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| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/downloader/external.py | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py index 85cf834c7..845a63e93 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py +++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/external.py @@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ class FFmpegFD(ExternalFD): def _call_downloader(self, tmpfilename, info_dict): url = info_dict['url'] ffpp = FFmpegPostProcessor(downloader=self) + if not ffpp.available: + self.report_error('m3u8 download detected but ffmpeg or avconv could not be found. Please install one.') + return False ffpp.check_version() args = [ffpp.executable, '-y'] |