From 318b7ebadc2b842270a7f264d87dfb6868972628 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Thomas <nathanthomas707@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:54:22 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Error message for FFMPEG not installed

---
 streamrip/converter.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/streamrip/converter.py b/streamrip/converter.py
index c99d48a..656f827 100644
--- a/streamrip/converter.py
+++ b/streamrip/converter.py
@@ -48,7 +48,11 @@ class Converter:
         :param remove_source: Remove the source file after conversion.
         :type remove_source: bool
         """
-        logger.debug(locals())
+
+        if shutil.which("ffmpeg") is None:
+            raise Exception(
+                "Could not find FFMPEG executable. Install it to convert audio files."
+            )
 
         self.filename = filename
         self.final_fn = f"{os.path.splitext(filename)[0]}.{self.container}"