Currently, ffmpeg is started via the proc_open() method from PHP. However, when things go wrong, the process seems to stay open and eating up significant CPU resources trying to transcode even though nothing is being displayed. We need some way to check on this process and kill it off if necessary.
Currently, ffmpeg is started via the proc_open() method from PHP. However, when things go wrong, the process seems to stay open and eating up significant CPU resources trying to transcode even though nothing is being displayed. We need some way to check on this process and kill it off if necessary.