From: raingloom <raingloom@riseup.net>
To: 43418@debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: ncdehnel@gmail.com
Subject: bug#43418: ffprobe/avprobe and ffmpeg/avconv should be added as dependencies of youtube-dl so it will function correctly
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 21:34:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200915213436.1577fed3@riseup.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bli7s0r0.fsf@nckx>
On Tue, 15 Sep 2020 14:06:11 +0200
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix@gnu.org>
wrote:
> Hi Nathan,
>
> Nathan Dehnel 写道:
> > bash-5.0$ youtube-dl -x
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ijd_iN9Blk
> > [youtube] 7Ijd_iN9Blk: Downloading webpage
> > [download] Deadmau5 - Hit Save-7Ijd_iN9Blk.webm has already been
> > downloaded
> > [download] 100% of 15.45MiB
> > ERROR: ffprobe/avprobe and ffmpeg/avconv not found. Please
> > install one.
>
> It works fine without ‘-x’:
>
> λ youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ijd_iN9Blk
> [youtube] 7Ijd_iN9Blk: Downloading webpage
> [download] Destination: Deadmau5 - Hit Save-7Ijd_iN9Blk.mp4
> [download] 100% of 37.09MiB in 00:02
>
> This *is* functioning correctly in my view: that advanced options
> optionally require run-time dependencies is not a bug but a
> feature. The programme clearly explains which package could be
> installed to continue, and the user can chose which one they
> prefer - including neither, which suffices for the majority of
> youtube-dling.
>
> Matters would be different if the error message were less clear,
> or perhaps if ffmpeg weren't so insanely great:
>
> λ guix size youtube-dl | tail -n1
> total: 186.9 MiB
> λ guix size youtube-dl ffmpeg | tail -n1
> total: 811.2 MiB
>
> (!)
>
> Kind regards,
>
> T G-R
Maybe it's time we added an "optional dependencies" field?
There seems to be a bug report or help request like every week that
just boils down to "this package has an undocumented dependency".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-09-15 19:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-15 11:27 bug#43418: ffprobe/avprobe and ffmpeg/avconv should be added as dependencies of youtube-dl so it will function correctly Nathan Dehnel
2020-09-15 12:06 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2020-09-15 19:34 ` raingloom [this message]
2020-09-15 23:52 ` Nathan Dehnel
2020-09-15 23:17 ` Leo Famulari
2020-09-16 8:14 ` Mark H Weaver
2020-09-16 8:58 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2020-09-16 11:30 ` Mark H Weaver
2020-09-16 9:54 ` bug#43418: [PATCH] gnu: youtube-dl: Refer to ffmpeg Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2020-09-16 11:31 ` Mark H Weaver
2020-09-16 11:54 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2020-09-16 12:07 ` zimoun
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