add warnings for exceeding metadata character length

README.md

@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@ I built this to greatly simplify the process of getting my full-quality livestre
 $ vodular
 New config file created (config.toml). Please edit this file before running again!
 ```
+The directory which holds your configuration file and templates varies,
+depending on platform:
+- **Linux:** `~/.config/vodular/templates`
+- **macOS:** `~/Library/Application Support/vodular/templates`
+- **Windows:** `%AppData%/vodular/templates`
 
-2. Edit configuration file as necessary (You will need to create a [YouTube Data API v3](https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3) service and provide its credentials here).
+2. Edit your configuration file as necessary (You will need to create a [YouTube Data API v3](https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3) service and provide its credentials here).
 **IMPORTANT:** `config.toml` contains very sensitive credentials. Do not share this file with anyone.
 
 3. Initialise a VOD directory:
@@ -63,10 +68,11 @@ url = 'https://example.org'
 ```
 
 ## Templates
-Template files can be created at `templates/title.txt`,
+There are three template files, `title.txt`, `description.txt`, and `tags.txt`,
-`template/description.txt`, and `templates/tags.txt` respectively. These
+which can be created in `/path/to/vodular/templates`. These templates can be
-files can use Go's [text template format](https://pkg.go.dev/text/template) to
+created and tweaked to customise your VOD metadata on upload. They are enhanced
-customise VOD metadata on upload.
+with Go's [template format](https://pkg.go.dev/text/template) to inject
+information provided in `metadata.toml`, and other neat functionality!
 
 You can use the following data in templates:
 - **`.Title`:** The title of the stream.

main.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"math"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -25,7 +26,9 @@ import (
 //go:embed res/help.txt
 var helpText string
 
-const segmentExtension = "mkv"
+const SEGMENT_EXTENSION = "mkv"
+const MAX_TITLE_LEN = 100
+const MAX_DESCRIPTION_LEN = 5000
 
 func showHelp() {
 	fmt.Println(helpText)
@@ -151,7 +154,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// good to have early on
-	templates, err := yt.FetchTemplates()
+	templates, err := yt.FetchTemplates(path.Join(userConfigDir, "vodular", "templates"))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to fetch templates: %v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
@@ -193,7 +196,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	// scan for VOD segments
-	vodFiles, err := scanner.ScanSegments(metadata.FootageDir, segmentExtension)
+	vodFiles, err := scanner.ScanSegments(metadata.FootageDir, SEGMENT_EXTENSION)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to fetch VOD filenames: %v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
@@ -201,7 +204,7 @@ func main() {
 	if len(vodFiles) == 0 {
 		log.Fatalf(
 			"Directory contained no VOD files (expecting .%s)",
-			segmentExtension,
+			SEGMENT_EXTENSION,
 		)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
@@ -220,11 +223,6 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to build video template: %v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	if verbose {
-		enc := json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)
-		fmt.Printf("\nVideo template: ")
-		enc.Encode(video)
-
 	title, err := yt.BuildTemplate(video, templates.Title)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to build video title: %v", err)
@@ -235,6 +233,25 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to build video description: %v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
+	if len(title) > 100 {
+		log.Fatalf(
+			"Video title length exceeds %d characters (%d). YouTube may reject this!",
+			MAX_TITLE_LEN,
+			len(video.Title),
+		)
+	}
+	if len(description) > 5000 {
+		log.Fatalf(
+			"Video description length exceeds %d characters (%d). YouTube may reject this!",
+			MAX_DESCRIPTION_LEN,
+			len(description),
+		)
+	}
+	if verbose {
+		enc := json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)
+		fmt.Printf("\nVideo template: ")
+		enc.Encode(video)
+
 		fmt.Printf(
 			"\n================================\n\n" +
 			"< TITLE >\n%s\n\n" +
@@ -247,18 +264,21 @@ func main() {
 	// concatenate VOD segments into full VOD
 	fullVodExists := func () bool {
 		// check if full VOD already exists with expected duration
-		if fullVodProbe, err := scanner.ProbeSegment(video.Filename); err != nil {
+		fullVodProbe, err := scanner.ProbeSegment(video.Filename)
+		if err != nil { return false }
+		video.SizeBytes = fullVodProbe.Format.Size
 		var totalLength float64 = 0
+
 		for _, filename := range vodFiles {
-				probe, err := scanner.ProbeSegment(filename)
+			probe, err := scanner.ProbeSegment(path.Join(metadata.FootageDir, filename))
 			if err != nil { continue }
 			totalLength += probe.Format.Duration
 		}
-			return fullVodProbe.Format.Duration == totalLength
+		return math.Abs(fullVodProbe.Format.Duration - totalLength) < float64(0.1)
-		}
-		return false
 	}()
-	if !fullVodExists {
+	if fullVodExists {
+		log.Print("Full VOD appears to already exist- uploading this file...")
+	} else {
 		video.SizeBytes, err = vid.ConcatVideo(video, vodFiles, verbose)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("Failed to concatenate VOD segments: %v", err)
@@ -313,6 +333,7 @@ func main() {
 	log.Print("Video uploaded successfully!")
 
 	// update metadata to reflect VOD is uploaded
+	// TODO: rather than a boolean flag, link to actual video
 	metadata.Uploaded = true
 	err = scanner.WriteMetadata(directory, metadata)
 	if err != nil {

scanner/scanner.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -28,13 +29,13 @@ type (
 		Category *Category	`toml:"category" comment:"(Optional) Category details, for additional credits."`
 	}
 
-	ffprobeFormat struct {
+	FFprobeFormat struct {
 		Duration float64 `json:"duration"`
 		Size int64 `json:"size"`
 	}
 
-	ffprobeOutput struct {
+	FFprobeOutput struct {
-		Format ffprobeFormat `json:"format"`
+		Format FFprobeFormat `json:"format"`
 	}
 )
 
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ func ScanSegments(directory string, extension string) ([]string, error) {
 
 	for _, item := range entries {
 		if item.IsDir() { continue }
+		if strings.HasPrefix(item.Name(), ".") { continue }
 		if !strings.HasSuffix(item.Name(), "." + extension) { continue }
 		if strings.HasSuffix(item.Name(), "-fullvod." + extension) { continue }
 		files = append(files, item.Name())
@@ -58,15 +60,36 @@ func ScanSegments(directory string, extension string) ([]string, error) {
 	return files, nil
 }
 
-func ProbeSegment(filename string) (*ffprobeOutput, error) {
+func ProbeSegment(filename string) (*FFprobeOutput, error) {
 	out, err := ffmpeg_go.Probe(filename)
 	if err != nil { return nil, err }
 
-	probe := ffprobeOutput{}
+	type (
-	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(out), probe)
+		RawFFprobeFormat struct {
+			// these being strings upsets me immensely
+			Duration string `json:"duration"`
+			Size string `json:"size"`
+		}
+		RawFFprobeOutput struct {
+			Format RawFFprobeFormat `json:"format"`
+		}
+	)
+
+	probe := RawFFprobeOutput{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(out), &probe)
 	if err != nil { return nil, err }
 
-	return &probe, nil
+	duration, err := strconv.ParseFloat(probe.Format.Duration, 64)
+	if err != nil { return nil, err }
+	size, err := strconv.ParseInt(probe.Format.Size, 10, 0)
+	if err != nil { return nil, err }
+
+	return &FFprobeOutput{
+		Format: FFprobeFormat{
+			Duration: duration,
+			Size: size,
+		},
+	}, nil
 }
 
 func ReadMetadata(directory string) (*Metadata, error) {

youtube/youtube.go

@@ -113,11 +113,6 @@ var videoYtCategory = map[CategoryType]string {
 	CATEGORY_ENTERTAINMENT: YT_CATEGORY_ENTERTAINMENT,
 }
 
-var templateDir = "templates"
-var tagsPath = path.Join(templateDir, "tags.txt")
-var titlePath = path.Join(templateDir, "title.txt")
-var descriptionPath = path.Join(templateDir, "description.txt")
-
 const defaultTitleTemplate =
 "{{.Title}} - {{FormatTime .Date \"02 Jan 2006\"}}"
 const defaultDescriptionTemplate =
@@ -135,9 +130,13 @@ var templateFuncs = template.FuncMap{
 	},
 }
 
-func FetchTemplates() (*Template, error) {
+func FetchTemplates(templateDir string) (*Template, error) {
 	tmpl := Template{}
 
+	var tagsPath = path.Join(templateDir, "tags.txt")
+	var titlePath = path.Join(templateDir, "title.txt")
+	var descriptionPath = path.Join(templateDir, "description.txt")
+
 	// tags
 	if tagsFile, err := os.ReadFile(tagsPath); err == nil {
 		tmpl.Tags = strings.Split(string(tagsFile), "\n")