[Feature Request] Make it easier to package with Nix

[ChocolateLoverRaj]

This is already packaged in nixpkgs. But there are some things that would make maintaining the Nix package for this easier:

• Way of disabling updating through app without modifying the source code
• Way of disabling downloading ytdlp without modifying the source code
• Have a consistent way of getting ffmpeg location. Currently in

  ytDownloader/src/renderer.js

  Lines 3 to 16 in 6b494ef

  	let ffmpeg = "";
  	if (os.platform() === "win32") {
  	ffmpeg = `"${__dirname}\\..\\ffmpeg.exe"`;
  	} else if (os.platform() === "freebsd") {
  	try {
  	ffmpeg = cp.execSync("which ffmpeg").toString("utf8").split("\n")[0].trim();
  	} catch (error) {
  	console.log(error)
  	showPopup("No ffmpeg found in PATH.");
  	}
  	}
  	else {
  	ffmpeg = `"${__dirname}/../ffmpeg"`;
  	}

  it only checks the path on freebsd, and in

  ytDownloader/src/playlist.js

  Lines 49 to 64 in 6b494ef

  	if (!fs.existsSync(ffmpegPath)) {
  	try {
  	if (os.platform() === "win32") {
  	ffmpeg = execSync("where ffmpeg.exe", {encoding: "utf8"});
  	console.log({ffmpeg})
  	ffmpeg = `"${ffmpeg.trimEnd()}"`;
  	} else {
  	ffmpeg = execSync("which ffmpeg", {encoding: "utf8"});
  	ffmpeg = `"${ffmpeg.trimEnd()}"`;
  	}
  	} catch (error) {
  	ffmpeg = `""`
  	console.log(error);
  	}
  	}
  	console.log("ffmpeg:", ffmpeg);

  there seems to be duplicate code that behaves differently.

[aandrew-me]

Environment variables?

[ChocolateLoverRaj]

That can work

[aandrew-me]

Great. I will add

[aandrew-me]

I am working on it.

I am adding env var YTDOWNLOADER_AUTO_UPDATES which can be set to 0 to disable checks for auto updates.

I can add YTDOWNLOADER_FFMPEG_PATH and YTDOWNLOADER_YTDLP_PATH env variable support

[aandrew-me]

Will be available in next update