How to change video player?

[faizalahmed804]

i know vlc and mpv are great but i want to use a different video player so can someone tell me how to do it.
i looked into the source code and tried to make changes but i ended up corrupting the program.

[CoolnsX]

Just change the player_fn variable to ur player of choice.. . Also check whether ur player supports referrer.. because it won't work without it.. also find the cli command for opening links with referrer as a argument

[faizalahmed804]

do i have to change all of these?

[CoolnsX]

Just where is says player_fn="mpv"..
Also which player u want to try it with??
Bcs there is also a line u have to change(or two if u watch episodes using range)

[faizalahmed804]

I want to use parole player. For some reason I can't use vscode, vlc, mpv, discord and some other software on my computer cus whenever I launch them my computer freezes

[Derisis13]

In 4.0 (I think) we introduced env vars to allow this level of customization without editing the code. They are documented in the man page, the one you're looking for is ANI_CLI_PLAYER.