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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/downloader/rtmp.py7
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/rtmp.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/rtmp.py
index 68646709a..5eb108302 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/rtmp.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/rtmp.py
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ import time
from .common import FileDownloader
from ..utils import (
+ check_executable,
+ compat_str,
encodeFilename,
format_bytes,
- compat_str,
)
@@ -103,9 +104,7 @@ class RtmpFD(FileDownloader):
test = self.params.get('test', False)
# Check for rtmpdump first
- try:
- subprocess.call(['rtmpdump', '-h'], stdout=(open(os.path.devnull, 'w')), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
- except (OSError, IOError):
+ if not check_executable('rtmpdump', ['-h']):
self.report_error('RTMP download detected but "rtmpdump" could not be run. Please install it.')
return False