Ffmpeg shows stopped in background

Justin1 · 04-23-2017, 10:12 AM

hello everybody

I am trying to understand foreground and background jobs. I googled this to try it out with ffmpeg.

Code:

ffmpeg -i lbss2e1.mp4 -c:v libx264 -q:v 3 -y test.mp4 -loglevel quiet &
[1] 23218

When I type jobs, it says

Code:

jobs
[1]+  Stopped                 ffmpeg -i lbss2e1.mp4 -c:v libx264 -q:v 3 -y test.mp4 -loglevel quiet

When I type fg, it resumes ffmpeg.

I am confused. Did ffmpeg really stopped? Or is this a bug?

Justin1 · 04-23-2017, 11:10 AM

Hello everyone,

I don't need help with this because anymore. I don't see any benefits putting a job in the background. You can't see if the encoding is finished or if there are errors.

I going to use ffmpeg the normal way. Peace out...

rtmistler · 04-23-2017, 12:11 PM

Hi and welcome to LQ.

Whatever the technical issue may be, profanity of that nature is not acceptable on LQ. Please re-edit your post to remove that.

BW-userx · 04-23-2017, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justin1

wow r u ok?