[MPlayer-users] mencoder -really-quiet

[Mark Guptill]

>>> I'm using mencoder in a crontab with > /dev/null so I'm only emailed
>>> about STDERR.  I added -quiet and I still receive messages like this:
>>> 
>>> Could not determine number of frames (for absolute seek).
>>> 
>>> I'm going to try -really-quiet, but will that suppress any important
>>> messages such as failure of the command?
>> 
>> Yes, I think so.
>> However failures should also be indicated by the return value, so I think
>> cron should still notice them, even if you won't get the error message,
>> in case that helps.
> 
> Thanks Reimar.  Can anyone confirm this or does anyone have an idea
> for receiving only important messages on STDERR from mencoder?
> 
> - Grant

You could add "1>/dev/null" to the end of you command to make STDOUT go to /dev/null