From 122a2e5463d1dcd11ca0a93bbb6079c3e82d9f68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ari melody <ari@arimelody.space>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 22:24:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] don't crash if no thumbnail provided. lol

+ neat --verbose message if a thumbnail *is* provided
---
 main.go | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9344d75..a279f13 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -208,12 +208,15 @@ func main() {
 	var thumbnail *yt.ThumbnailMetadata
 	thumbnailPath, thumbnailSizeBytes, err := scanner.ScanThumbnail(directory)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Failed to fetch thumbnail: %v", err)
+		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			log.Fatalf("Failed to fetch thumbnail: %v", err)
+		}
 	} else {
 		thumbnail = &yt.ThumbnailMetadata{
 			Filepath: thumbnailPath,
 			SizeBytes: thumbnailSizeBytes,
 		}
+		log.Printf("Thumbnail detected. This will be applied after VOD upload.")
 	}
 
 	// build video template for upload