Find and use system youtube-dl binary

Fallback to downloading it from the internet if a system one is not available

youtube_dl_gui/__init__.py

@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
     get_config_path,
     get_locale_file,
     os_path_exists,
-    YOUTUBEDL_BIN
+    YOUTUBEDL_BIN,
+    system_youtube_dl,
 )
 
 
@@ -81,7 +82,12 @@
 
 def main():
     """The real main. Creates and calls the main app windows. """
-    youtubedl_path = os.path.join(opt_manager.options["youtubedl_path"], YOUTUBEDL_BIN)
+
+    if system_youtube_dl is not None:
+        youtubedl_path = system_youtube_dl
+        print("Found and using system youtube-dl")
+    else:
+        youtubedl_path = os.path.join(opt_manager.options["youtubedl_path"], YOUTUBEDL_BIN)
 
     app = wx.App()
     frame = MainFrame(opt_manager, log_manager)

youtube_dl_gui/downloaders.py

@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
 from Queue import Queue
 from threading import Thread
 
-from .utils import convert_item
+from .utils import (
+    convert_item,
+    system_youtube_dl,
+)
 
 
 class PipeReader(Thread):
@@ -314,7 +317,11 @@ def _get_cmd(self, url, options):
         if os.name == 'nt':
             cmd = [self.youtubedl_path] + options + [url]
         else:
-            cmd = ['python', self.youtubedl_path] + options + [url]
+            if (system_youtube_dl is None):
+                cmd = ['python', self.youtubedl_path] + options + [url]
+            else:
+                cmd = [system_youtube_dl] + options + [url]
+            #print("Executing cmd: ", cmd)
 
         return cmd
 

youtube_dl_gui/downloadmanager.py

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 
 from .utils import (
     YOUTUBEDL_BIN,
+    system_youtube_dl,
     os_path_exists,
     format_bytes,
     to_string,
@@ -506,7 +507,7 @@ def _talk_to_gui(self, data):
 
     def _check_youtubedl(self):
         """Check if youtube-dl binary exists. If not try to download it. """
-        if not os_path_exists(self._youtubedl_path()) and self.parent.update_thread is None:
+        if (system_youtube_dl is None) and not os_path_exists(self._youtubedl_path()) and self.parent.update_thread is None:
             self.parent.update_thread = UpdateThread(self.opt_manager.options['youtubedl_path'], True)
             self.parent.update_thread.join()
             self.parent.update_thread = None
@@ -529,7 +530,10 @@ def _jobs_done(self):
     def _youtubedl_path(self):
         """Returns the path to youtube-dl binary. """
         path = self.opt_manager.options['youtubedl_path']
-        path = os.path.join(path, YOUTUBEDL_BIN)
+        if system_youtube_dl is not None:
+            path = system_youtube_dl
+        else:
+            path = os.path.join(self.opt_manager.options["youtubedl_path"], YOUTUBEDL_BIN)
         return path
 
 

youtube_dl_gui/utils.py

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 import locale
 import subprocess
 
+import distutils
+from distutils.spawn import find_executable
+
 try:
     from twodict import TwoWayOrderedDict
 except ImportError as error:
@@ -36,6 +39,9 @@
 if os.name == 'nt':
     YOUTUBEDL_BIN += '.exe'
 
+# Prefer system youtube-dl; if it does not exist, fallback to downloading
+# it in downloadmanager.py/_check_youtubedl
+system_youtube_dl = find_executable(YOUTUBEDL_BIN)
 
 FILESIZE_METRICS = ["B", "KiB", "MiB", "GiB", "TiB", "PiB", "EiB", "ZiB", "YiB"]