From 0abafd26c54c9aefb9c6b992d287c815dd44239e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ari melody <ari@arimelody.space>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2026 16:22:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] improve verbose logging, skip concat if only one VOD file
 present

---
 main.go            | 98 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 youtube/youtube.go |  6 ---
 2 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 26b7d03..cd1a461 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func main() {
 	var verbose bool = false
 	var initDirectory bool = false
 	var logout bool = false
-	var deleteFullVod bool = false
+	var keepFullVOD bool = false
 	var forceUpload bool = false
 	var dryRun bool = false
 	var directory string = "."
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ func main() {
 
 			case "-d":
 				fallthrough
-			case "--deleteAfter":
-				deleteFullVod = true
+			case "--keep-vod":
+				keepFullVOD = true
 
 			case "-f":
 				fallthrough
@@ -193,10 +193,18 @@ func main() {
 	if verbose {
 		enc := json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)
 		enc.SetIndent("", "\t")
-		fmt.Printf("Directory metadata: ")
-		enc.Encode(metadata)
-		fmt.Printf("\nVOD files available: ")
-		enc.Encode(vodFiles)
+		log.Print("[ Metadata ]")
+		log.Printf("Title: %s", metadata.Title)
+		log.Printf("Part: %d", metadata.Part)
+		log.Printf("Date: %s", metadata.Date.String())
+		log.Printf(
+			"Category: `%s` - %s (%s)",
+			metadata.Category.Type,
+			metadata.Category.Name,
+			metadata.Category.Url,
+		)
+		log.Printf("Tags: %s", strings.Join(metadata.Tags, ", "))
+		log.Printf("VOD files: [ %s ]", strings.Join(vodFiles, ", "))
 	}
 
 	// scan for thumbnail
@@ -239,17 +247,9 @@ func main() {
 		)
 	}
 	if verbose {
-		enc := json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)
-		fmt.Printf("\nVideo template: ")
-		enc.Encode(videoMeta)
-
-		fmt.Printf(
-			"\n================================\n\n" +
-			"< TITLE >\n%s\n\n" +
-			"< DESCRIPTION >\n%s\n" +
-			"\n================================\n",
-			title, description,
-		)
+		log.Print()
+		log.Printf("[ TITLE ]\n\n%s\n\n", title)
+		log.Printf("[ DESCRIPTION ]\n\n%s\n\n", description)
 	}
 
 	// youtube oauth flow
@@ -325,34 +325,44 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
-	if !dryRun {
-		// check if full VOD already exists with expected duration
-		fullVodExists := false
-		fullVodProbe, err := scanner.ProbeSegment(videoMeta.Filepath)
-		if err == nil {
-			videoMeta.SizeBytes = fullVodProbe.Format.Size
-			var totalLength float64 = 0
+	videoMeta.Filepath = path.Join(metadata.FootageDir, vodFiles[0])
 
-			for _, filename := range vodFiles {
-				probe, err := scanner.ProbeSegment(path.Join(footageDir, filename))
-				if err != nil { continue }
-				totalLength += probe.Format.Duration
+	// no need to concat if VOD is already one whole file
+	if len(vodFiles) > 1 {
+		videoMeta.Filepath = path.Join(
+			metadata.FootageDir,
+			fmt.Sprintf("%s-fullvod.mkv", metadata.Date.String()),
+		)
+
+		if !dryRun {
+			// check if full VOD already exists with expected duration
+			concatVodExists := false
+			concatVodProbe, err := scanner.ProbeSegment(videoMeta.Filepath)
+			if err == nil {
+				videoMeta.SizeBytes = concatVodProbe.Format.Size
+				var totalLength float64 = 0
+
+				for _, filename := range vodFiles {
+					probe, err := scanner.ProbeSegment(path.Join(footageDir, filename))
+					if err != nil { continue }
+					totalLength += probe.Format.Duration
+				}
+				// full VOD may exist, but not be complete (interrupted concat)
+				concatVodExists = math.Abs(concatVodProbe.Format.Duration - totalLength) < float64(0.1)
 			}
-			// full VOD may exist, but not be complete (interrupted concat)
-			fullVodExists = math.Abs(fullVodProbe.Format.Duration - totalLength) < float64(0.1)
-		}
 
-		if fullVodExists {
-			log.Print("Full VOD appears to already exist- uploading this file...")
+			if concatVodExists {
+				log.Print("Full VOD appears to already exist- uploading this file...")
+			} else {
+				// concatenate VOD segments into full VOD
+				videoMeta.SizeBytes, err = vid.ConcatVideo(videoMeta, vodFiles, verbose)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Fatalf("Failed to concatenate VOD segments: %v", err)
+				}
+			}
 		} else {
-			// concatenate VOD segments into full VOD
-			videoMeta.SizeBytes, err = vid.ConcatVideo(videoMeta, vodFiles, verbose)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatalf("Failed to concatenate VOD segments: %v", err)
-			}
+			log.Print("Dry run: Skipping VOD concatenation")
 		}
-	} else {
-		log.Print("Dry run: Skipping VOD concatenation")
 	}
 
 	if !dryRun {
@@ -384,9 +394,9 @@ func main() {
 		}
 
 		// delete full VOD after upload, if requested
-		if deleteFullVod {
-			err = os.Remove(videoMeta.Filepath)
-			if err != nil {
+		// if len(vodFiles) == 1, the full VOD is the *only* VOD. do not delete this!!!
+		if len(vodFiles) > 1 && !keepFullVOD {
+			if err = os.Remove(videoMeta.Filepath); err != nil {
 				log.Fatalf("Failed to delete full VOD: %v", err)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/youtube/youtube.go b/youtube/youtube.go
index 681d9f7..2c4e18c 100644
--- a/youtube/youtube.go
+++ b/youtube/youtube.go
@@ -72,12 +72,6 @@ func BuildVideo(metadata *scanner.Metadata) (*VideoMetadata, error) {
 		Part: metadata.Part,
 		Date: metadata.Date.AsTime(time.UTC),
 		Tags: metadata.Tags,
-		Filepath: path.Join(
-			metadata.FootageDir,
-			fmt.Sprintf(
-				"%s-fullvod.mkv",
-				metadata.Date.String(),
-			)),
 	}, nil
 }