Re: [MEncoder-users] Preview while encoding

On Mon, 2 Jun 2008, Levente Novák wrote:

> mencoder -your_options_here -o file.avi
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> then
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> tail -f file.avi | mplayer -

Adding "-c +0" makes the tail command more reliable.

I'll occasionally use:

tail -f -c +0 file.avi | mplayer -nosound -benchmark -

to keep an eye on video as it's encoded. Not very CPU-friendly, though.