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-rw-r--r--yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
index 67ef2ffa5..1c3f9ba1e 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -3051,9 +3051,11 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
'while also allowing unplayable formats to be downloaded. '
'The formats won\'t be merged to prevent data corruption.')
elif not merger.available:
- self.report_warning(
- 'You have requested merging of multiple formats but ffmpeg is not installed. '
- 'The formats won\'t be merged.')
+ msg = 'You have requested merging of multiple formats but ffmpeg is not installed'
+ if not self.params.get('ignoreerrors'):
+ self.report_error(f'{msg}. Aborting due to --abort-on-error')
+ return
+ self.report_warning(f'{msg}. The formats won\'t be merged')
if temp_filename == '-':
reason = ('using a downloader other than ffmpeg' if FFmpegFD.can_merge_formats(info_dict, self.params)