Re: Importing mencoder into a bash script

[andy <geek_show@dsl.pipex.com>]

Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 09:10:45PM +0100, andy wrote:
>   
> > Hey folks
> >
> > I'm lazy and want to call the mencoder routine from mplayer into a bash 
> > script I'm writing to automatically convert different video files into 
> > dvd format *.mpg files.
> >
> > Anybody know how to call in just the routine without any unnecessary 
> > mplayer stuff?
> >     
>
> ummm.... mencoder is a command-line program. just figure out your
> options and use it like any other cli tool. it should "just work"
>
>   
Hi Andrew

Yeah, it is a cli tool and I have traditionally used it as such at the 
vt and just entered it directly. However, in a shell script I have tried 
to do that but get the error message:

mencoder: command not found

I'm wondering if I need to explicitly set my path in the script file in 
order to call this function.

A

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