Transcoding Script Trouble

[clcoulte]

I wrote a little script to try to convert avi files into mpg for use with the Tivo server Galleon. (Tivo boxes can only play mpeg2 files) but the script keeps stopping at a certain point.

Script:

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#!/bin/bash for a in *.avi; do vlc -I dummy -vvv "$a" --sout "#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vb=1500,width=720,height=480,fps=24,scale=1,acodec=mpga,ab=128,channels=2}:standard{access=file,mux=ps,dst=\"/home/MYUSERNAME/Videos/TivoFiles/ToTivo/$a.mpg\"}"vlc://quit done

My actual user name was edited to MYUSERNAME btw

The script stops at after these lines and I have to interrupt in order to get to the next iteration:

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[0x9d34260] main playlist debug: changing item without a request (current 0/1) [0x9d34260] main playlist debug: nothing to play

[Arite]

Put a space in before vlc://quit (as it is treated as a separate playlist entry).

Could you post more messages?

Arite.

[mc2man]

If you want to not have .avi in the new name then maybe work this into your dst
"${a%.avi}.mpg"
sorta like - picking up at the dst

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dst=\"/home/username/Videos/"${a%.avi}.mpg"\"}" vlc://quit done

[clcoulte]

that seems to have fixed it, and thanks for the tip about the filename