Executing a binary (ffmpeg) from a build

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I’m trying to use a ffmpeg binary in the build. It works by placing the binaries in the publicfolder and then referencing them through __static. However, in the build, it doesn’t work. Maybe because of permission, as in, the macOS app isn’t allowed to execute the binaries?

Describe the solution you’d like child_process.execFile( path.join(__static, “ffmpeg”)) should work in the build app.

Describe alternatives you’ve considered Tried referencing the binaries outside of the public folder (for example app.getPath("exe")) but with no success so far.

Additional context This might not be related to this vue-cli plugin at all, but I still felt this might be a reasonable place to ask, because it works in dev, just not in the build 😃

[nklayman]

I think I found a solution, try this:

In vue.config.js:

module.exports = {
  pluginOptions: {
    electronBuilder: {
      builderOptions: {
        extraResources: ['./ffmpeg']
      }
    }
  }
}

In app.vue (or wherever you are spawning from):

import { spawn } from "child_process";
import path from "path";
spawn(path.join(__static, "../ffmpeg"));

This assumes ffmpeg is in the root dir of your project, but you can have it in a subfolder if you like, just update all the path references.

[getflourish]

🥳 It works exactly like that! Thank you!