Merge pull request #59 from TrackLab/main

Logic for FFMPEG check

src/start_app.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import time
+import subprocess
 
 from src.constants import (APP_VERSION, ddos_protection_calc, ddos_wait_timer,
                            language, name, output_path, season_override,
@@ -14,6 +15,15 @@
 
 logger = setup_logger(__name__)
 
+def is_ffmpeg_installed():
+    # Attempt to execute ffmpeg
+    try:
+        result = subprocess.run(['ffmpeg', '-version'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+        return "ffmpeg version" in result.stdout.decode()
+
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        return False
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------- #
 #                       main
 # ------------------------------------------------------- #
@@ -46,6 +56,11 @@ def main():
         logger.error("Name is Default. Please reade readme before starting.")
         exit()
 
+    # Check if FFMPEG is installed before even trying to download episodes
+    if not is_ffmpeg_installed():
+        logger.error("FFMPEG is not installed or could not be run. You can download it at https://ffmpeg.org/")
+        exit()
+
     if season_override == 0:
         logger.info("No Season override detected.")
         if dlMode.lower() == 'movies':