On Apr 5, 4:19 pm, "Henrik Lied" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there! > > I'm trying to convert a video in a background process. > The scenario I'm after: > 1. The user uploads a video > 2. The video is saved in my media directory, and the database is > populated with the references > 3. The video gets converted to FLV - but the user shouldn't have to > wait around for this to happen > > So, I thought to myself that spawnv would be a good fit for this. The > problem is that it doesn't fire of the command. > > Here's my test script:http://dpaste.com/hold/7981/ > > Why won't this work? The while-loop is printed, but the os command > isn't executed. I've also tried to specify the whole path to mencoder > (/opt/local/bin/mencoder), but to no use.
I don't know what the deal is. Maybe you should try the subprocess module since it replaces the os.spawn* modules and do a subprocess.Popen instead? Or don't assign the result to a variable since you told it not to wait. You may need to do a combination of the subprocess module and one of the Threading modules. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
