convert seems to work

Program.cs

@@ -113,10 +113,6 @@ namespace ttrss_co_client
             }
             Console.WriteLine($"{remainingWork.Count} phase 2 workorders, between pulled from ttrss and read from files");
 
-            while(remainingWork.Count > 0) 
-            {
-                //todo: solve the halting problem
-                //ok but seriously, 
             Phase2Task.TtrssClient = ttrssClient;
             Phase2Task.Conf = conf;
             var phase2TaskTypes = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies()
@@ -129,6 +125,11 @@ namespace ttrss_co_client
                 var concretion = (Phase2Task) Activator.CreateInstance(phase2TaskType);
                 phase2TaskConcretions.Add(concretion);
             }
+
+            while(remainingWork.Count > 0) 
+            {
+                //todo: solve the halting problem
+                //ok but seriously, maybe I could time out work orders after a while? but converting a 3-hour 4k video could easily take an hour!
                 Console.WriteLine($"{phase2TaskConcretions.Count()} phase 2 task types understood");
 
                 var Phase2Tasks = new List<Task<Tuple<Phase2Task.TaskStatus, WorkOrder>>>();
@@ -157,6 +158,8 @@ namespace ttrss_co_client
                 foreach(var lingeringTask in Phase2Tasks)
                 {
                     var wo = await lingeringTask;
+                     //if you tell me it's done, or you need to continue now.... I believe you.
+                     //TODO: be smart enough to override?
                     switch (wo.Item1)
                     {
                         case Phase2Task.TaskStatus.Done:
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ namespace ttrss_co_client
                         break;
                     }
                 }
-    Console.WriteLine($"{remainingWork.Count} phase 2 tasks not complete - should be picked up next run..");
+                Console.WriteLine($"{remainingWork.Count} phase 2 tasks to be re-looped.");
             }
 #endregion
     await ttrssClient.Logout();

tasks/Convert.cs

@@ -1,15 +1,45 @@
-// using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Diagnostics;
-// using ttrss_co_client.ttrss;
+using ttrss_co_client.ttrss;
-// using ttrss_co_client.ttrss.datastructures;
+using ttrss_co_client.ttrss.datastructures;
 
-// namespace ttrss_co_client.tasks
+namespace ttrss_co_client.tasks
-// {
+{
-//     ///<summary>ffmpegify</summary>
+    ///<summary>ffmpegify</summary>
-//     public class Convert : Phase2Task
+    public class Convert : Phase2Task
-//     {
+    {
-//         public override async Task<WorkOrder> ActOn(WorkOrder wo)
+        public override string TaskName => "convert";
-//         {
+        public override async Task<Tuple<TaskStatus, WorkOrder>> ActOn(WorkOrder wo)
+        {
+            var article = (await TtrssClient.GetArticles(wo.articleId))?.FirstOrDefault();
+            if(article == null){
+                Console.Error.WriteLine($"article {wo.articleId} couldn't be retrieved!");
+                return null;
+            }
+            var sw = new Stopwatch();
+            sw.Start();
+            var conversionProc = Process.Start("ffmpeg", $"-y -i \"{wo.data["path"]}\" \"{wo.data["conversion-target"]}\"");
+            conversionProc.WaitForExit();
+            sw.Stop();
+            if(File.Exists(wo.data["conversion-target"]))
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine($"    converted {wo.data["path"]} -> {wo.data["conversion-target"]}");
+                File.Delete(wo.data["path"]);
+                wo.data["path"] = wo.data["conversion-target"];
+            }
             
-//         }
+
-//     }
+            var outputStr = $"converted in {sw.Elapsed}";
-// }
+            Console.WriteLine(outputStr);
+            //re-get, in case conversion took a long time
+            article = (await TtrssClient.GetArticles(wo.articleId))?.FirstOrDefault();
+            await TtrssClient.UpdateArticleNote($"{article.note}\n{outputStr}", article.id);
+            var toReturn = new Tuple<TaskStatus, WorkOrder>(TaskStatus.ContinueNow, wo);
+            if(!wo.Phase2TaskList.Any())
+            {
+                Console.Error.WriteLine($"work order {wo.guid} came to conversion, but thinks its done?");
+                return new Tuple<TaskStatus, WorkOrder>(TaskStatus.Done, null);
+            }
+            return toReturn;
+        }
+    }
+}

tasks/Phase2Task.cs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace ttrss_co_client.tasks
     ///<summary>convert, rip ads, etc</summary>
     public abstract class Phase2Task
     {
-        public string TaskName { get { return this.GetType().ToString(); } }
+        public virtual string TaskName { get { return this.GetType().ToString(); } }
         public static ApiClient TtrssClient { get; set; }
         public static Configuration Conf { get; set; }
         

tasks/StandardDL.cs

@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ namespace ttrss_co_client.tasks
                 Console.WriteLine($"    {headline.link} -> {res.Data}\n{outputStr}");
                 await TtrssClient.SetArticleLabel(labelsWRTArticle.First(l => l.caption?.ToLower() == this.TriggerLabel.ToLower()).id, false, headline.id);
                 Console.WriteLine($"    {headline.title}: label removed");
+                await TtrssClient.UpdateArticleNote($"{headline.note}\n[{DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString()}] - standard dl {(res.Success ? "success" : "failure")}; {string.Join('\n', res.ErrorOutput)}", headline.id);
                 if (!res.Success)
                 {
-                    await TtrssClient.UpdateArticleNote($"{headline.note}\n[{DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString()}] - standard dl failed; {string.Join('\n', res.ErrorOutput)}", headline.id);
                     return null;
                 }
                 else