Better error handling in stream forwarder

main.go

@@ -96,11 +96,8 @@ func main() {
 	go web.Serve(remoteSdpChan, localSdpChan, &cfg.Web)
 	go webrtc.Serve(remoteSdpChan, localSdpChan, &cfg.WebRTC)
 
-	// Init stream forwarding
+	// Configure stream forwarding
-	err = forwarding.New(&cfg.Forwarding)
+	forwarding.New(cfg.Forwarding)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalln("Failed to init stream forwarding:", err)
-	}
 
 	// Wait for routines
 	select {}

stream/forwarding/forwarding.go

@@ -12,56 +12,59 @@ import (
 type Options map[string][]string
 
 var (
-	options            Options
+	cfg                Options
 	ffmpegInstances    = make(map[string]*exec.Cmd)
 	ffmpegInputStreams = make(map[string]*io.WriteCloser)
 )
 
 // New Load configuration
-func New(cfg *Options) error {
+func New(c Options) {
-	options = *cfg
+	cfg = c
-	return nil
+	log.Printf("Stream forwarding initialized")
 }
 
 // RegisterStream Declare a new open stream and create ffmpeg instances
-func RegisterStream(name string) {
+func RegisterStream(name string) error {
-	if len(options[name]) == 0 {
+	streams, exist := cfg[name]
-		return
+	if !exist || len(streams) == 0 {
+		// Nothing to do, not configured
+		return nil
 	}
 
+	// Launch FFMPEG instance
 	params := []string{"-re", "-i", "pipe:0"}
-	for _, stream := range options[name] {
+	for _, stream := range streams {
 		params = append(params, "-f", "flv", "-preset", "ultrafast", "-tune", "zerolatency",
 			"-c", "copy", stream)
 	}
-	// Launch FFMPEG instance
 	ffmpeg := exec.Command("ffmpeg", params...)
 
 	// Open pipes
 	input, err := ffmpeg.StdinPipe()
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		return err
 	}
 	output, err := ffmpeg.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		return err
 	}
 	errOutput, err := ffmpeg.StderrPipe()
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		return err
 	}
 	ffmpegInstances[name] = ffmpeg
 	ffmpegInputStreams[name] = &input
 
+	// Start FFMpeg
 	if err := ffmpeg.Start(); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		return err
 	}
 
 	// Log ffmpeg output
 	go func() {
 		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(output)
 		for scanner.Scan() {
-			log.Println("[FFMPEG " + name + "] " + scanner.Text())
+			log.Printf("[FFMPEG %s] %s", name, scanner.Text())
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -69,12 +72,14 @@ func RegisterStream(name string) {
 	go func() {
 		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(errOutput)
 		for scanner.Scan() {
-			log.Println("[FFMPEG ERROR " + name + "] " + scanner.Text())
+			log.Printf("[FFMPEG ERR %s] %s", name, scanner.Text())
 		}
 	}()
+
+	return nil
 }
 
-// SendPacket When a SRT packet is received, transmit it to all FFMPEG instances related to the stream key
+// SendPacket forward data to all FFMpeg instances related to the stream name
 func SendPacket(name string, data []byte) {
 	stdin := ffmpegInputStreams[name]
 	_, err := (*stdin).Write(data)
@@ -84,11 +89,12 @@ func SendPacket(name string, data []byte) {
 }
 
 // CloseConnection When the stream is ended, close FFMPEG instances
-func CloseConnection(name string) {
+func CloseConnection(name string) error {
 	ffmpeg := ffmpegInstances[name]
 	if err := ffmpeg.Process.Kill(); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		return err
 	}
 	delete(ffmpegInstances, name)
 	delete(ffmpegInputStreams, name)
+	return nil
 }

stream/srt/srt.go

@@ -57,21 +57,23 @@ func Serve(cfg *Options) {
 		buff := make([]byte, 2048)
 
 		// Setup stream forwarding
-		forwarding.RegisterStream("demo") // FIXME Replace with real stream key
+		// FIXME: demo should be replaced by stream name
+		if err := forwarding.RegisterStream("demo"); err != nil {
+			log.Println("Error occurred during forward stream init:", err)
+			break
+		}
 
 		// Read RTP packets forever and send them to the WebRTC Client
 		for {
 			n, err := s.Read(buff, 10000)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Println("Error occured while reading SRT socket:", err)
-				forwarding.CloseConnection("demo")
 				break
 			}
 
 			if n == 0 {
 				// End of stream
 				log.Printf("Received no bytes, stopping stream.")
-				forwarding.CloseConnection("demo")
 				break
 			}
 
@@ -84,5 +86,9 @@ func Serve(cfg *Options) {
 			// See https://github.com/ebml-go/webm/blob/master/reader.go
 			//err := videoTrack.WriteSample(media.Sample{Data: data, Samples: uint32(sampleCount)})
 		}
+
+		if err := forwarding.CloseConnection("demo"); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Failed to close forward stream: %s", err)
+		}
 	}
 }