Re: [dvd::rip] Problems with most filters

Hi Jörn,

> Bruno Treguier wrote:
> 
> > First of all, I've been unable to run most of the filters, and it seems
> > that in the end, the only ones I've managed to get working are the ones
> > that don't need any parameter. Any attempt to use a filter needing a
> > parameter results in a pop-up window spawning and stating something like
> > this (for the logo filter here):
> > [...]
> 
> I just reproduced this problem. transcode fails if more than one 
> parameter is passed to the module. Modules without any parameters or 
> just one parameter work.
> 
> I just posted a correspondent report to the transcode developers.

Thanks a lot !


> > of tcmodinfo -s, by the way). I know that this can happen: as long as
> > a process holds a file descriptor open on a file or socket, it can be
> > used without any reference to it being present and accessible via a
> > name on the filesystem, but I find this rather strange in dvdrip's
> > case...
> 
> Why? dvd::rip removes the socket just after transcode was started (which
> creates the socket). This way the socket doesn't leak if something fail
> badly, e.g. a dvd::rip or transcode crash. The filesystem entry is not 
> needed for proper operation once both processes are connected to the 
> socket, which was represented by it.

Ok. I hadn't thought about the possible socket leak...


> > An important detail: the
> > transcode command in the log window is really the one launched, from what
> > I can see via a "ps" command or examining directly the "cmdline" file
> > within the /proc pseudo-filesystem.
> 
> Hmm, what did you expect? ;)

Well, a bug wasn't excluded in that part, so I just wanted to state that
I had checked. ;-)

Regards,

Bruno

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