Fix: overwrite leftover ffmpeg temp file if a prior conversion failed #2431
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In our long running whisper.cpp instance, we ran into an issue where ffmpeg failed to convert a single file, and because it failed - it left the resultant target temp file. Subsequent requests failed to process because ffmpeg declined to overwrite the existing target file:
Deleting the file manually allows it to again proceed. This patch
preemptively removes the file just in case it exists to fix this potential issue.adds the-y
flag to ffmpeg instructing it to overwrite if necessary.