[FFserver-user] the server crashes when runing shell script that starts ffserver
Anthony Brown
av at bsbc.nb.ca
Wed Apr 6 13:47:40 CEST 2011
On 11-04-06 06:09 AM, Victor Petrescu wrote:
> The problem is that when the cron is runned the system crashes (actually
> I not really crashes the stream (witch I see from another computer) is
> working perfectly but I can't do anything on the machine. The screen
> becomes black and I can't do anything except to restart it). I have a
> script that kills the anterior processes. If I uses it the stream stops,
> but I still don't regain access to the system (same black screeen
> whatever I do).
I'm slightly surprised that it even runs at all: in my experience,
ffmpeg gets upset if it loses it's console. I think that sends it a
SIGHUP and then it stops.
My usual solution for running ffmpeg in a cron job is to use nohup. It
also avoids having to route ffmpeg's verbiage to /dev/null and saves it
in a file in case you want to see what went wrong.
On a totally unrelated note, one other thing I do with scripting
ffserver stuff is to run the ffmpeg task by turning it into an upstart
job. That way, when it crashes it can be respawned and I don't lose my
feed. It's also possible to run it inside a while forever sort of loop.
I have found that the ffmpeg task often gets upset with incoming
streams (at least with the one I send it which, as I have mentioned
before is HDV over firewire from my camera ingested into VLC on a WinXP
box and sent by http to ffmpeg/ffserver). I routinely get "non-monotone
timestamp errors" which abort ffmpeg. Putting it in an upstart job
works around that problem. Now instead of losing the feed entirely, all
I get is a short glitch.
A/B
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Anthony Brown
Audiovisual coordinator
Brunswick Street Baptist Church
Telephone: (506)-458-8348 (leave message)
Email: av at bsbc.nb.ca
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