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Find and use system youtube-dl binary #394

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10 changes: 8 additions & 2 deletions youtube_dl_gui/__init__.py
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Expand Up @@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
get_config_path,
get_locale_file,
os_path_exists,
YOUTUBEDL_BIN
YOUTUBEDL_BIN,
system_youtube_dl,
)


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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)
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11 changes: 9 additions & 2 deletions youtube_dl_gui/downloaders.py
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Expand Up @@ -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):
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -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

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8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions youtube_dl_gui/downloadmanager.py
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Expand Up @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@

from .utils import (
YOUTUBEDL_BIN,
system_youtube_dl,
os_path_exists,
format_bytes,
to_string,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -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
Expand All @@ -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


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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions youtube_dl_gui/utils.py
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Expand Up @@ -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:
Expand All @@ -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"]

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