From 167da01ffd797deccb63bcc8644f48b34ee48197 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: snobu Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 11:13:21 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add note on WSL --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fbff4b5..535ec55 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ Make sure you use the right script (`.sh`, `.ps1` or `.cmd`) and escape char (if PowerShell uses a backtick [ **`** ] and cmd.exe uses a caret [ **^** ]. Note that destreamer won't run in an elevated (Administrator/root) shell. Running inside **Cygwin/MinGW/MSYS** may also fail, please use **cmd.exe** or **PowerShell** if you're on Windows. +**WSL** (Windows Subsystem for Linux) is not supported as it can't easily pop up a browser window. It *may* work by installing an XWindow server (like [Xming][xming]) and exporting the default display to it (`export DISPLAY=:0`) before running destreamer. However we didn't test this so it's pure speculation on our part. Download a video - ```sh @@ -132,3 +133,4 @@ For other bugs, please open an [issue](https://github.com/snobu/destreamer/issue [ffmpeg]: https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html +[xming]: https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/