diff -r 7f290a3a34b1 -r e2baa6947dbf gmyth-stream/server/0.3/plugins/transcoders/gmencoder.py
--- a/gmyth-stream/server/0.3/plugins/transcoders/gmencoder.py	Tue Aug 21 16:04:44 2007 +0100
+++ b/gmyth-stream/server/0.3/plugins/transcoders/gmencoder.py	Wed Aug 29 14:29:24 2007 +0100
@@ -72,15 +72,20 @@
         try:
             self.proc = subprocess.Popen(self.opts, stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                                          stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+	    if outfile:
+           	outfd.write("OK   ")
+
         except Exception, e:
             self.log.error(self.tid, "Error: executing GMencoder: %s" % e)
             outfd.write("Error: GMencoder: %s" % e)
             return False
 
         try:
-	    p = select.poll()
-	    #print outfd.fileno()
-	    p.register (outfd, select.POLLNVAL | select.POLLERR | select.POLLHUP | select.POLLIN )
+	    if not outfile:
+	    	p = select.poll()
+	    	p.register (outfd, select.POLLNVAL | select.POLLERR | select.POLLHUP | select.POLLIN )
+
             while (self.proc and self.proc.poll() == None):
                 r, w, x = select.select([self.proc.stdout], [], [], 1)
                 if self.proc.stdout in r:
@@ -90,11 +95,12 @@
 		    elif (progress.find ("Erro") >= 0):
 			return False
 
-		    ret = p.poll(0)
-		    if ret:
-		    	print "Lost Connection"
-		    	self.stop ()
-		    	return False
+		    if not outfile:
+			    ret = p.poll(0)
+			    if ret:
+			    	print "Lost Connection"
+		    		self.stop ()
+			    	return False
 
         except Exception, e:
             self.log.error(self.tid, "Problems handling data: %s" % e)
@@ -102,8 +108,6 @@
 
         self.status = 100;
 
-        if outfile:
-           outfd.write("OK   ")
 
         return True
     # start()