From d98d2e0f2ea49878101fec7a5b5598e14af082ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sladro <sladro@163.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:54:18 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] update plugins/publish/publish_node.cpp

---
 plugins/publish/publish_node.cpp | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/publish/publish_node.cpp b/plugins/publish/publish_node.cpp
index 9f29ffe..68d8e36 100644
--- a/plugins/publish/publish_node.cpp
+++ b/plugins/publish/publish_node.cpp
@@ -96,10 +96,15 @@ public:
             av_dict_set(&opts, "hls_time", seg.c_str(), 0);
             av_dict_set(&opts, "hls_list_size", "0", 0);
             av_dict_set(&opts, "hls_flags", "delete_segments+append_list", 0);
+            // Ensure HLS output directory exists (HLS muxer uses AVFMT_NOFILE)
+            std::filesystem::path p(url_);
+            if (!p.has_extension()) p /= "index.m3u8";
+            std::error_code ec;
+            std::filesystem::create_directories(p.parent_path(), ec);
         }
 
-        // For RTSP server, let libavformat handle the listening socket in write_header.
-        if (proto_ == "hls" && !(fmt_->oformat->flags & AVFMT_NOFILE)) {
+        // For non-NOFILE formats, open IO context manually.
+        if (!(fmt_->oformat->flags & AVFMT_NOFILE)) {
             if (av_io_open(url_, opts) < 0) {
                 av_dict_free(&opts);
                 Close();