Detects ffmpeg and ffprobe at startup but will alert you to if there missing only when needed to be used so that we don't get a stupid error message at startup for no reason.

TorrentToMedia.py

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def processTorrent(inputDirectory, inputName, inputCategory, inputHash, inputID,
             status = 0
             # Check video files for corruption
             for video in listMediaFiles(inputDirectory):
-                if nzbtomedia.FFPROBE and not Transcoder().isVideoGood(video):
+                if not Transcoder().isVideoGood(video):
                     status = 1
 
             logger.info("Calling autoProcessTV to post-process: %s",inputName)
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def processTorrent(inputDirectory, inputName, inputCategory, inputHash, inputID,
 
     # Check video files for corruption
     for video in listMediaFiles(inputDirectory):
-        if nzbtomedia.FFPROBE and not Transcoder().isVideoGood(video):
+        if not Transcoder().isVideoGood(video):
             status = 1
 
     if nzbtomedia.CFG['CouchPotato'][inputCategory]:

autoProcessMedia.cfg.spec

@@ -2,14 +2,22 @@
 # For more information, visit https://github.com/clinton-hall/nzbToMedia/wiki
 
 [General]
+    # Enable/Disable update notifications
     version_notify = 1
+    # Enable/Disable automatic updates
     auto_update = 0
+    # Set to where your git executable is located
     git_path =
+    # GitHUB user for repo
     git_user =
+    # GitHUB branch for repo
     git_branch =
     force_clean = 0
+    # Enable/Disable logging debug messages to nzbtomedia.log
     log_debug = 0
-    
+    # Set to where your ffmpeg/ffprobe executables are located
+    ffmpeg_path =
+
 [CouchPotato]
     #### autoProcessing for Movies
     #### movie - category that gets called for post-processing with CPS
@@ -169,8 +177,6 @@
 
 [Transcoder]
     transcode = 0
-    # Set ffmpeg_path to the location where ffmpeg is located
-    ffmpeg_path =
     ###### duplicate =1 will cretae a new file. =0 will replace the original
     duplicate = 1
     # Only works on Linux. Highest priority is -20, lowest priority is 19.

nzbToMedia.py

@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ def process(nzbDir, inputName=None, status=0, clientAgent='manual', download_id=
     if section:
         # Check video files for corruption
         for video in listMediaFiles(nzbDir):
-            if nzbtomedia.FFPROBE and not Transcoder().isVideoGood(video):
+            if not Transcoder().isVideoGood(video):
                 status = 1
 
         logger.info("Sending %s to %s for post-processing ..." % (inputName, str(section).upper()))

nzbtomedia/Transcoder.py

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ class Transcoder:
         else:
             bitbucket = open('/dev/null')
 
+        if not nzbtomedia.FFPROBE:
+            logger.error("Cannot detect corrupt video files!, set your ffmpeg_path in your autoProcessMedia.cfg ...")
+            return False
+
         command = [nzbtomedia.FFPROBE, videofile]
         try:
             logger.info('Checking if %s has any corruption, please stand by ...' % (videofile))
@@ -35,6 +39,10 @@ class Transcoder:
         else:
             bitbucket = open('/dev/null')
 
+        if not nzbtomedia.FFMPEG:
+            logger.error("Cannot transcode files!, set your ffmpeg_path in your autoProcessMedia.cfg ...")
+            return 1
+
         logger.info("Checking for files to be transcoded")
         final_result = 0 # initialize as successful
         for file in listMediaFiles(dirName):

nzbtomedia/__init__.py

@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ def initialize(section=None):
     GIT_USER = CFG['General']['git_user'] or 'clinton-hall'
     GIT_BRANCH = CFG['General']['git_branch'] or 'dev'
     FORCE_CLEAN = CFG["General"]["force_clean"]
+    FFMPEG_PATH = CFG["General"]["ffmpeg_path"]
 
     # Check for updates via GitHUB
     if versionCheck.CheckVersion().check_for_new_version():
@@ -245,7 +246,6 @@ def initialize(section=None):
     SAMPLEIDS = (CFG["Extensions"]["SampleIDs"])  # sample,-s.
 
     TRANSCODE = int(CFG["Transcoder"]["transcode"])
-    FFMPEG_PATH = CFG["Transcoder"]["ffmpeg_path"]
     DUPLICATE = int(CFG["Transcoder"]["duplicate"])
     IGNOREEXTENSIONS = (CFG["Transcoder"]["ignoreExtensions"])
     OUTPUTVIDEOEXTENSION = CFG["Transcoder"]["outputVideoExtension"].strip()
@@ -265,35 +265,24 @@ def initialize(section=None):
         FFMPEG = os.path.join(FFMPEG_PATH, 'ffmpeg.exe')
         FFPROBE = os.path.join(FFMPEG_PATH, 'ffprobe.exe')
         if TRANSCODE and not os.path.isfile(FFMPEG): # problem
-            logger.error("%s not found, insure that it does exist and that you've set the correct ffmpeg_path in your autoProcessMedia.cfg" % FFMPEG)
-            logger.error("Cannot transcode files, disabling transcoding!")
-            TRANSCODE = 0
             FFMPEG = None
 
         if not os.path.isfile(FFPROBE):  # problem
-            logger.error(
-                "%s not found, insure that it does exist and that you've set the correct ffmpeg_path in your autoProcessMedia.cfg" % FFPROBE)
-            logger.error("Cannot detect corrupt video files, disabling!")
             FFPROBE = None
-
     else:
         bitbucket = open('/dev/null')
 
         FFMPEG = 'ffmpeg'
         FFPROBE = 'ffprobe'
-        if subprocess.call(['which', 'ffmpeg']) != 0:
+        if TRANSCODE and subprocess.call(['which', 'ffmpeg']) != 0 or subprocess.call(['which', 'ffprobe']) != 0:
             res = subprocess.call([os.path.join(PROGRAM_DIR, 'getffmpeg.sh')], stdout=bitbucket, stderr=bitbucket)
-            if res or subprocess.call(['which', 'ffmpeg'], stdout=bitbucket, stderr=bitbucket) != 0: # did not install or ffmpeg still not found.
+            if res: # did not install or ffmpeg still not found.
                 logger.error("Failed to install ffmpeg. Please install manually")
-                logger.info("Cannot transcode video files, disabling transcoding!")
+
-                TRANSCODE = 0
+            if subprocess.call(['which', 'ffmpeg'], stdout=bitbucket, stderr=bitbucket) != 0:
                 FFMPEG = None
 
-        if subprocess.call(['which', 'ffprobe']) != 0:
+            if subprocess.call(['which', 'ffprobe'], stdout=bitbucket, stderr=bitbucket) != 0:
-            res = subprocess.call([os.path.join(PROGRAM_DIR, 'getffmpeg.sh')], stdout=bitbucket, stderr=bitbucket)
-            if res or subprocess.call(['which', 'ffprobe'], stdout=bitbucket, stderr=bitbucket) != 0:
-                logger.error("Failed to install ffprobe. Please install manually")
-                logger.info("Cannot detect corrupt video files, disabling corrupt video detection!")
                 FFPROBE = None
 
     USER_SCRIPT_CATEGORIES = CFG["UserScript"]["user_script_categories"]