[postprocessort/ffmpeg] Allow embedding webvtt into webm (Closes #8874)

diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 9dd7a80346c2704c91cbaccb17096ac24a35f363..755ed6540f8ee82d850b2f71adc70fd28a0b383d 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     postproc.add_option(
         '--embed-subs',
         action='store_true', dest='embedsubtitles', default=False,
-        help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mkv and mp4 videos)')
+        help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)')
     postproc.add_option(
         '--embed-thumbnail',
         action='store_true', dest='embedthumbnail', default=False,

diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
index a8819f258013de5a1cbbf1a5b42ca87b2b4ef14e..06b8c05482013c1c521267c7d4406c0124f0c972 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/ffmpeg.py
@@ -331,17 +331,34 @@ class FFmpegVideoConvertorPP(FFmpegPostProcessor):
 
 class FFmpegEmbedSubtitlePP(FFmpegPostProcessor):
     def run(self, information):
-        if information['ext'] not in ['mp4', 'mkv']:
-            self._downloader.to_screen('[ffmpeg] Subtitles can only be embedded in mp4 or mkv files')
+        if information['ext'] not in ('mp4', 'webm', 'mkv'):
+            self._downloader.to_screen('[ffmpeg] Subtitles can only be embedded in mp4, webm or mkv files')
             return [], information
         subtitles = information.get('requested_subtitles')
         if not subtitles:
             self._downloader.to_screen('[ffmpeg] There aren\'t any subtitles to embed')
             return [], information
 
-        sub_langs = list(subtitles.keys())
         filename = information['filepath']
-        sub_filenames = [subtitles_filename(filename, lang, sub_info['ext']) for lang, sub_info in subtitles.items()]
+
+        ext = information['ext']
+        sub_langs = []
+        sub_filenames = []
+        webm_vtt_warn = False
+
+        for lang, sub_info in subtitles.items():
+            sub_ext = sub_info['ext']
+            if ext != 'webm' or ext == 'webm' and sub_ext == 'vtt':
+                sub_langs.append(lang)
+                sub_filenames.append(subtitles_filename(filename, lang, sub_ext))
+            else:
+                if not webm_vtt_warn and ext == 'webm' and sub_ext != 'vtt':
+                    webm_vtt_warn = True
+                    self._downloader.to_screen('[ffmpeg] Only WebVTT subtitles can be embedded in webm files')
+
+        if not sub_langs:
+            return [], information
+
         input_files = [filename] + sub_filenames
 
         opts = [