Rerun command if it die in elixir

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Hi, I use m3u8 to live stream audio, I use ffmpeg to convert from webrtc to m3u8. but some reason ffm (port not avaiable) can not start or it die when running. I want to Rerun it again with other port.
I use Supervisor and GenServer to do it. here my code:

defmodule FFmpeg.Supervisor do
  use Supervisor

  def start_link do
    Supervisor.start_link(__MODULE__, [])
  end

  def init(_) do
    children = [
      worker(FFmpeg.Service, [])
    ]

    supervise(children, [strategy: :one_for_one])
  end
end

defmodule FFmpeg.Service do
  use GenServer

  def init(:ok) do
    {:ok, :ok}
  end

  def start_link do
    GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, :ok, name: __MODULE__)
  end

  def start_ffmpeg(room) do
    GenServer.call(__MODULE__, {:check, room})
  end

  def handle_call({:check, room}, _from, state) do
    exec = "ffmpeg -analyzeduration 300M -probesize 300M -i #{sdp_file} -strict -2 -c:a aac -ar 16k -ac 1 -preset ultrafast -tune zerolatency  -f flv #{path_rtmp_janus}/stream_#{room.id} -nostdin -nostats >/dev/null 2>&1 &"
    Port.open({:spawn, exec}, [:binary])  # how to RERUN if it die
    IO.inspect "========= END run ffmpeg =============="

    {:reply, :ok}
  end
end

and run by:

if !Process.whereis(FFmpeg.Service) do
        FFmpeg.Supervisor.start_link()
end

 FFmpeg.Service.start_ffmpeg(room)
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Typically we would do the following: Port.open returns a port(). You can monitor this port() using Port.monitor/1
If ffmpeg dies it will send a {:DOWN, ref, :port, object, reason} to GenServer.handle_info allowing you to act on it.

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I added this code:

port = Port.open({:spawn, exec}, [:binary])
Port.monitor(port)

....
def handle_info({:DOWN, ref, :port, object, reason}, state) do
    IO.inspect "========= DOWN =============="
    IO.inspect reason
    {:noreply, state}
end

it always run to :DOWN with reason :normal, I change exec query to error it continue run the same

4

Can you force ffmpeg to terminate unexpectedly to see if the “reason” changes ?

5

I try it, but it same, I change wrong command to exec, but it not change reason

6

Given this you might have to call a shell script which exec ffmpeg. The shell script can traps it dying unexpectedly and returning an error code if that occurs.

7

erlexec or porcelain can do that for you as well with their helper addons.

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I am wrong with command, I remove >/dev/null 2>&1 & and it work