added powershell/yt-dlp-silent.exe detection and usage

hides the cmd window using powershell or if found yt-dlp-silent.exe (a small c++ wrapper i wrote)

youtube.lua

@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 -- YouTube Link Resolver for VLC with Separate Video and Audio URLs
 -- Place this script in VLC's lua/playlist directory
 
+local yt_dlp_path = 'yt-dlp.exe';
+local yt_dlp_silent_path = 'yt-dlp-silent.exe';
+
+function sleep(s)
+  local ntime = os.time() + s
+  repeat until os.time() > ntime
+end
+
 function probe()
     -- Check if the input is a YouTube link
     return vlc.access == "http" or vlc.access == "https" and 
@@ -10,46 +18,111 @@ end
 function parse()
     -- Construct the full YouTube URL
     local youtube_url = vlc.access .. "://" .. vlc.path
-
-    -- Path to yt-dlp executable (modify as needed)
-    local yt_dlp_path = "C:\\YT-DLP\\yt-dlp.exe"
-
-    -- Construct the command to get the direct video and audio URLs
-    local cmd = string.format(
-        '%s -g "%s"',
-        yt_dlp_path,
-        youtube_url
-    )
-
-    -- Execute yt-dlp to get the direct video and audio URLs
-    local handle = io.popen(cmd)
+    local cmd_hidden = yt_dlp_silent_path
     
-    -- Read video URL (first line)
-    local video_url = handle:read("*l")
-    
-    -- Read audio URL (second line)
-    local audio_url = handle:read("*l")
-    
-    handle:close()
+	
+	local video_url = '';
+	local audio_url = '';
+	
+    -- Check if ytp-dlp-silent.exe exists, if not, fall back to Powershell
+    local yt_dlp_silent_exists = io.open(yt_dlp_silent_path, "r") ~= nil
+    if not yt_dlp_silent_exists then
+        vlc.msg.info(yt_dlp_silent_path .. " not found. Falling back to " .. yt_dlp_path)
+		cmd_hidden = 'PowerShell.exe -windowstyle hidden cmd /c &'
+		
+		 local cmd = string.format(
+        '%s "%s" -g %s',
+			cmd_hidden,
+			yt_dlp_path,
+			youtube_url
+		)
+
+		-- Execute yt-dlp to get the direct video and audio URLs
+		local handle = io.popen(cmd)
+				
+		-- Read video URL (first line)
+		video_url = handle:read("*l")
+		
+		-- Read audio URL (second line)
+		audio_url = handle:read("*l")
+		
+		handle:close()
+	else      
+		vlc.msg.info(yt_dlp_silent_path .. " found. Running program")
+		local cmd = string.format(
+			'%s -s "%s -g %s"',
+			cmd_hidden,
+			yt_dlp_path,
+			youtube_url
+		)
+	
+		local process = io.popen("start /B " .. cmd)
+		process:close()
+		
+	  -- Wait for yt-dlp-output.txt to be created
+		local output_file = "yt-dlp-output.txt"
+		local file_exists = false
+		local timeout = 0
+		local timeout_limit = 10 -- Timeout after 10 seconds
+
+		-- Check for file every 1 second until it's created
+		while not file_exists do
+			local file_test = os.rename(output_file, output_file) -- Try renaming (checking file existence)
+			if file_test then
+				file_exists = true
+			else
+				-- Wait a little before trying again
+				vlc.msg.info("Waiting for output file...")
+				sleep(1) -- Sleep for 1 second
+				timeout = timeout + 1
+				if timeout > timeout_limit then
+					vlc.msg.warn("Timeout reached. The output file was not created.")
+					break
+				end
+			end
+		end
+
+		vlc.msg.info("File found")
+		-- Open the file to read the video and audio URLs
+		local file = io.open(output_file, "r")
+		video_url = file:read("*l")
+		audio_url = file:read("*l")
+		file:close()
+
+		-- Delete the file after reading
+		os.remove(output_file)
+	end
+	
+    vlc.msg.info("Video URL: " .. video_url)
+    vlc.msg.info("Audio URL: " .. audio_url)
 
     -- Trim any whitespace
-    video_url = video_url:gsub("^%s+", ""):gsub("%s+$", "")
-    audio_url = audio_url:gsub("^%s+", ""):gsub("%s+$", "")
+    video_url = video_url and video_url:gsub("^%s+", ""):gsub("%s+$", "") or ""
+    audio_url = audio_url and audio_url:gsub("^%s+", ""):gsub("%s+$", "") or ""
 
     -- Log the resolved URLs
     vlc.msg.info("[YouTube Resolver] Original URL: " .. youtube_url)
     vlc.msg.info("[YouTube Resolver] Video URL: " .. video_url)
-    vlc.msg.info("[YouTube Resolver] Audio URL: " .. audio_url)
 
-    -- Create a playlist item with both video and audio URLs
-    return {
-        {
-            path = video_url,
-            name = vlc.path .. " (Video)",
-            options = {
-                -- Add audio URL as input option
-                ":input-slave=" .. audio_url
+    if audio_url and audio_url ~= "" then
+        vlc.msg.info("[YouTube Resolver] Audio URL: " .. audio_url)
+        return {
+            {
+                path = video_url,
+                name = vlc.path .. " (Video)",
+                options = {
+                    -- Add audio URL as input option
+                    ":input-slave=" .. audio_url
+                }
             }
         }
-    }
-end
+    else
+        vlc.msg.warn("[YouTube Resolver] No separate audio URL found. Playing single URL with both video and audio.")
+        return {
+            {
+                path = video_url,
+                name = vlc.path .. " (Video + Audio)"
+            }
+        }
+    end
+end