0200
Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi Timo,
> 
> Timo Eisenmann <address@hidden> skribis:
> 
> > * gnu/packages/video.scm (mpv)[arguments]: Add phase 'patch-paths'
> > to substitute in the absolute path to 'youtube-dl'.
> 
> I think it’s a case where it may be more appropriate to look for
> ‘youtube-dl’ in $PATH because ‘youtube-dl’ is updated frequently.
> 
> WDYT?

I think we should make mpv's youtube-dl feature work by default instead
of requiring the user to install youtube-dl into their profile.
That being said if, for some reason, someone does not want to update mpv
and still use a newer version of youtube-dl, they can do so by linking
the youtube-dl binary into mpv's config dir (by default: ~/.config/mpv).

> 
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.