A lot of bug fixes and edge cases

video/video_utils.py

@@ -7,28 +7,36 @@ sys.path.append(str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
 from utils import run
 ### Normal Imports:
 
+from subprocess import run, PIPE
+from pathlib import Path
+import json
+
 def probe_video(path: Path) -> tuple[float, float, str, float]:
-    """
-    Get video FPS, duration, codec, and stream start time.
-
-    Args:
-        path: To Video File
-
-    Returns:
-        fps, duration, codec, start_time
-    """
-    import json
     cmd = [
         "ffprobe",
         "-v", "error",
         "-print_format", "json",
         "-show_streams",
         "-show_format",
-        path
+        str(path),  # IMPORTANT
     ]
-    data = json.loads(run(cmd).stdout)
+
+    result = run(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, text=True)
+
+    if result.returncode != 0:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"ffprobe failed:\n{result.stderr}")
+
+    if not result.stdout.strip():
+        raise RuntimeError("ffprobe returned empty output")
+
+    try:
+        data = json.loads(result.stdout)
+    except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+        print("RAW OUTPUT:\n", result.stdout)  # debug
+        raise
 
     duration = float(data["format"]["duration"])
+
     for s in data["streams"]:
         if s["codec_type"] == "video":
             num, den = s["r_frame_rate"].split("/")