Thread: Call External programs

Hi People ,

I trying use a program Called FFMPeg that grab videos directly from my videodevice on linux .

How can i insert in this code a part to when people put the command line "-T" (it's about time) , after he stop ,launch a external shell script bash (linux) that will reside in the same directory ?

I mean , i try to use the program for video capture called , only , he is a GNU program then we have the source .
Very well , i just need when i put the command "-t" , when he finish just lauch another program . (He call a shellbash script resident in same directory with name "starting").

Can someone help ? I really don't know nothing about C or C++ , but i really need fix this to use here .

I think that i can't put code in this channel , someone have this program ?? can someone help ? I send the C source .
It's very easy i think =)

Looking into the code i see this part when i take out the break command compile and try to use he never stop , then i think this is the part that i must insert the lauch code .


}
/* if none, if is finished */
if (file_index < 0)
break;

/* finish if recording time exhausted */

if (recording_time > 0 && min_pts >= recording_time)
break; < -- "Think that the code must be here"

/* read a packet from it and output it in the fifo */

is = input_files[file_index];
if (av_read_packet(is, &pkt) < 0) {
file_table[file_index].eof_reached = 1;
continue;
}
ist_index = file_table[file_index].ist_index + pkt.stream_index;
ist = ist_table[ist_index];
if (ist->discard) {
continue;
}




Thanks anyway for helping .

En anglais?

C'mon someone help here ???
I think that easy ! .
Anyone can't adventure and answer this poor dummy !!!???
=)

Shadow i really understant what you fell about this dummy question . Ok .
But i think that the meaning of every message board is help each other .
If you know more or less great it's just concern to you =).

What i request here it's just a help , because i read the FAQ , try it and don't work .
Then because i don't know nothing about C and really need this solution i think post a message here .


Anyone with good heart that want help a dummy C user i really will apreciate .

Anyway i just wonder what i need to do to in this code tha i put above the way to call another program .
I using this into a Linux Redhat box , the program will call another one in the same directory .

Can someone look at the code and help-me solution this ?

The part that i mark it's about when i put the "-t" command he make a count to the second then break .
like this .
ffmpeg -t 20 test.avi <- when reach 20 second he put the break line . just need after finish call another program. Only that .

Thanks for helping anyway .

Carlos .

I don't wanna write a C code =) , i trying with the source adapt one to use here =).

Work if i do this , but i think that this is not the most beautifull solution .

part of Code that i change :

/* finish if recording time exhausted */
if (recording_time > 0 && min_pts >= recording_time)
system("./teste");

/* finish if recording time exhausted again */
if (recording_time > 0 && min_pts >= recording_time)
break;

I make twice .

Then when i enter the option -t he stop and run the "./teste".

Working under a Linux RedHat Box .

I read in some place about the execl command that run one program than kill the first one .
I think that this will resolv .

What this "./teste" does ? i put right away .

Code of ./teste (Shell Script) :

#!/bin/sh
###############################################
# Carlos Arnt 06/04/2002 #
################################################## ############
################################################## ############


DATE=`/bin/date +%d-%m-%Y-%H`
MSG=""

sleep 5

./ffmpeg -y -an -i larga.mpeg -vcodec msmpeg4 -r 3 -b 10 -f asf -t 5 $DATE1.asf
mv $DATE1.asf /usr/local/videosofday

exit 0
EOF

Understant now .
I just need my program to call this one , then when he start again (Read above) , he start with the (day+month+year+hour.asf) format when finish he move the file to right place.