imagecount=desc.get_frame_start();
if(desc.get_frame_end()-desc.get_frame_start()>0)
multi_image=true;
- string command;
- command=strprintf("ffmpeg -f image2pipe -vcodec ppm -an -r %f -i pipe: -loop -hq -title \"%s\" -vcodec mpeg1video -y \"%s\"\n",desc.get_frame_rate(),get_canvas()->get_name().c_str(),filename.c_str());
-
- file=popen(command.c_str(),POPEN_BINARY_WRITE_TYPE);
+ int p[2];
+
+ if (pipe(p)) {
+ synfig::error(_("Unable to open pipe to ffmpeg"));
+ return false;
+ };
+
+ pid_t pid = fork();
+
+ if (pid == -1) {
+ synfig::error(_("Unable to open pipe to ffmpeg"));
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ if (pid == 0){
+ // Child process
+ // Dup pipeout to stdin
+ if( dup2( p[0], STDIN_FILENO ) == -1 ){
+ synfig::error(_("Unable to open pipe to ffmpeg"));
+ return false;
+ }
+ execlp("ffmpeg", "ffmpeg", "-f", "image2pipe", "-vcodec", "ppm", "-an", "-r", strprintf("%f", desc.get_frame_rate()).c_str(), "-i", "pipe:", "-loop", "-hq", "-title", get_canvas()->get_name().c_str(), "-vcodec", "mpeg1video", "-y", filename.c_str(), (const char *)NULL);
+ // We should never reach here unless the exec failed
+ synfig::error(_("Unable to open pipe to ffmpeg"));
+ return false;
+ } else {
+ // Parent process
+ // Close pipein, not needed
+ close(p[0]);
+ // Save pipeout to file handle, will write to it later
+ file = fdopen(p[1], "wb");
+ }
// etl::yield();