diff -r f5f7abc760aa -r 293e6c9546e5 gmyth-stream/server/0.3/plugins/transcoders/gmencoder.py
--- a/gmyth-stream/server/0.3/plugins/transcoders/gmencoder.py	Wed May 30 23:14:38 2007 +0100
+++ b/gmyth-stream/server/0.3/plugins/transcoders/gmencoder.py	Fri Jun 01 15:24:34 2007 +0100
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 __author__ = "Renato Filho"
 __author_email__ = "renato.filho@indt.org.br"
 __license__ = "GPL"
-__version__ = "0.1"
+__version__ = "0.2"
 
 import os
+import sys
 import shlex
 import signal
 import subprocess
@@ -51,7 +52,14 @@
     def start(self, outfd):
         self.opts.append (self.gmencoder_path)
         self._parser_params ()
-        self._insert_param ("-o", "fd://%d" % outfd.fileno())
+
+        outfile = self.params_first("outfile", None)
+
+        if outfile:
+            path = os.path.join(sys.path[0], ".transcoded", outfile)
+            self._insert_param("-o", "file://%s" % path)
+        else:
+            self._insert_param ("-o", "fd://%d" % outfd.fileno())
 
         cmd = " ".join(self.opts)
         self.log.info(self.tid, "GMencoder: %s" % cmd)
@@ -60,9 +68,13 @@
             self.proc = subprocess.Popen(self.opts, stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                                          stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
         except Exception, e:
-            self.log.error(self.tid, "Error executing GMencoder: %s" % e)
+            self.log.error(self.tid, "Error: executing GMencoder: %s" % e)
+            outfd.write("Error: GMencoder: %s" % e)
             return False
 
+        if outfile:
+            outfd.write("OK   ")
+
         try:
             while (self.proc and self.proc.poll() == None):
                 r, w, x = select.select([self.proc.stdout], [], [], 0)
@@ -75,6 +87,7 @@
             self.log.error(self.tid, "Problems handling data: %s" % e)
             return False
 
+        self.log.info(self.tid, "OK: Done")
         return True
     # start()