On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 08:30:14AM +0100, Oliver Seitz wrote: > I myself would prefer to tell mplayer how long to record, ending tidily > when done from just letting it go, killing it after the time is over. If you send it only one signal that should be "ending tidily", you can send it SIGQUIT if you don't like "KILL" for cosmetic reasons.