companion app installs but never works

[Tony Hart]

Have tried multiple betas and the default packages from extension library. Companion app doesn't work.. app only works if I can download with browser

VDH - 8.1.0.0a8

FF - 119.0.1

[jcv...@gmail.com]

Hi,

did you install the new CoApp too? : https://github.com/aclap-dev/vdhcoapp/blob/master/README.md#troubleshooting

jerome

[Tony Hart]

I've installed vdhcoapp-2.0.7-linux-x86_64.deb

On the extension settings page I do the recheck and it always returns "Checking companion app returned: An unexpected error occurred"

Happens regardless of CoApp version

[jcv...@gmail.com]

Hi,

Please read this : https://github.com/aclap-dev/vdhcoapp/#troubleshooting

jerome

[michael brown]

I'm running Ubuntu 22 and have Firefox installed from a deb (not the usual APT version from SNAP). After lot of reading I found no solution.
However, I thought why not test vhcoapp from the command line. When you do this it says try the install flag! Now the videos are downloaded.
The command is:
   //opt/vdhcoapp/vdhcoapp install

Hope that fixes people's issue.

[Tony Hart]

Last update with re-registering the app seems to have fixed it! ty