### Post-processing Options:
--extract-audio convert video files to audio-only files (requires
- ffmpeg and ffprobe)
+ ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)
--audio-format FORMAT "best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav";
best by default
- --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg audio bitrate specification, 128k by default
+ --audio-quality QUALITY ffmpeg/avconv audio bitrate specification, 128k by
+ default
-k, --keep-video keeps the video file on disk after the post-
processing; the video is erased by default
def run_ffmpeg(self, path, out_path, codec, more_opts):
if not self._exes['ffmpeg'] and not self._exes['avconv']:
- raise AudioConversionError('ffmpeg or avconv not found. Please install avconv.')
+ raise AudioConversionError('ffmpeg or avconv not found. Please install one.')
if codec is None:
acodec_opts = []
else:
prefix, sep, ext = path.rpartition(u'.') # not os.path.splitext, since the latter does not work on unicode in all setups
new_path = prefix + sep + extension
- self._downloader.to_screen(u'[ffmpeg] Destination: ' + new_path)
+ self._downloader.to_screen(u'[' + self._exes['avconv'] and 'avconv' or 'ffmpeg' + '] Destination: ' + new_path)
try:
self.run_ffmpeg(path, new_path, acodec, more_opts)
except:
if isinstance(e, AudioConversionError):
self._downloader.to_stderr(u'ERROR: audio conversion failed: ' + e.message)
else:
- self._downloader.to_stderr(u'ERROR: error running ffmpeg')
+ self._downloader.to_stderr(u'ERROR: error running ' + self._exes['avconv'] and 'avconv' or 'ffmpeg')
return None
# Try to update the date time for extracted audio file.
postproc.add_option('--extract-audio', action='store_true', dest='extractaudio', default=False,
- help='convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg and ffprobe)')
+ help='convert video files to audio-only files (requires ffmpeg or avconv and ffprobe or avprobe)')
postproc.add_option('--audio-format', metavar='FORMAT', dest='audioformat', default='best',
help='"best", "aac", "vorbis", "mp3", "m4a", or "wav"; best by default')
postproc.add_option('--audio-quality', metavar='QUALITY', dest='audioquality', default='128K',
- help='ffmpeg audio bitrate specification, 128k by default')
+ help='ffmpeg/avconv audio bitrate specification, 128k by default')
postproc.add_option('-k', '--keep-video', action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
help='keeps the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default')