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technosaurus · Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 4277

you _shouldn't_ see anything on the command line if you are redirecting stderr to a file because ffmpeg sporadically uses write(2,...) to output a lot to stderr, vice the traditional stdin which is write(1,...)

I don't know their reasoning for this - just that it makes it a PITA to parse the output.

piping through cat seems to work though

ffmpeg [parameters] 2>/dev/stdin |cat > [file]
or the equivalent
ffmpeg [parameters] 2>&1 |cat > [file]

if you want also to _see_ the output use tee instead of cat

sunburnt · Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 5009 Location: Arizona, U.S.A.

Success!! Thanks technosaurus!

The problem... I had the code for this in a function, I put it in the main code...
Now I`m thinking some of the other suggestions will work also...

jpeps · Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 3220

sunburnt · Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 5009 Location: Arizona, U.S.A.

Speech codecs: amr, vpx, speex, and z and bz filtered out of the GUI list.
And the video and audio codecs are separated into two lists.

I don`t see a codec for Mpeg 2, is it still illegal to have it without paying?
And I don`t see the Flash codec, it`s popular (web) but it`s loosing favor I hear.
How about codecs for Ipod, PSP, and other portable video devices?
Are there any other codecs I should be looking for? wma, wmv, mp4, mov, etc.?

Thanks guys... Now I need to write code to make the GUI`s varying radio boxes.

big_bass · Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 1747

Quite a few people posted here with good info
but I took this as a puzzle only (I like puzzles) and was bored Very Happy

since this thread was solved but that -e command still bugged me

its easy without the -e
that changes how the command line is read
giving you a named window

I got this one to work