Cli conversion hangs when using for loop

[handbrake_turn]

Hi all,

I have a very simple handbrake loop that I'm trying to use to convert batches of files to .mp4. The script looks like this:

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for video in `ls "/media/TV Shows/Folder With Spaces"`; do $(HandBrakeCLI -v -i '/media/TV Shows/Folder With Spaces/'${video} -o '/media/Downloads/Handbrake Outputs/'${video%.vob}.mp4 -t 1 --angle 1 -f mp4  --loose-anamorphic  --modulus 2 -e x264 -q 22 -r 24 --pfr -a 1 -E faac -6 auto -R Auto -B 128 -D 0 --gain 0 --audio-fallback ffac3 --x264-preset=slow  --x264-tune="film"  --h264-level="4.1"  --verbose=1); done

I'm running this on FreeBSD. The strange thing I'm finding is that if I run the handbrake command on its own (no loop), it works as expected. Whenever I try to run it in the loop, things appear to proceed as normal, but the conversion hangs at:

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x264 [info]: using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX XOP FMA4 SSEMisalign LZCNT
x264 [info]: profile High, level 4.1

Normally I would see a progress % below, as I do when running it on its own, but the next line is just blank.

I'm running the loop under the same user, with identical privileges, and all messages shown are the same until I get the hang.

Any ideas what might be causing this?

[handbrake_turn]

As a quick update to this, it appears the problem is actually not as big as I originally thought; HandBrakeCLI isn't hanging, it's actually transcoding but not displaying the progress. No idea why it would do this when it's in a loop (and displays all other messages), when it displays without issue when it's not in a loop.

Is there any way to force a progress update?

[mduell]

Progress goes to stdout. The activity log you're seeing goes to stderr.

I'm not familiar enough with your platform to say why stderr is appearing but not stdout.

[AlBundy]

Try to remove the subshell around the handbrake-call.

Btw. it seems that you current version converts not only test.vob to test.mp4 it converts also test.mp4 to test.mp4.mp4