diff -r 2b1824e138b1 -r 4b2192319f56 gmyth-stream/server/0.3/plugins/transcoders/gmencoder.py
--- a/gmyth-stream/server/0.3/plugins/transcoders/gmencoder.py	Mon Aug 13 22:29:00 2007 +0100
+++ b/gmyth-stream/server/0.3/plugins/transcoders/gmencoder.py	Wed Aug 15 20:52:44 2007 +0100
@@ -34,17 +34,6 @@
         self.opts.append ("-d")
         self._parser_params ()
 
-        outfile = self.params_first("outfile", "")
-
-        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())
-            self.opts.append ("-c")
-
-        cmd = " ".join(self.opts)
-
     # __init__()
 
     def _insert_param (self, name, value):
@@ -66,6 +55,16 @@
     # _parse_params
 
     def start(self, outfd):
+        outfile = self.params_first("outfile", "")
+
+        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())
+            self.opts.append ("-c")
+
+        cmd = " ".join(self.opts)
         self.log.info(self.tid, "GMencoder: %s" % cmd)
 
         try:
@@ -88,6 +87,10 @@
             return False
 
         self.status = 100;
+
+        if outfile:
+           outfd.write("OK   ")
+
         return True
     # start()