From 9fb775446f151b492f17bd42b757b958f5ea3fa0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: liam4 <towerofnix@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2017 17:09:04 -0300
Subject: Fix the spooky youtube-dl problem
---
src/promisify-process.js | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
(limited to 'src')
diff --git a/src/promisify-process.js b/src/promisify-process.js
index ef8d0c6..4d06f8c 100644
--- a/src/promisify-process.js
+++ b/src/promisify-process.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
'use strict'
+const { Writable } = require('stream')
+
module.exports = function promisifyProcess(proc, showLogging = true) {
// Takes a process (from child_process) and returns a promise that resolves
// when the process exits (or rejects with a warning, if the exit code is
@@ -9,6 +11,16 @@ module.exports = function promisifyProcess(proc, showLogging = true) {
if (showLogging) {
proc.stdout.pipe(process.stdout)
proc.stderr.pipe(process.stderr)
+ } else {
+ // For some mysterious reason, youtube-dl doesn't seem to work unless
+ // we pipe the output of it SOMEWHERE..
+
+ const emptyStream = () => Object.assign(new Writable(), {
+ write: () => {}
+ })
+
+ proc.stdout.pipe(emptyStream())
+ proc.stderr.pipe(emptyStream())
}
proc.on('exit', code => {
--
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