[Gambas-user] ffmpeg locking up Shell

[Bruce Steers]

Terminal yes, Gambas no.


On Tue, 21 Sep 2021, 11:00 Fabien Bodard, <gambas.fr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there any output in the terminal ?
>
> Le mar. 21 sept. 2021 à 10:47, Bruce Steers <bsteers4 at gmail.com> a écrit :
> >
> >
> > I'm trying to use ffmpeg to get the time length of a music file.
> >
> > I'm doing it like this..
> >
> >   Shell "ffmpeg -i '" & sSoundFile & "' 2>&1|grep Duration|awk '{print
> $2}'" Wait To sVar
> >
> > 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
> >
> > Anyone know what the problem is?
> > It's like the ffmpeg command never exits
> >
> > Cheers all
> > BruceS
> >
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> Fabien Bodard
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