revert back to youtube-dl

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [package]
-name = "youtube-dl-gtk"
+name = "media-downloader-gtk"
-description = "a simple frontend for youtube-dl"
+description = "a simple frontend for youtube-dlc"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.5"
 authors = ["Max Bradbury <max@tinybird.info>"]
-repository = "https://tinybird.dev/max/youtube-dl-gtk"
+repository = "https://tinybird.dev/max/media-downloader"
 license = "MIT"
 edition = "2018"
 

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-# youtube-dl-gtk
+# media-downloader
 
-a simple graphical frontend for the `youtube-dl` media downloader.
+a simple graphical frontend for the `youtube-dl` media downloader. 
+`youtube-dl` must be installed and in your PATH.
 
 really just an experiment in creating my first desktop program, so don't expect too much.
 
@@ -14,5 +15,15 @@ extract audio and convert to mp3
 
 ## known problems
 
+no validation for URL bar
+
+no user feedback
+
 will hang after clicking "go!" due to `youtube-dl` being executed in the same thread. 
 there is no user feedback so this basically looks like the program crashing. 
+
+TODO: investigate using https://crates.io/crates/gtk-future-executor
+
+would it be possible to add progress bars for in-progress downloads somehow?
+
+notifications for when downloads finish?

src/main.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const SPACING: i32 = 16;
 fn build_ui(application: &gtk::Application) {
     let window = gtk::ApplicationWindow::new(application);
 
-    window.set_title("youtube-dl");
+    window.set_title("media downloader");
     window.set_border_width(SPACING as u32);
     window.set_position(gtk::WindowPosition::Center);
     window.set_default_size(400, 100);
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fn build_ui(application: &gtk::Application) {
 
     input_url.set_placeholder_text(Some("Enter URL here"));
     input_url.set_input_purpose(InputPurpose::Url);
-    
+
     horizontal.set_homogeneous(true);
 
     window.add(&vertical);
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ fn build_ui(application: &gtk::Application) {
 
 fn main() {
     let application = gtk::Application::new(
-        Some("dev.tinybird.max.youtube-dl-gtk"),
+        Some("dev.tinybird.max.media-downloader"),
         Default::default()
     ).expect("Initialization failed...");