diff -r 15a191556cd6 -r bf9dac4bdc5d gmyth-stream/server/0.3/plugins/transcoders/gmencoder.py
--- a/gmyth-stream/server/0.3/plugins/transcoders/gmencoder.py	Fri Jun 01 11:50:11 2007 +0100
+++ b/gmyth-stream/server/0.3/plugins/transcoders/gmencoder.py	Tue Jun 12 22:13:46 2007 +0100
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@
         self.opts.append (self.gmencoder_path)
         self._parser_params ()
 
-        outfile = self.params_first("outfile", None)
+        outfile = self.params_first("outfile", "")
 
-        if outfile:
+        if outfile != "":
             path = os.path.join(sys.path[0], ".transcoded", outfile)
             self._insert_param("-o", "file://%s" % path)
         else: