Merge pull request #211 from exislow/pr-fixes

Pr fixes

tidal_dl_ng/dialog.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os.path
+import shutil
 import webbrowser
 from enum import Enum, StrEnum
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -182,10 +183,15 @@ class DialogPreferences(QtWidgets.QDialog):
         self,
         obj_line_edit: QtWidgets.QLineEdit,
         file_mode: QtWidgets.QFileDialog | QtWidgets.QFileDialog.FileMode = QtWidgets.QFileDialog.Directory,
+        path_default: str = None,
     ):
         # If a path is set, use it otherwise the users home directory.
-        settings_path: str = os.path.expanduser(obj_line_edit.text()) if obj_line_edit.text() else ""
-        dir_current: str = settings_path if settings_path and os.path.exists(settings_path) else str(Path.home())
+        path_settings: str = os.path.expanduser(obj_line_edit.text()) if obj_line_edit.text() else ""
+        # Check if obj_line_edit is empty but path_default can be usd instead
+        path_settings = (
+            path_settings if path_settings else os.path.expanduser(path_default) if path_default else path_settings
+        )
+        dir_current: str = path_settings if path_settings and os.path.exists(path_settings) else str(Path.home())
         dialog: QtWidgets.QFileDialog = QtWidgets.QFileDialog()
 
         # Set to directory mode only but show files.
@@ -222,7 +228,9 @@ class DialogPreferences(QtWidgets.QDialog):
         self.ui.pb_download_base_path.clicked.connect(lambda x: self.dialog_chose_file(self.ui.le_download_base_path))
         self.ui.pb_path_binary_ffmpeg.clicked.connect(
             lambda x: self.dialog_chose_file(
-                self.ui.le_path_binary_ffmpeg, file_mode=QtWidgets.QFileDialog.FileMode.ExistingFiles
+                self.ui.le_path_binary_ffmpeg,
+                file_mode=QtWidgets.QFileDialog.FileMode.ExistingFiles,
+                path_default=shutil.which("ffmpeg"),
             )
         )
 

tidal_dl_ng/download.py

@@ -75,14 +75,13 @@ class Download:
         if not self.settings.data.path_binary_ffmpeg and (
             self.settings.data.video_convert_mp4 or self.settings.data.extract_flac
         ):
-            self.settings.data.path_binary_ffmpeg = shutil.which("ffmpeg")
-            if not self.settings.data.path_binary_ffmpeg:
             self.settings.data.video_convert_mp4 = False
             self.settings.data.extract_flac = False
 
             self.fn_logger.error(
-                    "FFmpeg is not set. Videos can be downloaded but will not be processed. FLAC cannot be extracted from MP4 containers. "
-                    "Make sure FFmpeg is installed. The path to the binary can be specified (`path_binary_ffmpeg`)."
+                "FFmpeg path is not set. Videos can be downloaded but will not be processed. FLAC cannot be "
+                "extracted from MP4 containers. Make sure FFmpeg is installed. The path to the FFmpeg binary must "
+                "be set in (`path_binary_ffmpeg`)."
             )
 
     def _download(

tidal_dl_ng/model/cfg.py

@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ class HelpSettings:
         "Videos are downloaded as MPEG Transport Stream (TS) files. With this option each video "
         "will be converted to MP4. FFmpeg must be installed."
     )
-    path_binary_ffmpeg: str = "Path to FFmpeg binary. Only necesarry if FFmpeg not present in path."
+    path_binary_ffmpeg: str = (
+        "Path to FFmpeg binary file (executable). Only necessary if FFmpeg not set in $PATH. Mandatory for Windows: "
+        "The directory of `ffmpeg.exe`must be set in %PATH%."
+    )
     metadata_cover_dimension: str = (
         "The dimensions of the cover image embedded into the track. Possible values: 320x320, 640x640x 1280x1280."
     )