Process is not killing it self on error (or Timeout).

[mh4ck]

The ffmpeg process is not killing itself on an error the error event, and kill() is not working.
Does anybody know how to fix this?

I think the processes stay available on reaching the timeout.
After a timeout the 'error' event is called, in this i kill the process but the process in linux "ps"
is still available.

Is there another way to get the process id or something to kill it?

var ffmpegProc = new ffmpeg({source:videoPath, timeout: 20})
                  .duration(900) //15 min
                  .format('mp3')
                  .on('error', function(err, stdout, stderr) {

                    activeConversions--;
                    fs.exists(videoPath, function(exists) {

                      if(exists) {

                       fs.unlink(videoPath, exports.handleError);
                      }
                    });
                    if(!_.isUndefined(currentConversions[id]))delete currentConversions[id];
                    if(!_.isUndefined(ffmpegProc.kill))ffmpegProc.kill();
                    exports.handleError({err:err});
                  })
                  .on('start', function(pinfo) {

                    activeConversions++;
                    currentConversions[id] = {
                      progressName: 'Converting to MP3', 
                      progressValue: 0, 
                      title: info.title
                    };
                  })
                  .on('end', function() {

                    activeConversions--;
                    fs.exists(videoPath, function(exists) {

                      if(exists) {

                       fs.unlink(videoPath, exports.handleError);
                      }
                    });
                    if(!_.isUndefined(currentConversions[id]))delete currentConversions[id];
                  })
                  .pipe(writeStream, {end: true});

[njoyard]

Getting the pid won't enable you to do anything .kill does not.
What is the error you're getting when ffmpeg is not killed ?

[njoyard]

Also, take care with your activeConversions : you can have an 'error' event without any 'start' event in some corner cases.

[mh4ck]

I get the "timeout" (Error: process ran into a timeout (20s)) error - after that the process is not killed.

[njoyard]

What is your OS and which versions of fluent-ffmpeg/ffmpeg/node.js are you using?

[mh4ck]

OS: Debian
NodeJS: v0.12.7

[Kostanos]

This is how I kill it:

let self = this;
self.camera
        .on('error', (err, stdout, stderr) => {
          error('Video stream closed error(%s) stderr(%s)', err.message, stderr);
          reject('Video stream closed ' + stderr);
          if (self.camera) {
            self.camera.kill();
            self.camera = null;
            self.stream = null;
          }
        });

My question is why do I have timeout every 30 seconds. I found that other people reported 600 seconds timeout some other even 20 seconds.