[ruby-core:47723] [ruby-trunk - Bug #7070] sometimes backticks can fail to return data

Issue #7070 has been updated by rogerdpack (Roger Pack).


yes in the few limited tests I've tried (I still need to try a c-based popen that also spawn a new cmd shell IIRC) I am not able to get it to fail if I just capture "ffmpeg.exe 2>&1", only with that exact command line does it fail.  Interestingly Python's io.popen fails the same way, so I'm also wondering if it's a cmd.exe bug, when cmd.exe is spanwed with redirection.  I haven't tried COM-in-C-in-ffi because...dang that sounds hard though I suppose it would be possible... :)
=roger=
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Bug #7070: sometimes backticks can fail to return data
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/7070#change-29772

Author: rogerdpack (Roger Pack)
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: 
ruby -v: ruby 1.9.3p194 (2012-04-20) [i386-mingw32]


Basically, if you have ffmpeg for windows, ex: http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds


Then run it like this:

 enum = `ffmpeg.exe -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy 2>&1`

"every so often" the value returned is "" (presumably in error).

Example:

39 times you'll get this:

>>  enum = `temp\\ffmpeg.exe -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy 2>&1`
=> "ffmpeg version N-44123-g5d55830 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers\n  built on Sep  2 2012 20:23:29 with gcc 4.7.1 (GCC)\n  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-pthreads --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-avisynth --enable-bzlib --enable-frei0r --enable-libass --enable-libcelt --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libnut --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libutvideo --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-zlib\n  libavutil      51. 70.100 / 51. 70.100\n  libavcodec     54. 55.100 / 54. 55.100\n  libavformat    54. 25.104 / 54. 25.104\n  libavdevice    54.  2.100 / 54.  2.100\n  libavfilter     3. 15.102 /  3. 15.102\n  libswscale      2.  1.101 /  2.  1.101\n  libswresample   0. 15.100 /  
 0. 15.100\n  libpostproc    52.  0.100 / 52.  0.100\n[dshow @ 003cc3a0] DirectShow video
 devices\n[dshow @ 003cc3a0]  \"screen-capture-recorder\"\n[dshow @ 003cc3a0] DirectShow audio devices\n[dshow @ 003cc3a0]  \"Microphone (USB Audio Device)\"\n[dshow @ 003cc3a0]  \"virtual-audio-capturer\"\ndummy: Immediate exit requested\n"
irb(main):036:0>  enum = `temp\\ffmpeg.exe -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy 2>&1`

then the 40th will be
>>  enum = `temp\\ffmpeg.exe -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy 2>&1`
=> ""

Running using C's "popen" seems to work reliably.
https://gist.github.com/3784971
I would note that jruby seems to suffer from the same difficulty for whatever reason.  Running it with other executables 
Thanks!


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