Create hls directories at transcoder start to account for stream output changes. Fixes #940

core/core.go

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strconv"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
@@ -132,31 +131,6 @@ func resetDirectories() {
 	// Remove the previous thumbnail
 	os.Remove(filepath.Join(config.WebRoot, "thumbnail.jpg"))
 
-	// Create private hls data dirs
-	if len(data.GetStreamOutputVariants()) != 0 {
-		for index := range data.GetStreamOutputVariants() {
-			err = os.MkdirAll(path.Join(config.PrivateHLSStoragePath, strconv.Itoa(index)), 0777)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatalln(err)
-			}
-
-			err = os.MkdirAll(path.Join(config.PublicHLSStoragePath, strconv.Itoa(index)), 0777)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatalln(err)
-			}
-		}
-	} else {
-		err = os.MkdirAll(path.Join(config.PrivateHLSStoragePath, strconv.Itoa(0)), 0777)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalln(err)
-		}
-
-		err = os.MkdirAll(path.Join(config.PublicHLSStoragePath, strconv.Itoa(0)), 0777)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatalln(err)
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Remove the previous thumbnail
 	logo := data.GetLogoPath()
 	err = utils.Copy(path.Join("data", logo), "webroot/thumbnail.jpg")

core/transcoder/transcoder.go

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ func (t *Transcoder) Start() {
 
 	command := t.getString()
 	log.Infof("Video transcoder started using %s with %d stream variants.", t.codec.DisplayName(), len(t.variants))
+	createVariantDirectories()
 
 	if config.EnableDebugFeatures {
 		log.Println(command)

core/transcoder/utils.go

@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 package transcoder
 
 import (
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/owncast/owncast/config"
+	"github.com/owncast/owncast/core/data"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
@@ -79,3 +84,34 @@ func handleTranscoderMessage(message string) {
 
 	_lastTranscoderLogMessage = message
 }
+
+func createVariantDirectories() {
+	// Create private hls data dirs
+	if len(data.GetStreamOutputVariants()) != 0 {
+		for index := range data.GetStreamOutputVariants() {
+			err := os.MkdirAll(path.Join(config.PrivateHLSStoragePath, strconv.Itoa(index)), 0777)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatalln(err)
+			}
+			dir := path.Join(config.PublicHLSStoragePath, strconv.Itoa(index))
+			log.Traceln("Creating", dir)
+			err = os.MkdirAll(dir, 0777)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatalln(err)
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		dir := path.Join(config.PrivateHLSStoragePath, strconv.Itoa(0))
+		log.Traceln("Creating", dir)
+		err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0777)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalln(err)
+		}
+		dir = path.Join(config.PublicHLSStoragePath, strconv.Itoa(0))
+		log.Traceln("Creating", dir)
+		err = os.MkdirAll(dir, 0777)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalln(err)
+		}
+	}
+}