On Wednesday 23 March 2005 21:53, Craig Sanders wrote: <snip> > OUT="$OUTDIR/$show.$date.avi" <snip> > mencoder $ARGS -o $OUT $TMPDIR/vdrsync1.mpg > > rm -f $TMPDIR/vdrsync1.mpg > ---cut here--- > > it probably needs some tweaking of the mencoder arguments for optimum > quality/size, but it works as is. Food for thought: What if mencoder failed because of a recording that is somehow damaged because of for example signal loss? Happy hollydays, Kenneth