[Gambas-user] ffmpeg locking up Shell

[Fabien Bodard]

Is there any output in the terminal ?

Le mar. 21 sept. 2021 à 10:47, Bruce Steers <bsteers4 at gmail.com> a écrit :
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> I'm trying to use ffmpeg to get the time length of a music file.
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> I'm doing it like this..
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>   Shell "ffmpeg -i '" & sSoundFile & "' 2>&1|grep Duration|awk '{print $2}'" Wait To sVar
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> the command works fine in a terminal but my gambas app freezes on trying to run it?
> I know the command outputs to error not stdout so have to use the 2>&1 divert
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> Anyone know what the problem is?
> It's like the ffmpeg command never exits
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> Cheers all
> BruceS
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Fabien Bodard