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i am using vlc for transcoding a mp1video file. i am doing it using shell scripting in LINUX. i want vlc to close after the file is transcoded.

I tried the comman vlc:quit but still vlc is not closing.

anybody plz help out.
thanks

could you paste the command line you use ?

thanks for your reply,
the code i used is,
vlc -vvv INPUTFILE.mpg --sout #transcode {vcodec=mp4v,acodec=mpga, vb=256,ab=64,scale=0.5} :standard{access=file,url=OUTPUTFILE.mpg}

this works fine, but if i use vlc:quit the transcoding doesnt take place properly.

what shall i do then?

That's because due to --sout it also does the transcoding on the vlc:quit item, which will result in an empty file. You need to use file specific options instead of global options.

--sout is global
:sout is file specific.

vlc -vvv INPUTFILE.mpg :sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp4v,acodec=mpga, vb=256,ab=64,scale=0.5}:standard{access=file,url=OUTPUTFILE.mpg} vlc:quit

should be a working commandline for you.

thanks, its working now.