I've tried os.spawnv and os.spawn, but these give no error and no result.
Henrik Lied skreiv: > Hi there! > > I'm trying to create a video uploading service (just to learn). The > system is mostly based on Django, but the question I'm looking an > answer for is more related to Python. > > So, the user gets to upload a video file. This can either be a mpg, > avi or mp4-file. When the file is saved to its location, I want to > convert it to FLA (Flash Video). I'm currently using Mplayers > Mencoder, and this works great. The Mencoder is retrieved through > running os.system("mencoder variables here") > > The problem with this is that the user has to wait until the movie is > done encoding until he can go around with his business. I don't look > upon this as ideal. > > So - I want to spawn a new system process. I need some good pointers > on how to do this right. > > Any input? :-) > > Thanks a lot in advance! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list