[MPlayer-users] mencoder -really-quiet

[Grant]

>> >> 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?
>
> Try -msglevel all=1 instead, it should suppress all but errors.
> With one exception: anything wrong in the configuration files or
> command line will ignore it and be printed even if it is just a warning.

That is perfect, thank you.  I will try that right away.

- Grant