Fix eyecatchup#14 for windows platforms

bascoder · Mar 26, 2016 · b3b928a · b3b928a
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commit b3b928a
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/youtube-dl.class.php b/youtube-dl.class.php
@@ -659,8 +659,11 @@ private function valid_dir($dir)
      */
     private function has_ffmpeg()
     {
-        $sh = `which ffmpeg`;
-        return (bool) (strlen(trim($sh)) > 0);
+        // check if ffmpeg is installed using returnVariable on help command
+        $returnVar = false;
+        $out = array();
+        exec('ffmpeg -h', $out, $returnVar);
+        return $returnVar === 0;
     }
 
     /**