Function invoke_command

scenedetect/platform.py:221–247

Same as calling Python's subprocess.call() method, but explicitly raises a different exception when the command length is too long. See https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/164 for details. Arguments: args: List of strings to pass to subprocess.call(). Retu

(args: list[str])

def invoke_command(args: list[str]) -> int:
    """Same as calling Python's subprocess.call() method, but explicitly
    raises a different exception when the command length is too long.

    See https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/164 for details.

    Arguments:
        args: List of strings to pass to subprocess.call().

    Returns:
        Return code of command.

    Raises:
        CommandTooLong: `args` exceeds built in command line length limit on Windows.
    """
    try:
        return subprocess.call(args)
    except OSError as err:
        if os.name != "nt":
            raise
        exception_string = str(err)
        # Error 206: The filename or extension is too long
        # Error 87:  The parameter is incorrect
        to_match = ("206", "87")
        if any([x in exception_string for x in to_match]):
            raise CommandTooLong() from err
        raise


def get_ffmpeg_path() -> str | None: