Merge pull request #413 from earney/master

fixes #357. confusing error about coreader, when media file does not exist
Zulko · Feb 20, 2017 · 3d91ddd · 3d91ddd
2 parents 58f9022 + 1381b38
commit 3d91ddd
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/moviepy/video/io/VideoFileClip.py b/moviepy/video/io/VideoFileClip.py
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ def __init__(self, filename, has_mask=False,
 
         # Make a reader
         pix_fmt= "rgba" if has_mask else "rgb24"
-        reader = FFMPEG_VideoReader(filename, pix_fmt=pix_fmt)
-        self.reader = reader
+        self.reader = None #need this just in case FFMPEG has issues (__del__ complains)
+        self.reader = FFMPEG_VideoReader(filename, pix_fmt=pix_fmt)
         # Make some of the reader's attributes accessible from the clip
         self.duration = self.reader.duration
         self.end = self.reader.duration