StefanLobbenmeier / youtube-dl-gui

A cross-platform GUI for youtube-dl made in Electron and node.js
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ffmpeg error after update #107

Open i-hayes opened 9 months ago

i-hayes commented 9 months ago

Describe the bug A clear and concise description of what the bug is.

When starting app app updates ffmpeg if required. After update no request to restart app is presented. When downloading a video ffmpeg conversion of audio fails with an error indicating ffmpeg cannot be found.

Restarting the app fixes the issue.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Start app
  2. App updates ffmpeg if required
  3. Download video
  4. ffmpeg not found
  5. Restart app to fix

Expected behavior A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.

Should either ask for a restart or dynamically update ffmpeg location.

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StefanLobbenmeier commented 8 months ago

I think what happened here is that there is now a new release of ffmpeg. The app downloaded the new release, but it did not change the path where ffmpeg is found. Should be an easy fix, but also fairly low priority