diff -r 517706c7003e -r c73e1eb09a6f gmyth-stream/server/0.3/plugins/transcoders/mencoder.py
--- a/gmyth-stream/server/0.3/plugins/transcoders/mencoder.py	Fri Jun 01 15:36:11 2007 +0100
+++ b/gmyth-stream/server/0.3/plugins/transcoders/mencoder.py	Fri Jun 01 17:12:35 2007 +0100
@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@
 __author__ = "Artur Duque de Souza"
 __author_email__ = "artur.souza@indt.org.br"
 __license__ = "GPL"
-__version__ = "0.1"
+__version__ = "0.3"
 
 import os
+import time
+import fcntl
 import shlex
+import socket
+import struct
 import signal
 import subprocess
-import time
-import fcntl
 
 import lib.utils as utils
 import lib.server as server
@@ -255,13 +257,32 @@
         if not self._run_mencoder(output=subprocess.PIPE):
             return False
 
-        try:
-            while self.proc and self.proc.poll() == None:
-                d = self.proc.stdout.read(1024)
-                outfd.write(d)
-        except Exception, e:
-            self.log.error(self.tid, "Error: %s" % e)
-            return False
+        if not self.params_first("multicast", None):
+            try:
+                while self.proc and self.proc.poll() == None:
+                    d = self.proc.stdout.read(1024)
+                    outfd.write(d)
+            except Exception, e:
+                self.log.error(self.tid, "Error: %s" % e)
+                return False
+        else:
+            try:
+                outfd.write("OK   ")
+                multicast_ip = self.params_first("multicast",
+                                                 "225.100.100.100")
+                multicast_port = int(self.params_first("multicastport",
+                                                       "12345"))
+                sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,
+                                     socket.SOCK_DGRAM, socket.IPPROTO_UDP)
+                sock.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IP,
+                                socket.IP_MULTICAST_TTL, 2)
+
+                while self.proc and self.proc.poll() == None:
+                    d = self.proc.stdout.read(1024)
+                    sock.sendto(d, (multicast_ip, multicast_port))
+            except Exception, e:
+                self.log.error(self.tid, "Error: %s" % e)
+                return False
 
         self.log.info(self.tid, "OK: Done")
         return True