default youtube-dl exec is now configurable

Author: michaelb

README.md

@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ pip install --user .
 pip uninstall auto-ytdl
 ```
 
+If you don't wish to install, you can directly run:
+```python aytdl.py```
+instead of ```aytdl```
+
 # Usage
 
 Once installed you can run

autoytdl/AYTDL.py

@@ -72,7 +72,12 @@ def prepare_ytdl_commmand_line(dateafter):
             url = "\""+url+"\""
 
         # here we run youtube-dl
-        exit_code = os.system("youtube-dlc " +
+        ytdl_exe = None
+        if hasattr(self.config, 'youtube_dl_executable'):
+            ytdl_exe = self.config.youtube_dl_executable
+        if ytdl_exe is None or ytdl_exe == "":
+            ytdl_exe = "youtube-dlc"
+        exit_code = os.system(ytdl_exe + " " +
                               prepare_ytdl_commmand_line(dateafter) + " " + url)
         if exit_code != 0:  # may be a youtube-dl error taht is recoverable
             ask = "Y"

autoytdl/config.py

@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.embed_thumbnail = True
 
         # youtube-dl args section
+
+        self.comments += ["youtube-dl executable, path or command"]
+        self.youtube_dl_executable = "youtube-dlc"
+
         self.comments += [""]  # padding
         self.comments += [
             "youtube-dl arguments: double-dash \"--\" arguments may be appended at the END of the config file:\n#write: \"option name without --\" = true/false/value\n#-> true to activate a flag\n#-> false to make it not appear in the command\n#-> value (or \"value\" for string values) to set the option argument"]

autoytdl/version.py

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # follows semantic versionning
-__version__ = "1.2.5"
+__version__ = "1.3.0"