From 032d6613f730d5ec596f3789804e6ec621f31029 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gus Caplan <me@guscaplan.me>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 20:28:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add a message, because WHY THE HELL DID NO ONE EVER DO THIS
 (#690)

* add a message, because WHY THE HELL DID NO ONE EVER DO THIS

!!!

* make message better

* make linter happy

* disable max-len rule for line 37

* make gawdl3y be happy

* gawdl3y triggers me

* Update FfmpegConverterEngine.js
---
 src/client/voice/pcm/FfmpegConverterEngine.js | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/client/voice/pcm/FfmpegConverterEngine.js b/src/client/voice/pcm/FfmpegConverterEngine.js
index 4875aca9e..ab03e2986 100644
--- a/src/client/voice/pcm/FfmpegConverterEngine.js
+++ b/src/client/voice/pcm/FfmpegConverterEngine.js
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ function chooseCommand() {
   for (const cmd of ['ffmpeg', 'avconv', './ffmpeg', './avconv']) {
     if (!ChildProcess.spawnSync(cmd, ['-h']).error) return cmd;
   }
-  return null;
+  throw new Error(
+    'FFMPEG was not found on your system, so audio cannot be played.' +
+    'Please make sure FFMPEG is installed and in your PATH'
+  );
 }
 
 module.exports = FfmpegConverterEngine;