diff -r 2b5355061b66 -r 12a61040588d gmyth-stream/server/plugins/media/mencoder.py
--- a/gmyth-stream/server/plugins/media/mencoder.py	Wed Apr 04 23:30:44 2007 +0100
+++ b/gmyth-stream/server/plugins/media/mencoder.py	Mon Apr 09 15:20:37 2007 +0100
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         for opt in options:
 
             if opt == "local":
-                self.mplayer = os.popen("which mplayer").read().strip()
+                self.mplayer = lib.which("mplayer")
 
             elif opt.find("language=") >= 0:
                 try:
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
             msg = "dvd://" + msg
 
         self.mplayer += " " + msg
-        self.mplayer_pid = Popen(self.mplayer, shell=True)
+        self.mplayer_pid = Popen(self.mplayer, shell=True, close_fds=True)
 
     def setup_mencoder(self):
         self.path = self.config.get("Mencoder", "path")
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@
         lib.log("Starting Mencoder: %s %s" % (self.path, self.args) )
         # exec Mencoder
         if self.mencoder_old:
-            self.mencoder_pid = Popen(self.path + self.args, shell=True)
+            self.mencoder_pid = Popen(self.path + self.args, shell=True,
+                                      close_fds=True)
             self.pout = open(self.fifo)
         else:
             self.path += self.args