Support a local working directory copy of ffmpeg. Closes #276

config/defaults.go

@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ func getDefaults() config {
 }
 
 func getDefaultFFMpegPath() string {
+	// First look to see if ffmpeg is in the current working directory
+	localCopy := "./ffmpeg"
+	hasLocalCopyError := verifyFFMpegPath(localCopy)
+	if hasLocalCopyError == nil {
+		// No error, so all is good.  Use the local copy.
+		return localCopy
+	}
+
 	cmd := exec.Command("which", "ffmpeg")
 	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {

config/verifyInstall.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package ffmpeg
+package config
 
 import (
 	"errors"
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 )
 
-//VerifyFFMpegPath verifies that the path exists, is a file, and is executable
-func VerifyFFMpegPath(path string) error {
+//verifyFFMpegPath verifies that the path exists, is a file, and is executable
+func verifyFFMpegPath(path string) error {
 	stat, err := os.Stat(path)
 
 	if os.IsNotExist(err) {