fix #78

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/__main__.py b/src/__main__.py
index bd35e32..284fd2c 100644
--- a/src/__main__.py
+++ b/src/__main__.py
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ def main() -> int:
             mode = 'commandline'
         else:
             # remove unsafe punctuation characters such as \/?*&^%$#
+            if sys.argv[1].endswith('.avp'):
+                # remove file extension
+                sys.argv[1] = sys.argv[1][:-4]
             sys.argv[1] = re.sub(f'[{re.escape(string.punctuation)}]', '', sys.argv[1])
             # opening a project file with gui
             proj = sys.argv[1]
diff --git a/src/components/video.py b/src/components/video.py
index 9fffc26..60ca800 100644
--- a/src/components/video.py
+++ b/src/components/video.py
@@ -63,16 +63,16 @@ class Component(Component):
 
     def properties(self):
         props = []
+        outputFile = None
         if hasattr(self.parent, 'lineEdit_outputFile'):
+            # check only happens in GUI mode
             outputFile = self.parent.lineEdit_outputFile.text()
-        else:
-            outputFile = str(self.parent.args.output)
 
         if not self.videoPath:
             self.lockError("There is no video selected.")
         elif not os.path.exists(self.videoPath):
             self.lockError("The video selected does not exist!")
-        elif os.path.realpath(self.videoPath) == os.path.realpath(outputFile):
+        elif outputFile and os.path.realpath(self.videoPath) == os.path.realpath(outputFile):
             self.lockError("Input and output paths match.")
 
         if self.useAudio: