Hello, Ok forsome reason this script will not convert the rm stream to an mp3 if it runs in the cron. Can someone point me in the right direction on how to fix this. The script is as follows: ------------------------------------------------ #!/bin/bash DATE=`date +%A` SHOWNAME=$1 TSPLIT=$4 ALBUM=$2 DIR="/usr/local/bin/bbc_radio1" RECORDINGPATH=${DIR}/ WEBDIR=/var/www/bbc/ DURATION=$3 DURATION=`expr $DURATION \* 60` ATTIME=`expr $3 + 5` BITRATE="64" HISTORY=${WEBDIR}/history.log _record() { echo "--------------------------" >> $HISTORY echo "Start REC:" `date` >> $HISTORY echo " Recording" $SHOWNAME >> $HISTORY echo " Length:" `expr $DURATION / 60 ` "minutes" >> $HISTORY cd ${RECORDINGPATH} mplayer -dumpstream "-playlist" http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/realaudio/media/r1live.ram -dumpfile ${RECORDINGPATH}${SHOWNAME}.dump -vc dummy -vo null & MPLAYPROCESS=$! echo $MPLAYPROCESS > /tmp/radio1.pid echo " PID:" $MPLAYPROCESS >> $HISTORY Kill process when show finished. at now + $ATTIME minutes <<EOF kill -9 $MPLAYPROCESS EOF sleep $DURATION && echo "sleep finsihed" >> $HISTORY kill -9 $MPLAYPROCESS && echo "PID Killed" >> $HISTORY echo "Stop REC:" `date` >> $HISTORY ls -lh ${RECORDINGPATH}${SHOWNAME}.dump | awk ' { print "Showname: " $8 " Size: "$5 } ' >> $HISTORY } _convert() { # convert stream to mp3 format echo "Converting Stream to MP3" `date` >> $HISTORY # ffmpeg -i "$RECORDINGPATH$SHOWNAME".dump -f wav - | lame - -b $BITRATE $WEBDIR/${DATE}_"$SHOWNAME".mp3 #mencoder "$RECORDINGPATH$SHOWNAME".dump -ovc frameno -oac mp3lame -of rawaudio -lameopts cbr:br=40 -o $WEBDIR/${DATE}_"$SHOWNAME".mp3 ffmpeg -i "$RECORDINGPATH$SHOWNAME".dump -ab $BITRATE $WEBDIR/${DATE}_"$SHOWNAME".mp3 > /tmp/convert.dbg && echo "Conversion done" >> $HISTORY ls -lh $WEBDIR | grep ${DATE}_"$SHOWNAME".mp3 | awk ' { print "Showname: " $8 " Size: "$5 } '>> $HISTORY echo "--------------------------" >> $HISTORY } _id3tag() { mp3info -d ${WEBDIR}/${DATE}/*.mp3 mp3info -a $ALBUM -l $SHOWNAME -t $SHOWNAME ${WEBDIR}/${DATE}/*.mp3 echo "ID3tag set" } _splitmp3() { echo ${TSPLIT} mp3splt -f -t "${TSPLIT}".0 -a ${WEBDIR}${DATE}_"${SHOWNAME}".mp3 >> $HISTORY } _cleanup() { #Cleanup Files mkdir -p $WEBDIR rm -v "$RECORDINGPATH$SHOWNAME".dump } _record _convert #_splitmp3 #_id3tag #_cleanup -------------------------------------------- I dont want to convert to a wav then mp3 as the files sizes will be huge for the wav. I run the script as: xx xx * * * script.sh Show1 BBC 15 5 I understand parts of the script don't work yet but its the conversion I am focusing on. you can see I have tried some other variations of the conversion all fail to work. It only converts for a small time before stopping. Thanks -- email: pnward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx website: http://www.pward.co.uk MSN: pob2000is@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: paul.n.ward -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines