diff -r 1bc4c47e4ad8 -r fe8df7fd5229 gmyth-stream/server/0.3/plugins/transcoders/mencoder.py
--- a/gmyth-stream/server/0.3/plugins/transcoders/mencoder.py	Fri Jun 01 13:48:21 2007 +0100
+++ b/gmyth-stream/server/0.3/plugins/transcoders/mencoder.py	Fri Jun 01 15:01:43 2007 +0100
@@ -266,10 +266,11 @@
         return True
     # _start()
 
-    def _run_mencoder(self, input=None, output=None):
+    def _run_mencoder(self, input=None, output=None, error=os.devnull):
         try:
             self.proc = subprocess.Popen(self.mencoder_opts, stdin=input,
-                                         stdout=output, close_fds=True)
+                                         stdout=output, stderr=error,
+                                         close_fds=True)
         except Exception, e:
             self.log.error(self.tid, "Error: Mencoder: %s" % e)
             return False