diff -r daa61fffb811 -r ce58aae12c2e gmyth-stream/server/plugins/transcoders/gmencoder.py
--- a/gmyth-stream/server/plugins/transcoders/gmencoder.py	Wed Aug 29 14:42:10 2007 +0100
+++ b/gmyth-stream/server/plugins/transcoders/gmencoder.py	Tue Sep 18 14:06:39 2007 +0100
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
             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)
@@ -84,8 +83,9 @@
         try:
 	    if not outfile:
 	    	p = select.poll()
-	    	p.register (outfd, select.POLLNVAL | select.POLLERR | select.POLLHUP | select.POLLIN )
-
+	    	p.register (outfd, select.POLLNVAL | select.POLLERR |
+                            select.POLLHUP)
+            tries = 0
             while (self.proc and self.proc.poll() == None):
                 r, w, x = select.select([self.proc.stdout], [], [], 1)
                 if self.proc.stdout in r:
@@ -93,12 +93,17 @@
                     if (progress.find ("PROGRESS") >= 0):
                         self.status = progress.split (":")[1]
 		    elif (progress.find ("Erro") >= 0):
-			return False
+                        self.log.error(self.tid, "Detected problem @ gmencoder:"
+                                       " %s" % progress)
+                        if tries < 50:
+                            tries += 1
+                        else:
+                            return False
 
 		    if not outfile:
 			    ret = p.poll(0)
 			    if ret:
-			    	self.log.info(self.tid, "Lost connection")
+			    	self.log.info(self.tid, "* Lost connection *")
 		    		self.stop ()
 			    	return False