Addresses <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/43418>.
* gnu/packages/video.scm (youtube-dl)[inputs]: Add ffmpeg.
[arguments]: Fall back to input ffmpeg instead of searching $PATH.
---
gnu/packages/video.scm | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 8ebe7dbcdf..50f751f8da 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -2184,6 +2184,13 @@ To load this plugin, specify the following option when
starting mpv:
;; 'youtube-dl.bash-completion'.
`(#:tests? #f ; Many tests fail. The test suite can be run with pytest.
#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
+ (add-after 'unpack 'default-to-the-ffmpeg-input
+ (lambda _
+ ;; Continue respecting the --ffmpeg-location argument.
+ (substitute* "youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py"
+ (("\\.get\\('ffmpeg_location'\\)" match)
+ (format #f "~a or '~a'" match (which "ffmpeg"))))
+ #t))
(add-before 'install 'fix-the-data-directories
(lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
(let ((prefix (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
@@ -2207,6 +2214,8 @@ To load this plugin, specify the following option when
starting mpv:
(copy-file "youtube-dl.zsh"
(string-append zsh "/_youtube-dl"))
#t))))))
+ (inputs
+ `(("ffmpeg" ,ffmpeg)))
(synopsis "Download videos from YouTube.com and other sites")
(description
"Youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos from
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