code refactoring: cancellation signal for stdout parsers

server/internal/livestream/livestream.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package livestream
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"log/slog"
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ type LiveStream struct {
 	log          chan []byte        // keeps tracks of the process logs while monitoring, not when started
 	done         chan *LiveStream   // where to signal the completition
 	waitTimeChan chan time.Duration // time to livestream start
-	errors       chan error
 	waitTime     time.Duration
 	liveDate     time.Time
 }
@@ -42,13 +42,15 @@ func New(url string, log chan []byte, done chan *LiveStream) *LiveStream {
 		status:       waiting,
 		waitTime:     time.Second * 0,
 		log:          log,
-		errors:       make(chan error),
 		waitTimeChan: make(chan time.Duration),
 	}
 }
 
 // Start the livestream monitoring process, once completion signals on the done channel
 func (l *LiveStream) Start() error {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
 	cmd := exec.Command(
 		config.Instance().DownloaderPath,
 		l.url,
@@ -85,9 +87,11 @@ func (l *LiveStream) Start() error {
 	doneWaiting := make(chan struct{})
 	go l.monitorStartTime(stdout, doneWaiting)
 
+	//TODO: FFmpeg cannot be logged since is a subprocess of yt-dlp.
+	//      It also may have implication on how the process is killed.
 	go func() {
 		<-doneWaiting
-		l.logFFMpeg(io.MultiReader(stdout, stderr))
+		l.logFFMpeg(ctx, io.MultiReader(stdout, stderr))
 	}()
 
 	// Wait to the yt-dlp+ffmpeg process to finish.
@@ -112,7 +116,6 @@ func (l *LiveStream) monitorStartTime(r io.Reader, doneWait chan struct{}) {
 		doneWait <- struct{}{}
 
 		close(l.waitTimeChan)
-		close(l.errors)
 	}()
 
 	// however the time to live is not shown in a new line (and atm there's nothing to do about)
@@ -164,9 +167,8 @@ func (l *LiveStream) monitorStartTime(r io.Reader, doneWait chan struct{}) {
 	*/
 	for range TRIES {
 		scanner.Scan()
-		line := scanner.Text()
 
-		if strings.Contains(line, "Waiting for") {
+		if strings.Contains(scanner.Text(), "Waiting for") {
 			waitTimeScanner()
 		}
 	}
@@ -223,10 +225,15 @@ func parseTimeSpan(timeStr string) (time.Time, error) {
 	return start, nil
 }
 
-func (l *LiveStream) logFFMpeg(r io.Reader) {
+func (l *LiveStream) logFFMpeg(ctx context.Context, r io.Reader) {
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(r)
 
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return
+	default:
 		for scanner.Scan() {
-		slog.Info("livestream ffmpeg output", slog.String("url", l.url), slog.String("stdout", scanner.Text()))
+			slog.Info("livestream output", slog.String("url", l.url), slog.String("stdout", scanner.Text()))
+		}
 	}
 }