From: MonkeeSage Date: 2006-09-24T04:20:13+09:00 Subject: Re: catching process output (Kernel#system) Chris Donhofer wrote: > i was a bit too quick posting the last msg, the code should be: > > IO.popen("ffmpeg -i my.mov -t flv fruhwirth150306.flv") do |l| > op.insert(-1, l.gets) #using gets now > end > > still...the only outpu i get is nil. Hmmm...you're telling ffmpeg to output a file. So...what output are you trying to get from ffmpeg on stdout? The encoding progress or something? Regards, Jordan