From a7ddbc0475db14d5249a312e4e03aaf0adc82647 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pukkandan <pukkandan.ytdlp@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 23:00:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] [ModifyChapters] Handle the entire video being marked for
 removal

Closes #5238
---
 yt_dlp/postprocessor/modify_chapters.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/postprocessor/modify_chapters.py b/yt_dlp/postprocessor/modify_chapters.py
index b2b1acca4..a745b4524 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/postprocessor/modify_chapters.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/postprocessor/modify_chapters.py
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ class ModifyChaptersPP(FFmpegPostProcessor):
         info['chapters'], cuts = self._remove_marked_arrange_sponsors(chapters + sponsor_chapters)
         if not cuts:
             return [], info
+        elif not info['chapters']:
+            self.report_warning('You have requested to remove the entire video, which is not possible')
+            return [], info
 
         original_duration, info['duration'] = info.get('duration'), info['chapters'][-1]['end_time']
         if self._duration_mismatch(real_duration, original_duration, 1):