Allowing nosound_video to be specified in send_file() and send_message(), to choose whether videos without sound send as videos or as animated gifs

telethon/client/messages.py

@@ -640,7 +640,8 @@ class MessageMethods:
             background: bool = None,
             supports_streaming: bool = False,
             schedule: 'hints.DateLike' = None,
-            comment_to: 'typing.Union[int, types.Message]' = None
+            comment_to: 'typing.Union[int, types.Message]' = None,
+            nosound_video: bool = None,
     ) -> 'types.Message':
         """
         Sends a message to the specified user, chat or channel.
@@ -754,6 +755,15 @@ class MessageMethods:
                 This parameter takes precedence over ``reply_to``. If there is
                 no linked chat, `telethon.errors.sgIdInvalidError` is raised.
 
+            nosoundvideo (`bool`, optional):
+                Only applicable when sending a video file without an audio
+                track. If set to true, the video will be displayed in telegram
+                as a video. If set to false, telegram will attempt to display
+                the video as an animated gif. (It may still display as a video
+                due to other factors.) The value is ignored if set on
+                non-video files. This is set to true for albums, as gifs cannot
+                be sent in albums.
+
         Returns
             The sent `custom.Message <telethon.tl.custom.message.Message>`.
 
@@ -821,7 +831,8 @@ class MessageMethods:
                 buttons=buttons, clear_draft=clear_draft, silent=silent,
                 schedule=schedule, supports_streaming=supports_streaming,
                 formatting_entities=formatting_entities,
-                comment_to=comment_to, background=background
+                comment_to=comment_to, background=background,
+                nosound_video=nosound_video,
             )
 
         entity = await self.get_input_entity(entity)

telethon/client/uploads.py

@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ class UploadMethods:
             schedule: 'hints.DateLike' = None,
             comment_to: 'typing.Union[int, types.Message]' = None,
             ttl: int = None,
+            nosound_video: bool = None,
             **kwargs) -> 'types.Message':
         """
         Sends message with the given file to the specified entity.
@@ -286,6 +287,15 @@ class UploadMethods:
                 Not all types of media can be used with this parameter, such
                 as text documents, which will fail with ``TtlMediaInvalidError``.
 
+            nosound_video (`bool`. optional):
+                This value only applies if sending a video without an audio
+                track. If True, the video will be displayed in telegram as a
+                video. If False, telegram will attempt to display it as an
+                animated gif. (Though it may still display as a video,
+                depending on other factors.) The value is ignored if the file
+                is not a video. The value is set to True for albums, as gifs
+                cannot be sent in albums.
+
         Returns
             The `Message <telethon.tl.custom.message.Message>` (or messages)
             containing the sent file, or messages if a list of them was passed.
@@ -389,7 +399,8 @@ class UploadMethods:
             progress_callback=progress_callback,
             attributes=attributes,  allow_cache=allow_cache, thumb=thumb,
             voice_note=voice_note, video_note=video_note,
-            supports_streaming=supports_streaming, ttl=ttl
+            supports_streaming=supports_streaming, ttl=ttl,
+            nosound_video=nosound_video,
         )
 
         # e.g. invalid cast from :tl:`MessageMediaWebPage`
@@ -439,13 +450,13 @@ class UploadMethods:
         media = []
         for sent_count, file in enumerate(files):
             # Albums want :tl:`InputMedia` which, in theory, includes
-            # :tl:`InputMediaUploadedPhoto`. However using that will
+            # :tl:`InputMediaUploadedPhoto`. However, using that will
             # make it `raise MediaInvalidError`, so we need to upload
             # it as media and then convert that to :tl:`InputMediaPhoto`.
             fh, fm, _ = await self._file_to_media(
                 file, supports_streaming=supports_streaming,
                 force_document=force_document, ttl=ttl,
-                progress_callback=used_callback)
+                progress_callback=used_callback, nosound_video=True)
             if isinstance(fm, (types.InputMediaUploadedPhoto, types.InputMediaPhotoExternal)):
                 r = await self(functions.messages.UploadMediaRequest(
                     entity, media=fm
@@ -675,7 +686,7 @@ class UploadMethods:
             progress_callback=None, attributes=None, thumb=None,
             allow_cache=True, voice_note=False, video_note=False,
             supports_streaming=False, mime_type=None, as_image=None,
-            ttl=None):
+            ttl=None, nosound_video=None):
         if not file:
             return None, None, None
 
@@ -762,7 +773,7 @@ class UploadMethods:
 
             # setting `nosound_video` to `True` doesn't affect videos with sound
             # instead it prevents sending silent videos as GIFs
-            nosound_video = True if mime_type.split("/")[0] == 'video' else None
+            nosound_video = nosound_video if mime_type.split("/")[0] == 'video' else None
 
             media = types.InputMediaUploadedDocument(
                 file=file_handle,