diff -r 8bd1033f8bf6 -r 76a3f315ef42 gmyth-stream/server/0.2/plugins/transcoders/mencoder.py
--- a/gmyth-stream/server/0.2/plugins/transcoders/mencoder.py	Mon May 14 15:05:42 2007 +0100
+++ b/gmyth-stream/server/0.2/plugins/transcoders/mencoder.py	Tue May 15 14:41:04 2007 +0100
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import signal
 import subprocess
 import time
+import fcntl
 
 import lib.utils as utils
 import lib.server as server
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@
     # _start_outfile()
 
     def _start(self, outfd):
+        # Play a file on disk or DVD
         if not self._run_mencoder(output=subprocess.PIPE):
             return False
 
@@ -253,42 +255,37 @@
 
         try:
             self.gmyth = subprocess.Popen(opts, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                          stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                                           close_fds=True)
         except Exception, e:
             self.log.error("Error executing gmyth-cat: %s" % e)
             return False
 
+        err = self.gmyth.stderr
+
         if not self._run_mencoder(input=self.gmyth.stdout,
                                   output=subprocess.PIPE):
             return False
 
-        show_loading = 0
-        show = True
-
-        #n800 150000 and 1000
+        if kind == "f":
+            partial = 0
+            size = err.read(20).split("\n")[0].split("Size:")[1]
+            self.log.debug("Size of file: %s" % size)
+            flags = fcntl.fcntl (err, fcntl.F_GETFL, 0) | os.O_NONBLOCK
+            fcntl.fcntl(err, fcntl.F_SETFL, flags)
 
         try:
             while self.proc and self.proc.poll() == None:
-
-                r, w, x = select([self.proc.stdout], [], [], 0)
+                r, w, x = select([err, self.proc.stdout], [], [], 0)
                 if self.proc.stdout in r:
                     d = self.proc.stdout.read(4096)
                     outfd.write(d)
-                #    self.log.debug("Sending tv data: %d" % show_loading)
-                #    if show_loading > 150000 and show:
-                #        self.log.debug("Disabling loading video")
-                #        show = False
 
-                #elif show_loading % 10000 == 0 and show:
-                #    show_loading += 1
-                #    d = open("loading.mpg")
-                #    outfd.write(d.read())
-                #    self.log.debug("Sendind loading video: %d" % show_loading)
+                if err in r and kind == "f":
+                    partial = err.read(50).split("\n")[-2]
+                    if partial != "":
+                        utils.progress_bar(self.log, int(partial), int(size), 50)
 
-                #else:
-                #    show_loading += 1
-
-                #self.log.debug("SHOW_LOADING: %d" % show_loading)
 
         except Exception, e:
             self.log.error("Problems handling data: %s" % e)