How do you package a 3rd party command exe with build

[graceful loom]

My project uses a static build of FFMPEG which is installed via NPM and saved in node_modules. It runs fine via dev but when I build and run the app I get an error thrown that FFMPEG isn't found. I believe I have to make sure the exe is packaged with the build maybe?

[gaunt spoke]

you cant do so

better to add ffmpeg as resource file

[graceful loom]

Thanks that worked. Is there way to tell the path difference between dev and prod without using the env var? Seems like dev starts at ./assets/ but prod starts at ./resources/assets/

[gaunt spoke]

https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/app#appispackaged-readonly

[graceful loom]

Cheers

[outer ledge]

I'm running on a similar issue, how do you add files as resources?

[cedar panther]

I think it's with extraResources on electron-builder config:
https://www.electron.build/configuration/contents#extraresources

[outer ledge]

I solved it using electron-forge and unpackDir config