transcode: check for MistProcLivepeer in user $PATH
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- Go
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Description
Currently hardcoded to /usr/bin/MistProcLivepeer but this should fail smarter if it's not found in the user $PATH
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Research direction
Locate the transcode code that hardcodes /usr/bin/MistProcLivepeer and inspect how the process is started. Check behavior when MistProcLivepeer is absent from the user's PATH, and consider the issue done when the failure reports that the executable was not found rather than failing opaquely.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100