From: Jaime Marquínez Ferrándiz <jaime.marquinez.ferrandiz@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 15:47:03 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Use avconv for downloading with m3u8 manifests if it's available (fixes #1735)
X-Git-Url: http://git.oshgnacknak.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=801dbbdffd9df57e4051e8fd01efbb6104f99c26;p=youtube-dl

Use avconv for downloading with m3u8 manifests if it's available (fixes #1735)
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diff --git a/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py b/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
index d0b3dd8fb..088f59586 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/FileDownloader.py
@@ -381,16 +381,20 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
         self.report_destination(filename)
         tmpfilename = self.temp_name(filename)
 
-        args = ['ffmpeg', '-y', '-i', url, '-f', 'mp4', '-c', 'copy',
-            '-absf', 'aac_adtstoasc', tmpfilename]
-        # Check for ffmpeg first
-        try:
-            subprocess.call(['ffmpeg', '-h'], stdout=(open(os.path.devnull, 'w')), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
-        except (OSError, IOError):
-            self.report_error(u'm3u8 download detected but "%s" could not be run' % args[0] )
-            return False
+        args = ['-y', '-i', url, '-f', 'mp4', '-c', 'copy',
+            '-bsf:a', 'aac_adtstoasc', tmpfilename]
 
-        retval = subprocess.call(args)
+        for program in ['avconv', 'ffmpeg']:
+            try:
+                subprocess.call([program, '-version'], stdout=(open(os.path.devnull, 'w')), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+                break
+            except (OSError, IOError):
+                pass
+        else:
+            self.report_error(u'm3u8 download detected but ffmpeg or avconv could not be found')
+        cmd = [program] + args
+
+        retval = subprocess.call(cmd)
         if retval == 0:
             fsize = os.path.getsize(encodeFilename(tmpfilename))
             self.to_screen(u'\r[%s] %s bytes' % (args[0], fsize))