[mythtv-commits] Ticket #8349: Better cleanup of ffmpeg process when web streaming is cancelled

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#8349: Better cleanup of ffmpeg process when web streaming is cancelled
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 Reporter:  brandon.d.shields+mythtv@…          |       Owner:  kormoc 
     Type:  patch                               |      Status:  new    
 Priority:  minor                               |   Milestone:  unknown
Component:  Plugin - MythWeb                    |     Version:  0.23rc2
 Severity:  low                                 |     Mlocked:  0      
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 I use lighttpd, and when the ffmpeg process is spawned by stream_flv.pl it
 is executed via a 'sh' process (see below).  The method used in
 stream_flv.pl to cleanup ffmpeg is insufficient.  The attached patch
 forces a new process group id, and uses that to terminate the ffmpeg
 process.

 {{{
  5249 ?        00:00:00       lighttpd
  5846 ?        00:00:00         php-cgi <defunct>
  5849 ?        00:00:00         php-cgi <defunct>
  6006 ?        00:00:00         php-cgi
  6116 ?        00:00:01           php-cgi
  7019 ?        00:00:00         php-cgi
  7020 ?        00:00:00           php-cgi
  7022 ?        00:00:00         perl
  7024 ?        00:00:00           sh
  7025 ?        00:00:05             ffmpeg
 }}}

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