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kannagi0303 / yt-dlp-gui

Windows GUI for yt-dlp
MIT License
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Merging Video Audio missing ffmpeg.exe warning #109

Open CodeQo opened 1 year ago

CodeQo commented 1 year ago

A feature request:

Please add a warning if ffmpeg.exe is not found in the directory of yt-dlp.exe. As a new user to both the GUI and yt-dlp I never understood why it split audio and video files, until youtube-dl-gui did the install of ffmpeg.exe and it worked in both programs conveniently.

kannagi0303 commented 1 year ago

Although I have already specified the requirements in the Readme and explained how to configure it in the wiki, there will be prompts displayed in the GUI later.

As for why the files are separated into video and audio, it's because YouTube also separates them to provide more compatible playback options on a wider range of devices.

In fact, I do not recommend complete beginners to use this tool, as it is only meant to assist users in using command-line programs like yt-dlp through a GUI. There are more beginner-friendly software available in online resources, and even free online services that allow direct download of a single file.