Enable stdout output

crunchy-cli-core/src/archive/command.rs

@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ impl Execute for Archive {
             .to_string_lossy()
             != "mkv"
             && !is_special_file(PathBuf::from(&self.output))
+            && self.output != "-"
         {
             bail!("File extension is not '.mkv'. Currently only matroska / '.mkv' files are supported")
         }

crunchy-cli-core/src/download/filter.rs

@@ -333,9 +333,15 @@ impl Filter for DownloadFilter {
                 .total_cmp(&b.format.sequence_number)
         });
         for data in input {
-            let mut downloader = DownloadBuilder::new()
+            let mut download_builder =
-                .default_subtitle(self.download.subtitle.clone())
+                DownloadBuilder::new().default_subtitle(self.download.subtitle.clone());
-                .build();
+            // set the output format to mpegts / mpeg transport stream if the output file is stdout.
+            // mp4 isn't used here as the output file must be readable which isn't possible when
+            // writing to stdout
+            if self.download.output == "-" {
+                download_builder = download_builder.output_format(Some("mpegts".to_string()))
+            }
+            let mut downloader = download_builder.build();
             downloader.add_format(DownloadFormat {
                 video: (data.video, data.format.audio.clone()),
                 audios: vec![(data.audio, data.format.audio.clone())],

crunchy-cli-core/src/utils/download.rs

@@ -317,7 +317,12 @@ impl Downloader {
         let progress_handler = progress!("Generating output file");
 
         let ffmpeg = Command::new("ffmpeg")
-            .stdout(Stdio::null())
+            // pass ffmpeg stdout to real stdout only if output file is stdout
+            .stdout(if dst.to_str().unwrap() == "-" {
+                Stdio::inherit()
+            } else {
+                Stdio::null()
+            })
             .stderr(Stdio::piped())
             .args(command_args)
             .output()?;

crunchy-cli-core/src/utils/format.rs

@@ -223,12 +223,12 @@ impl Format {
 
     pub fn visual_output(&self, dst: &Path) {
         info!(
-            "Downloading {} to '{}'",
+            "Downloading {} to {}",
             self.title,
-            if is_special_file(&dst) {
+            if is_special_file(&dst) || dst.to_str().unwrap() == "-" {
-                dst.to_str().unwrap()
+                dst.to_string_lossy().to_string()
             } else {
-                dst.file_name().unwrap().to_str().unwrap()
+                format!("'{}'", dst.to_str().unwrap())
             }
         );
         tab_info!(