Fix save-html --no-images ignoring -o

scenedetect/_cli/context.py

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.scene_manager: SceneManager | None = None
         self.stats_manager: StatsManager | None = None
         self.save_images: bool = False  # True if the save-images command was specified
-        self.save_images_result: ty.Any = (None, None)  # Result of save-images used by save-html
+        self.save_images_result: ty.Any = None  # Result of save-images used by save-html
 
         # Input:
         self.video_stream: VideoStream | None = None

tests/release/test_cli_permutations.py

@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ def test_cli_save_qp_smoke(test_video_file, tmp_path):
 def test_cli_save_html_smoke(test_video_file, tmp_path):
     """save-html replaces the deprecated export-html and produces an HTML report.
 
-    Note: save-html lacks its own --output option and ignores the global -o, so the
-    file is routed via --filename with an absolute path.
+    Note: save-html lacks its own --output option, so the file is routed via --filename
+    with an absolute path.
     """
     out_html = tmp_path / "scenes.html"
     result = _run(

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -672,9 +672,16 @@ def test_cli_save_html(tmp_path: Path):
     """Test `save-html` command."""
     base_command = "-i {VIDEO} -s {STATS} time {TIME} {DETECTOR} {COMMAND}"
     assert invoke_scenedetect(base_command, COMMAND="save-html", output_dir=tmp_path) == 0
+    # The global -o option should also apply when no images are saved.
     assert (
-        invoke_scenedetect(base_command, COMMAND="save-html --no-images", output_dir=tmp_path) == 0
+        invoke_scenedetect(
+            base_command,
+            COMMAND="save-html --no-images --filename no-images.html",
+            output_dir=tmp_path,
+        )
+        == 0
     )
+    assert (tmp_path / "no-images.html").exists()
     # Ensure we can still call the now deprecated export-html command.
     assert invoke_scenedetect(base_command, COMMAND="export-html", output_dir=tmp_path) == 0
     # TODO: Check for existence of HTML & image files.

website/pages/changelog.md

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
  - [bugfix] OTIO exports use the full source duration when provided, including from the CLI, instead of declaring a fixed 1,980-frame duration. The available range remains unspecified when the duration is unknown. Scene source ranges are unchanged. [#580](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/pull/580)
  - [bugfix] The OpenCV backend keeps `position` on the last frame after reaching the end of a VFR video, so the last scene no longer ends early (or before it starts) [#561](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/issues/561)
+ - [bugfix] `save-html --no-images` now writes to the global `-o`/`--output` directory instead of the working directory [#583](https://github.com/Breakthrough/PySceneDetect/pull/583)
 
 ### PySceneDetect 0.7.2 (October 11, 2026)