Merge pull request #795 from feross/small-fixes

A bunch of small fixes

src/main/external-player.js

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function spawn (path, url, title) {
   // Try to find and use VLC if external player is not specified
   vlcCommand(function (err, vlcPath) {
     if (err) return windows.main.dispatch('externalPlayerNotFound')
-    var args = ['--play-and-exit', '--video-on-top', '--no-video-title-show', '--quiet', `--meta-title=${title}`, url]
+    var args = ['--play-and-exit', '--video-on-top', '--quiet', `--meta-title=${JSON.stringify(title)}`, url]
     spawnExternal(vlcPath, args)
   })
 }
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ function kill () {
 function spawnExternal (path, args) {
   log('Running external media player:', path + ' ' + args.join(' '))
 
-  proc = cp.spawn(path, args)
+  proc = cp.spawn(path, args, {stdio: 'ignore'})
 
   // If it works, close the modal after a second
   var closeModalTimeout = setTimeout(() =>